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Nifty Thrifty Fifty Vocabulary
Learners review new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, students are introduced to the "nifty thrifty fifty" vocabulary words, their definitions, and the meanings of their prefix, suffix, and root words. The fifty words are split into...
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The Hobbit: Vocabulary in the Round
Blundering, audacious, obscurest. Class members develop strategies for teaching each other vocabulary words drawn from The Hobbit.
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Sequential Curriculum for Advanced Writing Workshop
Twelfth graders engage in a ten-month long elective course focusing on college board review and an advanced writing workshop. Both course components focus on thinking and reasoning skills. Various approaches include sentence combining,...
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Word Art
In this word art worksheet, students color or paint the pictures of life experiences through language bubbles. Students complete 14 problems.
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Constructing Contractions
Young writers participate in a game to practice making contractions and using the apostrophe properly.
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Two Letters, One Sound
Eighth graders spell double-letter words. In this spelling instructional activity, 8th graders practice pronouncing words that contain double consonants. Students examine words with one or more sets of double letters, and...
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Up, Up, and Away
Fifth graders participate in a WebQuest that introduces them to a study on clouds and how they relate to weather systems.
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Practice Book O
Whether you need resources for reading comprehension, literary analysis, phonics, vocabulary, or text features, an extensive packet of worksheets is sure to fit your needs. Based on a fifth-grade curriculum but applicable to any level of...
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T-Angling with Words
In this geometry roots learning exercise, 10th graders solve and complete 22 various types of problems. First, they match the geometry word roots on the left with their meanings found on the right side. Then, students list as many other...
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Lord of the Flies - Sentence Starters and Vocabulary
Students prepare for the reading of iam Golding's novel, The Lord of the Flies, by exploring the theme through a discussion and sentence starter activity.
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Reading and Spelling Activity
In this Language Arts worksheet, students read a short text and answer 8 questions. For example, students choose the correct spelling of the word excited.
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Spelling: Suffixes "er," "est," "ed," and "ing"
In this plurals spelling worksheet, learners copy a set of 20 words with suffixes "er," "est," "ed," or "ing." Parents are given suggestions to help student study and learn the words.
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Kid-Code: Developmentally Appropriate Spelling
Carefully balanced, developmentally appropriate spelling lessons and expectations can keep young writers focused!
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Gone to the Dogs
Approach vocabulary through decoding and chunking. Your class breaks up words into basic syllables or chunks then engages in a decoding activity. Useful for a variety of language levels and grades, just modify to fit your class.
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Air Pressure is Powerful
Students make a barometer and write a paragraph describing how they did it.
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Structural Analysis
First graders examine the word and sentence structure of reading, writing, speaking, and listening effectively. In this structural analysis activity, 1st graders review the ending of compound words, root words and their usages.
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Charades
Fourth graders play a game. In this vocabulary lesson, 4th graders play the game Charades to help review their vocabulary words. At the end of the lesson students can create their own words to act out.
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Vocabulary Building - Declaration of Independence
Young scholars read the first part of the Declaration of Independence and mark the words they don't know. First, they try to guess what the words mean by looking at the them in context, and then they look up the words in a dictionary.
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Getting to Know You
Students explore ways in which they are smart. For this "getting to know you" classroom team building lesson, students discuss various ways people can be smart and describe ways in which they are smart. Students listen to "Smart" from...
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Getting to Know You
Fifth graders identify strategies to assist in choosing a book. In this book selection lesson, 5th graders discuss ways to determine if a book is the right reading level or on a topic of interest. Students preview several books and...
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Introducation to Vocabulary for a Lesson about Communities
Students practice using new vocabulary they learn about communities. In this communities vocabulary lesson plan, students use synonyms, context clues, and relevant content to unlock the meaning of new vocabulary words.
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Syllables: Learning to Read
In this reading/grammar worksheet, students practice reading words with more than one syllable. Next, students think of 4 more words that have at least 2 syllables. Worksheet is designed to be signed by both student and parent when...
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ESL First Certificate/Advanced Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 19
For this ESL advanced vocabulary formation worksheet, students fill in the blanks in each sentence using the correct form of the words that are given in bold beneath each sentence.
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Rock the Boat
Second graders play a spelling game. They draw a card that shows two ways to divide a word into syllables. They are to choose which one is divided correctly, either A or B. They move along the game board as they choose correct answers.