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Welcome to our Classroom

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Second graders create a classroom resource book for substitutes to help them feel more comfortable and familiar with faces and procedures in our classroom and school. They develop skill in using a digital camera and computer technology.
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Family Cookbook

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, produce a Family Cookbook by bringing recipes from home.
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Awesome Alliterations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners review examples of alliteration in Shel Silverstein's poems. They are assigned a letter of the alphabet and then write an original alliterative poem using that letter.
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Reading Scavenger Hunt

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this reading scavenger hunt worksheet, students complete a scavenger hunt for a reading skill assigned by their teachers. Students search for a maximum of twenty-four words.
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Prefixes, Un-, Re-, and, Dis-

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify prefixes and use prefixes correctly in sentences. They edit and change sentences containing prefixes.
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Famous People Research Project

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research a famous person in Michigan history. They will use at least three different resources including technology to conduct their research. They then will use various forms of technology to create individual research...
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Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Pupils recall details of nursery rhyme read by teacher, identify main characters, and demonstrate knowledge of poem by creating concept map about story that includes title, clip art, and changes in font and color.
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My Spanish Christmas

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders research Spanish Christmas customs on the interent and role play in their writing their findings in an essay. They teacher provides a list of web addresses for the students to locate information on and from that their...
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Benjamin Franklin and Electricity

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study Benjamin Franklin and participate in simple experiments in electricity.
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I Can See CVC Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this letter pattern worksheet, students read each sentence and use the picture to write the consonant-vowel-consonant word in the blanks.
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Initial Consonant Clusters

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, learners look for the words that correlate to the pictures that are listed. They are all words that are consonant clusters.
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Write A Description

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice composing sentences that pertain to the description of a picture. They use critical observation skills in order to derive the best details. The sentences are required to follow the correct subject and verb pattern.
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The Indefinite Article "a" or "an"--Cut and Paste

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students learn when to use each article "a" or "an" by first reading the rules, then cutting out small boxes with the articles. Students paste the correct article in front of 12 words, then write 12 of...
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Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete multiple activities to help them hear sounds, syllables, and spell words with vowel patterns, digraphs, or blends. In this word sounds lesson, students use letter tiles, sort words cards, analyze poems, and play a bingo...
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Mr. Cloak Loads his Boat with Oats

For Teachers 1st
First graders distinguish between the sounds for short vowel o and long vowel o. They are introduced to the vowel patterns that comprise long vowel sounds, with a particular emphasis on /oa/. They practice reading and identifying a...
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The Causes of Pollution

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners identify types of pollution. In this environmental lesson, students view a video and discuss the types of pollution. Learners create a poster to suggest ways to prevent pollution.
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Made You Mad

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the phoneme for the vowel-consonant-silent e grapheme. They recognize the silent "e" at the end of words and practice speaking them. Students say words, spell them, and say tongue twisters with the vowel...
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Group Initiatives

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws...
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Ii is for Igloo

For Students K - 2nd
For this literacy instructional activity, learners look at the formation of the letter I and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Preposition Pizazz

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine examples of poems and identify the prepositions in them. They write original poems using prepositional phrases and create illustrations to go with them.
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Perspectives on Written & Spoken English

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore issues surrounding language norms, including the distinction between prescriptive and descriptive norms, the differences between norms for spoken English and those for written English, how word meanings change, and...
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Write Your Own -oa Poem

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this recognizing words spelled with the -oa pattern worksheet, students use word banks to list words, match pairs, complete sentences, and write a poem. Students write thirteen answers.
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Forming Plurals Correctly

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students read the rules for forming plural words and then apply them in practice situations as directed in class.
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Undercover Vocabulary

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, create a skit using identified vocabulary words and perform the skit for the class. They choose a place and a person to become such as Batman, Romeo and work all the vocabulary words into their skit. They...