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Introduce Vocabulary: Frida

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a non-fiction story in class. In this three tiered vocabulary instructional activity, students read the book Frida and discuss the real life Frida and her story.  Students identify...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Icky Bug Colors

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the story Icky Bug Colors.  In this language arts lesson, students listen to the story and discuss the vocabulary words. Students discuss the word meanings and use them in a sentence.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Make Way for Ducklings

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine Make Way for Ducklings. In this language arts lesson, students listen to the story and discuss the vocabulary words. Learners identify the word meaning and use the word in a sentence.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Swimmy

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the story Swimmy. In this language arts lesson, students listen to the story and discuss the vocabulary. Students discuss the word meanings and use them in a sentence.
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Calico Watercolor Cats

For Teachers K - 2nd
A fun art project, this lesson incorporates math and listening skills as young artists play with a new painting technique. First the teacher models how to draw a cat using shapes, an oval for the body, triangles for the ears and so on,...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Alphabears: An ABC Book

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore English by reading an alphabet book in class. For this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book Alphabears: An ABC Book and discuss the uses of specific vocabulary words. Students define the selected vocabulary...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Are Trees Alive?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are read Are Trees Alive, by Debbie S. Miller. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the meaning of at least three new Tier Two words. They discuss the new vocabulary, as a class, both before and after the story...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Clifford the Big Red Dog

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore English by reading a classic story in class. In this story vocabulary instructional activity, students read the book Clifford the Big Red Dog and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Learners define the certain...
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Sports and Hobbies

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore vocabulary related to sports and hobbies. They consider their interests in sports and hobbies in relation to other students. They discuss music and describe a piece of music using simple adjectives.
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Combining Words with Art

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make an accordion-fold book, review the vocabulary of visual art and are introduced to calligraphy. They plan a story using a sequence of words and sentences.
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Egg-cellent Vocabulary

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice vocabulary and reading using the story Bently and Egg. In this reading lesson plan, students match vocabulary words to definitions while using context clues from a story. Students then create sentences using the words.
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Ceramic Processes and Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine new vocabulary associated with ceramic processes. They watch demonstrations of different techniques. They complete a crossword puzzle to help them with the vocabulary.
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Space Vocabulary Dictionary Skills

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Show your class how to use a dictionary and teach class members vocabulary related to space travel along the way. Pupils must place vocabulary words that pertain to space travel between the correct dictionary guide words. Next,...
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Vocabulary Practice

For Students 4th - 5th
Gerunds and infinitives are the focus of this language arts worksheet. Students choose the correct word form from a word pool to complete 12 sentences in a grammatically-correct fashion.
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Recycling Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in activities to increase their vocabulary. They record new vocabulary words in notebooks. They explore word bags to revisit vocabulary words. They use the words in context, create circle stories, play pictionary and...
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Vocabulary Practice with The Dragonslayers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this, The Dragonslayers worksheet, learners review all the vocabulary from this book. They match 9 words with their definitions, write synonyms for 8 words, and complete fill in the blank on 11 sentences. 
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Three Dimensional Art of Vertebrates and Invertebrates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, during this twelve week series of lessons, learn basic anatomy through life sketches of human skeletons and shells. They learn fundamentals of line and convey life through sketches learning science through art.
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An Exploratory Approach to the Teaching of French in the Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the most recent vocabulary list of French words. Using literature by Victor Hugo and Guy de Maupassant, they discover the history and culture of France. Using a map and the text, they locate the cities and regions of...
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Worksheet 5. Vocabulary Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. There are 12 sentences to complete and each has 2 options to choose from.
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Breaking News

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students organize a newspaper article using a worksheet that helps them study the vocabulary of news articles. They write newspaper articles about mythical creatures invading contemporary Los Angeles.
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Worksheet 2. Vocabulary Practice

For Students 5th - 7th
In this vocabulary instructional activity, students choose the word or phrase that means the same as the word or phrase in bold in each sentence. There are 12 questions to answer.
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Modify My Action

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to directions as they perform a theatrical role.  In this vocabulary lesson, 3rd graders listen to and observe the adjectives given to them during a practice of their performance by the director.  Students...
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Family Album: ESL, Social Studies, Art, Bookmaking, Literacy

For Teachers K
Students construct a personalized book with their own family members to practice family vocabulary and literacy in English. This activity would benefit any kindergartener; but is especially aimed at the English Learner.
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The Skating Moose

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
What would you do if you saw an ice-skating moose? Kids read a short, entertaining passage and use a word bank to fill in the blanks using context clues.