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Measuring Math Vocabulary
Students go over math vocabulary words and show examples of the terms on the board. In this math vocabulary lesson plan, students go over many words and are given a worksheet with words and definitions.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Dandelion
Students are read Dandelion, by Don Freeman. In this vocabulary focused instructional activity, students discover the definitions of at least three Tier Two words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both before and after...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Into the A, B, Sea
Students are read Into the A, B, Sea, by Deborah Lee Rose. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of at least three Tier Two words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both before and after...
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Introduce Vocabulary: I Love You the Purplest
Young scholars are read I Love You the Purplest, by Barbara Joosse. In this vocabulary focused instructional activity, students discover the definitions of at least three "Tier Two" words. As a group, they discuss the meanings of the...
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 9
For this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students will focus on vocabulary enhancement. Students will complete 10 multiple choice questions, by reading each sentence and choosing the best word to complete each.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 6
In this vocabulary enrichment worksheet, 5th graders read and analyze eight sentences in order to choose the correct word by multiple choice to fill each blank to make each sentence grammatically correct.
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Introduce Vocabulary: How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?
Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read How Do Dinosaurs Go To School? listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students...
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Quel temps fait-il?
Hit all the basics with this lesson, focusing on weather, greetings, and dates! Start by singing a weather related song ("Quel temps fait-il by Barbara MacArthur is suggested), and then read a story about getting ready for school. The...
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Using "Kindness"
Students discover the benefits of kind acts by dissecting the word itself. In this vocabulary lesson, students utilize the letters in the word "kindness" to create other words which they record. Students figure out what "kindness"...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Lesson 2--Time and Money
Students explore the concept of clock time in the United States. They employ a list of vocabulary words to assist them in interpreting clock time. In groups, they practice telling time with regular clocks and digital clocks.
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Fraction Clocks
First graders use a clock to practice telling time and using fractions. They review the different parts of the clock and play a game using time. They help each other with telling time.
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Tell Me A Story -- Feelings
Practice using feelings as a way to reflect on past experiences. The poem The End and the text Tell Me a Story Mama are used to identify feeling words. As an extension, pupils participate in a service learning project and reflect upon...
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Building Vocabulary Quadrant Charts
This clever language arts lesson invites pupils to read verses of poetry, then construct vocabulary quadrants on index cards. The cards are divided up into 4 sections: Word, Meaning, Opposite, Example. They choose a difficult word from...
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Alphabet Vocabulary
Third graders explore the biodiversity that exist on the prairie. Through reading or listening to books, they keep track of vocabulary words associated with the prairie on an 'Alphabet Poster'.
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Winter Bear Warm-Up
Don't be left out in the cold, ensure young learners are prepared for the winter weather with this clothing activity. After introducing them to different clothing items using the provided picture cards, students sing a song before...
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The Body Tells Its Story
Incorporate sculpture into your art curriculum. To start, pupils discuss the artistic process and topics of marginalization. With the discussion in mind, individuals select images to inspire sculptures of people that they will present to...
Film English
Music
Some emotions are indescribable, but sometimes you have to try! After brainstorming adjectives that describe emotions, pupils watch a quick film, at first with no sound. Partners share their adjectives and come up with descriptions for...
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Investigation--Can You Build This?
Early learners explore shapes using colored blocks. They first get some hands-on time with the blocks and then look at beginning math concepts regarding spatial relationships. They work with a partner to build a 6-8 block tower with...
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Is That Legal? A Case of Acid Rain
Develop an environmental case study! Elementary learners discover how a case study is used as an analysis tool. The goal of this activity is to show pupils how techniques of persuasion (including background, supporting evidence,...
Film English
Mixtape
A short film about music is the inspiration for a well-sequenced lesson that includes discussion, group work, and writing. After the whole class converses about music, small groups write narratives about a still from the film. Pupils...
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Who Were the Tired, the Poor, the Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free?
Elvira Woodruff's The Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time Travel Adventure is the core text in a interdisciplinary unit study of immigration at the turn of the century.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Miss Spider's Tea Party
Young scholars identify new vocabulary words in the story Miss Spider's Tea Party. For this vocabulary lesson, students raise their hand each time pre-identified words are heard as the story is read and use words in various contexts...
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Using Math Vocabulary
Young scholars discover the vocabulary of math. They compare numbers using the symbols greater than (>) and less than (<) and use ordinal numbers to determine place or location. They use worksheets imbedded in this lesson to practice.
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Our Illuminated Alphabet
Students examine artwork and create their own. For this writing and illustrating lesson, students view illuminated letters from the Getty Museum's collection and discuss art vocabulary. Students examine the visual elements in the...