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Making a Family Newsletter: Using a Word Template

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a one-page family newsletter about a selected person in their family. They bring in a photo or use a digital camera to take a picture of their selected family member, and use a newsletter template to write and publish...
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Verb Forms with "ed" and a Helping Verb

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students cross out the incorrect verb in each of 10 sentences. Students write the correct word which will be a verb ending in "ed" with a helping verb.
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Up Close and Personal with Black Bayou Lake

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers get up close and personal with Black Bayou Lake. Visiting web sites and taking virtual tours, they write multi-paragraph essays using descriptive words and literary devices.
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Revising With Precision

For Students 5th - 6th
In this revisions worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, 15 total, with "vivid and precise" word. Students are instructed that they may use a thesaurus. 
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The Passive With Get

For Students 6th - 8th
In this past participle practice worksheet, students respond to 10 questions that require them to fill in the blanks with the appropriate verbs. Students also write 5 sentences using the passive voice with "get."
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Working with Tenses

For Students 5th - 8th
For this verb review worksheet, students fill in 15 blanks using forms of the verbs in parentheses. Students review past tense, present tense, and future tense verbs.
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Idiom Quizzes - S

For Students 4th - 6th
In this identifying idioms online/interactive worksheet, learners choose idioms to replace the words and phrases in parentheses in sentences. Students choose 55 answers.
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Trailers Become Schools After Hurricane Katrina

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share their thoughts about natural disasters, then read a news article about how life at an elementary school was changed after Hurricane Katrina. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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Present tense of -ar verbs

For Students 6th - 7th
Are your beginning Spanish speakers learning how to conjugate -ar verbs? Provide them with this excellent practice opportunity. For learners that finish early, have them create five sentences with -ar verbs not previously used.
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Grammar Practice: Restrictive vs. Non-Restrictive Clauses

For Students 7th - 9th
Go over the basics of restrictive and non-restrictive clauses with this grammar activity. After reviewing the concepts, as well as the definitions of parentheticals and appositives, young learners label ten sentences as restrictive or...
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Make It True

For Students 5th - 8th
In this operations worksheet, learners solve a word problem involving the math operations in order. Students complete 1 complicated higher order thinking problem.
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Solving Algebraic Equations: Algebra/Geometry Institute

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students solve problems using PEMDAS. In this algebraic equations lesson, students evaluate expressions using real number properties. They play "Math Jeopardy" to reinforce the order of operations.
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Variations of the Adjective Clause: Lesson 15

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Help your students to vary their sentence structure with this presenation, which teaches them to use relative pronouns and adjective clauses to change the order of their sentences. The presentation details different ways to write the...
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You Can Count on Spelling

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Here is a cross-curricular activity that is suitable for virtually any grade level! Learners calculate the mathematical value of their spelling words using the letter tiles from a Scrabble game and identify the spelling word with the...
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Verb Tense - Will / Be Going To

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this verb tense usage online/interactive worksheet, students use context clues and the verbs in parentheses to add verbs in their correct tenses to complete sentences. Students write 10 answers and check by clicking on the Check...
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Adverbs of Frequency

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
How often do Peter and Sally go out dancing at night? How often do my cousin and I get in trouble at school? Help kids with adverbs of frequency with a straightforward grammar instructional activity. They use the adverb in parentheses to...
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Present tense of -ar verbs

For Students 7th - 9th
Beginning Spanish learners conjugate a series of common -ar verbs like bailar, cantar, cobrar, and llamar. They conjugate the verbs in parentheses to complete each of 15 sentences. When the class is finished, pair learners up and have...
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Justice for All

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A reading of Roald Dahl’s Lamb to the Slaughter opens a discussion of justice and fairness. Using a Venn diagram and an Idea Wheel graphic organizer, class members consider the similarities and differences in these two terms. They then...
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Irregular Past Participles

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Even though this activity on past participles is designed for an ESL class, it could work in any class setting. Questions prompt learners to fill in the blanks with past participles, and to think about the functions of participles within...
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Which vs. That in Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses

For Students 7th - 11th
Should you use which or that when using a restrictive clause? What about a non-restrictive clause? Young writers practice their grammar skills with this resource, which provides a straightforward guide to which vs. that, as well as ten...
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Ojala y Quizas: El subjuntivo

For Students 10th - 11th
The Spanish expressions meaning "hopefully" and "maybe" are always followed by the subjunctive. The top half of this worksheet provides an explanation and clear examples, while the bottom half provides a short practice section. For the...
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Interpreting Algebraic Expressions

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
The title of this activity should be "Algebraic Expressions Four Ways." Not only will your class be translating verbal descriptions of algebraic expressions to symbols, but also working with their geometric interpretation via area as...
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Proofreading: Lesson 2

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Identify and develop strategies for proofreading with your class. They read and identify the grammar rules for capitalization, end punctuation, and commas, correct errors as a class, and complete three worksheets. This resource includes...
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Worksheet 3: Present tense of -ar verbs

For Students 8th - 9th
Your Spanish language learners are just learning how to conjugate -ar verbs in the present tense. Give them this practice sheet to build understanding! Consider providing each learner with a verb conjugation chart to aid them in their...