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Teaching Vowel Combinations

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Need some fun activities to augment your lessons on vowel patterns and phonemic awareness? Peruse a series of worksheets designed to help little ones with their early reading skills.
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America’s Early Colonies: John Smith and Jamestown, Va

For Teachers 7th Standards
John Smith's 1616 letter to Queen Anne of England offers ELLs an opportunity to learn about a bit of early American history. The four-page packet includes the full text of the letter. In addition, the packet includes a worksheet...
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Teaching Close Reading through Short Composition/Revision

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This activity may have writers evaluate short compositions, but their subjects are quite tall: great Americans. Pupils read one another's compositions and closely examine how specific phrases and diction contribute to shaping American...
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Asking Probing Questions and Choosing a Research Topic

For Teachers 6th Standards
Begin the writing journey of an evidence-based essay detailing a rule to live by with various activities to familiarize learners with the topic and jump-start brainstorming. First, pupils take part in an in-depth review and discussion of...
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ESL: Words about the Bank

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL worksheet, students choose letters from boxes to form a word about going to the bank/banking. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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Science Secret Decoder Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
Can your learners solve this puzzle? There are 15 scrambled words, and your science start must use the key to decode each unknown word. Note: They must use the second row to search the letter they desire. For example, in number 11, the...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Arthur’s New Puppy

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are read Arthur's New Puppy, by Marc Brown. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of at least three Tier Two words. They discuss the meaning of the new words, as a group, both before and after the...
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Lesson Two - Compound Words

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners complete activities with the book Sarah Plain and Tall. In this literature lesson, students read chapter two and complete attached activities. They list the compound words they find and study new vocabulary. 
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Words In the News Carnival Celebrations

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils complete vocabulary building and verb tense activities before reading an online article. They complete worksheets and an online quiz before writing a story about a hypothetical situation in which they have money stolen.
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Words in the News Rabid Vampire Bats Attack Humans in Brazil 02 November 2005

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in word work and vocabulary building before reading an online article. They complete worksheets or an online quiz the focuses on homographs. They write a diary entry.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - Short a Words

For Students 1st
In this vocabulary building worksheet, 1st graders write a list of 5 long a words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and complete an "Eagle Eye" activity. They examine a vocabulary word and a list of words that...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Dandelion

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars are read Dandelion, by Don Freeman. In this vocabulary focused lesson plan, 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 the...
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Introduce Vocabulary: I Love You the Purplest

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are read I Love You the Purplest, by Barbara Joosse. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of at least three "Tier Two" words. As a group, they discuss the meanings of the words both before and...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Into the A, B, Sea

For Teachers K - 1st
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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Fire Safety Vocabulary Maze

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this fire safety worksheet, learners find a fire safety vocabulary word that matches with the definition in a maze. Students find 14 words.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Cows Can't Fly

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners are introduced to vocabulary words from the story Cows Can't Fly and identify words during the reading of the story. In this introduction to vocabulary words instructional activity, students recall vocabulary words from the...
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Adjectives Word Search

For Students 2nd - 4th
In these English Language adjective word search worksheets, students complete several word searches to find the various adjective words for each picture.
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Vocabulary Practice: Pronouns

For Students 4th - 6th
In this pronouns vocabulary skills worksheet, learners examine the 16 words in a word bank and use them to fill in the blanks in 16 sentences.
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Worksheet 6. Vocabulary Practice, Present Perfect and Past Perfect

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this vocabulary skills worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions that require them to select the appropriate words to complete the sentences that express the present perfect and past perfect tenses.
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English Vocabulary Activity

For Students 9th - 12th
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are used to challenge average vocabulary usage. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Weather Word Search

For Students 1st - 4th
In this weather word search worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to locate and identify 17 weather words in the word puzzle.
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Matching Worksheet: Anaerobic Cell Respiration

For Students 7th - 9th
In this cell worksheet, students match vocabulary words about cells to their definition. They choose the best definition for each word.
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Mira: Activity 5

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice Spanish phrases about clothing. They match words to articles of clothing hanging from a clothesline hung in the room. They discuss the custom of Spanish-speaking countries hanging clothing outside to dry on a...
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Vivacious Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers practice looking up the definitions of words using a dictionary. They put the defintion of the word into their own words. They create a PowerPoint slideshow to show illustrations related to their vocabulary words. Using...