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Building Background Knowledge: “War in the Pacific,” Part 2
Who did what? Readers take a closer look at War in the Pacific to determine each country's actions. As they read, scholars underline American actions in one color and actions of Japan in another. They then begin completing Pearl Harbor...
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Listening Picture Check Sheet & Listening Picture Prompts
Help learners build greater self-awareness and improve listening skills with these visual prompt sheets. Beginning with an "Are you really listening?" overview sheet, the following pages use large visuals to remind pupils...
Facing History and Ourselves
Community Is... Community Isn't
Scholars continue their exploration of the concept of community by first completing an anticipation guide and then engaging in a Four Corners activity to share their responses. They analyze an essay in which the author defines community...
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Launching the Text: Building Background Knowledge on Louie Zamperini and World War II (Preface, Pages 3–6)
Scholars participate in a gallery walk to examine photographs related to WWII and record thoughts about the pictures in note catchers. At the end of the gallery walk, pupils share their observations before participating in a discussion...
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Building Background Knowledge: The Pearl Harbor Attack: Unbroken, Pages 38–47
Perspective changes everything. Scholars use a close reading guide while analyzing pages 38-47 in Unbroken. Readers learn that the governments of Japan and the United States had very different perspectives about the attack on Pearl...
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Building Writing Skills: Receiving Feedback and Varying Sentence Structures
Everyone is good at something. Scholars receive their mid-unit assessments with feedback. They look over their papers and write their strengths as a writer and goals on index cards. The class then has a mini activity in using sentence...
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short A
In this short a vocabulary building worksheet, learners write the short a spelling words, unscramble the words, find the words written incorrectly and rewrite with the correct spelling.
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Latin Expressions
Ninth graders complete spelling activities using Latin expressions. In this Latin expressions activity, 9th graders complete an oral class activity using Latin expressions and complete a worksheet where they research to explain the...
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Short a Vocabulary Building Activities
In this short a vocabulary building worksheet, 2nd graders write down 6 words as the teacher dictates them, unscramble the words, and write sentences with the words. They write a sentence with 1 review word.
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Vocabulary Building Activity-Long Vowels
In this vocabulary worksheet, students write words as the teacher calls them out, unscramble words and locate misspelled words in a series.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: Short i
In this short i worksheet, students write 5 short i words as they are called out, unscramble the words and find incorrectly spelled words in a series.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In this spelling patterns worksheet, 2nd graders write six words that contain the short sound of e. They complete an unscrambling activity. Students write each word in a sentence.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn 6 vocabulary words, and each word has the -ow or the -ou sound. First they practice writing each word, then they complete a word scramble and finally they write sentences with the vocabulary...
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Vocabulary Building Activity-- air Words
In this --air words worksheet, students study 5 words that contain the --air pattern. Students write the words, unscramble them and use each in a sentence.
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Vocabulary Building Activity --ie Words
In this --ie word pattern worksheet, learners analyze 6 words that have the --ie pattern. Students write the words, unscramble them and use them in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In this short sound of u worksheet, 2nd graders write six words that contain the short sound of u. They unscramble the words. Students write each word in a sentence.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In this spelling pattern worksheet, 2nd graders write six words with the ir or ur spelling pattern. They unscramble these words. Students write six sentences, one each for the six spelling words.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
For this spelling patterns worksheet, 2nd graders practice writing words with the short i spelling pattern. They write six sentences and unscramble the six spelling words.
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Letter Building #5
In this word building worksheet, students form as many words as they can in 5 minutes that include the letters 'ou.' Students spell 24 words.
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Halloween Activity 2
In this word practice worksheet, students complete word practice activities including a word scramble, a maze activity, a word building activity, and a word search activity. All activities relate to Halloween.
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Easter Activity
In this word practice worksheet, students complete word practice activities including a word scramble, an egg hunt, a word building activity, and a word search. All activities relate to Easter.
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Build Working Models With household Items
Students follow the illustration, and cut out foam board according to the pattern. They assemble the small parts by gluing. Once the glue is dry, students tape the end of the bottom and top clipper boards, they slide toothpicks through...
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Activity Plan 5-6: Architects at Work
Young scholars build on what they know to make new discoveries. For this early childhood lesson plan, students engage in a block-building activity to develop language, math, and fine-motor skills.
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Compound Words
Third graders understand what a compound word is. For this compound words lesson, 3rd graders complete a worksheet putting two words together that form a compound word. Students create a list of these words.