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Practice Easily Confused Words

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders review vocabulary words. For this spelling lesson, 6th graders review words that are easily confused. Students complete an activity at home for practice.
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Words Ending in Soft g

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a worksheet. In this sound identification lesson, 5th graders distinguish between a soft g and a hard g sound and identify words with each. Students complete a worksheet where they write and identify words with...
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Instant Spelling Activity: Homophones

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the concept of homophones. In this spelling skills lesson, 2nd graders discover the definition of homophones and practice identifying homophones. Extension activities suggested are included with this lesson.
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Twenty Green Gates

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore mathematics by participating in a pattern building activity. In this geometric construction instructional activity, 2nd graders discuss a story problem in which a gate needs to be built from triangles and...
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Cloze Word Story

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a cloze word story test. In this listening skills lesson, 5th graders listen to a story and follow along with their own copy. Students listen to the story a second time and fill in the missing words as they go.
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Homophone Practice

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice their spelling skills by completing a spelling homophone activity. In this homophone lesson, 4th graders discuss easily-confused word spellings. Students write sentences using homophones. Students complete the...
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Vocabulary Building Activity 3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
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: Final-e Rule

For Students 3rd
In this final e rule worksheet, 3rd graders respond to 19 questions by filling in the blanks with the correct word illustrating their understanding of final e rule.
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Vocabulary: Often-Confused Word Pairs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice their word choice. In this vocabulary development lesson, 6th graders practice choosing the correct word when given a pair of words that are often confused for each other. this lesson includes a worksheet for...
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Here's an Instant Activity: Onomatopeia Word-Search

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a worksheet on onomatopoeia. In this spelling lesson, 8th graders review the concept of onomatopoeia. The attached worksheet for students includes a word-search of thirty onomatopeic words. Although the lesson is...
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Here's an Instant Activity for December 15, 2003

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils complete a spelling activity that helps them create and spell words. In this spelling lesson plan, students manipulate letters to make words and complete the worksheet by writing new words.
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Here's An Instant Activity for April 7, 2003

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice their spelling skills with soft syllable endings. For this spelling lesson, 5th graders complete soft syllable interaction activity with their teacher. Students then write 16 le-ending and ly-ending word pairs to...
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Spelling: ie and ei words

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice spelling "ie" and "ei" words. In this review of spelling, 4th graders discuss different "ie"/"ei" words and the old saying "i before e except after c" and it's accuracy. This lesson includes a worksheet for...
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Here's an Instant Activity for May 3, 2004

For Teachers 1st
First graders use their visual skills to improve their spelling skills. In this spelling lesson, 1st graders read words and find smaller words within each example.
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Here's an Instant Activity for February 18, 2008

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a spelling activity to practice spelling with suffixes. In this suffixes lesson plan, 5th graders complete an instant spelling activity as well as a worksheet to help them add suffixes to words.
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Here's an Instant Activity for November 5, 2007

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students improve their spelling skills by completing activities for homophones, antonyms, and synonyms. Students complete a spelling worksheet for 'ie' and 'ei' words. Students then identify 12 homophones, 12 antonyms, and 12 synonyms.
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Here's an Instant Activity for February 16, 2004

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a spelling activity that also improves their proofreading skills. In this spelling lesson, 4th graders read a list of words and proofread to find the word spelled correctly in each row.
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X in Fox

For Students 2nd - 3rd
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 foxes.
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H for Hippo

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word practice worksheet, students complete word practice activities including a word scramble, a visual activity, a word building activity, and a word search activity. All activities relate to hippos.
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G for Giraffe

For Students 2nd - 3rd
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 giraffes.
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J for Jellyfish

For Students 2nd
In this word practice instructional activity, 2nd graders complete word practice activities including a word scramble, a visual activity, a word building activity, and a word search activity. All activities relate to jellyfish.
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K for Kangaroo

For Students 2nd
In this word practice worksheet, 2nd graders complete word practice activities including a word scramble, a quiz activity, a word building activity, and a word search activity. All activities relate to kangaroos.
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I for Insect

For Students 2nd
In this word practice worksheet, 2nd graders complete word practice activities including a word scramble, a maze activity, a word building activity, and a word search activity. All activities relate to insects.
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M for Monkey

For Students 2nd
In this word practice instructional activity, 2nd graders complete word practice activities including a word scramble, a maze activity, a word building activity, and a word search activity. All activities relate to monkeys.