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Beat the Spell Checker 1-- Going on Holiday
In this language arts worksheet, 4th graders practice proofreading skills by reading and correcting the errors in 8 sentences. The words that are misspelled are highlighted; students write the correct spelling underneath each incorrectly...
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Dictionaries
Students understand the way the dictionary is laid out as well as the purpose for why people use dictionaries. For this language arts lesson, students recognize the need for alphabetical order and are able to find words using a...
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Punctuation Review/Tic-tac-toe
Sixth graders play a tic-tac-toe game in pairs. In this language arts lesson, one student uses an X to show the correct sentences, while the other student uses an O to show incorrect sentences. Students use a T-chart to record the...
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Common Idioms-- Body Parts 2
In this language arts worksheet, students read 20 names of body parts in a word bank. Students fill in the missing words in common idioms. Example: Riding the roller coaster was quite a ------- raising experience! (hair)
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Test Your Vocabulary Skills: More Common Idioms 2
In this language arts instructional activity, students discover that idioms are spoken or written sentences where the meaning is not obvious from the individual words used. Students read 10 idioms and match them to their meanings.
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Wordsearch Fun Blank Grid
In this language arts worksheet, students use the blank grid and word bank lines to create a word search puzzle of their own with 20 words on topic chosen by each person. No directions are given on the page.
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Australian English Slang Terms-- Part 1
In this language arts and geography worksheet, young scholars read 15 slang phrases from Australia and match them to their meanings. Example: a barbie (a barbecue)
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Final Phoneme Pyramid
Little learners identify final phonemes found in various words. They play a game where they pick a card, say the name of the object on the card, identify the final phoneme, then match it to an image with the same final phoneme. Whoever...
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Fun Fonix: G Endings
Write it. Read it. Find it. That's the name of the game here! Elementary learners trace basic words, say them aloud, and find the matching picture. All words on this worksheet end with the letter g.
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The Drum
First graders read and discuss the folktale from India "The Drum." They locate India on a map, compare and contrast "The Drum" with other stories, and participate in a Words For Storytelling game. Students also complete an adjective...
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Guess Again!
Students define and read riddles, and differentiate between poems and riddles. They complete a class Venn Diagram comparing poems and riddles, and play an attribute guessing game with the teacher. Students then identify the rhyming words...
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Blue Ribbon Readers: Visualizing
Introduce young readers to the comprehension strategy of visualizing by asking them to think about a place that makes them happy. After illustrating or using words to describe this place, the class moves on to an interactive game using...
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Classroom Stationery
What's in the bag? Learn about classroom items, such as pens, glue, pencils, and books, with a series of fun activities. Kids sing and play games to practice their new vocabulary words.
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Musher Madness
Students discover facts about Iditarod racing. For this language arts lesson, students create a class musher picture dictionary selecting terms from the Musher Term list. Additionally, students create a class picture dictionary compiling...
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Complete the Sentences 2
In this language arts worksheet, students read 10 incomplete sentences and choose the most concise appropriate word or phrase to make the sentence coherent.
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Sentence Puzzle Race
Students create sentences based on the word cards they are given. For this sentences lesson plan, students work in teams and get points for correct sentences.
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Baseball Challenge
While a nifty idea, this presentation is slightly difficult to follow and use. The PowerPoint involves an exploration of the parts of speech, including the use of nouns and adjectives, using animation, music, and interactive elements....
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Thesaurus Forage
Looking for a game that teaches students about how to use a thesaurus, and reinforces the concept of synonyms? Each player will have the opportunity to use their "tools" in this engaging instructional activity. They will use their...
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The History of Scrabble
Students discover the history and rules to the classic board game, Scrabble. In this spelling lesson, students complete a KWL chart on Scrabble and present their findings in an oral report. Students work in pairs to reenact...
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Academic Raceway 500: Vocabulary Using Context Clues
This vocabulary skills PowerPoint presents a game to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues within a sentence. The game is based on the theme of a car race. The goal of the PowerPoint game is to finish the race...
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Pronouns
Students play a game. For this pronouns lesson, students watch a video and read a book about pronouns. Students review types of pronouns, fill in missing pronouns in sentences, read a newspaper article and find as many pronouns as...
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Back to School Matching Cards
In this back to school worksheet, students cut out 3 pictures and 3 words with a back to school theme. then use them to play a matching or concentration. The words are "apple", "bus", and "school".
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Opposite Day
In this Opposite Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write...
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Vocabulary Meanings
In this vocabulary meanings worksheet, students demonstrate comprehension of vocabulary from a word bank by logically filling in the blanks to complete sentences. Students choose ten multiple choice answers.