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Context Clues, Plot Structure, Conflict, and Personal Narrative Essay
What are the elements of a personal narrative? Get your class talking by reading "The Necklace" and "A Dangerous Game." The lesson focuses primarily on defining certain vocabulary terms (like context clues, plot, conflict, climax, etc.)...
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Animals And Behavior
In this animal behavior activity, students solve four different kinds of puzzles based on animal behavior vocabulary. There are 8 word scrambles, 6 analogies, 5 crazy eights and 5 short answer questions.
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Test Your Vocabulary Skills: More Common Idioms 2
For this language arts worksheet, 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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Times Marches On
In this PowerPoint, students learn to distinguish between the terms "ancient" and "modern." The presentation gives visual and and written definitions of these words. Students respond to 5 questions that require them to decipher...
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Alphabet
Here's a packet filled with suggestions and activities for teaching the alphabet.
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Who? Who? Whoooooooo?
Students read Poppy by Avi and then dissect an owl pellet. They complete a KWL chart and play vocabulary games to prepare for the dissection. They examine what the pellet can tell us about the owl's life.
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Under the Umbrella
Pupils study the letter-sound recognition of the /u/ by reciting a tongue twister, writing the letter in both upper and lower case, and identify words with the letter 'u' in them. Next, they sing a song, and listen to a story while...
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Queen Anna Banana's Fruit Group
Second graders participate in activities focusing on the fruit group and rhyming words.
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Aboriginals
Students are read a book about aboriginal perspectives. They answer questions and practice words with the letter "g". They participate in math drills practicing their counting as well.
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Triumph and Disaster
In this global studies worksheet, students read a 6-paragraph article regarding a Wimbledon match and respond to short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are also included.
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Sunshine Math-3
In this math problem solving worksheet, learners examine and solve 8 math word problems that require them to use problem solving skills.
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Incredible Encouragers
Students observe and demonstrate how to use and give positive encouragement to their teammates and opponents. They read and discuss a list of positive sayings, then during a P.E. game, students earn Incredible Encourager stars when they...
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Countable and Uncountable Nouns 3
For this ESL countable and uncountable nouns worksheet, students examine the list of 30 nouns and identify those that are uncountable nouns. Students may also write sentences using each of the words
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Measuring Elapsed Time
Fifth graders convert units within the same measurement system and be able to determine elapsed time. They are given a start time and an end time of a game. Students determine the amount of elapsed time from the data that is given.
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Unit Planning For Social Studies
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the skill of unit planning. They practice developing multiple lesson plans based upon one unifying theme that becomes the unit. They practice a Jeopardy Game lesson plan to model the...
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Complete The Sentence 6
In this ESL worksheet, students read 10 intermediate level sentences. Students choose the best word to complete each sentence. For example, "I was so cold I was..."
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Sorting: Library Books
Students discover organization by participating in a class game. In this information sorting lesson, students utilize the Internet to play a library role-playing game with their classmates. Students answer study questions about library...
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Teaching Tip -Vocabulary procedure
Participants are introduced to a variety of procedures to teach vocabulary. They gain oral practice with creative adjectives. They offer various vocabulary presentations along with games and acting out the words.
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ESL Unit Review
For this ESL review worksheet, learners name pictures, determine words that don't belong in a group, complete sentences, read ads and complete questions about each, and complete true/false questions about a short story.
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"Creating Movement through Literature" Dance Lesson Plan
Students listen to a story and then use the words from the book to generate dance movements.
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ESL Lesson Idea: Describing People
Students practice using the proper vocabulary to provide a physical description of a person. They focus on the details that are necessary to give a complete description by participating in a teacher directed guessing game.
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Algebra/Geometry Institute Summer 2007: Graphing Activity
Seventh graders practice identifying coordinates by examining a city map. In this graphing activity, 7th graders create coordinate directions on an index card and practice locating these locations on a grid. Students read and...
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Radical Raptors
Learners study the lifestyles and habitats of raptors that live in Minnesota. They play games associated with their study.
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Radical Raptors
Students define raptor, explain why raptors are important, describe unique physical characteristics of various types of raptors, and explain life cycle of raptors. Students then play Habitat Game, describe food and hunting habits of...