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Bait bucket Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students create poems using a group of four predetermined words. In this poetry instructional activity students incorporate each of the four words into a poem that makes sense.
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Cool School Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students generate a word bank drawing on vocabulary from fifteen school related topics. They use the word bank to write poetry in the styles of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky.
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Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this metaphor worksheet, students make a "word card" with the word metaphor for their vocabulary bank, then determine whether statement from The Dragonslayer are similes or metaphors, 
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Simple Simon Went A-Fishing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners investigate the concept of reading a story with the help of the teacher to pronounce words with the singing of a song that is used to stimulate memory. They read the story while singing and review which words are rhyming.
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Vocabulary Practice

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete analogies and fill in the blanks to sentences with vocabulary words given. Students complete 18 problems.
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The Whale Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners watch a whale video clip for information. Students brainstorm on the facts that they learned about whales. Learners use the Internet to find information and images about whales. Students write and publish a whale poem.
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Alliteration

For Teachers K - 6th
Students write and illustrate a sentence which names a letter of the alphabet. The sentence should have subject, verb, describing words, and incorporate alliterative techniques.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 9

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, pupils will focus on vocabulary enhancement. Students will complete 10 multiple choice questions, by reading each sentence and choosing the best word to complete each.
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Rhythm in Language - Feel the SWAMP BEAT!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners explore the rhythm of words. In this reading skills lesson, students read Bedtime at the Swamp and use rhythm instruments to find the cadence in the words of the story. Learners listen for rhythm in other written text as they...
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Vowel Digraphs

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this vowel digraph learning exercise, students choose a word from a list to complete the sentence. There are fifteen sentences on this one-page learning exercise. An answer key is included on the 2nd page.
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Learning About Our World

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore their world using the book "This is the Way We Go to School." They predict information about the story based on the title and pictures. Students label a world map with the names of continents and oceans. They write a set...
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1st Grade Math: Greater Than, Less Than

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a variety of math activities that emphasize the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to. They order numbers on the number line, compare numbers, create letters using numbers on a 1-100 number chart,...
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The Flea's Sneeze Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners read a book and engage in three different activities. In this lesson about repetitive story patterns, students read a story, The Flea's Sneeze, and examine how the story has a rhythmic pattern of rhyming verse that sounds like a...
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 6

For Teachers 5th
In this vocabulary enrichment worksheet, 5th graders read and analyze eight sentences in order to choose the correct word by multiple choice to fill each blank to make each sentence grammatically correct.
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Mardi Gras Madness

For Teachers 8th
CStudents create a sensory chart in on the topic of Mardi Gras. They design a brainstorm web using Inspiration and complete creative writing assignment. Students write a poem about Mardi Gras that is presented to the class at the final...
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Up in the Sky

For Teachers 1st
First graders associate events and objects with day or night. They create a word bank and use is as a reference to create sentences about the sun. They conduct sun-themed experiments and art projects.
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Poetry: Developing a Taste

For Teachers 3rd
Students identify nouns in poems. In this poems lesson plan, students read poems, discuss them, analyze them, learn the rhythm, and ultimately define nouns that they discover in their poems.
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Short Vowel Review

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice short vowel sounds. In this literacy lesson, the teacher demonstrates the short vowel sounds, then guides students through practicing the sounds and making words. Students complete a worksheet for independent...
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Creating Poetic Devices

For Students 9th
In this creating poetic devices worksheet, 9th graders create 5 original examples of poetic techniques by listing and defining each term, then illustrating that example;  a list of terms and an example are shown;  a grading...
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Here it Comes Again

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work in small groups with on cup each of warm and ice water. They observe the outsides of the cups. They exhale onto a small piece of mylar or mirrors and discuss the change in appearance. Students discuss where the foggy...
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What's In A Name

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. They then discuss where various names come from. They create a individualized biopoem and publish it on word processing software. Their poems are compiled into a class book and presented...
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Poetry Explication and Analysis Using "In Her Shoes"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore language arts by viewing movie clips in class. In this poetry analysis lesson plan, students view scenes from the movie "In Her Shoes" and define what poetry is. High schoolers read the poem "One Art" and identify...
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Writing Poetry About the Meadow

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing poetry about the meadow worksheet, learners, after completing a lesson on meadow habitats, read the poem "Over in the Meadow" and then write additional stanzas using rhyming words and facts from the habitat lesson.
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Sonnets

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners examine the structure of sonnets. They compare and contrast them with modern day poetry. They write their own sonnet after changing the language in another sonnet to see why the author choosed certain words.

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