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World Music Tour 4-5
In this music activity, students identify and describe world music and the cultures it comes from. Then they identify what a sarod is and what country it comes from. Finally, students practice writing their notes as taught on the sheet.
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Speedy Readers
Learners read orally to increase their reading speed and fluency in this lesson. They listen to the teacher model expressive and fluent reading. They then practice reading orally with a partner. The partner times their reading with...
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Speedy Readers
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...
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Simple and compound sentences
In this simple and compound sentences worksheet, students decide whether sentences are simple or compound sentences. Students also identify homophones, and plurals in sentences.
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Homographs and Homophones
Fourth graders complete a crossword puzzle. For this homophones and homographs lesson, 4th graders define homographs and look at examples. Students contrast homographs and homophones. Students complete a worksheet where they fill in a...
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Kid-Code: Developmentally Appropriate Spelling
Carefully balanced, developmentally appropriate spelling lessons and expectations can keep young writers focused!
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Students explore transportation and transportation related jobs as they improve their vocabulary.
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Can rice plants talk?
First graders compare and contrast rice plants with people. In this rice plant lesson, 1st graders discuss what make rice plants similar to people such as their bodies and coverings. They also discuss how they are different in what they...
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Grade 2 Reading Quiz B
In this grade 2 reading quiz, 2nd graders complete a 11 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 2 reading concepts. Answers may be submitted on-line.
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Integrating Physics-Observing and Experimenting to Find Relationships
In this experimental relationship worksheet, students read about direct and indirect relationships between variables in experiments. They answer three questions about relationships between variables.
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Test Your Speaking and Listening Skills: IPA Test 1
In this ESL test learning exercise, students follow instructions to answer a set of 7 questions related to phonemic awareness and sentence translations.
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Homophones And Homonyms
In this grammar worksheet, students think of homophones and homonyms and use them in sentences. Students try to write 10 sentences.
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Poetry Unit Test
In this poetry worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions on different aspects of poetry. Students complete 40 questions total.
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Gingerbread Man And Polar Express
Students keep a folder and outline booklet as they read. They meet with other students each Thursday to discuss their readings.
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Grade 2 Reading Test
In this grade 2 reading quiz, 2nd graders complete a 23 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 2 reading concepts. Answers may be submitted on-line.
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Peace Journals
Learners create peace journals. In this character education instructional activity, students record their thoughts about peace and their innermost thoughts and feelings. Learners use various journal starters, including describing someone...
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Holidays--Martin Luther King Day
In this Martin Luther King Day worksheet, students answer ten questions associated with Martin Luther King and his special day.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: We Saw Him at the Zoo
In this lesson plan, the mentor text utilized is Deborah Guarino's book, Is Your Mama a Llama?, with the focus of sentence fluency. Each student will think of an animal that that has the same initial sound as his/her name. Using the...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Are Homophones?
This page explains homophones (words that sound alike, but have different spellings and meanings) and provides the most common examples.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Give Me Five; Letter Sound Accuracy Activity
An exciting game to build students' understanding and accuracy of producing words that begin with the same letter. Students sit in a circle and the teacher says the sound of the letter. One student must pass a bean bag around the circle...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Sentence Variety: Strategies for Variation
This lesson offers suggestions to help you fix short, choppy sentences, combine sentences with the same subject, and revise sentences that sound the same. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Homophones
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on homophones - words that sound the same but have different meanings. Several activities are brought together to guide students to understanding this language art.
Other
Cooper: Alan Cooper's Homonyms
An alphabetical list of homonyms: words of different meanings that sound the same. Also includes a humorous look at homonyms in the "All about Homonyms" link.
Braingle
Braingle: Language Brain Teasers
"Manipulate words and letters" with these "language brain teasers" that ask you to think about letters, anagrams, syllables, consonants, rhymes, and other topics that you talk about in English class. Try the brain teasers presented here,...