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Equivalent Ratios
Equivalent ratios show up on tape. Young mathematicians use tape diagrams to create equivalent ratios in the initial instructional activity on the topic. They learn the definition of equivalent ratios and use it to build others in the...
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Analyzing Different Mediums: Advantages and Disadvantages
How do authors play to people's moods? After briefly reviewing mood using a Conditional and Subjunctive Mood handout, learners practice identifying conditional and subjunctive sentences in the Montgomery Bus Boycott speech before reading...
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Multimedia Valentine's Card
Third graders create a Valentine's card stack for a special person of their choice. They write a clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that create a central idea. Students use the computer to create a HyperStudio two card stack....
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Writing News Interviews
Pupils write ten facts for a topic of choice. They describe why they chose that topic and begin to research it. They complete a handout on note taking that is used to draft questions for interviews.
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Word Order:Telling Sentences
Second graders are involved in hands on and guided practice activities for learning how to put words in order to make a telling sentence make sense.
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Writing About Holidays
Students research a holiday celebrated by their family and write a studenT story in which they explain the history of the holiday and describe ways in which it is celebrated.
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To Tell You in a Nutshell
Learners discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization. Through guided practice, they follow six steps in finding and highlighting important information from an article, while deleting information that is not...
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Report Writing in Primary Grades
Students listen and restate facts from a text. They gather and organize information as a class. They create a report and present it to their classmates.
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Greeting Card to A Character
Students create a greeting card from one character to another after finishing a novel. Individually, they use their imagination to write the paragraph using the text to support their ideas. They share their greeting card with the class...
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Lord of the Flies - Sentence Starters and Vocabulary
High schoolers prepare for the reading of iam Golding's novel, The Lord of the Flies, by exploring the theme through a discussion and sentence starter activity.
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Subjects and Predicates
Sixth graders explore writing techniques by reviewing sample sentences. In this writing subject lesson, 6th graders examine a list of sentences in which they identify both the subject and predicate. Students complete a subject and...
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Subject/Verb Agreement
Young scholars recognize the relationship between singular and plural subjects and verbs as they relate to developing stronger writing skills. In this writing lesson, students write and organize their thoughts and feelings while using...
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WRITING AN ARTICLE FOR A CHILDREN'S MAGAZINE
Students engage in the writing of a magazine article. They focus upon the reading of a children's fiction book and create an informative narrative. They create main ideas and supporting details for the article. The supporting of main...
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Creating a Digital Newspaper
Students create a digital newspaper. In this digital newspaper instructional activity, students review the sections of a newspaper and brainstorm ideas for their paper. Students complete a schools news report, student interview, opinion...
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Writing Paragraphs: Paragraphs which describe events in chronological order
Students explain the structure of a paragraph which describes chronological events. They demonstrate this by construction in writing of a paragraph.
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Exploration: Writing Research Papers
Students use the Internet to search for model research papers, analyze the style of introductions. They write an introduction to a research paper on European explorers. This research project may be completed individually or with students...
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101 Math Journal Topics
In this math worksheet, students examine the topics available to complete a daily math journal. They repeat the procedure for future lessons.
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Clouds
Second graders construct the 3 types of clouds using cotton balls and write sentences describing them. In this clouds lesson plan, 2nd graders describe a cumulus, stratus, and cirrus cloud.
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Introductions and Conclusions
Students discuss the importance of writing clear, well structured essays. They explore the use of introductions and conclusions when writing an essay. Students compose an essay using both introductions and conclusions.
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Communicating My Ideas; Developing Self-Expression in Writing
Fifth graders identify new vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, 5th graders predict the meaning of unfamiliar words. Next they find them in a dictionary and use them in a sentence.
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The Second-Term Exam for Elementary Students
For this grammar worksheet, students complete sentences, choose correct topics and words, answer multiple choice questions, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Reading and Writing Practice
Middle schoolers read a magazine article about the advantages and disadvantages of teleworking. They answer questions about the article to test their comprehension. They identify parts of each sentence.
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Creative Story Writing
Pupils recognize predictable patterns in literature. They use the selected pattern to create their own writing using the same type of literary pattern. The new writing is proofread by other students and the editing is done until the...
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Paragraphs
In this paragraph learning exercise, learners read a short excerpt explaining what a paragraph is and what types of sentences belong in them. They then read 4 more paragraphs and underline the sentence in each that does not belong.