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Picture books provide the impetus for a study of how authors make plots seem real and characters interesting. After reading several books, class members list the techniques the authors used to enliven their stories and then craft their...

Discuss analogies with your middle schoolers. Using the word analogy worksheet provided here, learners analyze eight analogies. The analogies are fairly simple and straight forward and will bolster confidence.

Readers are asked to use the provided graphic organizer to list the main idea and supporting ideas in a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Young scholars gather in a large circle. The first student says the spelling word, the next will say the first letter, the next says the second letter and so on until the word is spelled. The next student then says the word again and the...

Students analyze photographs for information about life in Virginia City Nevada in the late 1800s. In this Nevada statehood lesson, students work in teams to analyze photographs from Virginia City. Students brainstorm adjectives to...

Students participate in a game in which they practice their spelling words, in which each student adds another letter to the word. They are given the chance to rejoin the game if they miss a letter.

Students participate in a game to help them with their spelling words. They rotate around the room with the first word, with each student giving the next letter. They continue if they get the letter right or sit down if the letter is wrong.

Students participate in a spelling game. The teacher calls out the first word. Then a student calls out with the spelling. Then the next word is given with a response. The game helps to engage students.

Fourth graders practice writing their spelling words for the week. They also type them in Microsoft Word for added practice. They change the font, color and size for each word and print them.

Young scholars play a game to practice spelling. They use a ball, the first person says a spelling word and passes the ball. The next person says the first letter of the word, passes the ball to the next-who says the next letter. Play...