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Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

European Exploration of North America Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders listen to read-alouds and participate in extension activities about European Explorers—Christopher Columbus, Juan Ponce de León, Hernando de Soto, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, and Samuel de...
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Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Colonial America Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

For Teachers 3rd Standards
A read-aloud anthology explores Colonial America. Third graders listen to informational texts, discuss what they heard, and participate in extension activities and writing. Take-home materials, assessments, and remediation opportunities...
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Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Astronomy—Our Solar System and Beyond Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology

For Teachers 3rd Standards
A read-aloud anthology explores our solar system and beyond. Informational texts about astronomy invite pupils to discuss readings. Extension activities examine vocabulary, sayings, and phrases. Scholars work through the writing process...
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PPT
Curated OER

Commas, Semicolons, and Colons Using Famous Quotes

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Ten famous quotes are written on these slides, at first without punctuation. After giving learners a chance to punctuate the quotes, the correct punctuation is shown. Use memorable words to develop long-term grasp of how to use commas,...
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Lesson Plan
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Roald Dahl

Matilda - Throwing the Hammer

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Full truth, or an exaggeration? How can you tell when a storyteller is exaggerating a story? Readers analyze a story told by Hortensia, and identify the exaggerative language she uses. Then, learners write their own narrative story using...
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Handout
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All About Reading

Pirate Dictionary

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Shiver me timbers, this here resource is a great way to teach young landlubbers to speak the language of the briny deep. Including over 30 different words and phrases, complete with definitions and guide words, this dictionary will have...
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Printables
Curated OER

The Common Core Literacy Standards - Grade 3 Posters

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Brighten your third grade classroom with this series of colorful Common Core displays. Including all of the English Language Arts standards and substandards, each with supporting illustrations and examples, this resource provides clear...
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Printables
Curriculum Corner

“I Can” Common Core! 3rd Grade Language

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Support third graders with developing their language skills using this Common Core checklist. With each standard written as an I can statement, children are given clear learning goals to work toward throughout the year.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Because of Winn-Dixie

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Readers analyze an excerpt from Kate DiCamillo's novel Because of Winn-Dixie. They read silently, and then hear it read aloud. Definitions for underlined vocabulary words are in the margin, and other potentially difficult words are in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Nice Story

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Explore word choice in writing. Your class listens to a short story entitled "A Nice Day" (included) and discusses how the story could be improved. Pupils replace the word nice throughout the story with various synonyms, then reread the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Colons, Dashes, Hyphens, and Parentheses

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
When should you use a colon, dash, or hyphen? Middle schoolers insert different types of punctuation marks into given sentences. Rules for usage are included in each example.
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Lesson Plan
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Bouba Kiki Effect

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
It may be possible for certain symbolic characteristics, like sharpness and roundedness, to cross language barriers. In this experiment you will investigate the Bouba-Kiki Effect to find out if abstract visual properties can be linked to...
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Handout
University of Richmond

University of Richmond Writing Center: Commonly Confused Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comparison of commonly misused words in the English Language. Words are paired next to one another with their definitions as well as examples of each.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Slate Races: A Phoneme Segmenting Game

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A classroom or small group game to build accuracy of students' abilities to blend phonemes. Students write the word that the teacher gives them on their own slate/dry erase board and then underneath the word, writes down each sound in...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Express Yourself

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Test your skill at reading the emotion expressed in a face in these two matching games.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: The Take Away Game: Onset Rime Segmenting

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A classroom activity led by the instructor. The student is given a spoken onset and rime, and learns to remove the onset and state the remaining rime.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Synonyms and Antonyms Word Toss

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Check your skills at identifying synonyms and antonyms with an alluring interactive game of word toss.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Antonyms, Synonyms & Homonyms

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
If you need to brush up on antonyms, synonyms, and homonyms check out this game. Practice identifying these three tricky types of words by matching the identified words on the frog with the words on the correct flies.
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Lesson Plan
Education.com

Education.com: Words That Make Us Feel: A Lesson on Sensory Language

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] After this lesson centered around the book Owl Moon, students will be able to identify words and phrases that suggest feelings and appeal to the senses.
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BBC

Bbc: Skillwise: English: Grammar: Word Types: Parts of Speech Quiz: Basic Level

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Quiz that assesses fundamental knowledge and application of the basic parts of speech. Identify the part of speech within a sentence or standing on its own. Three levels of difficulty and immediate feedback are provided. Certificates...
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Semantic Gradients

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Use the strategy of determining semantic gradients (shades of meaning) to help students improve their vocabulary and understanding of related words.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Wisewire: Grade 3 Playlist: Identifying Real Life Connections Between Words

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Often, without even realizing it, readers are connecting the words they read to their everyday lives. The human brain is moving so fast that even while reading, behind the scenes, readers are making connections to their real lives and to...
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Quia

Quia: To / Two / Too

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this practice, students read a statement and, using the pop-up menu, select the correct spelling of the word to fit in the statement. Java is required.
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Activity
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Education: Language: Vocabulary Acquisition: Shades of Meaning

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a PDF learning exercise in which the students order synonyms according to the strength of the word and fill in the blanks in a reading passage with the most appropriate word.