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Introduce Vocabulary: Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students determine the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears and explore new vocabulary words found in the story. Students record their discoveries in a word...
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Bottle Top Sentences

For Teachers K
Students practice language. In this vocabulary expansion lesson plan, students match words on a sentence strip. They work independently to recognize and correlate words in a sentence to individual words out of sequence. This lesson plan...
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Native American Creation Stories: Matching

For Students 5th - 10th
For this creation myths worksheet, students match the 15 Native American creation stories or characters listed with the appropriate 15 descriptions.
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Roman Portfolio

For Teachers 2nd
Student practice decoding skills and phonological awareness. In this vocabulary development lesson, student identifies new vocabulary through word association and flash cards. Student also reads How he Chick Tricked the Fox making...
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Breaking News English - ESL/EFL Lesson Plan - Disability

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete ESL/EFL reading comprehension and vocabulary building activities. In this ESL/EFL current events lesson plan, students read or listen to the article "Paralysed Man Takes Hopeful First Steps," (22nd May, 2011). They work...
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Choose Your Toy

For Students 5th - 7th
In this decision-making instructional activity, students choose 1 out of 6 toys for a young boy. Students match 7 vocabulary terms to their proper definitions. Students fill in 3 blanks in 2 sentences. Students complete a variety of...
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Shopping

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore shopping vocabulary. In this ELL speaking lesson, students guess words that would be on a shopping list, identify or define words related to shopping, take a shopping survey, and read related text aloud.
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Word Search

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the alphabet by participating in a word activity. In this vocabulary review activity, students practice manipulating letters in the alphabet to create five words and write them in their vocab journal. Students complete a...
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore ways in which they are smart. In this "getting to know you" classroom team building lesson, students discuss various ways people can be smart and describe ways in which they are smart. Learners listen to "Smart" from...
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Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Dictionary skills are important to learn. Model how to find a word in the dictionary and how to choose the correct definition. As a class, look up words from The Life Cyle of a Bettle. Additionally, encourage your class to determine...
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Identifying Problems and Solutions in the Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars explore story structure. In this Groundhog's Day story structure literacy lesson, students listen to the story Groundhog Stays Up Late by Margery Cuyler, then pause half way through the story to identify the problem and...
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Interior Design- Textiles

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate natural and synthetic fibers. In this textiles instructional activity, students pass around samples of carpet, drapes and clothing and decide what they are made of. Students use KWL charts to organize information...
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Plant Vocabulary

For Students 3rd
In this plant instructional activity, 3rd graders study vocabulary associated with plant life.  Students use the given words to complete 9 fill in the blank statements.
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Reading Comprehension: Context Clues

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use context clues to help them understand unknown words. In this context clues lesson, 5th graders practice identifying context clues on a worksheet, then work with a peer to write their own story. Stories are peer edited...
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English Exercises: Jobs and Professions

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this ESL worksheet, students listen and watch a YouTube clip of an animated song about jobs. Students complete 100 exercises in an online quiz. Included are: matching jobs with pictures, a word search, and fill in the blank.
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Test Your Vocabulary Skills

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary instructional activity, students answer 20 short answer questions based on the picture dictionary and their knowledge of vocabulary words.
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Simile Bingo

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this simile bingo worksheet, students play bingo with words and pictures on it and fill in the blanks to similes with those words. Students play with 4 players.
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Present Continuous Exercises

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
For this online interactive listening worksheet, students listen attentively to a tape and match the 8 pictures of animals to the 8 words on the tape.
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Food

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive nouns worksheet, students complete 5 sentences by writing in the names of the picture shown. Students match 7 pictures with the words underneath each one. Students fill in 9 blanks with the nouns that name each...
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Vocabulary Charades

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore new vocabulary words by participating in a group activity. In this vocabulary role-playing lesson, students collaborate in groups to play a game of charades with new vocabulary words. Students are given points based on...
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All About Weather

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this weather vocabulary interactive worksheet, students fill in the correct vocabulary word to complete each of the eight given sentences. There is also an interactive word search to complete.
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Phonics Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
For this phonics worksheet, students cut out each of the nine words and glue them next to the illustration of the word.
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Mr. Putter and Tabby Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary from Mr Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant activity, students cut out the squares with vocabulary words, alphabetize them, and create sentences using them. Students write 11 sentences.
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Vocabulary Choice Board Lesson 17

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vocabulary usage worksheet, students choose cards to describe vocabulary words and participate in activities such as illustrating pictures, making lists, making charts, writing short stories, and playing games. Students choose 9...