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English Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Homepage with links to resources and activities to help support English language learners. Links are organized into vocabulary, listening, grammar and other categories. Some activities are theme-based, focusing on animals, color/shapes,...
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Kim's Korner: Color Coded Parts of Speech Kinesthetic Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students can brush up on their knowledge of the parts of speech when they do this lesson. This site contains a kinesthetic lesson plan that caters to children with all types of learning styles.
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Punctuate Items in a Series

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Another way to confuse readers or audiences is not using commas and conjunctions when listing items in a series. Always use a comma in between items in a series, and use a conjunction before adding the last item in a list. [0:44]
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Commas With Conjunctions

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Conjunctions can join two separate clauses, but sometimes they need commas. Learn how to do so correctly with this video. [0:48]
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Conjunctions

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Conjunctions are a part of a speech that connects different parts of a sentence, such as groups of words, clauses, or phrases. [0:41]
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Pbs Learning Media: Using Reference Materials to Correctly Spell Words

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Some words may sound like other words, but using the wrong word can lead to confusion and madness. A dictionary would be helpful to make sure you know what you're talking about! [0:40]
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Use the Correct Capitalization

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Capitalizing is extremely important. Not only is it proper writing, but it also makes writing look polished and finished. Learn what should be capitalized and what shouldn't! [0:53]
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Different Word Functions

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Remember that each type of word has a special job or function to be used in a sentence. Subjects, verbs, and objects all have different uses. Remember to use them correctly! [0:33]
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Pbs Learning Media: Using Commas and Quotations

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Quotations and commas are two very useful punctuation tools that indicate dialogue and brief pausing in sentences. Learn how to use them correctly! [0:46]
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Introduce Lists and Quotes With Colons

For Students 1st - 6th Standards
Colons are punctuation marks that can signal a quotation. However, to use colons correctly, whatever comes before the colon must be a complete sentence. Know when and how to use colons! [0:45]
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Recognize a Phrase

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A phrase is a group of related words that does not include both a subject and a verb. It only has one or the other! [0:39]
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Pbs Learning Media: Sentence Fragments

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Sentence fragments can't stand alone, because they do not express a complete thought. Run-ons put two complete sentences together in one sentence without separating them. [0:35]
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Prepositions

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Prepositions indicate locations, whether physical or in time. Around, in, outside, before, during. Prepositions help us know the when and where! [0:48]
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Pbs Learning Media: Forming and Using Possessive Nouns

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Possessives show when a noun belongs to someone. It is often indicated with an apostrophe "s", but when words end in "s" only an apostrophe is added.
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Reference Materials

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A dictionary is one of the most useful reference books anybody could ever use. Learn how to properly understand a dictionary's formatting and content! [0:46]
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Pbs Learning Media: Some Frequently Confused Words

For Students 1st - 6th Standards
Some words in English can look and sound similar, but have entirely different meanings. Keep an eye and ear out for them; beware of commonly confused words. [0:40]
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Your Dictionary: Charades Word Lists for Kids

For Students K - 1st
This is a list of words to use for charades for kids including book titles, children's movies, names of famous people, and geographical locations. The books and movie titles are broken down by age groups.
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K12 Reader: Reading Instruction Resources: Collective Noun Worksheets

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This learning resource provides five downloadable worksheets that reinforce the topic of "collective nouns."
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Pbs Learning Media: How to Link Clauses With Semicolon

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Semicolons join two closely related independent clauses in a single sentence. Without these, there would be run-on sentences that no one could slow down! [0:57]
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Pbs Learning Media: Using Punctuation for Breaks and Pauses

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Punctuation indicates how one should read any sentence. Commas, for example, indicate when a reader should take a brief pause, either for emphasis or for comprehension. [0:40]
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Pbs Learning Media: What Are Collective Nouns?

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
A collective noun is a word that refers to a group, such as a collection, a herd, a team! [0:37]
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Class Flow: Grammar Adjectives

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart identifies adjectives in shared reading and discusses what they have in common. Students will experiment with deleting and substituting adjectives and noting effects on meaning. They'll...
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Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group work which can lead...
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U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Kindergarten Activities (Spanish)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Links to 100 kindergarten activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...

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