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ESL Prepositions- Where is the Ball? Fill in the Blank Worksheet
In this ESL prepositions fill-in-the-blank instructional activity, students examine 7 small pictures showing the placement of a soccer ball as it relates to a box. They answer the question, "Where is the ball?" on each blank line.
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Who's vs. Whose
For this pronouns worksheet, students view eight pictures and then complete eight sentences by placing the appropriate pronoun, who's or whose, in each blank.
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ESL Adjective Matching Worksheet
In this ESL adjective activity, students examine 8 pictures. They match each picture to the adjective that describes it such as messy, nice, slow, and clean.
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Here's an Instant Activity for November 5, 2007
Students improve their spelling skills by completing activities for homophones, antonyms, and synonyms. Students complete a spelling worksheet for 'ie' and 'ei' words. Students then identify 12 homophones, 12 antonyms, and 12 synonyms.
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Chinese Zodiac Animals
For this Chinese zodiac animals worksheet, students search 12 different animals in a word search. First, they identify the various types of Chinese zodiac animals. Then, students locate and circle each word in the word search puzzle.
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Comprehension: Setting
Pupils discuss what setting represents. In this language arts lesson, students review the three elements of setting: where the story takes place, when does the story take place, and is it past, present, or future? Pupils create a chart...
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Surprise Garden
Students explore English by reading children stories in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Surprise Garden and identify the settings, plot and characters. Students define a list of vocabulary words from...
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ESL Clothing Words Matching Worksheet
In this ESL clothes matching worksheet, students match 9 clip art pictures of articles of clothing with the word that names them. They match words such as jeans, shoes, shirt, coat, and sweater.
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Past and Present Verb Tenses
Students investigate past and present verb tenses. In this grammar instructional activity, students identify past and present verbs in sentences written on the board. Students complete a worksheet to reinforce the concepts learned.
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Guess What It Is?
Third graders write and present a descriptive 'powergraph' that describes a secret object using prior knowledge of adjectives, clustering graphic organizers, and presentation skills. Authors read powergraphs and classmates 'Guess What It...
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Where Is The ...?
In this prepositions worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that show the position of a ball in relation to a cardboard box. Students answer the question, "Where is the ball?" by writing their answer in a sentence on the line.
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ESL Action Verbs Matching Worksheet
In this ESL action verb matching worksheet, learners match a clip art picture of a person performing an action to the sentence that names it. They complete 5 examples.
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ESL Use of Prepositions- Where is the Ball? Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL preposition learning exercise, students examine 4 pictures of a ball as is position in relation to a box. They choose the best answer, out of four choices, to the question, "Where is the ball?"
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Prepositions of Place
In this ESL prepositions of place worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict the location of a ball in relation to a cardboard box. Students match the pictures with the prepositions that describe them
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Small Group Discussion Questions
Support a class reading of the novel Song of the Trees by Mildred D. Taylor with this series of discussion questions. Covering a variety of topics from character and setting to historical accuracy and symbolism, these questions challenge...
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Gifts from the Sea
Students discover the oceanic food chain. In this healthy eating lesson, student investigate the fish we eat and the food the fish eat. Students discover what ocean animals eat seaweed and what everyday foods we eat that also contain...
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Newspaper in the Classroom
Newspapers aren't only for reading—they're for learning skills, too! A journalism unit provides three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Lessons include objectives, materials, vocabulary, and procedure, and...
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"Pizza"rama With Fractions!!
Young mathematicians explore number values by utilizing food as a visual aide. They discuss the differences between halves, fourths, and eighths and how they are visually represented by a pizza. Then create their own pizza in class and...
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Oral Reading Fluency
Accuracy, phrasing, flow, and pace, the four traits of of oral reading fluency, are the focus of a series of exercises that are designed to help readers develop these comprehension and literacy skills.
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Language: Has the Cat Got Your Tongue?
Use funny tongue twisters to entice your young learners! They'll love this game where they face off against members of the other team and recite tongue twisters. Who will win this enunciation and pronunciation competition!
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Lesson Plan 5: Creating a Supporting Character
As a class, young writers learn how to develop a strong supporting character. They think and discuss a good friend they know, they use that friend as a basis for a potential supporting character. They create a supporting character as a...
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Hatchet: Concept Analysis
Take an in-depth look into Gary Paulsen's Hatchet with a concept guide. With a list and explanation of thematic motifs, types of conflicts, and vocabulary in the novel, learners will engage with the text in a whole new way.
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Lesson Plan 4: Creating Main Characters
Creating a good main character is a must when writing a creative narrative or novel. Elementary aged writers create main characters for the novel they are writing. They first use themselves as a models, then create a character as a...
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Hold On to Your Hats
Elementary schoolers study the symbolism and influences found in advertising. First, they learn about the history and cultural significance of the Summer Official's Hat that was a symbol of status in ancient China. Then, they access...