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Word Association Poetry with Visual Thesaurus (or Not)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young poets get inspiration and guidance for making word association poems with the Visual Thesaurus. Your class could complete this project with nothing more than a pencil and paper as well. A nice one-off for a substitute during your...
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6 Traits: Word Choice

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils explore language arts by participating in a vocabulary usage activity. In this word choice lesson, students read examples of great word usage in literature and discuss with the class why some words appear stronger than others....
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Helping/Linking Verbs: Sentence Drop

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this helping and linking verbs worksheet, students use the sentence starters and drop a line to create sentences that contain both helping and linking verbs.
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Making Sense of Homographs

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
What is a homograph? Develop your students' vocabulary with a word association tool.   Language arts classes discover what a homograph is and how it can be used as a visual thesaurus. They discover the other uses for homographs such as...
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The Verb

For Students 2nd - 4th
"Are," "Is," and, "Am" are the three verb phrases used in this grammar worksheet. Leaners fill in one of these words in 10 different sentences. A good, basic grammar rules worksheet.
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World Teachers' Day

For Students 3rd - 5th
Practice reading comprehension by having your class read a factual passage about World Teachers' Day and mach phrases, fill in the blanks, identify correct grammar usage, unscramble vocabulary words, sequence sentences from the passage,...
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Rudyard Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi: Mixing Words and Pictures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Create meaningful illustrations to accompany stories in a web-based art and literacy lesson focused on "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling. The class takes a virtual art safari with the Museum of Modern Art and then discusses how...
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Borrowing Narrative Skills from Mr. Fletcher: Using a "Prompts in Reverse" Technique to Inspire Your Writers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help your class find their writing voices with this instructional activity which uses the work of Ralph Fletcher to guide a "Prompt in Reverse" activity. Using the chapter "First Pen" from Fletcher's Marshfield Dreams, learners decipher...
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Summer Words in Alphabetical Order

For Students 1st - 3rd
Learning how to alphabetize is an important skill to acquire. In this alphabetical order worksheet, students look at the 8 summer words on the left and then put those 8 words in alphabetical order in the boxes provided.
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Helping/Linking Verbs: Sentence Maze

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this helping and linking verbs worksheet, students find their way through the sentence maze by connecting the words for each sentence and learn to use helping and linking verbs.
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Gettin' Through Thursday

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Have your class explore active reading strategies! In this guided reading lesson, learners make personal connections to characters having a bad day as a prior knowledge activation discussion. After reading Gettin' Through Thursday, class...
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Flowers to Dye For

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students observe biology by completing a plant experiment in class. In this botany activity, students discuss the anatomy related to a plant and how roots and stems are necessary to its survival. Students utilize food coloring and...
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Definition Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
“Hope is a tissue, wiping away your problems and fears.” Use a Definition Poem Web worksheet to model for your class how to craft a free verse poem based on an emotion. After brainstorming topics, groups use the sheet to make comparisons...
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The Writer’s Toolbox: What You Need to Master the Craft

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Strengthen your high schoolers' writing with a series of steps for writing successfully. With sections on organizing an essay, choosing a topic, crafting a thesis statement, and revising a draft, the lesson encourages your class to...
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Life Sentence

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners investigate a vocabulary word by holding a fake auction.  In this word visualization instructional activity, students are assigned a vocabulary word through a class auction and must illustrate its meaning and find its...
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School-Home Links: Reading for New Words

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this unusual word and parent communication activity, students read a newspaper, magazine, or book then make a list of some new, unusual, or interesting words they found while reading. Students write down a way to find the meaning of...
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Informational Writing: Lesson 2 of 5

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Introduce expository writing to your elementary learners. Young authors write a three-paragraph informational paper using the steps of the writing process. They follow guided lessons to experience each of five steps. Included are tons of...
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Halloween Rhyme Time

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Take advantage of Halloween to teach young readers and writers about rhyming words, adjectives, and figurative language. 
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Hot Dog Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Use a hot dog as a metaphor for good reading, and make your class drool! Writers identify the parts of a paragraph, linking them to parts of a hot dog. Then, they translate this knowledge into a well-written paragraph. While a check-list...
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Morality "Tails" East and West: European Fables and Buddhist Jataka Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Have your class explore Buddhist Jataka Tales to compare and contrast them to European fables. After defining fables, Jataka tales, and the elements of each, learners identify themes and patterns for both types of narratives and the...
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Poetry: Walking With My Iguana

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Bring a little excitement to your next poetry analysis lesson. Using the highly energetic poem "Walking With My Iguana," learners consider poem structure and rhyme. They listen to the poem, discuss the rhythm and tone with their...
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The Personal Narrative - Part One

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Read to write! The class lists sensory details based on the plot of a story they have recently read. They create a drawing of a bracelet and use the bracelet's jewels or charms to list sensory details included in the story. They then use...
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Weekly Reading Test (Lesson 11)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word recognition worksheet, students test their spelling skills. Students write the ten words spelling them correctly and write a sentence with one of the new words.
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Sound Boxes

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language fluency by identifying word segments. For this word structure lesson, students utilize words from their vocabulary lesson, dissect them into syllables and sound out their individual parts. Students participate...

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