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Which Word Doesn't Belong?
Students look over 10 sets of words and choose which one in each set does not belong. A good worksheet to have your students practice choosing words in the correct context.
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Worksheet 4: Vocabulary Review
Using this vocabulary practice sheet, learners identify the verb to use in the context and change it to its correct form. The 8 question activity requires some thought and helps students develop critical thinking and vocabulary skills.
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Worksheet 9: Vocabulary Review
Students read 10 sentences and fill in each blank in each sentence with an appropriate vocabulary word from the word pool. This language arts worksheet provides good practice for students to use words in their proper context.
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Prepositions 2
For this recognizing prepositions worksheet, students read incomplete sentences, use context clues, choose prepositions from a word bank, and fill in blanks to complete the sentences. Students fill in five blanks.
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Word Usage: Will or Would?
In this word usage worksheet, students must complete sentences with either 'what will you...' or 'what would you...' depending on the context.
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Imperatives
In this imperative verb worksheet, students select the correct imperative phrase to complete the given sentence using context clues to determine the meaning.
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Sentence Completion: Correct Usage of Verbs and Prepositions
In this sentence completion with verbs and prepositions worksheet, students use context clues to complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase.
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King Arthur
Learners explore literary classics by reading The Legend of King Arthur. For this legendary story lesson, students read the story The Legend of King Arthur and identify the main characters and how they will reenact the story. Learners...
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A Notebook for Using There, Their, and They're
This PowerPoint enables students to recognize the troublesome words, "their," "there," and "they're." Each slide contains examples of how these words should be used in context, along with a quiz to assess understanding.
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For and Since
Fill in the blanks with a worksheet that focuses on for and since. As kids read 20 time-related phrases, they decide whether to use for, since, or no reply.
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Punctuation
Practice punctuation with a quick exercise. Class members fill in either a period or a question mark at the end of each of 14 sentences. A brief explanation of when to use a period versus a question mark is included.
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Nouns
Plural, proper, and common nouns are all included here. After reviewing the definition of a noun and reading an example sentence, learners underline the nouns in each of 15 sentences. Each sentence lists how many nouns are present, so...
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Worksheet 3. Vocabulary review
In this vocabulary review worksheet, students complete 10 sentences using the information in a passage pertaining to dinosaurs.
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Series 1 Letters and Sounds Camera Words
In this letters and sounds worksheet, learners practice in pairs pronouncing and using in context thirty six sight words for mastery.
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Any Answers--think of an Answer
In this answering questions activity, students working with a partner take turns reading fifteen questions and figure out a way to reply to each one. Students talk about the context of each question and then write down their answers.
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It's Your Opinion
Everyone has a different opinion about the characters they read about in books. Have your class explore forming an opinion and finding evidence to support it as they read and discuss what they think about a particular character. They...
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Building ELD Confidence Through Games
Fun ways to get your English Learner's involved in the classroom.
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Antonyms, synonyms and homophones
Shed light on what antonyms, synonyms, and homophones are. In this lesson, upper elementary schoolers create pairs using an antonym, a homophone, and/or a synonym. Then they play an antonym matching game.
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Effects of Water
To prepare for a performance task assessment, class members review the stages of the water cycle and then individuals assume the roles of drops of water for a Reader's Theater exercise. The script, a graphic depicting the water cycle,...
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Zoos
How do the experiences of animals living in zoos differ from animals living in the wild? To prepare for a performance assessment on this question, class members are introduced to key concepts and vocabulary, and then groups use a Venn...
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Our Wonderful Stories: Lesson Plan 5
The fifth installment in a writing unit that culminates with a Hyperstudio illustrated group story project, this plan is ripe with ideas for ways to design group writing projects for elementary writers. Use the whole unit as a base from...
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Adjectives
Provide language learners with lots of opportunities to practice identifying and useing adjectives. The games and activities in this 19-page grammar packet are designed just for them.
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ReQuest Strategy: Reciprocal Questioning
Explore reciprocal questioning with this ReQuest comprehension strategy. After reading a passage, learners first question the teacher, trying to "stump" her. Then it is the teacher's turn to ask the pupils questions. All correct answers...
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Animal Sounds: The Three Little Pigs
Intended for use with the story of The Three Little Pigs, this resource offers special-needs individuals an opportunity to boost verbal skills and word recognition. Each page includes both words and vivid images to enhance the learning...