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"EA" Beach
Pupils are introduced to their new spelling words for the week which have the sound "ea". In groups, they brainstorm a list of other words with the same sound, draw them and write them on a worksheet. They share their new words with...
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Learning About Evaluation
Students determine how to evaluate non-fiction student writing. In this evaluation lesson, students write two non-fiction writing pieces for homework. They exchange writing pieces with a classmate and evaluate the writing for proper...
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Everyone Can Write Poetry
Embark on a journey of writing several different types of poetry. Fifth graders read several examples, and use the examples to model their own writing. Each poem is to be accompanied by a different art visual representation. In the end,...
BBC
The Cream Cake Mystery - Seeing Patterns
A great language arts lesson designed for emerging readers awaits your class. Rhyming words are the focus. Learners play an interactive learning game on the computer that helps them to understand words that rhyme. As with all of these...
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Patriotic Symbols of the United States
Young historians take a close look at the most famous patriotic symbols of the United States and determine what they actually stand for. Symbols such as Uncle Sam, The Statue of Liberty, The Bald Eagle, and The Liberty Bell are studied....
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Get in Shape with Geometry
Using geoboards, computer programs, and hands-on manipulative materials, elementary schoolers engage in a study of two and three-dimensional geometric shapes. This instructional activity is chock full of good teaching ideas on the...
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Changing Seasons
Explore expository writing and using precise language in this descriptive paragraph writing lesson. Learners brainstorm prior knowledge about the changing seasons in Ohio. They describe seasonal items, view seasonal pictures from...
Perkins School for the Blind
Hat Game
Sometimes the simplest ideas foster a lot of different skills. To boost social skills, group participation, identifying others by name, and dressing skills, learners play the hat game. They take turns wearing a hat while...
Perkins School for the Blind
Encouraging Students Who are Blind or Visually Impaired to Express Their Feelings and Explore Imagination
Being expressive in a creative, empathetic, or imaginative way is not only fun, it builds good pre-writing and communication skills. Learners with visual impairments have a roundtable discussion session where several sentence frames...
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Homophone Practice
Fourth graders practice their spelling skills by completing a spelling homophone activity. For this homophone lesson, 4th graders discuss easily-confused word spellings. Students write sentences using homophones. Students complete the...
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Breaking News English: World Cup: Uruguay 1 (4) Ghana 1 (2)
In this English instructional activity, students read an article about Uruguay v. Ghana in the World Cup and then respond to 1 essay, 10 fill in the blank, 12 short answer, 20 matching, and...
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Unlocking Word Meanings
Fourth graders investigate eponyms in the English language. In this eponym lesson, 4th graders participate in a teacher led lesson on the definition of an eponym. They complete a worksheet in which they determine which eponym became part...
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Scrabble Endurance
Students practice movement skills while working on their spelling. They review spelling words and practice the locomotor and non-locomotor skills involved.
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Exploring Latin Word Parts
Fourth graders complete a worksheet. For this root words lesson, 4th graders discuss the meaning of a root. Students view words with the Latin root stru/struct and discuss their meaning. Students repeat this process with other Latin root...
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Practice Spelling Plurals
Fourth graders review the rules for spelling plural nouns. In this plural nouns lesson, 4th graders review the six rules for making nouns plural. They apply the rules as they complete the associated worksheet.
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Fun with Anagrams!
Learners complete a worksheet. In this anagrams lesson, students are introduced to anagrams and look at examples. Learners complete a worksheet where they answer questions with anagrams.
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Homographs and Homophones
Fourth graders complete a crossword puzzle. In this homophones and homographs lesson, 4th graders define homographs and look at examples. Students contrast homographs and homophones. Students complete a worksheet where they fill in a...
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Symbols Communicate Without Words
Students write different symbols we use in writing out in their word form. In this word symbols lesson plan, students practice writing out what the symbols represent. For example the symbol % stands for 'percent'.
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Language Tutorial
Fourth graders practice using vowel teams and pronunciations. For this language lesson, 4th graders complete visual, auditory, and phonemic drills, review spellings of words, and echo dictated words. Students also read chorally and...
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Celine Dion
In this famous people learning exercise, students read about the life of Celine Dion and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to matching, sequencing, writing and spelling activities. An answer key is...
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Anagram Family Time
Students unscramble four anagrams by spelling the words correctly and then they figure out what the words have in common. They participate in this activity as a whole class, in pairs, or individually with spelling or vocabulary words.
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Letters Home
Students read a short biography of Jacob Early, a member of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1862. For this Civil War lesson, students rewrite a letter written by him, editing for spelling, grammar and punctuation. Students further discuss...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
6 Traits: conventions
Students watch a video and write using conventions. In this conventions lesson plan, students edit their writing for the correct spelling, grammar, and paragraph usage.
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Hieroglyphics: It's Not Greek To Me! (It's Egyptian)
Students identify different hieroglyphic characters. They spell their name and write a sentence using them. They use online hieroglyphic translators as well.