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Stop Talking
Third, fourth, and fifth graders practice the correct usage of grammar rules through the editing and correction of a variety of poorly written paragraphs. You create (or find) the paragraphs, as they are not provided here. And be sure to...
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Main Idea in Informational Text
Readers identify main ideas and supporting details using informational texts. In this literacy activity, they make predictions and read the text to find the main ideas. They use a table diagram to define the main idea and supporting...
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Visit To the Farm
Students research farm animals and write a story based on the research.
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Power of Persuasion
Teaching students about persuasion can be a fun experience that involves writing, PowerPoint presentations, and vocabulary building.
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Mexico's Day of the Dead
Learners explore global culture by researching a Mexican holiday. In this Day of the Dead lesson, students read assigned text which discusses the view of death in several different cultures including the U.S. and Mexico. Learners write a...
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Edit Your Story
In this writing activity, 4th graders read a checklist of editing reminders and practice editing a paragraph on the activity.
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The Rockin' Rock Cycle- Igneous Rock
Fifth graders recall prior knowledge about rocks. In this igneous rock lesson, learners work in cooperative groups to perform experiments to classify the properties of igneous rock. They write a detailed paragraph and illustrate the rock...
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Reading-Author's Purpose
Students review what author's purpose is by understanding that authors either persuade, inform, describe, or entertain with their story. In this language arts lesson, students bring in junk mail and in small groups discuss what the each...
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Visual Arts: Art in Public Places
Students create 3 dimensional art. In this sculpture lesson, students collect objects that represent their community's values to include in a 3 dimensional sculpture. Students write a paragraph explaining the chosen theme of their...
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Prewriting 1
Fourth graders practice generating questions to text as a prewriting activity. They complete a computer file - Prewriting 1. They review their assignment and review how to search for a topic.
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Gun Safety Spelling Worksheets
In this spelling worksheet, students write 5 spelling words about gun safety 3 times each on the lines provided. Students read 5 paragraphs on gun safety.
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Past Experiences-Past Tense Verbs
In this past-tense sentence construction activity, 4th graders rewrite sentences practicing the past tense of "be". They rewrite sentences in the negative, reorder sentences to make questions and write a paragraph.
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Who's Who at Our School?
Students recognize and use language appropriately for varied contexts and purposes. Students integrate listening, speaking, viewing, reading, and writing for multiple purposes. Students develop and use a variety of strategies to plan,...
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Good Citizens
Students differentiate responsible from irresponsible behavior in their community. In this citizenship lesson, students use technology to organize lists of responsible and irresponsible behaviors, write about the effects these behaviors...
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Finding Self-Reliance
Fourth graders relate what is read to their own experiences and feelings and use active listening to respond to other students' comments. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders utilize an Active Listening Chart imbedded in this plan to gain...
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Going to the Playground
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a paragraph about a group of children at the park. They then answer 5 true and false questions about the reading. Finally, students complete a conversation on the worksheet and...
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Compounds
In this compound words worksheet, learners explore words with more than one syllable. Students rewrite the twenty words and write a paragraph using as many of the twenty words as possible.
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Immigrants to Kansas: Why Did They Come
Students explore U.S. History by researching Kansas. In this immigration lesson, students discuss the benefits of immigrating to a state like Kansas in the 1800's while writing their thoughts and research in a reporter's notebook....
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Transportation Lesson
Learners practice using transportation vocabulary in a foreign language. In this language arts lesson, students utilize the vocabulary terms for locations in order to give directions and find a specific place. Learners answer a...
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Famous Americans
Students conduct a review of famous Americans for both grade levels. They practice cooperative writing and editing. Students use a word processing program and available editing tools. They use their knowledge of biographies and the...
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Lowercase a-z
In this lowercase a-z worksheet, students practice tracing and retracing the twenty six lowercase letters of the alphabet on each of the lines provided.
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Thankful List
Students practice using free association as a pre-writing technique as they list things that they are thankful for. They share the lists of words and apply them when they write a descriptive essay or poem after identifying commonalities...
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Adjective Lessons
Learning about comparative, superlative, and proper adjectives can involve hands-on activties.
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Olympic Mascot Lesson
Students investigate the 1968 Olympics by identifying their mascots. In this Olympic history lesson, students participate in a group activity where they match countries with their representative mascots. Students analyze the meaning of...