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How Many of Your Classmates...
In this surveying classmates worksheet, students read 8 questions and survey classmates. Students ask the question, write the name of the person and their response. It is unclear what the last space is for; it could be for a final tally.
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A Round and A Round
Young scholars practice singing rounds in daily warm-ups for 2 weeks prior to beginning this composition lesson. Students incorporate movement to the rhythm of each syllable, discuss syllables of words and their relationship to note...
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How Do I Measure Up? (Intermediate)
Fifth graders compare the relationship between meter in music and measurement in math. They practice sightreading music by determining the number of beats per measure, clapping and counting the rhythm.
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How to Write a Clerihew
Writing funny poems is the best part about learning poetic forms! Young poets learn all about clerihews—humorous four-line poems about people—with an explanatory lesson.
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ESL: Around Town Matching
Tiny pictures of buildings found around town can be matched with their names in this exercise for beginning English Learners. Indefinite articles are included with vocabulary; nice way to reinforce the "a/an" rule. Pictures are quite...
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ESL: What's the Weather Like?
Beginning English learners practice describing the weather with help from eight picture clues. Questions are phrased like "How's the weather?" and "What's the weather like?" Tinker with the formatting to make it all fit on one page...
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ESL: Body Parts Matching
Match drawings of basic body parts with their names. A handy tool for teachers of beginning ELLs.
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You do! We do! We all Scream for Haiku!
Haikus offer a way to explore new ideas for teaching poetry, science, and math.
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Tanka
The Tanka, another fix from of Japanese poetry, is featured in the final exercise in a 10-part series of poetry writing activities.
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Eating Out
In this eating out worksheet, students practice matching ten food items on the right to their appropriate pictures on the left.
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Who Are the People in Your Family?
In this family members worksheet, students view and study eight pictures in order to choose the appropriate answer to eight multiple choice questions involving naming specific family members.
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My Feelings!
For this feelings worksheet, students view ten pictures of people showing different types of feelings the left of the worksheet and match the pictures with the actual words on the right.
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Where is the Soccer Ball?
In this prepositions worksheet, students determine by multiple choice where the soccer ball is positioned by the box in eight pictures.
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Jobs
In this occupations worksheet, students match up ten pictures of people doing various jobs to their actual professions in writing.
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Computer Tracks Lunch Choices
Students read a story called Computer Program Tracks Lunch Choices and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events literacy lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions, recalling...
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ESL: Beginning Vocabulary Matching
Beginning English Learners match 10 line-drawn pictures of basic nouns with their names, such as kite, airplane, goat, and igloo. Indefinite articles are included, so this exercise also provides reinforcement for the a/an rule.
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ESL: Basic Vocabulary Matching
Newcomers to English can practice vocabulary about food, daily actions, and school supplies with this 10-question matching exercise. Simple line drawings represent basic terms for beginners.
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ESL: Practice Using Present Progressive Tense
Small, cartoonish pictures of people expressing emotions and actions (blowing his nose, holding her head and frowning, dancing, smiling) provide the basis for writers to describe the feelings and experiences taking place. Help your ESL...
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Haiku: The Power of Nature and Emotion
Introduce your students to the famous Japanese Haiku with these great ideas for the classroom.
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Rhythm in Poetry: I Am the Iamb
It's fun to write a poem with iambs! Practice using iambs in all types of different poems with an online poetry lesson.
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Haiku
The haiku, one of the most popular fixed forms, is the subject of this writing activity, the seventh in a series of ten poetry exercises.
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Comparatives and Superlatives
In this comparatives and superlatives worksheet, students read about how to form and use comparatives and superlatives. Students then click "continue with exercises" at the bottom of the page to complete 10 multiple choice questions on...
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ESL Colors of the Rainbow- Color Labeling Worksheet
In this ESL color labeling worksheet, students examine 8 clipart pictures before writing as many colors as they can name in each picture.
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ESL- Taking a Classroom Survey
In this ESL classroom survey worksheet, students determine which of their classmates do things such as play with yo-yo's, pay attention in class, like camping or go skateboarding. They look at small clip art pictures of the activities to...