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Comprehension: Identify Story Grammar

For Teachers K - 1st
This fully scripted lesson could be a big help for someone new to teaching Kindergarten. It outlines what you should do and say as you teach grammar and literary elements such as, main character, setting, and events through reading. The...
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Teaching Grammar Without the Hammer: Five Fun Activities

For Teachers K - 2nd
There are five lessons on teaching grammar here for you to peruse. Two of them work well for kindergartners; one on teaching synonyms and one on teaching parts of speech by reading Tall Tales. These lessons are especially engaging and...
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Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Over the course of five periods, scholars create a poetry portfolio. They begin with a reading of the poem, Firefly. With a focus on vocabulary, learners reread the poem then look for sight words and other skills. 
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You Be the Editor

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Young editors work in teams to find all the errors in a text. They identify grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. Use this activity to reinforce correct usage of prominent punctuation symbols, such as apostrophes and ellipses. You...
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ASL Lesson 2

For Teachers 1st - Higher Ed
Empower your non-verbal, autistic, or learning-impaired child with sign language. Lesson 2 in this functional and straight-forward series focuses on vocabulary related to familial relationships and ASL grammar. Video clips and images of...
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"Ing" Words as Descriptors

For Teachers K - 4th
This clever lesson has your students listen to story about bugs, work together to brainstorm list of "ing" words that describe bugs, create t-chart of words, choose words to place in poem template to create class poem about bugs, and use...
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Teach Personal Possession and Pronouns with Simple Objects

For Teachers K - 6th
The concept of what is mine and what is yours seems simple, but for children with visual impairments, it is a concept that must be taught. Each child in the class puts one of their shoes in a single box, they take turns choosing a shoe,...
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Relating Space and Plane Shapes

For Teachers 1st
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders identify which object in an illustration has a flat side the same shape as the box shown. Then they look at other shapes and identify the ones with a flat side, if any.
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Gingerbread Baby's Point of View #8

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Read the story Gingerbread Baby and use these various activities to connect to grammar, art, and point of view. In one activity, learners create character masks. They practice writing verbs on the back of the masks to tell what each...
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Five Quick Games Build Reading Skills

For Teachers K - 8th
Build reading skills with these five quick games! Whether you're hoping to build grammar, syllabication, or word recognition skills, this resource has options for you. Kids will love taking a break from the mundane to play these...
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Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words: #16 Picture / Phrase Match

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice word recognition skills. In this dolch sight word lesson, students arrange sight words to the appropriate picture or phrase cards that match.
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Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words: #3 Dolch Silly Sentences

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners practice word recognition skills. In this dolch sight word lesson plan, students arrange sight words to create silly sentences that are grammatically correct.
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Computer/Grammar: Dinosaurs

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice computer skills while visiting a dinosaur Website. They write sentences there beginning with assigned letters, circle the beginning capital letter, and underline the ending punctuation.
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Searching For Letters, Words, and Sentences

For Teachers K - 1st
This simple lesson plan is designed for K - 1 students. They are introduced to individual letters, words, and sentences. A game is played where they try to collect one example of each. For practice, students complete a worksheet which is...
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Opposite-Word Concentration

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an opposite-word concentration game. In this grammar lesson plan, students use an old deck of playing cards and glue small squares of opposite illustrations to the back of each card. Students make as many matches...
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Past and Present Verb Tenses

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate past and present verb tenses. In this grammar lesson, students identify past and present verbs in sentences written on the board. Students complete a worksheet to reinforce the concepts learned.
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Consonant/Vowel Patterns

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify consonants and vowels in various words from stories they have read. They examine the consonant/vowel word pattern.
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Archaeology What Gets Preserved?

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students view a video on a culture and list what would be preserved over time.  In this investigative lesson students study preservation and what gets preserved in different cultures. 
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Using Authentic Texts to Teach Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students read an article identifying any new vocabulary words they are unfamiliar with. Using the text, they discover antonyms, synonyms and word families. They answer comprehension questions and review the vocabulary to end the lesson.
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A Holiday Card in KidPix

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a holiday card using computer software.  In this computer card making lesson, students design an original holiday card using a variety of tools.  Students navigate the software utilizing various tools.
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Snowflakes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "The Snowy Day," by Ezra Jack Keats and construct snowflakes to decorate the classroom walls. They examine how snowflakes are formed and study new vocabulary words.
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Spelling sentences

For Teachers 1st
First graders write sentences based on their spelling words that appear on their word walls. In this writing lesson plan, 1st graders create sentences that include their spelling words. They do this on the computer. Then they pick out...
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Just Me and My Mom

For Teachers 1st
First graders create predictions for the story, Just Me and My Mom. In this language arts lesson, 1st graders read and discuss the story. Additionally, students draw pictures of the events of the story to show who, what, where, and when....
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Gingerbread Baby v. Gingerbread Boy #7

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students compare and contrast the gingerbread baby in their story to the original gingerbread boy. They use a Venn diagram to easily see the similarities and differences.

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