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ESL Holiday Lessons: Memorial Day

For Students 6th - 10th
Improve language skills by having your class read an article about Memorial Day. After reading, they respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill-in-the-blank questions, 30 multiple-choice questions, 12 word-scramble questions, 30...
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Irregular Word Fluency: Password

For Teachers 1st
Utilize your learners' spare time by having a "password" that learners must recite before they enter or leave the classroom. As suggested here, provide an irregular word that your first graders are trying to develop. How efficient! 
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Your Motivation and Goal Setting Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
Set your health and fitness goals the write way! With this journaling worksheet, your class will determine health and fitness goals specific to their individual needs, consider why and how they will work to achieve their goals, and...
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NOVA Elements

For Students 5th - 12th
It's like a periodic table variety show! When the plethora of periodic table apps becomes ho-hum, this one may revive interest.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Inspire thought around some of the themes of Pudd'nhead Wilson with a visualization activity. As you read a passage, learners close their eyes and picture the scene. A writing exercise and discussion follow.
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Satchel Page

For Teachers 5th
Bring a lesson about Negro League Baseball to your Black history unit, or any other research unit throughout the year. While the lesson plan itself is simplistic, there are several good ideas that you could use, such as creating trading...
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Leapin' Lizards

For Students K - 2nd
The lizard needs to leap from rock to rock without getting bitten! Each rock has a word on it, but watch out for snakes! The safe rocks start with the same sound as lizard, and they can be colored purple. Give your learners a fun...
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DNA 101: Life's Instruction Manual | UNC-TV Science

For Students 5th - 12th
Unravel the DNA molecule in just over a minute! Future geneticists listen and watch a video exploring DNA's structure, function, and the interaction of the genes and proteins that decode and interpret the complex molecule. Scholars...
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Rainbow Spelling (Kinesthetic Approach To Encoding)

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate their encoding skills by spelling words using color coded paper, match correct letters with the colored paper to spell the words in standard form, and self correct any errors made in the spelling with colored...
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Selling Spelling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in activities to practice their spelling words. They create advertisements to accompany their spelling words. They present their ads to the class and take a practice test. Their goal is to have everyone with a...
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Awesome Spelling

For Teachers K - 5th
Students are introduced to spelling words as a whole class by viewing a PowerPoint. They spell the word, repeat and spell the word again as a whole class. Pupils create a sentence orally using the list of words. Students work in small...
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Home Spelling Practice: nk and ng

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 10 words that have the "nk" or "ng" ending. Students write the words one time on the lines. There are suggestions on the page for at-home activities.
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Spelling Word Flashcards

For Teachers 1st
First graders draw pictures of spelling words. In this spelling lesson, 1st graders create flashcards by drawing a picture of each of the spelling words on one side and writing the actual word on the other side.
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4th Grade Spelling: Review

For Students 4th Standards
Here is a 20-word spelling list that you could use in your classroom. Each word is written neatly in cursive along one side of the page. On the other side, pupils write each word on a provided line. The activity is presented as home...
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Home Spelling Practice: Greek Forms: arch, crat, demos, polis

For Students 7th - 8th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. All contain the Greek roots: arch, crat, demos, or polis. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Word-O for Fluency

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the game of Word-O to increase their fluency while reading. Individually, they look, say and write at their high frequency words and practice spelling them. To end the lesson, they are introduced to new...
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'IGH' Anagrams

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What on earth does tlghi mean? Learners practice spelling words with the 'igh' letter pattern by unscrambling 14 'igh' anagrams. And if you're wondering tlghi is the anagram for light.
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Spelling Practice (Fine Arts Words)

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling learning exercise, students explore words that relate to fine arts. Students practice their twenty spelling words by writing them and writing a paragraph using as many of the words as possible.
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My Autobiography Activity

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders tell others about themselves. In this autobiography lesson, 2nd graders respond to questions about themselves and then create pictures that reveal their personalities.
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Let's Think about Spelling

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this spelling words learning exercise, students copy the "ei" words, alphabetize them, find them in a word search, and more. Students complete 6 activities.
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Say and Spell Vowel Digraph Board Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students say and spell vowel digraphs by playing a board game. In this vowel digraphs lesson plan, students make a single sound with 2 vowels.
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Spelling Skills

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this spelling worksheet, students read three lists of words. Students locate one misspelled word in each list and write it correctly.
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Advanced Spelling Challenge 3

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this spelling worksheet, students read three lists of words. Students identify the misspelled words and write them correctly.
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Intermediate Spelling-- "Airplane"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 12 words to spell terms pertaining to airplanes. There are dictionary definitions provided as clues.