Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

A Wrinkle in Time: The Board Game

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Tackle some big questions about A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle with a board game project. As learners brainstorm for and complete their board games, they consider what helps and hinders Meg on her journey and why she succeeds in...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary Morphemic Elements: Affix Game

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
How well do you know your affixes? Find out how proficient your learners are with a game that requires them to define various affixes and use them to create words that will go into sentences.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Text Analysis, More Incredible Inferences

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Reinforce inference skills with a learning game! Scholars read scenarios on cards and match them to a written inference on the triangle. The first pupil to match all their inferences wins!
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Reading Resource

Falling Leaves Long Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Autumn's come early in your classroom! Match leaves with short words to the trees with the correct vowel sounds. A few blank leaves allow you to add your own words to the activity.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements: Affix Action

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Make a game out of word parts. Pupils work in pairs to advance along the board. One partner reads a sentence from a card, and the other identifies the correct affix that fits with a word in that sentence.
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Scholastic

Bingo Lingo

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Word roots can be great fun when part of a game! Practice a variety of different roots with this nicely put-together bingo game that comes with plenty of instructional ideas.
Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Word Knowledge

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Turn skills practice into a game of Bingo! Scholars listen to words and locate their synonyms on their Bingo cards. The first play to fill their card wins.
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Alachua County Public Schools

Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Two to four players receive seven cards each, with plants, animals, or nitrates depicted. They place what they have onto their own empty game board with the objective to complete a food chain. The game is a fun way to reinforce learning...
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Savvas Learning

Gerunds and Infinitives

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Gerunds and infinitives are the focus of this 24-page grammar packet designed to give language learners opportunities to practice using these parts of speech. Included are exercises, activities, games, and assessments.
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Curated OER

The Metamorphosis: Vocabulary Bingo

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis is one of the most fascinating pieces of literature from the 20th century, and its rich vocabulary is one of the reasons it has endured for over a century. Help learners of all levels work...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Hobbit

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
From dragons to dwarves, from riddles to rings, the great adventure story of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien has captivated generations of readers of all ages. An educator's guide explores the novel's literary elements,...
Unit Plan
Savvas Learning

Pronouns

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
As part of their English grammar study, language learners engage in the games, exercises, and activities found in a 13-page packet that focuses on pronouns.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Race to the Top

For Teachers K Standards
Here is a game that will help your young mathematicians practice number recognition and writing numbers. Played with a spinner or dice, individual learners or a pair will play this fun number game. They will roll the die or spin the...
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Savvas Learning

Nouns

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Singular and plural. Count and noncount. Nouns are the focus of this 19-page grammar packet. Language learners complete a series of exercises ranging from fill-in-the-blank questions to word puzzles and more in order to further...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Root-O!

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Young readers get to the root of unfamiliar vocabulary with a collaborative learning activity. Given a deck of root word cards and copies of a graphic organizer, pairs of students take turns flipping over cards and brainstorming...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Vocabulary: Morphemic Elements, Getting to the Root of It

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Young readers learn how to get at the root of new vocabulary with this fun language arts activity. When working in pairs, children begin by matching unknown vocabulary words to their Greek or Latin roots. When all the vocabulary cards...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Shape Hunt Part 1

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The hunt is on! Send young mathematicians on a search for shapes in the first lesson plan of this two-part series. Each time a child finds a hidden shape, he draws it on his paper, and continues searching for the rest. Perform this...
Activity
Curated OER

Leaf Scribbles

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use leaves to create a fall art project. In this leaves activity, students tape leaves down, place paper on top of them and color on top of the paper. The leaf image will appear through the paper.
Activity
Curated OER

The Friendship Race

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, students work together to explore qualities and attitudes that help make lasting friendships.

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