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Unsent Letter: Characterization in Briar Rose
After completing Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose, class members assume the voice of Gemma and craft a personal letter to her granddaughter telling Becca how she feels about Becca’s actions and the discoveries at Chelmno. Complete directions for...
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Reading And Responding: Lesson 4 Nonfiction/test-taking Strategies
Eighth graders participate in a teacher led activity that focuses on reading nonfiction and test taking strategies. They examine the use of context clues to improve their vocabulary and summarization skills. Also, they complete the...
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Reading And Responding: Lesson 15 Nonfiction
Eighth graders examine a nonfiction selection in a teacher led lesson. They examine the author's purpose for writing the selection and identify the difference between fact and opinion. The compare and contrast expository and narrative...
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Easy to Read
Students compare reading passages in paragraph form to book form. They determine that the reading passages on the state assessments are no more difficult than the books they choose to read. They turn their favorite books into reading...
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Reading and Responding: Lesson 9
Eighth graders listen to a read aloud of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken." They examine the attributes of poetry focusing on stanzas, imagery, and punctuation. They participate in choral readings before completing the associated...
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Reading and Responding: Lesson 6
Teacher reads aloud to the students the material that is printed in boldface type inside the boxes. Information in regular type inside the boxes and all
information outside the boxes should not be read to students. Possible
student...
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Progressive Movement in Kansas
Seventh graders examine the Progressive Movement in Kansas. In this Progressive Era activity, 7th graders study various facts about this era in Kansas. Students create a presentation on a law that was passed during this time.
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Teaching and Learning Through Objects
Students identify and interpret the function, usefulness or utitlity, form, beauty or aesthetics, and meaning, context or story, of objects and how they learn new skills and make things that they learn traditionally, by observation and...
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Native American Culture
Students read a variety of Native American Literature and discuss the main idea by answering critical thinking questions about the poem. Students use context clues to understand the feeling of the Native American culture about the Earth....
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Introduction to "The Secret School"
Fourth graders read The Secret School and define vocabulary in the text. In this Secret School lesson, 4th graders recognize difficult text and are able to comprehend its meaning and answer questions.
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Spelling Vocabulary Words with "PH"
In this completing the "ph" words with missing letters instructional activity, students read sentences with incomplete words, use the scrambled missing letters and context clues, and fill in the missing letters to complete the words and...
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Word Structure 2 - Suffixes
Eighth graders identify suffixes in unfamiliar words. They identify vocabulary words as nouns or adjectives using context clues and suffixes. They review the definition of a prefix, along with examples of prefixes and explain the...
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Intermediate Vocabulary Practice
In this recognizing vocabulary words in context activity, students read sentences and choose the vocabulary word in parenthesis that correctly completes the sentences. Students choose 12 answers.
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Homophones Crossword Puzzle
For this homophones worksheet, students study the 16 words in the word bank, read the context clues, and fit the correct homophones in the puzzle.
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Homonym Game
Students use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words. They play a game to decode, read, and comprehend written text . They treat others with kindness and fairness and include others in learning and play...
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Vocabulary Meanings
In this vocabulary meanings worksheet, students read for context clues, determine meanings, and select correct words or phrases to complete sentences. Students complete eight sentences.
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Things People Couldn't Do
In this things people couldn't do worksheet, students read context clues about famous people to determine which words in a word blank complete sentences. Students choose four answers to fill in the blanks.
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Fun With -ing Verbs 4
In this recognizing -ing words in sentences worksheet, students read sentences with two boldfaced -ing words, use context clues, and underline the correct word. Students identify 15 answers.
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Fun With -ing Verbs 3
In this recognizing the appropriate -ing words in context worksheet, students read sentences and choose the bold faced words that correctly complete the sentences. Students underline 15 answers.
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Spelling and Reading
Students use their spelling words for the week to solve analogies. In groups, they work together to place the correct word in the correct place in a sentence. They also read a paragraph and determine the meaning of the word using...
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“I Can” Common Core! 6th Grade Language
Help your sixth graders know exactly what is expected of them when it comes to Common Core language standards. Distribute the checklist, which is written in kid-friendly "I can" language, to each child. While most of these standards are...
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Lyddie: An Instructional Unit Resource Guide
Katherine Paterson’s young adult novel Lyddie is the foundation of a differentiated instruction unit that not only explores the rise of industrialization and labor but women’s rights issues as well. After learners read the novel, they...
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Letters From Rifka
Small groups read assigned chapters from the book, Letters to Rifka, then work together to fill out comprehension worksheets associated with their chapters. This fine, 13-page lesson culminates with each group getting together to meet...
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Vocabualry words: Spelling pattern
Chunking words can help students with rhyming, fluency, and spelling. Here are six vocabulary words with definitions that are color chunked by syllables. There are two additional slides that have sentences. However, the purpose of these...