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Kazan, Miller, and the McCarthy Era
Students read The Crucible in order to investigate the McCarthy era and the Hollywood Blacklist. Students watch video clips of the McCarthy witch hunts and investigate the time period through online research. Students recreate sections...
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Lon Chaney: Three Faces of Lon Chaney
High schoolers watch the Lon Chaney episode of American Masters, read chapters from three original books on which Chaney's films were based, and use a reading strategy called Reader's Theater to adapt each chapter into a script. After...
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Going, Going, Gone!
Second graders discover the meaning of reading comprehension. They get a partner and practice readng sentences aloud to them, starting slow to make sure they read all the words correctly. They then try to say the sentences faster and...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In these vocabulary building worksheets, students learn the vocabulary words by completing the four pages of activities that include definition clues, word scrambles, sentence writing, and timed readings.
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Vocabulary Activity
For this vocabulary worksheet, students match definitions to words, unscramble words and use words in sentences to show their meaning. Students then complete a timed reading exercise with the words, 4 sets of 7 words total.
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Vocabulary Activity: 2
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match definitions to words, unscramble words and use words in sentences to show their meaning. Students then complete a timed reading exercise with the words, 4 sets of 7 words total.
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Religious Dissent
Students perform a readers theater about Anne Hutchinson and her religious dissent. In this religious dissent lesson plan, students re-enact her trial through the reader's theater.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In these vocabulary building worksheets, students complete several activities to help them learn vocabulary words. Students use definition clues, word scramble, sentence writing, and timed reading activities to learn the vocabulary words.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In these vocabulary building worksheets, students learn how to identify and use the given vocabulary words using the definition clues. Students unscramble letters, write the words in sentences, and complete a timed reading of the words.
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In these vocabulary building worksheets, learners complete several vocabulary activities that help them learn to identify, spell, and use the vocabulary words. Students use definition clues, word scrambles, sentence writing, and a timed...
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Open Wide at the Dentist, "Aaaahh"
Study the /o/ in both written and spoken words by reciting a tongue twister and making words using Elkonin letterboxes. Next, write a message about frogs using /o/ words. Finally, listen to a short book talk on "Doc in the Fog" before...
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Unlocking and Exploring Folktales
Designed with many of the Common Core standards in mind, this 10-lesson unit is brimming with ELL strategies, teacher's notes, and the best of core instructional methods for teaching the common elements of folktales, and exploring...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
The four worksheets here are provided to introduce your learners to new vocabulary on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Each list contains seven vocabulary words focused on a specfic vowel pair. First the learner hears the word,...
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Vocabulary Building: "ai" Words
In this identifying words spelled with "ai" instructional activity, students use definition clues, unscramble letters, and create sentences using the words main, hail, straight, trailer, remain, railroad, and maintenance. Students write...
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Vocabulary Building Activities
In these four building vocabulary worksheets, students view vocabulary word lists, use definition clues, unscramble letters, and write sentences using each vocabulary word. Students write twenty-one answers per worksheet.
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Willie Nelson: All Together Now!
Students recite Willie Nelson's lyrics in one voice and then analyze their tone and vocabulary usage. They research Willie Nelson's history and dramatize the song: "On the Road Again."
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First Letter Changes
Students use the books of Eric Carle to change the first letter in a word to see a new word. In this phonics lesson plan, students change the beginning letters in poems and books.
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Vocabulary Building: ar
In this vocabulary "ar" learning exercise, students write the new words as "definition clues" are given by the teacher, unscramble the new words, and use words in sentences that show meaning. Worksheet has 4 sets of 7 words each, same...
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Vocabulary Building: 2 Consonant Rule
In this consonant rule vocabulary worksheet, students write the new words as "definition clues" are given by the teacher, unscramble the new words, and use words in sentences that show meaning. Worksheet has 4 sets of 7 words each, same...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In this vocabulary worksheet, students write the new words as "definition clues" are given by the teacher, unscramble the new words, and use words in sentences that show meaning. Worksheet has 4 sets of 7 words each, same activities for...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
In these vocabulary building worksheets, students complete several activities to help them learn how to spell and use the words mail, gain, contains, fair, daily, airline, and maintain.
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A Feat of Daring with Lewis and Clark Jeopardy
Sixth graders discover the exploration of the United States by participating in a class activity. In this U.S. History lesson, 6th graders research the Lewis and Clark expedition and participate in a game of Jeopardy based on the...
Auburn University
Auburn University: Developing Reading Fluency
How can you develop reading fluency in your students? This site offers insight into the direct and indirect approaches to teaching reading fluency. Come and check it out.
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Auburn University: Assessing Phoneme Awareness and Decoding
How can you assess phoneme awareness and decoding skills in your students? Teachers can benefit from this informative resource that takes you through this intricate path of phonemic awareness.