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Food Dictionary - Harvest Festival

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore healthy foods and dictionary organization. Students create a list of healthy foods. They construct their own food dictionary, with illustrations. Students model how a dictionary page should be filled with a picture,...
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Using a Dictionary - Definitions

For Students 7th - 10th
In this dictionary worksheet, students use a dictionary to answer the questions or complete the sentences. There are 5 questions on this page.
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Using a Dictionary--Definitions

For Students 4th - 6th
For this dictionary worksheet, students look up the following five words to find the definitions of each word in order to choose the correct multiple choice answer that correctly completes each statement: esteem, chalcedony, serene,...
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Using a Dictionary- Meanings

For Students 4th - 5th
In this dictionary meanings activity, students read 4 questions that have a difficult word. Students use a dictionary to find the meaning, then choose from 4 answers.
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Using a Dictionary--Meanings

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this using a dictionary worksheet, students utilize a dictionary to look up the meanings to four words. Students choose the best definition for each word out of a multiple choice selection and then put their answers on the lines...
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Using a Dictionary--Meanings

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this using a dictionary worksheet, students utilize a dictionary to find the most appropriate definitions for improvise, pongee, mantilla and lying.
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Using a Dictionary--Definitions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this dictionary worksheet, students look up the following five words in order to choose the correct multiple choice answer that completes each statement: indolent, renovated, intangible, contrite and irrefutable.
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Parts of speech and "grammar rock": English

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use the video of "Grammar Rock", class discussion, worksheets and group work to explore grammar and parts of speech. They produce a film strip displaying their understanding of parts of speech in English.
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Using a Dictionary--Meanings

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this dictionary worksheet, students look up four words to find the definition of each one. Students then choose which multiple choice definition best defines each word and place their choices on the lines provided.
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Using a Dictionary--Meanings

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this meaning of words worksheet, students utilize a dictionary to look up four words and choose through multiple choice answers the best definition for each word.
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Spelling Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Review basic spelling rules with your elementary schoolers. Focus in on the spelling of words with a specific prefix. In this spelling lesson, learners use an interactive whiteboard lesson to learn prefixes such as de, sub, re, and pre....
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Getting Ready Picture Dictionary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this getting ready worksheet, students identify the correct names of items, match pictures to words, and tick the items they use to get ready. Students complete 3 exercises.
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Making a Family Newsletter: Using a Word Template

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a one-page family newsletter about a selected person in their family. They bring in a photo or use a digital camera to take a picture of their selected family member, and use a newsletter template to write and publish...
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Using a Thesaurus--Antonyms

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this antonyms instructional activity, students utilize a dictionary or thesaurus to find the most appropriate antonym for the following four words: exceptional, passive, prepared and fast.
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Using Information Resources

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is intended to develop the skills of research to find the proper resources needed to find information. The lesson includes dialogue boxes that is intended for the teacher to use for direct...
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Total English Elementary: Next Year, I'm Going to...

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this English review worksheet, students consolidate the use of "going to" as they write 18 sentences following the prompts.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Making the Most of Prefixes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this prefix practice worksheet, students find and correct the incorrect prefixes in 14 sentences. Students also prepare a short story using at least 10 words with prefixes.
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Word Walls

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students participate in creating a word wall using words important to them and design other organized displays to entice memory and assist in teaching. As a class, they clap out letters of words and solve mystery words from given clues....
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Poems and Translation (from Spanish to English)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and are read various poems in their native language of Spanish. In groups or individually, they translate the poems into English and practice speaking English by reading them to the class. They answer comprehension...
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Using a Thesaurus

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students read about how to use a thesaurus. Students also replace a word, using a thesaurus, in each of five sentences.
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Using Suffixes -er, -or, -ar To Make Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these grammar worksheets, students will circle nouns and verbs, fill in blanks with suitable verbs, add -er and -or to verbs to create nouns, write silly sentences using nouns that end in -ar, add the correct suffix to change verbs...
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Research: 1st grade

For Teachers 1st
In this research worksheet, 1st graders answer multiple choice questions about research including dictionaries, title pages, meaning of words and more. Students complete 15 questions.
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Reference Resources: Being a Good Detective

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore a variety of reference resources while seeking information. atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and online search engines as well as library card catalogs are utilized in this lesson.
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Vocabulary Questions: Synonyms and Antonyms

For Students 9th - 10th
In this synonyms and antonyms worksheet, students explore three synonyms and one antonym for thirty two words using the dictionary. Students answer seventeen short answer questions about the words they found.