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Silly Sentences

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students make sentences and then play a silly game of switching the subjects and the predicates to create hilarious new sentences.
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How Does It Sound?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play game that uses the elements of grammar in an inappropriate way, and transform the inappropriate grammar into grammatically correct statements.
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Red Herrings

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders make predictions while reading The Westing Game. In this prediction and mystery lesson, 6th graders identify red herrings while reading and compare those clues with their predictions. Students complete a series of...
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Adverbs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders add er and est to adverbs, add more and most to adverbs, and proofread adverb sentences that compare. In this adverbs lesson plan, 4th graders complete worksheets and play an adverb game.
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Happy Thankgiving: Traditions in Culture

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners relate their own Thanksgiving experiences to those of the past through colonial games, Thanksgiving story books, and personal interviews. They develop a concept of how to celebrate Thanksgiving and plan a class time celebration,...
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What's That Sign?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners watch an episode of a PBS show called Maya and Miguel that focuses on communication with American Sign Language. They play a game in which they identify a number of the ASL signs.
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Speech Therapy Students Interact Between Schools

For Teachers K - 6th
Students use technology to improve their communication skills and have the ability to interact with other speech students attending other elementary schools. Through riddles, games, and other activities, students attain their speech...
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A-Z List

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice using vocabulary terms about the Louisiana Purchase by creating a picture dictionary, an ABC book of terms, a word sort, or a game. Each project should include people, places and terms as they relate to the Louisiana...
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Food Makes the World Go Round

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the origins of foods they eat while they consider social justice issues. In this food sources lesson, 5th graders play a game and then research food distribution, food security, and hunger in the world today....
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Phrasal Verbs with Get

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify ten phrasal verbs with "get". In this phrasal verbs lesson, students read and analyze a conversation between two people. Students interpret the meaning of the phrases in the diaglogue. Games and additional activities...
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Gingerbread Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson plan, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Young scholars also make art projects,...
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Egg-ceptional Poetry Writing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize that eggs have nutritional value. In this eggs instructional activity, students create poetry for a shape book on eggs. Students participate in additional games and activities about the egg.
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Proofreading Relay

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders play a proofreading relay game. For this proofreading lesson, 6th graders are broken up into two teams.  Each team has an incorrect sentence and they need to fix it one at time by checking for mistakes in grammar,...
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Predicting a Mystery's Solution

For Teachers 6th Standards
Who killed Sam Westing? Model for your class members the components of a good prediction, and how to use these components to predict a mystery's solution. Class members use what they have learned to craft predictions while reading Ellen...
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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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Olympic Games Snowboard Design: Winter Sports, Snowboarding, Graphic Arts, Global Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students gather information about a country and work as a team. They use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represents the country they pick. They explore locations, languages, flags, and emblems for various countries.
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The Dictionary Game

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students play The Dictionary Game--also called Balderdash as a way to learn new vocabulary words.
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Plain English

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take an educational game/quiz on using plain English. Students examine the three C's of reporting--clear, concise and correct. Students study the importance of using plain English in journalism.
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Storybooks and Games

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore stories, games and coloring pages on an interactive website. In this pre-reading activity, students have free access to stories, coloring pages and simple games at the Lil' Fingers website.
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Rules For the Home Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice naming furniture in this Home Game. Students also use prepositions of place to describe where the furniture is.
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Meet You at the Midden: Map Game

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use a sketch map to interpret map symbols in order to participate in a game. Using the game cards, they identify reasons why people modify their environment to meet their needs. They compare and contrast how people lived...
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Comprehension Game for Guided Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Students play reading comprehension games. For this guided reading lesson plan, students play a comprehension game made by the teacher. Students may play the game before or after reading the story. 
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The Meishi Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this Meishi game worksheet, young scholars create six small identity cards, exchange them as self-introduction cards with other students and try to collect as many cards as they can to win the game.
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Word Games from the Turn of the 20th Century

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research games from the early 20th century and compare them with contemporary games. They create their own games including objectives, equipment, number of players and rules. They test the games by playing them.