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"What Do You Mean?" How Language Changes Over Time
Learners examine words used at Jamestown in 1607. They predict what the words meant in 1607, write sentences using three of them, then analyze the sentences after they have read the actual definitions of the words.
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The Editing Process
Students in upper-level college-bound English classes review the editing process and terms such as, tone, diction, transition, and conclusion. They read and evaluate a sample essay and identify parts they feel they could improve on. ...
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B is for Bowling Green
Third graders identify important places in Bowling Green and list facts about those places. They write complete, varied sentences using capitals and punctuation correctly and also use the Writing Process. As a final project, a...
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Groundwater Resources
High schoolers use digital maps to explore underground reservoirs. Individually, or in small groups, students access specified internet sites and research uses and locations of groundwater. High schoolers explore the percentage of...
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Finding the Animals: A Visual Exploration of Art
Students participate in a thirty-second look, followed by a class discussion about Jan Brueghel's painting The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark. They use description words and sentences to write about their favorite animal in the...
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Photo-Based Reading Projects
Students practice using a digital camera and identify the various parts. As a class, they review recent vocabulary and signs used in their community. In groups, they take pictures of various items and write complete sentences describing...
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People
In this language acquisition activity, students select the best answer from four choices to complete each sentence. Sentences describe pictures that are included beside each. There are four possible predicate phrases for students to...
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Conjugating Verbs
In this verbs worksheet, students analyze 8 pictures. Students read the sentence next to each picture and from 2 choices, select the correct verb to complete each sentence.
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Present Continuous Review
In this ESL present continuous verb tense worksheet, students first analyze the 7 pictures that depict people doing things. Students use the 3 provided words and write a sentence about what each person is doing in the picture.
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Rivers Run Through It
In this mapping practice instructional activity, 5th graders read an informational paragraph and answer 7 questions about the parts of a map along with places shown on a given map.
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The Creaky Door says /e/
Pupils explore the short /e/ sound, and identify the short /e/ in writing. Students read fun sentences from the board which emphasize the short /e/. They stretch out the /e/ sound every time they come to it while reading. They then...
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Spiders
First graders complete a variety of center activities to study spider characteristics and facts. They solve math problems, identify spider body parts, and study vocabulary words to use in creative writing about spiders.
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Ouch! I have a booboo
First graders recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ spelled ou from the short vowel /u/ spelled u. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Word Sorts And Story Mapping
Fourth graders engage in a lesson that covers the concept of using a storymap to increase reading comprehension. They possess the prior knowledge of parts of speech from previous lessons. Students fill in the blank storymap while working...
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Journalism: Following Your Lead
Young scholars, in groups, identify the components of news article lead sentences. They visit other classrooms and take notes identifying the lead components on the lesson. Students search local and national newspapers for leads that...
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Measurements
In this math worksheet, students identify and apply measuring various parts of their body. They measure themselves and complete the seven sentences that follow the lengths portion of the worksheet.
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What Do They Look Like?
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the ending to each sentence that best matches the picture. There are eight multiple choice questions.
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Addition and Subtraction
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students analyze a math sentence such as: 16+2 = 12-6. Students solve the problems on each side of the equal sign, and mark "true" if the answers are the same and "false" if they are different....
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Adverbs of Manner
In this adverbs activity, students analyze 6 pictures that depict an action. Students read the sentence starter and write an adverbial phrase that best completes the description of the picture.
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Classroom Words
In this classroom words/pictures matching learning exercise, students read 7 short sentences that might be heard in a classroom. Students match these to the pictures they describe.
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What Colour Is ...
In this color words worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of common food items. Students fill in the blanks in the sentences that begin with the words "What colour is the----?" Students answer the questions and color the pictures...
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Things That Fly ...
In this ESL vocabulary building worksheet, students examine 7 sentences and the pictures that go with each one. Students choose the animal that flies from a list of 4 choices.
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Classroom Actions
In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict activities in a classroom. Students match these with the sentences that describe them.
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Past Simple 2
In this ESL question answering worksheet, students examine 7 picture clues and read the questions next to them. Students answer each question in a complete sentences using a past simple verb form.