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It's All Greek and Latin to Me!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Give your pupils a skill they can use for life by introducing the use and comprehension of Latin and Greek root words.
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How I Roll

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
There's a high likelihood for learner success in this set of probability problems and activities. From support activities that walk learners through joint and compound probabilities through the cumulative activity of planning to win...
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Ben Franklin's Game

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A reading of What's The Big Idea, Ben Franklin? provides an opportunity for class members to practice paraphrasing, quoting, and citing sources. An exercise on how to avoid plagiarizing is also included. 
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Wild and Wetlands

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders identify the major characteristics of a wetland. They explore the human factors that change a wetland and write a descriptive paragraph about wetlands. This comprehensive lesson also has an interactive "Watershed Game"...
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A Feat of Daring with Lewis and Clark Jeopardy

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover the exploration of the United States by participating in a class activity.  For this U.S. History lesson, 6th graders research the Lewis and Clark expedition and participate in a game of Jeopardy based on the...
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Break It Down

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play a word part identification game. They form words using prefixes, suffixes and root word game pieces.
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Moving With Your Roots

For Teachers 7th
Students dissect common words to study the origins of those words. In this language arts lesson, students study the Greek and Latin roots found in many words within English language. Students use dictionaries to fill out worksheets...
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Opposite-Word Concentration

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an opposite-word concentration game. In this grammar lesson, students use an old deck of playing cards and glue small squares of opposite illustrations to the back of each card. Students make as many matches as...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Vocabulary Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students play a ball game to reinforce vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson plan, 1 student throws a ball to another student and states a vocabulary word. The receiving student has to define the word. If they do, they get to throw...
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Kentucky Vocabulary Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive Kentucky activity, students examine 20 state-related words in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 20 sets of letters. This activity may also be printed for classroom use.
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Missouri Vocabulary: Word Jumble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Missouri worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 20 words to spell key cities, people, regions, resources or facts pertaining to Missouri. There is a word bank.
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Montana Vocabulary Word Jumble

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this online interactive Montana worksheet, students examine 20 state-related words in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 20 sets of letters. This worksheet may also be printed for classroom use.
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Proofreading

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students read 5 incomplete sentences with four choices of words or phrases. Students select the correct group of words with the proper spelling, capitalization, grammar and punctuation which will complete...
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Learning New Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, working in groups, make as many words as possible in a given time, using flash cards that contain prefixes, words, and definitions. They chose group roles and participate in a numbers of time rounds of this activities.
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Make Words with the Letters in the Word Badger

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts and science worksheet, students make as many words as they can using the letters in the word "badger." They are encouraged to make at least 17 words. They see examples at the bottom of the page.
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Make Words Using the Letters in the Word "Porcupine"

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts and science worksheet, learners read a description of a porcupine. They make as many words as they can using the letters in the word "porcupine" and are encouraged to make at least 22.
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Popcorn Spelling (Elementary, Language)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders stand with letter cards to spell words given by the teacher. A quick time-filler game to practice spelling words.
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Middle Ages Center: Games--Build-A-Knight

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Middle Ages vocabulary terms worksheet, students participate in a game that deals with four game cards and the unscrambling of letters to create Middle Ages terms of interest.
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Transportation Memory Game

For Students K - 2nd
In this memory game worksheet, learners match the pictures showing means of transportation including air, water, and land. Students 18 pictures.
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Spelling Free Throw (Elementary, Games)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students run to the chalk board to spell a given word, pick up a basketball, dribble to the hoop and make one shot, run the basketball back to their starting place to score points for their team.
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The Alphabet Game

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students participate in a game that promotes group unity while spelling words with letter cards.  In this teamwork lesson, students have to work together to win the game, but may find it hard to do so without making a lot of...
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Irregular Word Fluency, around the World

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a fluency game.  In this irregular word lesson, students read words the fastest to become champion of a game.  Students read the word in pairs, the winner of each round moves on.
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Adjective Games and Associated Worksheets

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this adjective games worksheet, students use adjective wheels, practice spelling adjectives, combine roots words to create an adjective, and explain how different objects using adjectives. Teachers are given detailed information on...
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Phonic Noughts and Crosses

For Students Pre-K - K
For this reading worksheet, students play a phonics version of tick-tack-toe. For example, kids place a symbol card "X cat" on a square on the board with the word "cat" on it. The winner is the students who gets 3 symbols in a row.