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Index Card Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a game building structures with index cards. Teacher gives instructions for index card game (10 cards per group) and establish rules. The groups will have 3 ¿¿ minutes to build highest structure without...
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How 'Bout Them Apples?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words and phrases.
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Let's Relate It

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars relate pirate history to present day locations. They stimulate background knowledge established through the research project. Students exercise communication skills as a means of discovery. They create their own trading...
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Read with Speed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through various techniques. After reviewing decoding and rereading as good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a teacher selected text. They complete a timed reading drill and...
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"Uuuuuuggghhh That Hurts"

For Teachers 1st
First graders give examples of consonants and vowels. They review the sound the /u/ phoneme makes and then play a word creation game placing letters together to make the /kuuuu/ sound which bumps into /p/ forming the word "cup" as a class.
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Give the Dog a Bone

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen as the /sh/ sound is modeled and discover the sound as it appears in the words "sheep", "fish", and "ship". They then play a secret game with a magic code placing the correct dog with its bone. Once all the words are...
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Advanced Phonics Redux Fluency

For Teachers 1st
First graders review various advanced phonics words by playing a game. In this advanced phonics lesson, 1st graders read through a stack of word cards, they build fluency by identifying letters in words that get doubled and letters...
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Hats off to you!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students learn about cultures through hats. Students complete "hat" writings, puzzles, and language games around the theme.
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Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary activity, students review the Dolch Basic Sight Vocabulary words that are listed in alphabetical order. Students review 220 words.
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Vocabulary Bingo

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students review vocabulary words and definitions from a literature selection. They play Vocabulary Bingo to practice the words.
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Feeding Red

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, rereading and reading with expression, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with the instructor,...
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Newspaper Research

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use newspapers in order to perform research. The literacy skill of finding facts is reinforced. The students play a game of scavenger hunt by finding specific facts prepared in advance in the newspaper.
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Identifying Subjects and Predicates - School-Home Links

For Students 3rd
In this sentence structure worksheet, 3rd graders review the meaning of subjects and predicates in sentences. They underline the predicate in 5 sentences.
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Adverbs

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this parts of speech learning exercise, students review the definition of an adverb, read each sentence, and find and print the adverb in the sentence on the line.
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Phonics Long Vowel 1

For Students K - 1st
In this vowel sound learning exercise, learners review the words in the word bank and circle the words that have the long a sound. Students then draw a picture to show words that have the long a sound.
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More Famous Horses Quiz

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of trivia questions about horses. Page has a link to submit answers for review.
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The Climate Challenge Game

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore climate change, its impacts and possible solutions. They play a television-style quiz challenge game. Students discuss the topics pertaining to global, local, and personal solutions to climate changes.
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Desktop Spelling

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a spelling drill. In this spelling lesson, students correctly spell the word that is called out and remain standing if they spell the word correctly.
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ESOL Basic numbers and SHapes

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students review then recognize the letters A-Z both uppercase and lowercase and the numbers 0-100. They practice letters orally then play a letter writing game and number game as a class.
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4 X 4 (Not a Jeep!)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups of 4, complete a puzzle by matching terms and definitions.
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Holiday Cards using Publisher

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a holiday card using technology. In this technology instructional activity, students use Publisher templates to create a holiday card. Students organize, design, and edit their card.
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Holiday Flier in Publisher

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners use Publisher in this lesson plan to make a holiday flier. In this technology lesson plan, students create a holiday flier. Learners choose fonts, use clipart, use grammar and spelling check, and save to their work to a flash...
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Indegenous Cultures Magazine in Publisher

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use Publisher to create their own magazine. In this online magazine lesson plan, 4th graders follow the instructions to create a magazine using text, pictures, and colors within the Publisher system.
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Chapter 33: Renting a Place to Live

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate renting a place to live for when they are eventually on their own. There are many assignments that they can choose to get whatever grade they want to make. There were no objectives listed to work off of to describe...