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Was or Were?
In this was/were worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with either was or were. Students may click on an answer button beneath each sentence to check their work.
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Spelling Patterns: Or , Oor, and Ore Words
Fourth graders complete word work with words that contain the /or/, /oor/, or /ore/ spelling pattern. In this spelling pattern lesson, 4th graders participate in the weekly spelling list activity in which they sort words with the given...
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Book of Little Things
Students inquire about visual arts by reading a children's book in class. In this Keith Haring lesson, students examine the book Nina's Book of Little Things and create their own drawings based on their personal life. Students emulate...
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Been and Gone Exercise
In this grammar activity, students practice working with the words been and gone. Students complete sixteen sentences with the words been or gone and write four sentences of their own.
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"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs": DRA
Pupils participate in a directed reading of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," doing word work, comprehension activities, and presentations.
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Where in Russia?
In this problem solving worksheet, 5th graders read a short passage and use the given information. Students solve for three problems showing all work and explaining the reasoning for how the problem was solved.
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Magic Reindeer Food
Students create reindeer food. In this Christmas holiday lesson, students work as a group to make reindeer food. Students add oatmeal, sugar and glitter together to make the food.
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Vocabulary: Going to Work-Part 2
In this foreign language worksheet, students read 10 sentences that are phrases a person may use to describe getting to work. They select the best choice from three options to fill in the blank in each sentence.
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Happy and Sad
In this English idioms and metaphors worksheet, students discover the metaphorical meaning of words and phrases associated with happiness and sadness. Students work in pairs to role play a conversation about things that make...
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Vocabulary Building Activity - ar, or, er, ir, ur Words
In this vocabulary building worksheet, students write a list of 7 ar, or, er, ir, and ur words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as morning, hard, and...
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The Definite or Zero Article Exercise
Learners fill in the blanks with a choice of a word or phrase either containing the article the or not to complete the sentences and then list them in the categories Zero Article or The. Students write 31 answers.
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Every Day Edit - The Big Wind
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the strongest wind ever measured. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Every Day Edit - D-Day
In this editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about D-Day. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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The Shoemaker and the Elves
Young readers read a short story and respond to four short answer questions, based on what they read.
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Halloween Leftovers
Halloween isn't fun for everyone — but playing together is! Read about Esme and her space pirate friend with a short reading passage, accompanied by ten short answer questions.
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Comprehension: Inference (Level 1)
Looking for a solid instructional activity to help you reinforce the concept of inferences? Here's a good one! Learners read sentences, select the most logical inferences, and tell why those inferences make sense. Eight inferences are...
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Little Men: Starting School
Jo March is all grown up in Louisa May Alcott's Little Men, and a new generation of children is benefitting from her tutelage. Young learners read a passage from the novel before answering four comprehension questions about plot details...
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"In God We Trust": The Camden Man Who Put the Missing Motto on the Dollar Bill
Here is a fascintating lesson which relates how the motto "In God We Trust" came to appear on all US currency. It turns out that a man from Arkansas came up with the idea and petioned his congressman and President Eisenhower himself to...
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Vocabulary and Concept Development: EDI
The roots metro/meter and therm are the focus of a vocabulary building presentation that includes concise definitions, color-coded examples, and opportunities for guided and independent practice. Part of a series of roots and affixes...
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My Antonia: Guided Imagery
Willa Cather's novel My Antonia is full of vivid imagery. Encourage your pupils to visualize and translate images from the text into original writing with this guided imagery activity. Learners listen to an excerpt, take a moment to...
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Me Test
Get to know your scholars with this in-depth survey that asks learners to rate, answer true or false, write short answers, and draw abstract visuals about their academic and personal preferences.
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Verb Tenses
Why is it so important to have consistent verb tense when writing? Discuss some of the implications with your middle and high school classes. Examples are provided, and both incorrect and corrected sentences are shown. There's a lot of...
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Prepositional Phrases
There are two types of prepositional phrases: adjectival and adverbial. Gather teaching strategies from this resource to give your learners lots of practice and meet Common Core standards! First, review prepositions by providing a...
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Compound Words
First graders discuss what compound words are and what they look like as a whole group. In this compound words lesson plan, learnerseach have a single word card and pair up with another student to create a compound word. A...