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Interactive
Curated OER

Irregular Plural Nouns

For Students 5th - 6th
In this irregular plural nouns learning exercise, students read explanations and examples of irregular plural nouns, then interactively type the plural form of 15 nouns, with immediate online feedback.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Layers of the Atmosphere

For Students 6th - 10th
In this atmosphere worksheet, students read about the four distinct layers of the atmosphere. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Money Bags

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compare budgets of various federal agencies and graph the monetary relations between these top-funded agencies. They propose alternate budgets and justify their own monetary priorities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cognate Detectives

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine how some root words are the same in English and Spanish. They explore cognates in Spanish and English language.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Herschel Infrared Experiment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners perform a version of the experiment of 1800 by the famous astronomer Sir Frederick William Herschel.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Avalanche!

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students build a model representing a snow-covered mountain out of flour, sugar, and potato flakes. Then they use the model to recreate an avalanche.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Definitions of time

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this definitions of time instructional activity, students match the time words with their definitions. Students match 5 time concepts to definitions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alphabet

For Teachers K
Students state the letters of the alphabet individually and in new words. In this alphabet lesson plan, students use the alphabet in a variety of ways during reading.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Working with Words Teacher Directed Activity by Mark Cogan for Elem. Test Prep

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students build word families. In this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Students may print out their work when finished.
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Pictures and Print: What's the Difference?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students watch a PowerPoint presentation. In this early literacy lesson, students watch a PowerPoint presentation describing print from pictures and the difference between the two.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math Morphing Proximate and Evolutionary Mechanisms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different types of fractals. In this geometry lesson, students use math to analyze different biological phenomena. They collect data from the experiments and construct graphs.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Homeschooling Chronicles - Teaching a Foreign Language

For Teachers All
Foreign languages can enrich curriculum. Learning another language help students practice grammar skills and broaden their horizons.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understand Dictionary Entries-Verbs

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this language arts worksheet, learners look for the correct guidance for how an entry is found in a foreign language dictionary. They use the root and suffixes through breaking the word apart using the graphic organizer.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geography: Where on Earth Are the Postage Stamp Countries?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research the six European "postage stamp" (small) countries and research interesting facts about them. In groups, they are assigned to one of the six countries of Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, or...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Participants are challenged to create several different sorting groups for the set of images.

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars examine the influence of interaction with other cultures and the environment in relation to calendars. They also look at the origins of the calendar we use every day.
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Unit Plan
Able Media

Ctc Web: Latin Derivatives Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
These teacher-created exercises use amusing stories chock full of Latin derivatives to help students connect ancient and modern languages. Unfortunately, there is no key.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
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Graphic
Virtual Salt

Virtual Salt: Word Roots and Prefixes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At this website, there is a large chart that "Contains some of the common roots and prefixes that make up the building blocks of numerous English words." Columns for roots/prefixes, meanings, and examples are included.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: That's Greek

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Did you know that at least half of the words in the English language are derived from Greek and Latin roots? Students use these roots to grasp meaning of words before looking them up in the dictionary....
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Unit Plan
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 6 27 16: Summer Solstice and Strawberry Moon a Perfect Day!

For Students 6th - 8th
Today, June 20, happens to be the first day of summer or summer "solstice." Derived from the Latin words "sol" for "sun" and "sisto" for "stop," it is the day when the North Pole is most inclined towards the sun. As a result, residents...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is an Illuminated Manuscript?

For Students 9th - 10th
Before the invention of the printing press in Europe around 1455, all books were handwritten and decorated. The word manuscript is derived from the Latin words manus (hand) and scriptus, from scribere (to write). Illuminated, from the...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand New Vocabulary Using Roots and Affixes

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
You will learn how to determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.