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Introduce Vocabulary: My School's a Zoo
A unique and flexible way to introduce vocabulary. The instructor introduces three new words to the class, then as the book My School's a Zoo by Stu Smith, is read, the students raise their hands when they hear the new words. The...
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Mes English: Daily Activities Flashcards/daily Routine Flashcards
This site includes flashcards that show daily people engaging in daily routine. PowerPoints are included to supplement the flashcards that show daily routines.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Back to School
This is a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using vocabulary words pertaining to going back to school. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for life skills and careers.
Read Works
Read Works: Kai's Life in Hawaii
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a normal day for Kai, a boy who lives in Hawaii. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
![Glencoe Lit Library: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/103583-b3d722f5f698057de376d4670c952903.jpg?1661498455 "Glencoe Lit Library: \"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Lit Library: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great study guide for Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, vocabulary words, novel introduction), reading questions, brainstorming and charting...
![Glencoe: Island of the Blue Dolphins Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/105368-9d79a9a3a626d57edc577390f12ebb30.jpg?1661269155 "Glencoe: Island of the Blue Dolphins Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Island of the Blue Dolphins Study Guide [Pdf]
This study guide contains themes, vocabulary and discussion questions for Scott O'Dell's Newbury award-winning novel, "Island of the Blue Dolphins." The book, which is based on a true story, addresses the themes of trust and forgiveness....
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Read Works: Grade 2: Four Lesson Unit: Vocabulary in Context
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of four lesson plans designed to develop students' vocabulary skills including understanding prefixes, using context clues, and using a glossary and a dictionary. Lessons are based on the books...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: L.3.5b: Identify Real Life Connections Between Words and Their Use
Links to 6 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.5b: Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
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Read Works: City Life and Country Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage compares and contrasts country life to city life. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Animals: Kingdoms of Life
A playful interactive introducing biology's five animal kingdoms. Watch the video, take a quiz, and review vocabulary.
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Read Works: A Small Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a hamster and its first person account of what it sees. This passage is to be read aloud and reinforces essential comprehension skills. Opportunities for...
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Read Works: Fit for Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains concepts related to a healthy diet. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
![Glencoe Literature Library: "Frankenstein" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan](https://content.lessonplanet.com/knovation/original/369914-8ab81949d2bd0076e0c70a7827d2d292.jpg?1661498494 "Glencoe Literature Library: \"Frankenstein\" Study Guide [Pdf] Unit Plan")
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Frankenstein" Study Guide [Pdf]
Great study guide for Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, vocabulary words, novel introduction), reading questions, brainstorming and charting activities, and thought-provoking writing...
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Read Works: Native American
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about historical Native American daily life including: clothing, beliefs, food, shelter, and goods. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: Machines Can Move!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about simple machines used in daily life such as: a pulley, a screw, an inclined plane, a wheel and axle, a wedge, and a lever. A question sheet is available to help students build...
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Read Works: First Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the pressure-bomb experiments of Robert Hazen and the origins of life. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills...
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Read Works: A Real Life Bat Man
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes the responsibilities of a chiroptologist, a person who studies bats for a living. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: A Small Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short story shares a fictional account from the perspective of a hamster. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
University of Victoria (Canada)
University of Victoria: Clothes Vocabulary
Nice vocabulary development tool for students. Matching exercise shows pictures of common items of clothing. Students match correct word with picture from drop-down menu. After 10 questions a score is given based on correct answers.
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Read Works: Under the Sea
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about scientists who believe they have discovered several new species of marine life off the coast of Papua, New Guinea. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
University of Chicago
The Oriental Institute Museum: Life in Ancient Mesopotamia [Pdf]
The students will spend 4-5 days reading and discussing how archaeologists study artifacts, where the artifacts are found and how to investigate and interpret artifacts from their own lives. Videos and slides will be used to enhance...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hemingway: The Man Versus the Image
Learn about Ernest Hemingway's public persona and how it differed from the actual life of the writer in these videos from the American Masters film Ernest Hemingway: Rivers to the Sea. Using video, text, and text-dependent discussion...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Lesson Plans Library K 5
This resource presents a lesson plan library which holds hundreds of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject area. Often rooted with an Internet research piece, each lesson plan contains specific objectives, procedures,...
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: Let's Do Lunch! [Pdf]
The purpose of this project is to teach students the life skills they need when dining in public. The project begins with a discussion of eating out and the students are polled as to how often, if ever, they eat in a restaurant with...