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Handout
Kaylee's Education Studio

Contractions

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Keep your class on track with contractions! This reference page includes six lists of contractions, which are organized by the word that is being contracted. For example, the word not is the title of the list that includes words such...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Compound Words - My Baseball Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine compound words and what they look like.  In this compound word lesson, 1st graders read the book, My Baseball Book, and compile a list of compound words from their reading. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List 33: Contraction Words, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this spelling list worksheet, students practice spelling words that are contraction words and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words total.  
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Activity
Teach With Me

Take Action With Contractions! Concepts: contractions, spelling, punctuation

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Don't let your pupils get bored with contractions! You've found a veritable squirrel-stash of activities right at your fingertips. This packet includes games, activities, and plenty of materials to support your lesson plans on...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Commonly Misspelled Words

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Display this list of commonly misspelled and frequently confused words for your learners. Though there is no interactive component, this handout is a great reference tool comparing many homophones such as sole and soul. One tip...
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Handout
San José State University

Commonly Misused Words

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
After reviewing two pages of commonly misused words: effect/affect, accept/except, there/their/they're, etc., learners must choose the proper word in ten different sentences. Note: Answers are listed at the bottom of page three.
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Lesson Plan
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The Power Of Possessives

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
The whole class with get when to use an apostrophe after this activity. They use apostrophes to show possession or ownership. This activity includes a discussion starter, a practice exercise, a story activity, and a practice worksheet. 
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Worksheet
Busy Teacher’s Café

High Frequency Words—Red Words

For Students Pre-K - 6th
Words, words, words. Here's a must-have resource for primary grade teachers—a list of high frequency words for every letter in the alphabet, as well as words for days of the week, months of the year, color words, contractions, number...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Guided Reading with Elizabeti's Doll

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice reading strategies using Elizabeti's Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen. Readers utilize decoding and comprehension strategies before, during, and after reading the story. A detailed list of text features, high frequency words,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Home Spelling Practice: Grade 4: Contractions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. All words are contractions. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home spelling activities listed.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

School-Home Link: Contractions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In spelling with contractions worksheet, students review the rules for making contractions and then study a list of contractions. Students then match words with their contraction spellings. Students then write down all the contractions...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List 34: Contraction Words, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this spelling worksheet, students copy a set of 21 words two times each. Words are contractions and academic vocabulary. A reference web site is given.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

English Skills Worksheet 6.200

For Students 4th - 6th
There are six word exercises provided here, although they're not necessarily linked together. The first short practice asks learners to give compound words that use the list of words provided. The second asks learners to identify...
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PPT
Curated OER

Vocabulary and Concept Development #2: struct and tract

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Focus on the Latin roots struct and tract with this PowerPoint, boasting plenty of practice opportunities. To help develop a definition of each root, viewers match a list of words to their pictures. Then, they compare those words to a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Contractions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this identifying contractions worksheet, students read a list of two words and choose their correctly written contractions. Students identify and write twelve contractions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Words

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

English Skills Worksheet 6.201

For Students 5th - 6th
Review compound words, onomatopoeia, prefixes, and suffixes with your fifth and sixth graders. Each of the six exercises is short and simple, and the final exercise gives learners three options too choose from. They can use their weekly...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Contractions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars use sentence strips to make caterpillars that represent different contractions. In this contractions lesson plan, students hang the caterpillars around the room and practice the contractions for a few minutes each day.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Apostrophes and Contraction (2)

For Students 3rd
In this contraction worksheet, 3rd graders focus on the correct placement of the apostrophe in contractions. Students complete 16 problems changing contractions to two words and 16 problems changing two words into the contraction form.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Homophone Contractions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice the proper spelling and use of homophone contractions. In this spelling instructional activity, 7th graders examine the use of contraction homophones. They complete an associated worksheet by identifying 15...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Contractions

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this contractions review worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they write the contractions of the 8 pairs of listed words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Contractions 4

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this contractions review worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they write the contractions of the 8 pairs of listed words.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Contractions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make a list of contractions.  In this contractions lesson plan, 4th graders create a table with three rows and three columns.  Students write each vocabulary word, a definition and an illustration in each box. Students go...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Contractions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this contractions instructional activity, students review the definitions for contractions and negative contractions. Students also review a list of contractions. Students then complete three pages of exercises to help them with...