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Finders Keepers: Vocabulary Instructional Routine Guide for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Like Oskar, the curious boy in Jonathan Safran Foer’s story, class members journey through other “stories that the mouth can’t tell” to find another sentence that uses a word found in novel. Individuals create their own vocabulary list,...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Clifford’s Family
Students discover 3 tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read the story Cilfford's Family, focusing on pre-select tier two vocabulary words. The words are defined by the teacher and students practice recognizing...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Learners discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary activity, students read Lily's Plastic Purple Purse, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Yoko
Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students read Yoko, listening for 3 pre-select tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students practice recognizing...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Too Many Tamales
Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Too Many Tamales, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students practice...
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Introduce Vocabulary: I Love You the Purplest
Students read I Love You the Purplest with the intent of recognizing vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students preview three 2-tier words, listening for each as the story is read, defining each and practicing recognizing...
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Vocabulary Strategy Instructional Routine: Maus I and II
Pogrom, schlepped, meshuga. Kapo, reich, Wehrmacht. As part of a unit study of Maus I and II, readers use a list-group-label (LGL) strategy for vocabulary drawn from Art Spiegelman's famous graphic novels. The focus of the activity is...
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Double Stuffed?
True or false — Double Stuf Oreos always contain twice as much cream as regular Oreos. Scholars first measure the masses of the filling in regular Oreos and Double Stuf Oreos to generate a class set of data. They use hypothesis testing...
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Lesson 1:Contrasting Statements
Third graders use contrasting statements to find the meaning of new vocabulary. In this literacy lesson, 3rd graders read a contrasting statement and use the first part to identify the meaning of a word in the second half.
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Random Acts of Kindness For Kids
Develop a world-wide, email chain on which class members can showcase their acts of kindness. After defining the meaning of random acts of kindness through discussion and through a reading of Random Acts of Kindness,...
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The Outsiders
Are you working on an Outsiders unit? Use this list of activities to deepen your middle schoolers' understanding of the novel. After reading S.E. Hinton's novel, young readers work on three required activities, including participating in...
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Dia de Los Muertos
To honor El Dia de los Muertos, scholars work together to create Day of the Dead displays—paper sugar skulls and banners—that bring a festive and memorable flare to the classroom.
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The Raven
After a close reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" individuals copy the rhythm and rhyme scheme and rewrite the final stanzas of the poem.
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Reading Lesson Plan -- Shopping for "Big Ticket" Items
Students in adult ESL education classes evaluate and compare information about computers. They demonstrate the correct use of compound nouns in their description of computers. They review information and skills needed to actually visit a...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Miss Bindergarten Stays Home
Students listen to the story "Miss Bindergarten Stays Home" and are introduced to tier two words. In this tier 2 lesson plan, students answer questions relating to the vocabulary words from the story. Students then...
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PHONEMIC AWARENESS INFUSION
Students practice and utilize phonograms (word families) found in the patterns of frequently used words. They assess strategies to assist them in dividing long words as well as to develop their phonemic awareness to new vocabularies....
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Introduce Vocabulary: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti
Students develop new word knowledge by reading a children's book in class. In this vocabulary lesson, students read the book Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain, and identify the use of three specific vocabulary words. Students define the...
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Vocabulary Zoo Game
Learners participate in an activity which is focused on new vocabulary words and their definitions. They study vocabulary that will be used in an upcoming read aloud. They make an animal sound each time one of the vocabulary words is read.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Alphabears: An ABC Book
Students explore English by reading an alphabet book in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book Alphabears: An ABC Book and discuss the uses of specific vocabulary words. Students define the selected vocabulary...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Curious George Rides a Bike
Students explore language arts by reading a classic book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book Curious George Rides a Bike and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students define the selected words...
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My School's a Zoo
Students explore the story My School's a Zoo. In this language arts lesson, students read the story and discuss the vocabulary words. Students discuss the meaning of the vocabulary words.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Night Shift Daddy
Young scholars explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book Night Shift Daddy and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Young scholars utilize the...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Clouds
Students read the book "Clouds" and select 3 Tier Two vocabulary words to build their vocabulary. In this "Clouds" lesson plan, students listen to vocabulary words and think about how the words are used in the story....
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Down the Knoll Without the Water
Students use a thesaurus to find synonyms for selected words in fairy tales.