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Successful Paragraphs
Students write a five sentence paragraph with varied sentence beginnings. In this paragraph writing instructional activity, students use a teacher modeled procedure. They complete a worksheet about their favorite things, happenings, and...
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High Frequency Words with Clip Art
Second graders invent sentences using high frequency words. In this literacy instructional activity, 2nd graders type simple sentences using high frequency words, and a clip art picture for each sentence.
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Guided Reading: My Horse
Students read patterned sentences. In this guided reading lesson, students use one to one matching and picture clues to aid comprehension. Cross-curricular activities are provided.
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Guided Reading: Jump Rope
Students blend phonemes to decode words. In this guided reading lesson, students evaluate different comprehension strategies to aid reading. Students make predictions based on picture clues and use patterned sentences to facilitate...
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The Use of Substitution As a Creative Thinking Tool
Students practice using substitution as a creative way of thinking about writing and try to substitute song lyrics, food items, rhythm movements and more. For this substitution lesson plan, students create a new candy, and create...
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Homonyms- Quiz 28
Students examine the use of homonyms in sentences. Learners read a sentence online and choose the correct homonym from the answer choices. Students click on the answer box to see the correct answer.
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Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play
Students discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to one matching to...
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Other Faces of Discrimination
High schoolers explore the bullying experienced by those who graduated from one-room school houses to large high schools. In this discrimination instructional activity, students read the 2 provided handouts on the topic and then complete...
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Picture Sentences
Second graders create sentences using word wall or spelling words. In this literacy instructional activity, 2nd graders type their sentences and attach a clip art picture that coordinates with the word or sentence.
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Open Wide
First graders make the sound of /o/ relating it to the sound they make when the doctor asks them to open their mouth and say "ahhhh". They think of different words that contain the /o/ and identify it as it is used in a sentence and...
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Calendar and Opening
Young scholars review the days of the week and tell what the current day is by singing a song. They fill in the sentence telling the day of the week it is and then discuss what day yesterday was and the name of the day tomorrow and then...
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Five Paragraph Essay
Eighth graders are introduced to the mechanics of writing a standard-form essay. They draft, edit and polish a five-paragraph essay about spending the day as an animal of their choice.
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A Number a Day
Pupils explore the calendar including sequence of the days of the week, and the numbers associated with each day. They conduct research about each number and share what they find with the class.
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One Square Foot
Students identify, describe, count, tally, and graph life found in one square foot of land.
Think Like A Programmer! Puzzlets Cork the Volcano Curriculum
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Guided Reading With Fish Print
Students investigate the concept of reading comprehension using Fish Print. They practice reading skills with using picture clues, using context clues, and sight word recognition for simple sentences. The teacher guides the lesson with...
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Dolphin Dive
In this reading worksheet, young scholars complete several paragraphs about dolphins by filling in the word that best completes the sentence. Thirteen words are included to complete the paragraphs.
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Personification Lesson Plans and Resources
This resource on personification provides three different approaches aimed at different levels. The first, appropriate for upper elementary, provides examples of personification, followed by an exercise that requires replacing a word in...
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Retelling the Tiny Seed
Here is a very age appropriate idea that can be stretched, modified, or used as is. Learners review plant parts, discuss pollination, read the story The Tiny Seed, and write a retell sentence. Their sentences describe to way a seed...
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Journal Writing
Learners creatively utilize a word processor in order to do daily journal writing. They explore with using simple, compound, and complex sentences in order to present ideas with clarity and precision. They gain computer skills while...
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Descriptive Writing Fortunes
What does your fortune say? Engage class members in writing complete sentences by first handing out fortune cookies and reading the messages. Pupils will practice writing complete sentences by composing fortunes to put in die cut fortune...
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Corn Harvest
Learners read Corn Belt Harvest and write sentences about corn's uses. They visit a cornfield and a grain elevator or have guest speakers come to class. They design posters about harvesting or processing corn into grain.
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SATP Informative Essay I
Students explore the basic steps of writing an informative five paragraph essay. Using a hamburger as an analogy, students discuss the five part method of writing and, given blank hamburger sheets, they fill in the main parts of the...
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Geography of South America
Student's identify geographic features of a South American map. They use the scale of the map to calculate distances between points. They identify examples of the five geographic themes on the map of South America.