Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
From Ben’s Pen to Our Lives
What would Ben do? Jumping off from the pseudonymous letters Ben Franklin fooled his older brother into publishing when he was still a teenager, young literary lovers dive into acting, writing, and addressing a local issue with wit and...
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West Side Shifts
Combine math, language arts, music, and dance with an activity focused on "America" from West Side Story. After listening to the song, learners compare the film to Romeo and Juliet, analyze the song's meter, design choreography, plan...
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Strategies for Increasing Vocabulary - school-Home Links
For this vocabulary worksheet, students and parents examine the strategies for increasing vocabulary through word recognition strategies. They mark off the strategies they use and, along with a parent, sign the worksheet.
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Write Simple Rhymes
First graders observe that rhyming words have different beginnings, but the same endings by viewing examples on the overhead projector. They say the beginnings of the words that go with the correct endings. They then come up one at a...
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Literacy:Non-Fiction Stories
Third graders explore non-fiction stories. They follow along as the teacher reads a story. Students fill in words as the teacher reads to ensure they are following along. They discuss the text features found in the book and the features...
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Vocabulary: English in a Government Office-Part 2
In this foreign language worksheet, students complete each of ten sentences. They read the sentence and choose the best choice from three options. Each sentence is a phrase a person might use when visiting a government office.
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School-Home Links: Correct Words in Context
In this word usage learning exercise, students read several word pairs of words that sound and are spelled similarly. Students then place the correct word to complete the sentence. Parents or guardians must sign the learning exercise.