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Research Tasks: New Words, Relevant Information, Revision

For Teachers 6th Standards
Word builders. Scholars participate in a mini instructional activity about affixes. They then complete a research vocabulary organizer and share their definitions of the words with the class. They gather more evidence for their research...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Look at me!

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders write an autobiography and use pictures of themselves from past and present to illustrate it. They take pictures with a digital camera, scan pictures, and add them to a document.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

The Causes of Pollution

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners identify types of pollution. In this environmental lesson, students view a video and discuss the types of pollution. Learners create a poster to suggest ways to prevent pollution.
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Curated OER

The Crucible

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use an Internet scavenger hunt, vocabulary, sample essay questions, and short answer questions suitable for study and review of the play, The Crucible.
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Curated OER

Lord of the Flies - Sentence Starters and Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils prepare for the reading of iam Golding's novel, The Lord of the Flies, by exploring the theme through a discussion and sentence starter activity.
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Curated OER

Up, Up, and Away

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in a WebQuest that introduces them to a study on clouds and how they relate to weather systems.
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Curated OER

In a Pickle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen to a story that uses homonyms and figurative language throughout the text. They illustrate the literal and figurative meanings of some figures of speech.
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Curated OER

Greek, Latin and Anglo-Saxon Roots to Better Vocabulary

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review the concepts of affixes and roots. They practice common Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon ones which are used to form many words in English. Students develop an awareness of the formation and evolution of words.
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Curated OER

Mercer Mayer-Just Me and My ...books

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read various Mercer Mayer books. They discuss the enhancement of family and relationships within the family. Students write a book with their peers about their relationship with a member of their family. They practice their...
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Curated OER

Compound Word Games

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars build compound words out of two separate words using a variety of activities. In this compound word lesson plan, students practice building compound words using word cards. These word cards can be used in a variety of...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Functions

For Students 6th - 8th
In this curriculum vocabulary practice worksheet, students draw 2 lines from each of the 12 functions to 2 curriculum vocabulary words.
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Organizer
Curated OER

"A Sound of Thunder" Worksheet

For Students 6th - 10th
For this "A Sound of Thunder" worksheet group, learners complete a graphic organizer for the plot of the story. Students then complete activities with vocabulary from the reading and edit passages from the text.
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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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Curated OER

Spanish - Imperative vs. Preterite Tense

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders take an online quiz using a website where they differentiate between preterite and imperfect tenses in Spanish. In this Spanish lesson plan, 12th graders use their computer skills and Spanish skills.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling List 6: Sight Words, kn/wr Words, and Academic Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling learning exercise, students practice their spelling words that include sight words, kn/wr words, and vocabulary. Students practice spelling 16 words.
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Curated OER

Gone to the Dogs

For Teachers 3rd
Approach vocabulary through decoding and chunking. Your class breaks up words into basic syllables or chunks then engages in a decoding activity. Useful for a variety of language levels and grades, just modify to fit your class.
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Curated OER

Vocabulary Building - Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Young scholars read the first part of the Declaration of Independence and mark the words they don't know. First, they try to guess what the words mean by looking at the them in context, and then they look up the words in a dictionary.
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Curated OER

Air Pressure is Powerful

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a barometer and write a paragraph describing how they did it.
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Curated OER

Better Vocabulary Through Derivatives

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners create a word tree poster that illustrates the way a root word can serve as the basis for many related terms. Although designed for a Latin language class, the concepts here could be used with any class study of Latin or Greek...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Colons, Dashes, Hyphens, and Parentheses

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
When should you use a colon, dash, or hyphen? Middle schoolers insert different types of punctuation marks into given sentences. Rules for usage are included in each example.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How New Words Are Created

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
How are new words created? Study the list of ways a word can be created, and then have your class attempt to define a list of words. Word examples include snail-mail, coffee-matic, teleshopping, etc. More words and their definitions are...
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Curated OER

Root Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learnersstudy root words. In this word study lesson, they identify the root words from several compound words. There are examples listed in this lesson plan.
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Term Paths

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars follow several pathways using anatomical directions on a simulated "body" produced from a copy of a school building's fire evacuation plan.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Common Ions and Their Charges

For Students Pre-K - Higher Ed
In this chemistry instructional activity, students can use the table to observe and name the common types of ions and determine the charges to explain the gain or loss of electrons.

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