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Text for Dictation: The Environment
In this dictation text worksheet, students take dictation from a selection using vocabulary concerning the environment.
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Pond Ecosystem Field Trip
Students investigate the environment by participating in a class trip. In this pond ecosystem instructional activity, students define a list of vocabulary terms associated with ponds such as invertebrate and metamorphosis. Students...
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Ecological Impact of Wood Extraction
Students explore their local environment by conducting a class experiment. For this deforestation lesson, students discuss the effects of wood harvesting on forests around the world and research environment related vocabulary terms....
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Recognizing Text Features of Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
Young scholars start reading the book The Sign of the Beaver and create a book mark glossary to define vocabulary for the book. In this reading lesson plan, students also respond to the text by completing a journal entry.
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Discriminating Phonemes
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness lesson. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities, children practice identifying the...
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Lesson on 'The Chimney Boy's Story' by Wes Magee
Wes Magee's poem "The Chimney Boy's Story" about chimney sweeps/climbing boys is used as an introduction to a lesson that asks groups to research child labor in Victorian Britain.
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The Harlem Renaissance: Black American Traditions
Aaron Douglas, Meta Warrick Fuller, Palmer Hayden, William Johnson, and James Lesesne Wells, the painters and sculptors of the Harlem Renaissance, are featured in a unit study of artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
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“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating phonemes and...
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The Parade
Parades are a joy to watch and learn about. Class members read about a child who attended a parade with her mother and brother, match past tense verbs from the reading, identify and fill in blanks for sight words candy, clowns, and...
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Picture Dictionary
Students write and contribute one page for a class picture dictionary. They discuss how to alphabetize words, and examine both regular and picture dictionaries and how they are organized. Next they create a page for the class dictionary...
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Nouns (Things You Fix)
In this things you fix/nouns worksheet, students use pictures to determine words from a word bank to complete sentences. Students complete eight sentences.
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Weather Words (Nouns and Adjectives)
In this weather words worksheet, students recognize nouns and adjectives. Students look at ten sentences and fill in the blank with the adjective form of the noun in bold for each sentence.
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Asking Probing Questions and Choosing a Research Topic
Begin the writing journey of an evidence-based essay detailing a rule to live by with various activities to familiarize learners with the topic and jump-start brainstorming. First, pupils take part in an in-depth review and discussion of...
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Business English Advice Guessing Game
In this business learning exercise, students, working with a partner, read a list of dialogue and fill in the gap with one of the business situations listed.
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Making a Soil Separator
Students investigate botany by creating a soil separating device. In this plant life lesson, students identify the needs of plants and how important the right soil is in the growing process. Students define different soil types and...
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Just Lookin' For a Home
What is a boll weevil? Your class can find out that and more by following the activities included here. Pupils read an article, sing a boll weevil song, add to the song with their own original lyrics, illustrate the song, study the...
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Veterans Day
Fourth graders research the origin of Veterans Day and its purpose in the life of Americans today. Students begin the lesson by looking up key vocabulary. The teacher uses a media presentation to create interest. The class composes...
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How To Argue Without Cheating
In this debate worksheet, students read and learn about the fine points of debate and persuasion. The vocabulary presented and the ideas are quite advanced; premise, conclusion, syllogism, ad homineum, and other difficult terms.
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Unit 1 Vocab
In this literacy activity, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms as presented. There are twenty words located in the puzzle.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Telephone Communication
Students, after extensively reviewing the vocabulary list on the board, examine the form of communication that deals with all the aspects of a telephone: telephone bill, customer service, billing and disconnection/reconnecting fees.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Health and Nutrition
Students, as they extensively review the vocabulary words on the board, examine the parts of a label and why it's so crucial to follow the directions on medicine labels to avoid reactions and the possible causing of future health issues.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Time and Money
Pupils, while daily reviewing an extensive vocabulary list of terms on the board, explore/identify what checking/saving accounts are used for as well as the process of writing a check.
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A Christmas Celebration in the Black Culture
How much does your class know about Kwanzaa? Using the Internet, pupils practice using the Internet to find information. They then compare and contrast the similarities and differences between Kwanzaa and Christmas.
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Easily Confused Words: If and Whether
In this easily confused words: if and whether worksheet, middle schoolers read the explanations and examples for both words, then interactively complete 4 multiple choice sentences with immediate online feedback.