Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 7 - Letter Combinations
Individually, letters have their own sounds, but when combined with other letters, those sounds completely change. Introduce letter combinations with a lesson that asks learners to search for combinations in familiar words and use oral...
Minnesota Literacy Council
Grapes of Wrath and Pronouns
Many regard John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as the great American novel. The lesson plan combines a variety of strategies, including partner work, independent practice, creative writing, grammar instruction, and small group...
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Passive
Review the passive voice with this printable exercise! Middle and high schoolers choose the appropriate passive verb phrases for 15 sentences to make each one grammatically correct. Don't forget to print the answer page (it appears in a...
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Money
Work on money-related vocabulary with this practice worksheet. With words such as "auditors," "mortgage," and "bankrupt," the activity prompts ESL students to choose the correct term based on the context clues of the sentence. These ten...
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Vocabulary Review: Definitions
Learners read sentences with highlighted words, use context clues, and select the correct meanings of those words from three choices. Sheet contains 10 practice opportunities.
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High Five Blend and Word Family Game
Practice using word blends and learning about word families by participating in a class game. Learners will collaborate as teams in a game by throwing beanbags onto a shower curtain with word blends on it. They will say the sound their...
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Properties of Materials (with adjectives)
Help your students write descriptive lab reports! Designed for ESL students but useful for mainstreamed kids as well, the activity prompts students to think of substances that match twenty given adjectives ("salt" for "soluble," for...
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Contractions
Yo voy a la escuela! Spanish learners practice using the correct definite article in various sentences. This sheet provides a quick exercise.
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Prueba- Gustar and Similar Verbs
Is your Spanish class learning object pronouns and -ar verbs? Need a formative assessment to gauge their current understanding of these topics? Use this quick practice. Consider adding a part c, and have them write a few sentences of...
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Los participios irregulares (El presente perfecto)
Provide your intermediate to advanced Spanish class with practice using irregular participles in the present perfect tense. Simple fill-in-the-blank sentences are provided here, but consider providing a few sentences in English and...
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Possessive Adjectives
Reviewing possessive adjectives with your Spanish speakers? Use this well-organized resource to give them extra practice. Consider having learners that finish early translate the sentences in the second section.
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Preterite Tense
Do your Spanish speakers need more practice with the preterite tense? Print this for homework! consider adding an additional section that offers sentences in English, and have your learners translate them into Spanish.
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Worksheet- Stem Changing Verbs
After explaining what a stem-changing verb is, have your learners complete this worksheet to practice identifying the correct stem change for the verbs provided. Use this resource while Spanish speakers are beginning to learn the changes...
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Grammar Worksheet: Lie vs. Lay
To do something to someone or something or not to do something to someone. That is the question. And it is the source of the confusion between lie and lay. The strength of this worksheet is in the clear, cogent explanation for the...
San José State University
Possessive Apostrophes
A great review of possesive nouns and how to add apostrophes. Clearly demonstrating where to place the apostrophe for different nouns, the resource also notes some tricky exceptions. Reinforce the concept with a little practice putting...
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Antonyms 4
It's important to always be improving one's vocabulary. Print this packet for your juniors and seniors, and see how many words they know. Example vocabulary words include blandishment, mollify, and crass. Consider proving your class with...
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Definite Articles
What is a definite article? After discussing this with your class, have them complete this practice opportunity. They identify the correct definite article for each word or phrase given. The exercise is pretty straight forward, so it...
Illustrative Mathematics
Sort and Count
Young mathematicians are on their feet and moving around in this primary grade sorting activity. After giving each child an object or picture card, they then sort themselves into groups, counting to see which has the most or least...
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Summer Theme Find A Fact
Have young mathematicians find multiplication and division facts in an 8x8 summer-themed grid. Class members identify three sets of numbers that include a quotient and product by inserting the appropriate signs between each...
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Popping Problems!
Turn your math lesson into a carnival game with this fun, outdoor activity. After reviewing the concept your class will be practicing briefly, split your class up into teams and head outdoors. These teams work to solve math questions and...
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The English House of Commas
This nicely-designed presentation does an excellent job of introducing the comma and its many uses. Each of the slides shows different ways in which the comma is used. Learners are given a chance to practice what they have learned in the...
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Worksheet 3: Present tense of -ar verbs
Your Spanish language learners are just learning how to conjugate -ar verbs in the present tense. Give them this practice sheet to build understanding! Consider providing each learner with a verb conjugation chart to aid them in their...
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Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation
Let's eat kids. Let's eat, kids. Commas make a difference! Conventions 101: A Functional Approach to Teaching (and Assessing!) Grammar and Punctuation explains ways to teach the importance and use of conventions. Learners take part in...
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Summer Build-a-Word Puzzles
Help beginning students build words from sounds right before summer with a set of build-a-word puzzles. The 17-page packet comes with 45 beach-themed word puzzles.