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Shizuko’s Daughter: Before, During, After Lesson Plan
Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori presents a vivid picture of Japanese culture and history. As kids read through the third chapter, they find novel-specific vocabulary to enhance their understanding and use context clues to...
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Horrible Homonyms!
Park/park, spring/spring. do your class members need extra practice with homonyms? The first exercise on this worksheeet asks learners to identify the homonym, while the second asks kids to identify at least two meanings of the...
Anchorage School District
Conclusions Wall Poster
Good endings, the ones that let readers know they haven’t lost the last page, can be hard to craft. Here’s a poster of hints that will make process easier for your young writers. The template includes suggestions for what to do, what not...
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Reading Comprehension Unit Plan
A unit plan uses short texts to teach literary elements such as theme and characterization. Included are passages by authors such as Walter Dean Myers and Sandra Cisneros. Activities include quick writes, filling in graphic organizers,...
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Recording a Dying Langauge
Is there value in preserving indigenous languages that are almost extinct? That's the question posed to viewers of a short film about the attempt of one Native American woman who is creating a dictionary for Wakchumni, the language of...
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Solving Inequalities
Eighth graders participate in a lesson that covers the concept of an algebraic inequality. They practice recognizing the symbols used in an inequality and solving them using the methods that are similar to solving equations.
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Adverbs
In this grammar worksheet set, learners read the definition of adverbs that describe action verbs and tell how, when, and where. They circle the adverb that tell how in 11 sentences, that tells when in 7 sentences, and that tells where...
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Pronouns
For this pronouns worksheet, students read the sentences and circle the correct pronoun to complete each sentence. Students review the definition of a pronoun and complete 10 sentences.
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Elements of Poetry
Fifth graders examine the elements of poetry and define poetry. In this poetry elements lesson, 5th graders complete a KWL chart about poetry knowledge. Teachers read a poem, identify poetry elements in a poem, and identify some...
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Word Family Tree
In this words activity, students write the word, its meaning, relative words, pronunciation, synonyms, and more. Students complete 9 spaces in the graphic organizer.
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Suffixes- School-Home Links
In this grammar worksheet, students and parents review the definition of a suffix. They practice using the suffix "er" as they add it to words while completing 6 sentences. They independently write sentences using words that include the...
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Synonyms
In this grammar worksheet, students read the definition of synonyms and see an example at the top of the page. They read 10 sentences and note the word in parenthesis. They choose the synonym for this word from two shown below each...
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Water in the Environment
In this water in the environment activity, students match 10 terms related to water to their definitions. They identify 10 sentences as true or false related to groundwater, layering and landfills. They fill in the blanks for 2 sentences...
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Pronouns
For this pronouns learning exercise, students review the definition of a pronoun and read each sentence. Students circle the pronoun that completes the 10 sentences.
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Irregular Verbs
For this irregular verbs worksheet, students review the definition and examples for irregular verbs. Students then circle the verb that completes the 7 sentences and rewrite each sentence with the correct verb.
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Using the Prefixes 're' and 'non-'
In this prefixes worksheet, students complete 4 sentences using the 're' or 'non-' words in the word bank. Kids make up 2 clue sentences with a prefix 're' or 'non'. Then students give a definition for 4 prefix words.
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Achieve, Manage and Reach Exercise
In this multiple choice achieve, manage or reach worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with either achieve, manage or reach to correctly complete. Definitions of the words appear at the top of the worksheet. Students then write...
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
In this C.S. Lewis worksheet, learners define six vocabulary words from /. Students can define eighteen extra credit vocabulary words. Learners answer five comprehension questions.
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My Pocket IT Glossary-- A-Z of Computer Words (Nouns)
In this language arts worksheet, students learn the meanings of 12 computer technology vocabulary words. Students examine 12 small boxes with one word in each. There are no directions but students could write definitions or sentences.
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Thinking Like a Scientist
For this scientific method worksheet, learners fill in 10 blanks with terms related to the scientific method. Then they determine if 3 sentences are true or false and they match 6 terms with their definitions.
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Synonyms
In this synonyms worksheet, students review a definition of synonyms and then complete 10 sentences with the appropriate words that are synonyms to the words in parentheses.
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Parts of Speech: Verbs
In this verbs worksheet, students review the definition of a verb. Students draw a line from draw a line from each pencil to a verb in the sentence. Students place the first letter for the verbs in the numbered box and then find the...
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Parts of Speech: Adjectives
For this adjectives worksheet, students review the definition of adjectives and use the adjective word bank to help them complete the 8 sentences.
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Parts of Speech: Adjectives
In this adjectives learning exercise, students review the definition for an adjective and then draw a line from each pencil to an adjective in the 9 sentences.