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Spelling - Compacting (Grades 3-5)
Students use compacting when learning spelling words. In this spelling activity, students take a pre-test on their weekly spelling words. Students who score 100% are exempt from spelling and those who miss 0-2 words compact their...
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Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs
Here is a supplemental lesson plan regarding past tense verbs for English language learners that is a great tool for the classroom when you are teaching grammar exercises.
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Spelling Practice - Yawn!
Third graders participate in oral activities to remember spelling words. In this spelling lesson, 3rd graders participate in orally spelling the words using different sounds for consonant and vowels. Students repeat spelling different...
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Spelling Tag
Learners participate in a tag game to practice their weekly spelling words. Five students are chosen as "it" and run around chasing the other learners. When a student is tagged, he/she must freeze until the teacher asks him/her a...
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Noun-mania
Students study nouns and verbs. In this parts of speech instructional activity, students use laminated pattern letters and write out as many nouns to spell out the word "n-o-u-n." They then repeat the activity with verbs.
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Jeopardy
Students participate in games to review subject matter. They drill on vocabulary and/or spelling words. Students connect pertinent facts with dates. They perform activities as a group review before a test.
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Chile's Trapped Miners
Students read an article on trapped miners in Chile. In this social awareness ELL lesson, students read the details about how 33 miners had to be rescued in Chile when they got trapped underground. Activities that reinforce the...
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France's New Medieval Castle Takes Shape
Students explore how a dream to build a medieval castle came to reality. For this lesson, students read an article about a knight's castle that is being built in France, then complete numerous activities such as a quiz, a debate, a class...
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Water Table
Students predict from a rock sample whether a water well could be drilled in that type of rock. They predict what conditons would be necessary for the well to produce water.
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Introduction to Computers and Computer Vocabulary
Middle schoolers identify and spell the parts of a computer work station. They use commands to indicate an action. They complete a web project assignment to complete the activity.
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Miners
Learners complete various activities related to mining and mining safety. They write an energy sentence, complete a word puzzle, cut and glue safety equipment on a mining character, solve a math code word puzzle, and complete a maze...
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Tense Buster
Pupils, after using the "Intermediate" selection of the Tense Buster software, recognize and practice using passive voice in their writing. As a result of this task, they correctly use five new vocabulary terms with passive voice in...
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: Vocab Squares
Creatively develop and reinforce new vocabulary from the book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, using these vocabulary squares. Each square is divided into four quadrants asking scholars to input the word, a...
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The Weather
Students explore earth science by reading articles in class. In this weather identification lesson, students analyze weather science articles on the Internet and view their own local weather patterns as well. Students define a list of...
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Introduction to Computers and Computer Vocabulary
Students explore computer work stations and computer commands. They complete a computer skills assessment inventory, identify parts of computers using vocabulary and commands, and write the names of parts of the computers. They place the...