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Making Inferences (6)
The story of Petey and Ralphie provides readers with the perfect opportunity to practice using clues in a text to draw inferences. The questions that follow the story direct readers' attention to details that imply rather than directly...
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Great Expectations
Get to know Pip, Estella, and Mrs. Havisham a little better with a review worksheet on Great Expectations. Using clues listed below, learners complete a crossword puzzle that challenges them to remember details from Charles Dickens'...
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The Skating Moose
What would you do if you saw an ice-skating moose? Kids read a short, entertaining passage and use a word bank to fill in the blanks using context clues.
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Ivan the Incredible
What happens when Ivan the wrestler can't wrestle anymore? Read a short passage that provides six blank spaces for kids to add the correct word, based on context clues.
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Finding Your Way Using QR Codes
If you are taking your class on a library tour, use this scavenger hunt activity to spice it up. Although this hunt isn't actually attached (like the lesson says it is), you will get a good idea of how to implement a task like this....
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Continued Close Reading of Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle: Text-Dependent Questions and Vivid Words and Phrases
As 3rd graders continue reading Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle, they focus on the concepts of predator and prey in the fifth lesson plan of this unit. Scholars further develop their ability to answer questions using evidence from the text...
Flipped Math
Calculus AB/BC - The Power Rule
There has to be a quicker way. Pupils learn the power rule that allows for a shortcut to take the derivative of terms to a power. Using the newly found rule, scholars find the slope of the tangent line to a function at a given x value....
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Use the Clues
In this reasoning instructional activity, 2nd graders, after looking over the example, read 3 clues 3 times to find the 3 numbers that make each sum in 3 boxes.
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Mystery State # 41
Kids use their deductive reasoning skills, state knowledge, and five clues to determine mystery state #41. They'll follow the clues to locate the mystery state on a US map. Note: This is a warm-up activity, so it includes two short...
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Mystery State #2
Which is the mystery state for today? Using five super clues, your class will work to uncover which state is being described. They'll have no problem remembering facts about Nevada after this fun warm-up activity.
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Mystery State # 24
Prepare those brains for a rousing day of learning with a fun geography activity. Your pupils use five different clues to determine the name of mystery state number 24. Where do all those potatoes come from? Idaho!
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Mystery State #43
How much does your class know about the states in the union? Could they determine the name of a state from given clues? Here, pupils consider each of the five clues to name mystery state number 43. Note: There are two handouts on one...
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Mystery State #12
What's better than learning about US geography? Having fun while your doing it! After reviewing each of the five given clues, learners attempt to name the mystery state. A great way to reinforce geography skills and deductive reasoning...
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Dinosaur Eggs Discovered! Unscrambling the Clues
Just a heads up: this lesson is based on a book, Dinosaur Eggs Discovered! Unscrambling the Clues. If you do not have or do not want to purchase the book, you may still find the other activities and worksheets useful in your earth...
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Geography A to Z : Letter H
What starts with the letter H? A lot of things do! Including the names of seven different geographic locations around the globe. Learners use the clues to determine the answers, all beginning with the letter H.
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Geography A to Z: The Letter F
The geography letter of the day is F! The class needs to determine the answer to each of the seven clues with a world location that starts with letter F. Wonderful for a daily warm up or as an exit-card activity.
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Geography A to Z: Letter O
The world is full of places that start with the letter O. It's true! Your class can use what they know about geography to answer seven curious questions related to world locations that all begin with letter O. Like Ohio, Ottowa, and...
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The Bike Riding Moose
What would you think if you saw a moose in a tree? Read about an impressive moose and practice using context clues with a cloze passage, which includes a word bank at the bottom of the pages for kids to reference.
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Making an Argument: Effective use of Transition Words
Work on using transition words in context by prompting elementary and middle schoolers to write their own persuasive essays using transition words. They explore new forms of transition words and examine how they are used in an editorial...
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You Don’t Know How to Drive?
A cloze reading passage about getting a driver's permit at an older age prompts kids to use context clues as they read. They can use the word bank below to fill in eight blank spaces throughout the story.
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What Went Bump in the Night?
What would you do if you found a monster watching your TV? Take a walk on the scary side with a fun cloze reading activity. As kids read the passage, they use the words on the bottom of the page to fill in the eight blank...
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Using Clues to Match Activity: Thinking About Matryoshka Dolls
In this matching worksheet, students read a short passage about a boy needing to name a set of matryoshka dolls and use given clues to match names to dolls.
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Terrible Tuesday
Who could have canceled Grover's newspaper? Complete a cloze activity in which kids read a short passage about a dog who loves to retrieve the paper, and fill in the blanks using a word bank.
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Presentation of Events: Comparing Two Authors
Give a little clue! Readers learn how context clues can help them determine the meaning of words by viewing a Context Clues Resource sheet then completing a Context Clues
practice sheet. They then compare events presented by two...
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