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Calculating Simple Interest
Interest can be both a best friend and an enemy...show your learners how it can manifest through this set of 10 word problems. For each, they calculate time, principle, interest, or rate and choose an answer from multiple choice...
Illustrative Mathematics
What is 23 ÷ 5?
Twenty-three divided by five can have a different value depending on the unit of measurement being asked. Learners problem solve 23 divided by 5 in a series of five word problems.
Illustrative Mathematics
Ten $10s Make $100
If ten $10s make $100, then how much money do twenty $10s make? Young bankers find the number of bills required to make base ten amounts in three different word problems.
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Human Feet Are Strange
Feet are neat! So, if you've already walked the path of examining animal footprints with your class, put them in the shoes of early humans! A well-designed lesson incorporates video, discussion, and hands-on learning to demonstrate how...
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Figure of Speech
Examine the changing nature of language in the U.S. View and discuss excerpts from a PBS documentary with your class and then conduct Internet research, and complete a team project on the evolution of teen expressions.
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Sensory “Star Spangled Banner”
Music can help us to access memories and events in a meaningful way, and Francis Scott Key used specific words to convey what he had seen and felt when writing what would become America's national anthem. Help your class connect to...
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Sonnet Explication
Students analyze close readings of poems, looking up words in the dictionary, and discussing the major parts of dictionary definitions, including word origin and parts of speech. They examine sonnets, then compare/contrast their findings.
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Rikki-Tikki Colorful Verbs
Study and practice the vocabulary in Rudyard Kipling's famous story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." Pupils underline verbs in a passage from the story, taking special note of vivid or precise verbs. They then write original sentences for five...
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All Summer in a Day Vocab
While working with Ray Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day," take some time to consider vocabulary. This exercise lists eight sentences from the story in which Bradbury uses words in interesting or different ways. Pupils read the sentence...
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Thanksgiving missing words puzzle
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students fill in the missing words to the paragraph about Thanksgiving. Students complete 6 missing words.
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One Word Substitution
In this letter o words worksheet, students match the letter o words to their definitions. Students complete 10 matches for letter o words to definitions.
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Foreign Words in English
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read a list of28 words that have had their origin in a language other than English. Students place the foreign words into the correct box that tells the country of origin: France, Germany,...
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Ancient Origins: The Role of Archaeology in Reconstructing the Past
Students read information about the ancient origins of art and archaeology with a focus on the Malian culture. In this art origins lesson, students read background information for the topic and compare ancient and contemporary objects....
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Working with Words Worksheets
In this set of word work worksheets, students write 12 words from a word bank in the correct boxes. They fill in the blanks in sentences, write original sentences, complete a word search, complete a rhyming word table, and place words in...
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Sight Word Journal writing
Students write an original journal of words they can read. For this sight words lesson, students draw pictures and write words they recognize in their personal journal.
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Writing a Word Fib Poem
Students write a word fib poem using different word starters and different number of syllabled lines. Students write 6 lines in the poem.
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Total English Advanced: Find That Word
In this community key vocabulary word search worksheet, students locate 14 words from the word bank in the puzzle and then choose 8 words from the word bank to include in their own original sentences about community.
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Eat Your Words!
Students make spelling words using cheese crackers. In this spelling lesson, students use Scrabble Cheez It crackers to make words before eating them.
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Ou Words
In this ou words worksheet, learners read 10 sentences and fill in the blanks with the ou words listed in the word bank. Students also write 5 original sentences that include ou words from the word bank.
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ESL Error Correction and Editing Worksheet- Extra Words in The Text
In this ESL error correction/editing worksheet, students examine a piece of text about human cloning to locate the extra words. They remove the extra words to show an understanding of the structural and lexical forms of text. There is an...
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Question Words
In this question word worksheet, students match the questions words with sentence endings, write questions given the answers, and create original questions.
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A Picture Is Worth at Least One Word
Students explore clip art pictures to create a rebus. In this clip art lesson, students define what a rebus is and then create their original rebuses. Students use clip art from the computer to design their rebuses.
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Various words: 76
In this fill in the blanks worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete the sentences. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Down by the Bay
Students work with rhyming words to add verses to a song. In this rhyming words instructional activity, students use rhyming words to add verses to Raffi's song, "Down by the Bay." They look for patterns and rhymes in the original verses...
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