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College Board

The Departure

For Teachers 8th Standards
Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Solving Word Questions

For Students 6th - 8th
A tutorial that explains how to solve word problems. It points out key words that signal operations or what is being measured, and wording that is confusing and needs to be simplified. Presents lots of examples, both simple and complex,...
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Learn That Word: Root Words & Prefixes: Quick Reference

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent reference tool listing prefixes and roots together alphabetically along with definitions and examples.
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Possessives

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Tutorial explores how to use possessive nouns and adjectives correctly.
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Wisewire: Grade 3 Playlist: Clues to Unknown Words Using Known Roots

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
A dictionary is not the only way to figure out the meaning of new words. Readers also can look for familiar word parts. These word parts might appear in other words that readers already know. By looking for familiar word parts, including...
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Other

Alpha Dictionary: Most Often Misspelled Words in English

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Listed alphabetically, these commonly misspelled words often find their way into our writing! Here are the correct spellings, with brief tips for remembering how to write these words correctly. In addition, use the links of the left to...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Take Their Word for It!

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Students learn how scientific terms are formed using Latin and Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes, and on that basis, learn to make an educated guess about the meaning of a word. Students are introduced to the role played by metaphor in...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Multiple Meaning Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson helps students to USE words for all they're worth! Multiple meaning words may not seem like a kindergarten skill; however, it is imperative that we teach our students about these "tricky" words! Included are printable...
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Goodwill

Gcf Global: Introduction to Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how to read and understand word problems so you can solve them.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Soft "C" Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This video segment from Between the Lions focuses on letter knowledge, showing several words that begin with the letter "c" and, in these examples, the /s/ sound that it makes.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Fun Exercises for Compound Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article focuses on exercises for teaching compound words including compound word exercises, a list of root words to create many different compound words, links to compound word games, and interactive online games.
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 3: Cern Jur Leg: Word Roots #3 Beginner

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan features the Latin roots CERN-CER-CRE = separate, distinguish; JUR/JUS = law, right; LEG = law. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 4: Grad Mot Cad:word Roots #4 Beginner

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan features the Latin roots GRAD = step, walk, degree; MOT = move; CAS/CID = fall, sink. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a vocabulary...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 5: Nat Tract Sequ: Word Roots #5 Beginner

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan features the Latin roots NAT = be born; TRACT = pull, draw; SEQU/SECU = follow. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue, and a vocabulary word...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 6: Plic Fac Cogn: Word Roots #6 Beginner

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan features the Latin roots PLIC = fold, bend; FAC-FIC = make, do; COGN-NOT = know. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle has directions, a clue and a vocabulary word list....
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 7: Spect Sta Vert: Word Roots #7 Beginner

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan features the Latin roots SPECT/SPEC = watch, see, look, appear; STA/SIST = stand, place; VERT/VERS = turn. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 8: Sent Grat Pon: Word Roots #8 Beginner

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan features the Latin roots SENT-SENS = feel, be aware, think; GRAT-GRAC-GREE = thankful, pleasing; PON-POS = place, put Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Word Roots Lesson 9: Clud Dit Fid: Word Roots #9 Beginner

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan features the Latin roots CLUD-CLUS-CLOS = close, shut; DIT-DO = give, push; FID = faith, trust. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below.Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue and a...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: 2nd Grade Lesson Plans for Forming Possessives

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This article focuses on teaching 2nd graders to form possessive. It provides two complete lesson plans with activities for teaching them how to form possessives.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to the Possessive

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn to use apostrophes to indicate possession, or ownership -- and when not to use them.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Challenging Add and Subtract Word Problems (Within 100)

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Practice solving more challenging addition and subtraction word problems with "more" and "fewer". Multi-step problems are also included. Numbers used are 100 or less. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try...
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Shauna Kelly: How to Create a Table of Contents in Word

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article explores how to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word using the styles tool. Written with step-by-step instructions, the article includes information on how to create the table of contents, how to customize it, and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Telling Time Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this exercise, students practice telling time word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get step-by-step elapsed time hints and try questions repeatedly. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.A.1 Tell and write...
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How to Study: A Word Identification Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn eight steps to help you identify unfamiliar words.

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