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Build a Word
Students explore new words through letters or letter groups. In this lesson about words, students use index cards to build new words. Each index card contains one letter or letter group. Students utilize different strategies like...
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Solid Foundation
Young community members explore philanthropic foundations. They discuss the work of community foundations, and then they listen to a guest speaker describe the vision and activities of a local foundation. Is there a way they can join the...
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Suffix City
In this language arts worksheet, students create new words with the appointed suffixes and filling in the new one with magnetic or written letters.
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Vivid Adjectives
Students review adjectives and play a game where students compete to see who can write the most adjectives for a given noun. They write a story about one topic and try to use a variety of adjectives in sequence tto describe a noun.
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A is for Area, B is for Billion
Learners interact with math terminology in preparation for standardized assessment. For this math terminology and online storybook lesson, students create their own booklets of math terms based on each letter of the alphabet. Over the...
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Adjectives in Stories
In this adjectives worksheet, students match adjectives with descriptions of different types of stories. Students then read a news report and fill in the spaces with adjectives that begin with the specified letters.
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Veterans Day
Fourth graders research the origin of Veterans Day and its purpose in the life of Americans today. Students begin the instructional activity by looking up key vocabulary. The teacher uses a media presentation to create interest. The...
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A New Bedford Voyage!
A thorough set of activities, articles, and reference material can enlighten your class about the history of whaling in New England. Kids travel back to a time when whale products were valuable and hunting whales was a way to help the...
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Drawing with Carl
Who is Carl? Carl is a little monster that will help your learners draw and create in any way imaginable. Get those kids to activate creative and imaginative thinking skills with a really fun app. There are endless options that can...
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Filing A Conusmer Complaint
Students discuss what makes good service and poor servies.  They brainstorm ways to file a complaint when they receive poor service.  Students work in pairs to practice making a consumer complaint verbally and in writing.  This...
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Phonogram and Rhyming Word Sheets
In this 22 page set of phonogram and rhyming word worksheets, students add letter tiles to photograms to make words. They work with phonograms such as up, ut, ip, it, in, ug, en, et, ig, ap, at, an, aw, ay, ot, op, am, un, to make word,...
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Comparisons
For this conversations worksheet, students complete 8 question and answer conversations by writing the letter of the correct phrase from the word bank.
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The Importance of Punctuation
In this writing worksheet, learners participate in a variety of punctuation activities.  For example, rewrite a text using correct punctuation and unscramble words to create sentences.
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Jim Thorpe: The Greatest Athlete of the Century
Students discuss what makes a sports legend. In this Jim Thorpe activity students analyze both the triumphs and tragedies of Jim Thorpe's sports career. Students then write a letter persuading their representative to name Jim Thorpe the...
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Long ee or ea
Students practice spelling words with the long e sounds using ee or ea. In this ee or ea lesson plan, students complete words using the ee or ea pattern, identify rhyming words, and write a rhyming poem using ee words. Using word and...
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Apostrophes Used in Contractions and Possessions
In this writing worksheet, students read about the proper use of apostrophes in possessives and contractions. They decide if 10 statements are written correctly and correct any errors that they find.
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Jamestown Colony
Third graders explore cooperation between British settlers and Native Americans in the Jamestown Colony. They describe how the colonists and Powhatan Indians depended on the environment for their survival. Students write a report on the...
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Spelling Takes a Hit!
Students actively practice spelling words. In this spelling instructional activity, students use a flyswatter to swat at letters that spell each of their spelling words.
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Introduce "th"
Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound made by the letters /th/ and identify words where that sound appears. Students participate in a game in...
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Vocabulary Worksheets Basic English Grammar 3rd Edition Chapter 10: Expressing Future Time Part 1
In this future tense learning exercise, 3rd graders complete 6 conversations by writing the letter of the correct word or phrase from the word bank in the blank.
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Managing or Meddling?
Pupils examine Bosnian and Herzegovinian society before and during American involvement, focusing on the successes in Brcko. They write a reflective essay considering the role of "helper countries" in foreign affairs.
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Regular Plural Nouns
In this plural nouns worksheet, learners write the plural forms of the nouns given to them. Students write the plural forms of 21 nouns.
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Service Learning Project-American Civil War
Tenth graders study the American Civil War.  As part of a service learning project, they volunteer to help preserve or promote a local Civil War site.  They conduct research and write letters or lobby legislatures on behalf of historic...
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Real or Painted Art -- Tromp l'oeil Art Awareness an Activities
Students are introduced to Trompe l'oeil art by a docent. Using that information, they compare and contast it with other forms of art they are familiar with and discuss their opinions with the class. They write a poem about their...