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Text Clues and Background Knowledge
Teach youngsters how to evaluate background knowledge, pictures, and context clues to draw a reasonable conclusion about a story. They practice using the discussed clues as they read the story, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,...
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Headings
First graders discover how heading help us make predictions. The class discusses how informational text typically has heading that can aid them in determining what a chapter will be about. They read the heading and make predictions for...
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Agriculture in Motion
Youngsters learn about simple machines that could be used on a farm. They learn about agricluture, listen to a farmer speak, compare and contrast different farm machines, and then design their own. Note that although the publisher...
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Action Words
In this action words activity, learners read the 9 sentences and identify the action word or verb in each them. Students print their answers on the lines provided.
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Mighty Earth Movers
Note that although the publisher lists almost all of the Common Core standards for both math and language arts, you will most likely want to take the general topic and choose which area to focus on. Regarding math, pupils measure worms...
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Little Red Hen
Pupils listen to a teacher reading of The Little Red Hen, identify the story elements and sequence them. They talk about different jobs associated with providing food and act out a play based on the story. Be aware that although several...
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Suffix "Some"
In this spelling suffix worksheet, learners make a new word using the suffix 'some.' Students complete 5 words with the suffix 'some.'
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences
Learners can easily grasp the the parts of a sentence with this lesson plan.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Word Recognition Strategies Using Nursery Rhymes
This lesson is a great way to teach students about rhymes and word recognition. This plan includes suggest nursery rhymes for you to use, and several supplementary sites to help you out.
BBC
Bbc: Skillwise: English: Sentence Variety Grammar Games
Designed to help students practice the elements of sentence design, these games provide different levels of difficulty for users of all ages. The sentence variety games include: Is This a Compound Sentence, Logging Sentences, Make a...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Guess My Solid
Descriptive details are used as students develop a guessing game poster for others to try and guess their chosen solid. Included in this detailed lesson plan are videos, samples of student work, a printable worksheet, an assessment...
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Better Lesson: Complete the Sentence....
Oral language development is crucial to Kindergarteners because it lays the foundation for the development of reading and writing. One of the main skills learners need to tackle is speaking in complete sentences. With this lesson,...
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Better Lesson: Multiple Meaning Words
This instructional activity 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...
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Better Lesson: Learning About Subheadings and Bold Words
In this lesson, students will use several strategies to learn the meaning of new words they encounter in text. The students will learn specific strategies so when they encounter new words, they can figure out the meaning of those words...
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Better Lesson: Location
Common Core standards specify the requirement for children to use frequently occurring prepositions. Mastering this standard will help students formulate compound sentences as they go up in grade levels. In this instructional activity,...
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Better Lesson: Learning to Recognize and Use Strong Verbs
In this activity, students will listen to stories and determine the meaning of the word by using sentence-level context clues. They will think about the verbs that are used and think about how that verb appeals to their senses, giving...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: If You Give a Student an Animal
In this lesson plan, the book If You Give a Moose a Muffin, written by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for word choice. The content focus of the lesson is to teach the students to take ownership of scientific and descriptive...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Noun Inspired Animal Reports
In this lesson students will complete a report regarding an animal for science class. Vocabulary, nouns and verbs can be incorporated cross-curricularly.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 3 (Low Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of basic categories of nouns needed in beginning English.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 7 (Low Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of basic infinitive verb phrases about "likes" that are needed in beginning English.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 8 (Low Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of basic infinitive verb phrases about "likes" that are needed in beginning English.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 9 (Low Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of basic present tense verbs that are needed in beginning English.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 10 (Low Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of basic present tense verbs that are needed in beginning English.
English for Everyone
English for Everyone: Sentence Completion 11 (Low Beginning Level) [Pdf]
English for Everyone provides a printable quiz to assess the recall of basic present progressive tense verbs that are needed in beginning English.