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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for one 60-minute lesson that teaches about a reading strategy called Character Perspective Charting. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Supporting Vocabulary Development With Ease

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that use Karen Hesse's book "Come On, Rain" and an instructional technique called EASE (Enunciate, Associate, Synthesize, Emphasize) to teach vocabulary. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Word Storms to Explore Vocabulary and Encourage Thinking

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for seven lessons about working dogs that teach critical thinking skills and a vocabulary strategy called Word Storms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Visualizing Using the Sketch to Stretch Strategy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons to improve reading comprehension using a visualizing strategy called sketch-to-stretch. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...
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Handout
US Department of Education

Literacy Information and Communication System (Lincs): Signal Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource page provides twelve long lists of signal words and what they mean. Covers signal words for continuation, change of direction, sequence, time, illustration, emphasis, cause of condition or result, spatial,...
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Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Reading Instruction: Promoting Vocabulary Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site provides a free download of the Promoting Vocabulary Development publication. The booklet is divided into three parts: Obstacles that make vocabulary development difficult, Components of effective vocabulary instruction and how...
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Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Building Background Knowledge

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The importance of background knowledge is especially salient in the age of Common Core. This article offers practical classroom strategies to build background knowledge such as using contrasts and comparisons and encouraging...
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Quia

Quia: To / Two / Too

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this practice, students read a statement and, using the pop-up menu, select the correct spelling of the word to fit in the statement. Java is required.
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Develop Fluency Using Content Based Texts

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Fluency is the missing piece of the reading puzzle for many older students. They can decode, but they cannot do it automatically and accurately enough to comprehend text. Here are some fluency-building activities to complement content...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Developing "Student Owned" Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students should learn specific vocabulary and academic language to comprehend content text, but they should also become independent in understanding and owning vocabulary. This article offers tips for developing students' "vocabulary...
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Two / to / Too Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz for the commonly confused words Two, To and Too.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Two / to / Too Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz for the commonly confused words Two, To and Too.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Two / to / Too Exercise 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz for the commonly confused words Two, To and Too.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Two / to / Too Exercise 4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz for the commonly confused words Two, To and Too.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Two / to / Too Exercise 5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 10-question, self-grading practice/quiz for the commonly confused words Two, To and Too.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Spelling: Accept vs. Except

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good reference that defines, differentiates, and demonstrates the usage and purposes of these commonly misused English words.
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Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Headings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the use of headings in a paper. The layout of the headings and subheadings should be determined before beginning the paper to make it easier to read and more attractive. Most important is to be consistent with...
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Other

The Keeping Quilt [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This is a third grade reading fluency exercise entitled "The Keeping Quilt" and has 202 words.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Enriching Writing With Adjectives and Synonyms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for six lessons that teach third- and fourth-grade students about adjectives and uses webbing to come up with synonyms for a list of them. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Dynamite Diamante Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that teach about parts of speech, gerunds, and vocabulary by having students write diamante poetry. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: To, Too, or Two Developing an Understanding of Homophones

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for a lesson that teaches young scholars the difference among common homophones using many modalities. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: List of Themes for Science & Math

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of interactive vocabulary activities for science and math.
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: List of Themes for Sports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of interactive vocabulary activities for sports.
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Interactive
Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Groundhog Day

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of 30 words and a variety of vocabulary puzzles on the theme of Groundhog Day. Also available is a list of 123 words on the same theme.