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My vocabulary.com: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 39 vocabulary words pertaining to Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It also provides lesson plan ideas and an extensive vocabulary word list on the subject.
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My vocabulary.com: Ancient Egypt
This page includes a lesson plan, a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities, and an extensive vocabulary list of words pertaining to Ancient Egypt.
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My vocabulary.com: Bill of Rights: u.s. Constitution
This page has some puzzles and activities using terms from the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution. It also provides an extensive word list pertaining to the Constitution.
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My vocabulary.com: Health and Fitness
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 26 vocabulary words pertaining to Health and Fitness. It also provides an extensive Vocabulary Word List (457 words), lesson ideas, and a list of related months and...
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My vocabulary.com: Nutrition
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 20 vocabulary words pertaining to nutrition. It also offers an extensive list of nutrition vocabulary words, a list of words for 4th and 5th graders, lesson plan ideas,...
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My vocabulary.com: Biology and Cells
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 15 vocabulary words pertaining to Biology and Cells. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for biology.
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My vocabulary.com: Character Education and Leadership
This is a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using vocabulary words pertaining to Character Education and Leadership. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for character and leadership.
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My vocabulary.com: Ecology
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 15 vocabulary words pertaining to ecology. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for Green Conservation and a list of ways humans can protect the environment.
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My vocabulary.com: Geography
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 52 vocabulary words pertaining to Geography. It also provides an extensive vocabulary word list for Geography and lesson plan ideas.
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My vocabulary.com: Math: Weights and Measures
This is a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 31 vocabulary words pertaining to Math: Weights and Measures. It also provides an extensive vocabulary word list for this topic.
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My vocabulary.com: Music and Fine Arts
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 24 vocabulary words pertaining to Music and Fine Arts. It also offers an extensive vocabulary word list for music, a list of musical instruments, and lesson questions.
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My vocabulary.com: Oceans
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 20 vocabulary words pertaining to oceans. It also offers an extensive list of ocean and maritime vocabulary and some lesson plan ideas.
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How to Study: A Word Identification Strategy
Learn eight steps to help you identify unfamiliar words.
US Government Publishing Office
U.s. Government Publishing Office: History of Bills
For any legislative actions enacted upon a specific bill, the specific type of action is recorded in the History of Bills section of the Government Printing Office website. This information comes straight from the Congressional Record,...
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My vocabulary.com: Lewis and Clark, Louisiana Purchase
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 18 vocabulary words pertaining to Lewis and Clark and the Louisiana Purchase. It also provides lesson ideas, activities, and extensive vocabulary word lists on the topic.
US Government Publishing Office
U.s. Government Publishing Office: Congressional Bills
The government directory for making current and past bills accessible to the public. Very useful for finding bills pertinent to classes. Will require teacher direction at the elementary levels.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: What Is a Law?
Learning Adventures provides background information on what a law is and why we have them. Part of a learning game for all ages.
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Usa Gov: Three Branches of Government
Lesson plans for students to learn about the three branches of government. They can find information about the origins of the Constitution, separation of powers, and details about each of the three branches.
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Ad lit.org: Teach Students How to Fluently Read Multisyllabic Content Vocabulary
Dysfluent readers are so consumed with word identification that they cannot focus on extracting or constructing meaning from the text. Here are some activities to develop students' fluency skills, so that they may move on to access content.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Internalization of Vocabulary Through the Use of a Word Map
Students practice with words and develop both denotative and contextual knowledge through two agents-purposeful sequencing of steps and collaboration with peers.
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Ad lit.org: Key Literacy Component: Morphology
Morphology describes how words are formed from building blocks called morphemes, the smallest unit of meaning in a word. Students who don't understand this structure have trouble recognizing, understanding, and spelling words. Find out...
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Ad lit.org: Teaching Word Meanings as Concepts
The most effective vocabulary instruction teaches word meanings as concepts; it connects the words being taught with their context and with the students' prior knowledge. Six techniques have proven especially effective: Concept...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Differentiated Reading Instruction Worksheets, Activities
A collection of differentiated reading activities are provided in this collection. Worksheets for the following reading topics are included: climax, story structure, elements of a story; fact and opinion; summarizing, narrative sequence;...
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Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Branch O Mania
Learning game for ages 4 and above the U.S. Government in which players use the information they have gained from Learning Adventures and help Ben Franklin catch the icons that are unique to each branch of government.