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Literacy: Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore language arts by analyzing a children's book in class. In this vocabulary lesson, students read the book Slowly, Slowly, Slowly... by Eric Carle. Learners identify the characters, setting and plot of the story before...
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A Way with Words or Say What?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine Shakespearean language. In this word study lesson, students investigate the meaning of words that Shakespeare invented. Students draw and pantomime with the words prior to writing short stories that feature Shakespeare's...
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Decoding Strategies

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice using context clues to decode the meanings of unfamiliar words. In this vocabulary skills lesson plan, students follow the provided instructions to complete graphic organizers that enable them to decode words in "The...
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Number Types: Where Vocabulary Meets Numbers

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Rational, irrational, real, natural. All these words can refer to numbers. Who knew? Learners use the Visual Thesaurus and a semantic feature analysis grid to examine the different attributes of numbers. Step-by-step instructions for...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air-Balloon Ride

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars analyze tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students investigate new vocabulary words while reading. Young scholars record their vocabulary words in a word journal or discovery chart.
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Introduce Vocabulary: How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore tier two vocabulary. In this vocabulary lesson, students read How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and assess the meaning of new vocabulary words found in the story. Young scholars record their new words using a word...
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Introduce Vocabulary: It's Pumpkin Time

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students predict the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students investigate the meaning of new vocabulary words while reading It's Pumpkin Time. Students record their new words in a word journal or...
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Introduce Vocabulary: My Chinatown: One Year in Poems

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students work in small groups assessing the meaning of new vocabulary words. Students record vocabulary in a word journal or discovery chart.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Welcome to the Ice House

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore new vocabulary words found while reading Welcome to the Ice House. Students assess the meaning of their new vocabulary words and record their learning...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Red Riding Hood

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Red Riding Hood and investigate tier two vocabulary words found in the story. Students analyze the meaning of vocabulary words and record their...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Ruby the Copycat

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students analyze tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore vocabulary words used in Ruby the Copycat. Students assess the meaning of new vocabulary words and record their new words in a word journal.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Smoky Night

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students assess the meaning of vocabulary words found while reading Smoky Night. Students record their new vocabulary words using a word journal or discovery...
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Five Chinese Brothers

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover several Tier Two vocabulary words. For this vocabulary lesson, students study Tier Two vocabulary words from the story "The Five Chinese Brothers".
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Keeping Quilt

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students consider tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students investigate the meaning of new vocabulary words found while reading The Keeping Quilt. Students record their new vocabulary words using a word journal or...
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Lion and the Mouse

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students determine the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore new vocabulary words while reading The Lion and the Mouse. Students record their new vocabulary words in a word journal or discovery...
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Lorax

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students analyze tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read The Lorax and assess the meaning of vocabulary words found in the story. Students record their vocabulary words in a word journal or discovery chart.
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students explore new vocabulary words while reading The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving. Students record their new vocabulary words using a word journal or discovery chart.
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Reasons for the Seasons

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students assess the meaning of new vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read The Reasons for the Seasons and evaluate the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. Students record their words using a word journal or...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students determine the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears and explore new vocabulary words found in the story. Students record their discoveries in a word...
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Bottle Top Sentences

For Teachers K
Students practice language. In this vocabulary expansion instructional activity, students match words on a sentence strip. They work independently to recognize and correlate words in a sentence to individual words out of sequence. This...
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Native American Creation Stories: Matching

For Students 5th - 10th
In this creation myths worksheet, students match the 15 Native American creation stories or characters listed with the appropriate 15 descriptions.
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Roman Portfolio

For Teachers 2nd
Student practice decoding skills and phonological awareness. In this vocabulary development lesson, student identifies new vocabulary through word association and flash cards. Student also reads How he Chick Tricked the Fox making...
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Breaking News English - ESL/EFL Lesson Plan - Disability

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete ESL/EFL reading comprehension and vocabulary building activities. In this ESL/EFL current events instructional activity, students read or listen to the article "Paralysed Man Takes Hopeful First Steps," (22nd May,...
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Choose Your Toy

For Students 5th - 7th
In this decision-making worksheet, students choose 1 out of 6 toys for a young boy. Students match 7 vocabulary terms to their proper definitions. Students fill in 3 blanks in 2 sentences. Students complete a variety of assignments about...