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6 Traits: Voice
Students explore the trait of voice. For this language arts lesson, students focus on the writing trait of voice. Students view a video and practice writing.
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6 Traits: Sentence Fluency
Students practice writing with sentence fluency in order to make the story more enjoyable for the reader. In this sentence fluency lesson plan, students focus on rhythm and flow.
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Ready, Set, Action
Students investigate parts of speech by analyzing action words in sentences. In this verb usage lesson, students read sentences to each other and identify the action words and verbs used. Students participate in a speed challenge in...
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Teaching the Written Word to Those Whose Words are Limited
Get your learners' pens moving by emptying their thoughts onto the page.
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Awesome Antonyms
Review with your young learners what opposites are and use a fun tag board game called Auntie Alice to practice. After the class plays the game, pairs work on computers practicing with interactive matching/flashcards/concentration games...
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Comprehension! The Key That Opens our Minds
Students examine the comprehension strategy of story-grammar. They discuss the strategy and read a variety of texts. Students practice using the story-grammar strategy while reading passages from the texts. They answer questions about...
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Subject/Verb Agreement
Students recognize the relationship between singular and plural subjects and verbs as they relate to developing stronger writing skills. For this writing lesson, students write and organize their thoughts and feelings while using their...
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Using a Writing Workshop
Students observe modeling of the writing workshop. In this writing workshop lesson, students understand that the writing workshop will be taught throughout the year and each lesson will be a segment which will be discussed.
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The Gray Wolf Story Pyramid
Young scholars explore comprehension and understanding of what they read. They practice using the correct spelling for frequently used sight words and uncommon words. Students apply the correct principles of grammar. They read the...
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The Five W's!
Students explore reading comprehension strategies. They discuss the story-grammar strategy. Students discuss the importance of comprehension. They discuss questions they should ask while reading a text. Students read a story and stop to...
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Day One: Talking about food items
Students discover new English vocabulary words for food items. In this ELL lesson, students look at grocery store ads and menus to find new vocabulary words for food. They work with the teacher to create a story about a situation in...
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Spelling sentences
First graders write sentences based on their spelling words that appear on their word walls. In this writing lesson plan, 1st graders create sentences that include their spelling words. They do this on the computer. Then they pick out...
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Literature Response for Home-School Connections: Poetry
First graders practice reading and writing for a variety of purposes and audiences. Ten lessons on one page.
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Egg-ceptional Poetry Writing
Students recognize that eggs have nutritional value. In this eggs lesson plan, students create poetry for a shape book on eggs. Students participate in additional games and activities about the egg.
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Creating a Digital Newspaper
Pupils create a digital newspaper. In this digital newspaper lesson plan, students review the sections of a newspaper and brainstorm ideas for their paper. Pupils complete a schools news report, student interview, opinion page, sports...
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Crossword Review
Students practice using their target language vocabulary by completing a crossword puzzle. In this foreign language lesson, students complete several random tasks based on new vocabulary words in their target language dealing with...
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Letters and Photos
Students practice using a new language by reading letters. In this foreign language instructional activity, students read a fictional letter by a young person from the target language's country. Students read the letters...
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Expressions of Frequency
Young scholars practice discussing timely manners in a target language. In this foreign language lesson plan, students discuss words that represent frequency such as never or often. Young scholars create a timeline...
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Jeopardy Game
Students practice discovering a target language by playing a game of Jeopardy. In this foreign language lesson, students utilize their target language vocabulary to answer Jeopardy style questions they prepared the day before....
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Telephone Game
Learners practice their listening comprehension by playing the "telephone" game. In this foreign language lesson, students listen to a story read by a teacher in their target language and try to remember the details by writing 5...
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Planning a Community Service Project
Students practice using a new language to plan a community event. In this civics lesson, students practice writing a proposal for a community project using their target language. Students brainstorm in small groups what their...
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Let's Read the Newspaper
Students investigate the format of a typical newspaper. In this journalism lesson plan, students read a newspaper from a target language and discover the vocabulary associated with the news. Students work together as a...
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Mrs. Perkins' Dolch Words: #15 Scrambled Sentences
Students practice sight words. In this dolch word lesson, students use dolch word cards to form grammatically correct sentences.
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Discussing One's Health
Students explore common health issues. In this health and literacy lesson plan, students match simple health statements with appropriate visual representations. Students prepare and perform dialogues in which health issues...