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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Recognize a Phrase

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A phrase is a group of related words that does not include both a subject and a verb. It only has one or the other! [0:39]
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sentence Fragments

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Sentence fragments can't stand alone, because they do not express a complete thought. Run-ons put two complete sentences together in one sentence without separating them. [0:35]
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Prepositions

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Prepositions indicate locations, whether physical or in time. Around, in, outside, before, during. Prepositions help us know the when and where! [0:48]
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Forming and Using Possessive Nouns

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Possessives show when a noun belongs to someone. It is often indicated with an apostrophe "s", but when words end in "s" only an apostrophe is added.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Reference Materials

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
A dictionary is one of the most useful reference books anybody could ever use. Learn how to properly understand a dictionary's formatting and content! [0:46]
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Some Frequently Confused Words

For Students 1st - 6th Standards
Some words in English can look and sound similar, but have entirely different meanings. Keep an eye and ear out for them; beware of commonly confused words. [0:40]
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Interactive
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Charades Word Lists for Kids

For Students K - 1st
This is a list of words to use for charades for kids including book titles, children's movies, names of famous people, and geographical locations. The books and movie titles are broken down by age groups.
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Other

K12 Reader: Reading Instruction Resources: Collective Noun Worksheets

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This learning resource provides five downloadable worksheets that reinforce the topic of "collective nouns."
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Link Clauses With Semicolon

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Semicolons join two closely related independent clauses in a single sentence. Without these, there would be run-on sentences that no one could slow down! [0:57]
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using Punctuation for Breaks and Pauses

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Punctuation indicates how one should read any sentence. Commas, for example, indicate when a reader should take a brief pause, either for emphasis or for comprehension. [0:40]
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What Are Collective Nouns?

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
A collective noun is a word that refers to a group, such as a collection, a herd, a team! [0:37]
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Grammar Adjectives

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart identifies adjectives in shared reading and discusses what they have in common. Students will experiment with deleting and substituting adjectives and noting effects on meaning. They'll...
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: My Sound Is the Best! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will use music as an impetus for stating and supporting opinions. They will compose an opinion poster based on a narrative about a train using percussion instruments. This will involve group work which can lead...
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Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Kindergarten Activities (Spanish)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Links to 100 kindergarten activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
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Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: First Grade Activities (Spanish)

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Links to 100 first grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Peacock

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This Nature video segment features the beautiful bird known for its iridescent tail, the peacock.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Parts of Speech to Write Descriptive Sentences

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students can easily grasp the the parts of a sentence with this lesson plan.
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Interactive
Quia

Quia: German Vocabulary Games

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A wealth of fun, interactive games to hone your skill of speaking German. Require Java to be enabled.
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Graphic
Other

Pic lits.com: Inspired Picture Writing

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This innovative resource offers a wide selection of photographs and words to stimulate writing in an interactive format.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students listen carefully as their teacher reads the story "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" by Linda Williams. Students listen for key verbs such as clomp and wiggle throughout the story and as they...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Waddle Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson connects literacy, creativity and movement! Learners act out different animals in the book "Waddle" as the teacher reads aloud. Students listen carefully for the animal name and the verb describing how that animal moves. They...
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TESL Journal

Activities for Esl Students: Esl Quiz: What's the Correct Word Order?

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
In this ESL quiz, students click on words and end punctuation in the order needed to make correct sentences. There are 39 different sentences in this quiz. Java is required.
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Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: The Lone Vowels

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Grammar rules taught through song. A familiar tune helps to teach the E and O at the end of the word that make a long vowel sound. There are opportunities to demonstrate understanding by identifying words that that follow the rule.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Modeling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This strategy helps students understand the expectations for a written task, refine their writing about texts, and improve their language skills, including using standard English grammar, usage, conventions, and vocabulary in writing.

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