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Printable Story Starter: Treasure in the Daisies

For Students 3rd - 4th
Class members can practice using sensory details and imagery with this writing prompt, which provides a vivid introduction about a girl who discovers a treasure box in her mother's garden. The middle, ending, and title of the story are...
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Fairy Dictionary

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Use artwork to illicit responses in a writing journal, and then present your class with the short list of key terms provided. Can your learners add any of their own key terms? Segue for a second, and read tales such as Peter Pan or...
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Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils examine poetry to identify the use of metaphors and similes after the teacher defines what they are. They decide how they can use similes and metaphors to describe different pieces of fruit. Finally, they write poetry about the...
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Erase the Quiet

For Teachers K - 12th
Students recognize how music, theater, dance, and the visual arts can be combined to contribute to their own active learning. They work in small groups to research and use critical thinking skills to identify ways in which the arts could...
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Printable Story Starter: The Get-Away

For Students 3rd - 4th
This fun, creative writing prompt invites young writers to continue the story of Boe and Tim, who discover a hot air balloon while escaping from their big sisters. The worksheet provides a space where learners can finish the middle and...
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Come To Your Senses

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Write narratives that include ideas, observations, or memories of an event or experience, and be sure to use concrete sensory details! Groups utilize a few of the famous I Spy books in order to create narratives that utilize sensory...
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Basic Visual Language

For Teachers K - 12th
Students gain knowledge of the basics of visual communication. They are introduced to the three fundamental elements of visual language. Those are: camera angle, lighting, and compositions. Students video each other from different angles...
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Using Songs in the Foreign Language Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students focus on their required lessons in Spanish by integrating music and songs as they complete their assignments. They assess the vocabulary, grammar patterns and culture associated with music and various different songs. Each...
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What Are You Doing? ??Que Pasa?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students better appreciate the variety and utility of languages spoken around the world. Then they study everyday words in two languages. Students also construct a system of flashcards to learn and test their new vocabulary knowledge.
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Detective Game

For Students 2nd - 5th
For this book report worksheet, students answer questions about a book report asked in detective language. Students complete 5 questions.
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All About Me

For Students 3rd - 5th
First, have each English language learner fill out the 15 sentence frames. Then, pair up your learners and have each share their completed sentences. There's a place for the listening partner to record his or her partner's sentences....
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Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Have your class practice using descriptive language in their writing. This resource provides learners with a list of terms and adjectives. For example, one slide shows a picture of a wolf, and then lists descriptions, such as moon howler...
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Denver Art Museum

Checking for Accuracy

For Teachers K - 5th
Young appreciators of art consider the sculpture, The Things I Have to do to Maintain Myself, by Roxanne Swentzell. Everyone gives their opinion as to what the figure in the sculpture is doing. After they learn that the image portrays a...
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Aim for Your Goal

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners write a story about their achievements in a sport, or their dreams for success in other areas. They create original works of art depicting their goals or anticipated achievements. They then display their stories and art.
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Poetry in Triple Textures

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners compare and contrast visual and tactile textures. They create a painting that highlights one or more textures. Young scholars express these textures in a poem to accompany their art. They recognize that words can express the...
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Port Portrait

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research and identify exciting places to visit and plan an imaginary cruise, using maps, to study other languages, climates and geography and draw scenes from your trip. They make a portrait of your group waiting to leave one...
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Rhyme Brainstormers

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students identify words that rhyme and realize that this literacy skill is engaging. Then they prepare their own language game props. Students also monitor each other in following rules, erasing duplicate words, and scorekeeping....
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Secret Scroll

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine various scrolls, codes, and languages. They develop their own secret code and compose a message using it. They then create antique-like paper scrolls and write messages on them in their secret codes, then try to decipher...
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Ready, Steady, Cook!

For Students 4th - 6th
When paired with a trip to Aston Hall's kitchen, this activity is a good way to practice recall and descriptive language. Without literally being in the kitchen, it could actually be an even better activity! Learners could use their...
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The Present Is Perfect: Using Present Perfect Tense

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Your developing language users rewrite 10 sentences by changing the underlined verbs to present perfect tense verbs with one of the helping verbs: have, has, or had. Resource contains explanatory material as well as a practice worksheet.
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Adjective Word Order

For Students 4th - 5th
Wait, how do you order adjectives in a sentence? Whether you're an English language learner or a native speaker, adjective order is confusing for everyone. After teaching your learners the basics (and possibly providing them with a chart...
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Time Words/Tenses Review

For Students 4th - 6th
For homework, give your class this review sheet. This practice opportunity contains 42 sentences, and your learner must edit the sentences by correcting their mistakes. Most of the mistakes are directly related to verb tense. Great...
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Using the Past Progressive

For Students 4th - 5th
Practice conjugating with the past progressive. This worksheet is ideal for English language learners or individuals trying to polish their fundamental grammar skills. There are 15 short phrases given, and learners have to create a...
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Chapter 5: Time Adverbs

For Students 4th - 6th
Adverbs are among the more complex words in the English language. First, study the time adverb pattern in sentence one. Then, have writers make their own sentences following the adverb pattern detailed in the first sentence. They create...

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