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Context Clues
Young scholars practice identifying the meanings of unknown words using context clues. In this vocabulary lesson, students read sentences which contain an unknown words. They will use the context of the sentence to determine the meaning.
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That's Not a Noun! Worksheet 2
In this nouns and verbs worksheet, learners analyze a word bank with 12 words that are commonly used as verbs, but can be nouns. Students read 12 sentences and select the correct word to complete each.
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That's Not a Verb!
In this nouns and verbs activity, learners read 12 words in a word bank that are commonly used as nouns but are also verbs. Students choose the correct word to complete 12 sentences.
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Night of the Twister
Students use reading strategies for Night of the Twister. In this reading strategies lesson, students name five major catastrophes and books about each. Students complete a vocabulary section, make inferences and predictions, read the...
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Phonemes
This activity provides two differentiated versions of 3 tasks that challenges students to identify phonemes in spelling and reading. Task 1 asks kids to split a given list of words into their appropriate phonemes; task 2 instructs...
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Homophones
In this recognizing homophones instructional activity, students read lists of homophones and write their definitions. Students write 70 answers.
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Oprah Winfrey Opens New School in Africa
Students locate Africa and share their knowledge of the continent, then read a news article about Oprah Winfrey building a school in South Africa. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...
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Colossal Squid Caught in Antarctic
Students define the word colossal, then read a news article about an enormous squid caught off Antarctica. In this animal studies and current events lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with dictionary and vocabulary...
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Improve Your Spelling with the Visual Thesaurus
Using Visual Thesaurus software, class members participate in a computer-based spelling bee. Then they work in groups to analyze the words and use deductive reasoning to infer spelling patterns. They then present one of their "rules" to...
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Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure
A picture is worth a thousand words, but a comic strip combines both images and words for the ultimate narrative effect. After reading The Three Little Pigs and deciphering the plot elements, elementary readers work through four...
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The Devil’s Arithmetic: Semantic Feature Analysis
Organize the characters in Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic according to their shared character traits. After listing character traits as a class, kids note which characters exhibit particular characteristics with a discussion and...
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Definition Poems
“Hope is a tissue, wiping away your problems and fears.” Use a Definition Poem Web worksheet to model for your class how to craft a free verse poem based on an emotion. After brainstorming topics, groups use the sheet to make comparisons...
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“George Washington’s Socks”: Vocabulary Part 1
Supplement a class reading of George Washington's Socks with this list of vocabulary words. Including a mixture of verbs, nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, this resource asks young readers to record the page number and a synonym for each...
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Laundry List of Idioms
Fifth graders think of idioms related to laundry as they create a laundry list of idioms.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #55
In this spelling learning exercise, students practice reading and writing given words. Students alphabetize the given words and then write the antonym of each one.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling Lists #155
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing spelling words. Next, they identify the twelve spelling words in a word search puzzle. All words are two to three-syllable words.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #135
In this spelling worksheet, learners practice reading and writing their spelling words. Next, they identify the words in a word search puzzle. All 12 spelling words are related to the Constitution.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #131
In this spelling instructional activity, students practice reading and writing 12 vocabulary words. Afterward, they define the words and identify them in a word search puzzle. All words are one and two-syllables.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #130
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing 12 words. Next, they identify the words in a word search puzzle.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling Lists #113
In this spelling instructional activity, students read and write 10 spelling words. Next, they identify the words in a word search puzzle.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #169
In this spelling learning exercise, students read and write twelve spelling words. Afterward, they solve a crossword puzzle using the words. All words are related to the ecosystem and endangered animals.
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Homophones: Cloze the Gap!
In this homophones review activity, students use words from the homophone list to fill in the blanks in 13 sentences so that they make sense.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #67
In this spelling worksheet, students practice reading and writing their spelling words which are compiled of synonyms. Students then match a spelling word to another word on the list that sounds the same. Finally, the define two words...
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Spelling and Alphabetizing Words- Magnificent Words
In this spelling word worksheet, students practice reading and writing each of 10 words that include magnificent, extraordinary, superb, and fantastic. They write the words in alphabetical order.