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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Concept/Vocab Analysis
Considering using Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry for book circles or whole-class study? First time teachers, and those who have used the text before, will find some interesting tidbits in this overview.
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The Bike Riding Moose
What would you think if you saw a moose in a tree? Read about an impressive moose and practice using context clues with a cloze passage, which includes a word bank at the bottom of the pages for kids to reference.
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Shizuko’s Daughter: Before, During, After Lesson Plan
Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori presents a vivid picture of Japanese culture and history. As kids read through the third chapter, they find novel-specific vocabulary to enhance their understanding and use context clues to determine...
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How Do You Read Your News?
Words carry baggage. Class members are asked to consider the weight of words in an exercise that contrasts the word choices in two versions of the same event. Consider following the exercise with an activity in which pairs craft positive...
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Actions in Progress
English language learners will find this practice particularly helpful. They match the sentences to their visual depiction. In the second exercise, they fill in the missing words. They use the sentences in the first activity to discover...
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Explore Literary Devices in Popular Lyrics
Bring literary devices to life by listening to popular song clips and studying their lyrics.
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Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book: Comprehension Skills
Your learners are just starting to read books on their own, so this resource is perfect! Cut out the bookmark-size slips of paper for learners to utilize while reading Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book. Each of the five bookmark pages...
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Life Cycle of a Butterfly: Kidspiration
Second graders view a video about butterflies and recall its life cycle. They will also complete a Kidspiration slide show to illustrate the life cycle of a butterfly and study a word list of butterfly vocabulary to include in their...
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L Blends
In this reading worksheet, students match 12 words with their pictures. All words contain the letter L as their second letter (blocks, glass, etc.)
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Phonics Jeopardy Grade Two
This phonics review PowerPoint provides second grade students with an interactive review of phonics. Playing a "Jeopardy" game enables students to review concepts such as long vowels, blends and digraphs. This is an interactive and fun...
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Techniques of Persuasive Presentations - Ebony, the Elephant Calf
Students watch a video to discover subtle forms of persuasion. In this persuasive techniques lesson, students watch a video about elephants as they determine which elements of persuasion were used. They discuss the language of...
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Tour de Force on the Tour de France
Students explore the incredible obstacles that Lance Armstrong overcame to become the second American winner of the Tour de France. They choose a person whom they admire as the subject of a 'Man in the News' or 'Woman in the News' article.
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A Christmas Carol
Second graders examine the life and times of mid-1800s England in Dicken's time. They compare/contrast Christmas today and during Dicken's day, discuss the book's characters, play a game from the 1800s, and read a Reader's Theater...
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Words in the News Smoking Ban- 15 February 2006
Students complete vocabulary building exercises before reading an online article. They complete worksheets and an online quiz. They focus on relaltive clauses on the final worksheet. They write a letter about second hand smoke in a...
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Women's History
In this Women's History worksheet, students write a informational book report by filling in the title, author, general information, and interesting facts. On the second page, students write a Women's History fictional book report by...
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Word Family: ail
In this reading worksheet, students circle each picture that ends with -ail. On the second page, students also write the word in the box.
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Word Search Y3 Data
For this word search worksheet, students find the words in the word search and then circle them. There are 16 words in the word bank for students to locate. They then try to find any other words that they can. The answers are on the...
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Vocabulary Word Chart
For this vocabulary word chart worksheet, learners write the word, draw a picture, write what they think it means, use it in a sentence, and write the definition and a second sentence. Students write six answers.
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Don't Say...
In this word choice worksheet set, students review a worksheet that shows how to replace the word "said" with less used words. They work in pairs to complete a second page on which they list synonyms for an overused word that is assigned...
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Alphabetize Letter Dd Words
In this alphabetizing d words worksheet, students write the words in letter sequence to the second and third letters. Students write 10 answers.
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Finish Reading Seedfolks
Students identify the characteristics of a community. In this Seedfolks literature study lesson, the second in a unit, the teacher finishes reading the class Seedfolks and students answer comprehension questions and examine how...
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Adverbs
In this using adverbs in sentences learning exercise, students read the first sentence and change its meaning in the second sentence by writing a new adverb. Students write 10 answers.
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Antonyms
In this antonyms instructional activity, students match one word in the first column to the opposite word in the second column. Students match 24 pairs of words.
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Rhode Island Alphabet Activity
In this recognizing alphabetical order learning exercise, students use words in a word bank to alphabetize words about Rhode Island to the first, second, and third letters. Students write 10 answers.