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What Do Writers Do?
Pupils learn about honing their writing through editing. They write the beginning of a story, paying attention to vocabulary and detail. Then they split into groups of two to peer edit. After discussing ways they can improve their...
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Blending and Segmenting Multisyllabic
Syl lab i ca tion. Kindergartners practice segmenting and blending multisyllabic words in an activity that asks them to repeat the process modeled by their teacher. The teacher slowly says the name of a classroom object, enunciating each...
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Conjunctions
Complete exercises for conjunctions in this conjunctions lesson. Middle schoolers work in pairs to combine sample sentences. They analyze the conjunctions and choose one to help them rewrite the sentences. Additionally, they may complete...
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Writing: Barn Raising
Young writers compare writing a paper to building a barn. They write a thesis statement using parallel construction and use transitions to hold the paper (walls of the barn) together. A barn raising video link is included; great for...
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Paragraph Matching
In this paragraph writing game, students will take turns trying to make a match between topic sentences and the correct body sentences. This game is played like Concentration/Memory.
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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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Fly Swatter Spelling
Young scholars practice spelling words by swatting fake insects. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students participate in a spelling game in which teams must spell a word correctly one letter at a time. Young scholars may fix one...
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The Cricket in Times Square
Fourth graders explore vocabulary by reading a contemporary story in class. In this English literature instructional activity, 4th graders read the story A Cricket in Times Square and practice using the vocabulary words from the story....
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Identifying Symbols
Sixth graders explore the meanings of symbols. After creating a symbolism match game, they work on analyzing symbolism in their reading. Next, they read text and record concepts that are being repeated through the story, and use their...
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Blackboard Baseball
Fifth graders prepare eight questions about the topic they are studying. In this board baseball review lesson plan game, questions are rated from easy to difficult and haw many bases students receive. The students are grouped in two...
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Writing Process
Test students on what they know about the writing process and general grammar terms. The game is fashioned after the "Jeopardy" quiz show, where the answer is phrased in the form of a question. There are 25 questions and answers.
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American Indians Heritage Series: The Inuit's
Students become aware that people lived in America before Columbus came. In this Inuit culture lesson, students discuss lives of the Inuits. Students listen to Mama Do You Love Me, A Promise is a Promise and The Polar Bear Son: Inuit...
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Capitals, Oceans, And Border States
Students investigate geography by completing games with classmates. In this United States of America lesson, students examine a map of North America and identify the borders of Mexico and Canada as well as the Pacific and Atlantic....
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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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Respect for Animals
Learners discuss importance of acting responsibly when caring for pets, reflect upon quote, "All Living Beings Have the Right to Respect and Kindness," read story Anastasia Wants a Rabbit and answer comprehension questions, role play...
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Mysterious E: Makes Space a Brave Place
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and words containing a_e. In small groups they play a board game, then spell words containing the a_e letter pattern using letter manipulatives. Students read the...
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Roll the Dice
Students practice recognizing and blending letters together to create new and unique words in the process of decoding text. They play a game where they roll dice to help blend a variety of words together and create new ones to analyze...
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Falling Apples
Students practice identifying individual sounds in words by interacting with the phoneme /a/. They recite the tongue twister, "Abby had an apple in the bag," and play the game beware of the falling apples. Each student also reads the...
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Broadcasting the News Lesson 6
Students practice news reading at three words per second. They produce a news program while working as a team of reporters. They watch news clips of current reporters making a list of news reading tips. They play an online game that...
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Superheroes
Students explore a range of interesting and useful vocabulary. They study a popular, non-textbook topic and exercise their imaginations to express themselves. They create a superhero for game. They design their own (including a...
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Bone's Adventures
Young scholars read and discuss a chapter from the book "A Dog's Life," focusing on the point of view of the dog in the story. They explore dog rescue organization websites, and play the online game "Bone Travels On," creating a story...
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Gregory Griggs
Second graders examine a "Gregory Griggs" poster and related vocabulary. They listen to the nursery rhyme to discover how many wigs Gregory Griggs owns and play listening and rhyming games. Afterward, they pretend they are Gregory...
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Food Bingo Cards
In this food bingo worksheet, students cut apart 20 labeled food cards, which are in full color. Students use them to play a Bingo game on the board provided.
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The Museum Idea
Students evaluate and record the various types of museum careers. In this The Museum Idea instructional activity, students create a bicentennial time capsule, design a Museum of me, and make a classroom mini museum. In addition students...