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Close Reading: Excerpt 3 of “The Digital Revolution and the Adolescent Brain Evolution”
It's time to level up and discover how video games affect the brain. Pupils explore the topic as they continue reading excerpts from an article about adolescent brain development and the digital revolution. Scholars also participate in a...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Three Skeleton Key
Encourage your learners to interact with the text as they read. While reading "Three Skeleton Key," class members note predictions, define words and study their meanings, take notes on how the suspense builds, and jot down ideas about...
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Blends Concentration
Practice blending initial sounds with a St. Patrick's Day-themed word sort! Scholars read 20 word cards, organize them by initial blends, and write their findings on a corresponding activity.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Let’s Count!: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 5)
In a themed series of lessons and activities, beginner readers are given extra support in reading through chants, games, and practice worksheets.
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There, They're, Their
Accompany a there, they're, and their lesson or test your pupils' comprehension with a grammar activity where scholars read sentences and fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the word.
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Latin Roots: spir, viv/vit, vid, vis
Young readers rewrite the Latin root words on the blank lines and then mark the roots spir, viv, vid, vit, and vis in the 20 word list.
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CVC Word Cards
Learners explore short vowel sounds as they cut out these seventy word cards. The cards may be used in a variety of classroom activities. Make games out of word recognition such as grouping together the rhyming words, trying to toss the...
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Find the Word That Doesn't Belong
Students, after listening the "My Hero" story, are given four words in which they have to figure out which one does not belong with the others.
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Rhyming Pairs Game
In this rhyming words game learning exercise, students cut out 36 rhyming cards and place them face down. Students take turns to turn over 2 cards. If they rhyme, the player keeps the cards and has another turn. The player with the most...
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Bears: Position Words
Students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears and discuss position words, such as, under, on, in, behind, etc. They use stuffed bears to demonstrate these words.
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The Olympics Word Search Puzzle
In this Olympic word search puzzle worksheet, students look for words from an Olympic themed word list. Students are given 20 words to find in the puzzle.
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Excel, Word, and Basketball
Wow, this lesson plan packs a punch. Pupils interview basketball players, write about a game, and use Excel to organize statistics related to the players and the points scored. Afterward, they create posters, presentations, and much more.
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ABC, Easy as 123
Kindergartners practice identifying the sight and sounds of vowels and consonants. They identify beginning consonants in single-syllable words and print the letters of the alphabet. This outstanding resource has many excellent...
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Fairy Tale Variations
Here are two great lessons that work together and are inspired by the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods. Young writers and actors will retell the story of "The Frog Prince" through games, improvisational script writing, and song....
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My First Biography: Christopher Columbus Storia Teaching Guide | Scholastic.com
Sail with Christopher Columbus on a biographical reading adventure. Young explorers learn about the life of Sir Columbus as they hone their comprehension skills through guiding questions, shared reading, and fluency practice. Included in...
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Sounding Out Accuracy: Word Swatter Game
Students explore word fluency by participating in a language arts game. In this vocabulary identification lesson, students collaborate in two small teams, each armed with a fly swatter, in order to swat vocabulary words spoken by their...
Curated OER
Picture And Word Cards-- Long Vowel O-- Full Color
In this language arts worksheet, students learn the long sound of vowel O by cutting apart 72 full color word and picture cards. There are 2 suggested games for students to play using the cards.
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Rhyming Words: 2
In this rhyming words worksheet, students write 3 rhyming words that rhyme with the words given to them. Students complete 5 rhyming problems.
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Rhyming Words
In this rhyming worksheet, students write 3 words that rhyme with the words given to them. Students write rhyming words for 5 words total.
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Working with Words Teacher Directed Activity by Mark Cogan for Elem. Test Prep
Young scholars build word families. In this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Young scholars may print out their work when finished.
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Two-Word Verb Exercise 5
In this language arts worksheet, students read 10 sentences that have two-word verbs. Students rewrite each sentence and substitute a different verb. Example: The rain is letting up. (The rain is stopping.)
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Primary Picture Words
Students identify high frequency words and recite them verbally. In this high frequency words instructional activity, students use creative pens to trace high frequency words on paper. Students participate in an interactive magnetic...
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Mystery Word Crossword Puzzle
In this mystery word crossword puzzle worksheet, students fill in the blanks in the crossword puzzle with the 18 words listed in the word bank. The shaded boxes spell out the name of a mystery word related to the transportation theme.
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Football Spelling
Third graders play a football spelling game where two teams spell words and gain yardage for each correctly spelled word. This clever spelling game will be highly motivational for your class! Each team gains ten yards every time they...