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Rhyme Time
A reading readiness PowerPoint engages students in practicing their rhyming skills. The PowerPoint begins with a review of what a rhyming word is, followed by in context examples (Nursery Rhymes), and concludes with an interactive...
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Welcome to Seuss Squares
This PowerPoint reviews works by Dr. Seuss. The interactive game requires players to answer plot questions about Fox in Socks, Cat in the Hat, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Lorax, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.
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Reviewing Facts Through 10
Manipulatives are always fun for children to use. They use connecting cubes and blocks to solve addition and subtraction word problems with numbers up to 10. They then play a math game and use their cube to create number sentences....
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Find the Animal!
Try a new technique for reviewing class material. This presentation has learners identify the hidden word in each slide. In this case, all the words relate to animals. This idea provides an interesting way to quiz your class on other...
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Compound Word Game
Students create compound words in teams based on pictures they see on the board. In this compound word lesson plan, students have 5 minutes to come up with as many compound words as they can.
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Worksheet 3 Vocabulary Review: Words That Mean the Same
In this synonyms instructional activity, students read 10 sentences and analyze the word in bold type. From two choices, students circle the letter of a word or phrase that means the same.
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Time Words/Tenses Review
In this time words worksheet, students correct the mistakes in the sentences and write the corrected sentence on this page. The mistakes all have to do with time words and verb tenses. There are 42 sentences to correct.
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Time Words/ Tenses Review
In this proofreading learning exercise, students correct the errors in each of 42 sentences. Students write their corrections in verb tenses or time words above the errors.
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Vocabulary Review: Talking About the Present Worksheet 12
In this vocabulary worksheet, students circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the word in bold in 10 sentences.
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Time words/Tenses Review
For this time words and verb tenses worksheet, students respond to 42 questions that require them to correct the verb tense and time word mistakes in the 42 sentences.
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Noun and Pronoun Review
In this noun and pronoun worksheet, students define related words, replace words with specific nouns, identify common and proper nouns, classify pronouns and fill in blanks to complete sentences.
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"Board" Games
Sixth graders practice using adjectives in writing. In this grammar lesson plan, 6th graders take pictures of items they can describe. Students write sentences with adjectives to describe the item in the photo.
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Worksheet 11 Vocabulary Review: Making Comparisons
In this completing sentences worksheet, students read ten sentences with a missing word. From four choices, students check all possible completions.
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Sentence Auction
Students read sentences and try to identify which ones are grammatically correct and which contain grammatical errors.
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The Hobbit: Problematic Situation
As part of a unit study of The Hobbit, class members engage in an activity that asks group to practice the skills needed to reach consensus in a discussion.
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How I Roll
There's a high likelihood for learner success in this set of probability problems and activities. From support activities that walk learners through joint and compound probabilities through the cumulative activity of planning to win a...
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Idioms
Use this podcast lesson plan to familiarize scholars with the characteristics, history, and cultural implications of idioms. As part of the Walking Classroom curriculum, kids listen to a 12-minute podcast as they walk around campus. If...
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The Metamorphosis: Vocabulary Bingo
Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis is one of the most fascinating pieces of literature from the 20th century, and its rich vocabulary is one of the reasons it has endured for over a century. Help learners of all levels work through new...
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Beginning Daily Activities Unit
Begin each day with a warm-up that has ELLs focusing their minds on a skill that will be taught that day. Focusing on verbs, each daily lesson reinforces study and self-management skills, helps learners become proficient in working with...
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Synonyms and Antonyms
Mix up your writing lessons by having kids look at recent newspaper articles instead of their own work. They work in pairs and rewrite sports news articles using synonyms and antonyms for a set number of words. Then they share their work...
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Learning Inference
Making inferences can be a tricky proposition for middle schoolers. In the lesson presented here, pupils practice the skill of drawing a conclusion and making a judgment - which are what making an inference is all about! There are five...
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Sentence Completion 20: High-Intermediate Level
Here's an exercise that will help learners develop their vocabulary. The eight sentence completion problems are followed by an answer key that explains why one answer is correct and why the other possibilities are not. Richly detailed,...
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The Direct Object
What exactly is a direct object? Use this resource to introduce direct objects to your middle and early high school classrooms. The section at the top explains the part of speech, and then there are 20 sentences below for learners to...
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Great Expectations: After Reading Strategy
Class members are asked to consider how they would respond to situations faced by characters in Great Expectations. After completing one exercise as guided practice, individuals are presented with a second problematic situation and...