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Algebra/Geometry Institute Summer 2007: Graphing Activity
Seventh graders practice identifying coordinates by examining a city map. In this graphing lesson plan, 7th graders create coordinate directions on an index card and practice locating these locations on a grid. Students read and...
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Esperanza Rising: Lesson 3
Sixth graders read parts of the book Esperanza Rising and define vocabulary words connected to it. In this Esperanza Rising lesson plan, 6th graders illustrate words and discuss the sections of the books they read.
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Vocabulary Evaluation and Practice
Eighth graders are introduced to new vocabulary associated with communication. In groups, they discuss how they memorize vocabulary words and the importance of a large vocabulary. To end the lesson, they complete a vocabulary test.
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Increasing Vocabulary Skills
Young scholars explore new words through the reading of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. In this literature lesson, students write down the words that they do not know as they read the book. Young scholars look up the words in the...
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Look It Up!
Sixth graders improve their writing skills by finding, defining, and correctly using new and interesting vocabulary words. Groups of students work together to find, define, and use in sentences ten words with which they are all unfamiliar.
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Suffixes
Eighth graders determine the meaning of vocabulary words using linguistic roots and affixes. In this vocabulary lesson plan, 8th graders discuss examples of suffixes and their meanings. Students find the root words and suffix from a list...
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Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly
Third graders access prior knowledge of the monarch butterfly and discuss what they would like to know. In this Monarch Butterfly lesson,students read Monarch Butterfly and discuss the life cycle of the butterfly. Students gather...
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Harcourt Story: Eleanor and Amelia Go for a Ride
Fourth graders are introduced to a list of vocabulary words as it relates to the story Eleanor and Amelia Go for a Ride and a use graphic organizer to clarify the meaning of the text. In this "Eleanor and Amelia Go for a Ride"...
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Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Students read a chapter in a book. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students share their predictions of chapter 6 of the book Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days, learn new vocabulary words, read chapter 6 and...
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Freckle Juice
Students complete activities with the book Freckle Juice by Judy Blume. In this literature lesson, students read chapter one and brainstorm adjectives for the four main characters. They make a page of vocabulary words and definitions.
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Miss Nelson is Missing
Students examine the story elements in the book, Miss Nelson is Missing. For this literary elements lesson, students listen to the story and identify the sequence of events in the test. Students also use an online dictionary to define...
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Laurence Yep's, Dragonwings
Students discuss vocabulary words and compare definitions. They read chapters 6-9 of the novel, Dragonwings, and discuss point of view, and complete a plot diagram. Then they review the four types of conflict and identify the conflicts...
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What is Diabetes?
Students examine basic information about diabetes and related vocabulary words. They explore various health websites, complete a worksheet, discuss the worksheet answers and discuss diabetes myths vs. facts.
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Climate Mime-it
Young scholars pantomime new climate vocabulary words. In this climate lesson, students go over new vocabulary words and their meanings. Young scholars form groups and pantomime these word's definitions.
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This Little Pig
First graders study basic information about swine. They write and identify vocabulary words relating to the subject. They write a recipe for "Pigs in a Blanket," using canned crescent rolls and small sausages. They trade recipes and...
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Ingredients of a Mystery
Students explore the concept of mysteries. For this mystery genre lesson, students identify the common characteristics of mystery books and use a story map to identify these characteristics in a given book. Students also discover the...
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Capitalization
Learners investigate the concept of capitalization by reading relevant text and finding supporting details and facts. For this capitalization lesson, students read chapter seven in Working With Words and share predictions about the...
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Taking a picture Walk
First graders use question words to answer comprehension questions. In this reading strategies instructional activity, 1st graders use picture cues and predict events in a story. Students use context clues to understand unfamiliar...
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Yellow Journalism
Seventh graders investigate yellow journalism and how it affected public opinion and the government during the Spanish American War. They define key vocabulary words, and take notes during a teacher-led lecture. In pairs they read...
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A Taste of Honey
Students read the story "A Taste of Honey" and are introduced to tier two words. For this vocabulary lesson plan, students define key words from the story. Students build their vocabulary by referring to the story and how the words are...
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Salinger and the Vocabulary of the Vernacular
Students discuss the use of slang expressions in literature. For this literary analysis lesson, students examine the use of slang words and expressions in the popular novel Catcher in the Rye. Students research the various slang terms...
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Vocabulary Builder- Using Inspiration to Generate Lists of Descriptive Words
Students discover how to engage all their senses and powers of observation to effectively communicate and idea or emotion. Using Inspiration Software, they create a vocabulary web and practice using descriptive language to clarify and...
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Language, Communication, and Successful Conflict Resolution
Middle schoolers consider how communication skills may diffuse conflict. In this conflict resolution lesson, students play a word game and discuss how vocabulary may contribute to creating conflict of diffusing it.
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Musical Chair Review
Students play a simple game designed to reinforce letter names, sounds or sight words. They walk in a circle as music plays, and stop in front of a chair when the music stops. Each chair has a letter or sight word that the child must...