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Nutrition Dictionary
Learners look up nutrition vocabulary words in the dictionary and write a nutritious fact they learned about each of the words. In this nutrition lesson plan, students also play pictionary with the words.
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Vocabulary Stumpers
Students participate in a weekly game in small groups to increase their vocabulary and vocabulary interest.
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Power Words
Using words can create a power struggle! Using antonyms and synonyms can create a Power Words game! Check out this instructional activity that teachers your class the difference between the two and how to use a thesaurus.
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Teaching Tip -Vocabulary procedure
Participants are introduced to a variety of procedures to teach vocabulary. They gain oral practice with creative adjectives. They offer various vocabulary presentations along with games and acting out the words.
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Vocabulary of Ancient Rome (Grades 4-6)
Students define and presents definitions of words that relate to ancient Roman cultural life.
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Investigate a New Word from "Notes from the Trail"
Students read and take notes from Notes from the Trail. In this reading fluency activity, students read back and share their notes finding 7-10 new words. Students define, write an unrelated sentence and present.
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The Power of Our Words: Using Language that Promotes Nonviolence
Students solve conflicts through nonviolent means. In this problem resolution lesson plan, students practice solving problems in different social settings. They try many nonviolent phrases and they create their own solutions.
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Unknown Vocabulary
Students develop the vocabulary necessary to make their reading meaningful. After creating pre-reading activities, students a list of unknown vocabulary related to their reading selection. They complete vocabulary and context...
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A New Word Everyday: The Hobbit
Students record unknown vocabulary they encounter while reading The Hobbit. In this "A New Word Everyday" activity, after students record unknown words, they must use a dictionary to find the correct definition and write it down.
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Word Art with King's Words
Students investigate equality and racism by creating a word art project. In this civil rights instructional activity, students discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and create a word art project using the Internet site Wordle...
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Words Ending in Soft g
Fifth graders complete a worksheet. In this sound identification lesson, 5th graders distinguish between a soft g and a hard g sound and identify words with each. Students complete a worksheet where they write and identify words with...
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Searching The Word
Fifth graders review EOG math terms and definitions found in their math notebooks, and pick between 15 and 20 words to put in a word search.
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Nouns, Verbs, and Describing Words
Second graders photograph items in their school and write a sentence that describes the items. They use different colored fonts when word processing the sentence to highlight nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
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Music Terms
Students review and define music terms. In this musical vocabulary lesson, students are given a list of terms, asked to unscramble them, then write the meaning of each term.
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Wacky Word Play
Students investigate word and picture puzzle techniques. They complete and create word and picture puzzles.
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Here's an Instant Activity: Onomatopeia Word-Search
Eighth graders complete a worksheet on onomatopoeia. In this spelling lesson, 8th graders review the concept of onomatopoeia. The attached worksheet for students includes a word-search of thirty onomatopeic words. Although the lesson is...
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Word Bank; Theater
Students are given a word bank relating to theater. In this word bank lesson, students are introduced to a list of words and their definitions. Students then build their vocabulary regarding theatrical concepts.
Maine Content Literacy Project
Introduction to John Updike
Expand your pupils' understanding of the short story genre with a study of John Updike and his story "A&P." This lesson, the fourth in a series of fourteen, invites learners to examine literary terms and read and discuss the story....
NASA
Exploring Data
Bring the sun to your class! Young scholars analyze actual solar wind data in the second lesson of a five-part series. Their analysis includes speed, temperature, and density data.
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The Authorship of Shakespeare: “The Shakespeare Shakedown”
Pupils conduct a close reading of "The Shakespeare Shakedown" by Simon Schama, and identify evidence the author uses to support his claims. Finally, they discuss and answer text-dependent questions before completing a Quick Write about...
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Researching Miné Okubo: Gathering Textual Evidence
Scholars read two texts about Miné Okubo’s life. In Riverside’s Miné Okubo and Miné Okubo, readers gather information to write narrative essays describing how Okubo became visible again. The essay serves as part of a performance task.
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Grade 9 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 3
Class members listen to a masterful reading of Act 1, Scene 1, lines 203-236 of Romeo and Juliet and then break into groups to examine how Shakespeare uses figurative language to develop Romeo's idealized concept of beauty.
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Idioms
Students, who are not native English speakers, determine how idioms are used in speaking and writing. For this idiom lesson, students listen to tapes of non-native speakers, and work on vocabulary exercises aimed at increasing their use...
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The Story of Ruby Bridges
Students research Ruby Bridges and discuss differences they have with their classmates while also discussing their equality. In this Ruby Bridges lesson plan, students also write about a character word that describes Ruby, and create an...