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Book Talk: Holocaust
Students prepare and deliver book talks. For this Holocaust lesson, students read a book regarding the Holocaust, take notes on it, and give a book talk based on the book. Students respond to the book talks by email.
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Color Coding Richard III
Tenth graders use color-coded annotation or text-marking to analyze a passage from Richard III. In this text analysis lesson, 10th graders read a passage from Richard III and use colored pens to analyze the text. Students then devise a...
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Sound Effects
Students listen carefully so they can say their "part" during a reading of a Cinderella story. In this listening and speaking lesson, students saying their "part" on cue during a reading of a familiar story. They actively listen to the...
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Understanding and Writing Fables
Third graders review with the teacher the characteristics for a fable and what it is. They read one paragraph each from the story, "The Fox and the Stork" aloud. They then answer comprehension questions aloud. Next, they listen to four...
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Literature Circles: The Cay and Timothy of the Cay
Pupils read and discuss The Cay or Timothy of the Cay with other students. They complete Literature Circles role sheets. Pupils map the journeys of Timothy and Phillip. They put the events of the stories on a time line.
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The Wind
In this reading worksheet, students read a poem called "The Wind." Students underline the rhyming words and write them on the next page. Students also color in two illustrations of the poem.
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Fun with Droofus the Dragon: Book Activity
In this vocabulary worksheet, students decide on the best word to replace a bold word in a sentence showing their understanding of the meaning of the word. Students complete this vocabulary worksheet after reading the book called Fun...
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Learn My Language
Students input words into a machine to see if it will read it. In this language arts lesson, students follow the orders given to them from a machine. The machine decides whether it will accept the words the students come up with, and...
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Independent and Dependent Clauses
In this clause worksheet, students read a passage about ninjas and underline independent clauses and circle dependent clauses. Activity is printed 3 per page for copying purposes.
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Cinderella Stories: An African Tale
Students read and analyze an African version of the Cinderella story. They listen to John Steptoe's story, "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters," locate Africa on a map, compare and contrast the story with Cinderella, and identify fairytale and...
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Listening Skills
In this writing learning exercise, students fill in six blanks with the prepositions on or in and then listen to fifteen sentences read and circle the words that they hear.
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Subject/Verb Agreement
In this grammar instructional activity, students choose and circle the correct verb that makes fifteen sentences grammatically correct. Students make sure each verb agrees with its subject.
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Choosing the Correct Verb
In this grammar worksheet, students choose and circle the appropriate verb in fifteen sentences that make each one grammatically correct.
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Seasons: Summer
For this summer words worksheet, students analyze 36 words in a word bank and circle the "summer words". Students then read 10 sentences and from 4 choices, circle the correct word to describe summer.
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Weekly Grammar Test: 30
In this grammar worksheet, students circle verbs in sentences, use verbs in sentences, and write the 2 words that make up contractions in sentences. Students complete 14 problems.
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"A Bright Moon Last Night" Comprehension Activity
In this reading comprehension activity, students color a picture and read a sentence about it, then answer questions about the sentence read and practice tracing the word "night."
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Commas
In this commas worksheet, students read sentences and circle the commas and insert commas into sentences that need them. Students complete 12 questions.
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I LIKE SUMMER - A REBUS STORY
In this summer Rebus story and activities, students are asked to first read a story about summer, read and circle yes/no questions about personal summer experiences, match words to pictures, complete sentences, and finally draw a picture...
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Letter Concepts Worksheet 1 - 5
In this letter identification worksheet, learners read 30 letters that begin a row of six letters then circle the letter in each row that matches the first letter in that row.
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Adverbs
In this grammar worksheet set, students read the definition of adverbs that describe action verbs and tell how, when, and where. They circle the adverb that tell how in 11 sentences, that tells when in 7 sentences, and that tells where...
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Move Your Body- Just Like Clifford!
Students read the book Clifford's Sports Day. In this kinesthetic lesson, students mimic movements from the text and participate in a game of "Simon Says."
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Short Vowel A Activity
In this short vowel a worksheet, students first read a set of short vowel a words that do not rhyme, then read and circle short vowel a words that appear in a word box, printing them on lines beside the word box.
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Was or Were?
In this usage of "was" or "were' learning exercise, students read each of 10 sentences and circle whether "was" or "were" should be use. They circle the reason, choosing from 4 choices under each statement.
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Reviewing Introductions
Students read their writing introductions out loud to their classmates for them to critique. In this introductions lesson plan, students put their desks in a circle and make comments on what is good and what should be improved.