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Maus: Bingo Vacabulary Strategy
The definitions for unfamiliar words drawn from Art Spiegelman graphic novel memoir, Maus, provide the clues for a vocabulary bingo game.
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Letter and Rhyme a Day
There are so many fun activities for alphabet learners! Use nursery rhymes, letter hunts, and the name sort to have learners interact with the letter of the day. Your learners will never get bored with the variety of activities provided...
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Grab Your Reader: Great Leads
Get your readers' attention with this Six Traits of Writing lesson plan. First, young writers draft ideas in an organized manner utilizing words, sentences, and multiple paragraphs. They also use voice to fit the purpose and audience and...
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A Creative Presentation
Bring writing to life with this lesson in which elementary and middle schoolers create a display of the imagery they identify in a series of Gary Paulsen books. They read the suggested materials, identify imagery and descriptive...
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The Ocean Floor
Practice reading comprehension by approaching oceanography through 2 pages of informational text. The text compares the ocean floor to the Grand Canyon to gives learners perspective, and gives a brief coverage of the earth's crust and...
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Reading
Students recall the animals in the story by writing sentences of what they saw with an accuracy of four out of five. They tie in inventive spelling and sight words. Students discuss what animals can be found on a farm and what their...
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Famous Leaders
Students explore the goals and visions they have set for themselves. They discuss realistic expectations for themselves and others. Students explore their own individual leadership styles by reading a biography of a leader they admire....
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Reading Scavenger Hunt
In this reading scavenger hunt worksheet, students complete a scavenger hunt for a reading skill assigned by their teachers. Students search for a maximum of twenty-four words.
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Identify letters and sounds
In this letters, words, and sounds learning exercise, learners say sounds, identify letters, read sentences, read words, and read -ed and -en words. Students complete 6 activities total.
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Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction
First graders demonstrate their ability to read with fluency, accuracy, and comprehension through phonemic awareness. They use a color-coding system to master the long and short vowel sounds and develop their skills in listening and...
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Repetitive Sentences - Simple Reading
For this emergent reader worksheet, 1st graders trace the letters in each simple sentence and write a word that will finish them. They can use animal to finish each sentence which reads, "Come here," said the ... .
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Reading – Opposite Words
For this vocabulary worksheet, students read 9 sentences noting the underlined words in each of them. Students select words opposite in meaning for each of the underlined words.
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Long A Reading Worksheets
In this long a reading worksheet, students recognize the words that have the long a sound as they read 2 short story selections.
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Crafting Poetry: A Sensory Journey
Tenth graders experiment with poetry devices to write poems. In this poetry lesson, 10th graders participate in learning stations. Students create a word pool and select a word from the list to create a line of poetry. Students complete...
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Henry VIII
In this Henry VIII worksheet, students read through an article associated with Henry VIII and answer twelve comprehension questions regarding the article.
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Homonyms
For this homonyms worksheet, learners read the sentences and underline the 2 homonyms in each sentence. Students complete 16 sentences total.
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Mind Reader
First graders engage in a game which helps them recognize the word wall words. In this word lesson, 1st graders are given clues to follow, to determine the word on the wall. Students are assessed based on teacher observations. Students...
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What Can Be Orange?
In this reading worksheet, students learn the color "orange" sight word. Students examine 6 pictures and read the sentences which accompany them. Example: "A starfish can be orange." Students color the pictures in shades of orange.
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A Picture is worth a Thousand Words, But a Word Can be worth a Thousand Pictures!
Learners examine the process of creating mental images, or visualization, as a tool to increase reading comprehension. They practice visualizing while the teacher reads a passage to them by drawing what they hear focusing on including...
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Owls - Reading Comprehension
For this science reading comprehension worksheet, students read a selection that describes the characteristics and habits of owls. They answer 7 multiple choice questions based on the reading.
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Word Problems
In this geometry worksheet, students read a scenario and translate it using geometric concepts to find their answers. There are 15 questions with an answer key.
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Expanded Reading
Students practice doubling their reading speed while maintaining comprehension. Students use visualization techniques to gain greater comprehension.
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Color Senses Words
In this sense words worksheet, students read a passage and color sense words different colors as instructed: sound-purple, taste-yellow, touch-green, sight-blue, smell-orange.
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Beginning Reader
First graders work in an individual tutoring atmosphere. First the student reads books with the teacher. The student sorts words found in the books using phonetic similarities. Finally, the student writes sentences summarizing the book.