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Introduce Vocabulary: Peter's Chair (Keats)
A new baby means a lot of changes for Peter! Ezra Jack Keats presents this common childhood experience in his story Peter's Chair, the context of a detailed vocabulary study. Before you read, introduce the three new words scholars will...
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Academic Vocabulary Building Activities
Suggestions for using Roberto Marzano's six-step approach to academic vocabulary instruction are detailed in a packet that includes graphic organizers, worksheets, and activities.
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Teach Ancient Rome!
Teaching the class about Ancient Rome can be fun for you and for them! Check out this incredible resource that has everything you need to bring ancient Roman civilization back to life. Begin by scrolling to the bottom of the page and...
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Nature: Friend and Foe: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 6)
Breaking down words into syllables has two benefits: it improves vocabulary and it improves understanding of a text. The third and final resource in a series of materials designed to be used with Nature: Friend or Foe offers extra...
ESL Kid Stuff
Christmas Lesson 1
Little ones sing Christmas carols, complete craft projects, and play word games while learning new vocabulary in part one of two-part ESL lesson plan series.
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Miss Mitchell's Comet
Maria Mitchell discovered a comet, became the first female astronomer in the United States, and even has a crater on the moon named after her! Learn more about her passion for the stars with an informative reading passage, followed by...
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Christmas Lesson 2
Wrapping presents, singing Christmas carols, writing Christmas cards and learning holiday vocabulary are all wrapped into this one exciting ESL lesson.
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Words In The News
A complete resource from BBC World Service provides informational text for English or ESL classes to teach vocabulary, grammar, and reading skills. Learners participate in small group work, whole class discussions, and role-plays to...
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La Comida!
What would you like to eat? Perhaps una hamburguesa? Teach your class eight Spanish words that relate to food with these cards.
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Grade 10 ELA Module 4: Unit 1, Lesson 3
Are authors also designers? Scholars examine closely how E.B. White designs a section in Death of a Pig. They determine how the structure of sentences and paragraphs, the order of events, and the dialogue placement all contribute to the...
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Hop Into the Op Word Family
An engaging lesson that teaches the /op/ word family is here for you. In it, learners utilize a PowerPoint and a worksheet embedded in the plan to help them better-understnad this word family. This fun lesson should be a hit with your...
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Words in the News Solar Sail
Bring current events into your classroom! Middle schoolers complete word work activities before reading and discussing an online article. They complete worksheets and an online quiz. They discuss the Solar Sail as radical new idea and...
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Compound Words
What's a compound word? Help your class understand the meaning of a compound word, and then give them the included worksheet to practice. To complete it, they write the two parts of a compound word and the new word formed in the spaces...
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Numbers and Operations as Words
Teach numbers in word form with this activity. In this numbers and operations instructional activity, learners solve 22 problems in which numbers are written in word form. Learners solve the problems and write their responses in word...
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Vocabulary: Life Science: Animal Life Cycles
Students read and discuss vocabulary words about animal life cycles. In this animal life cycles lesson plan, students use the bulletin board for repeated use in referring to their vocabulary words.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Clouds
Students read the book "Clouds" and select 3 Tier Two vocabulary words to build their vocabulary. In this "Clouds" lesson plan, students listen to vocabulary words and think about how the words are used in the story. Students review...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Curious George Rides a Bike
Pupils explore language arts by reading a classic book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson plan, students read the book Curious George Rides a Bike and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Pupils define the selected words...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Giggle, Giggle, Quack
Students evaluate tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students read Giggle, Giggle, Quack and determine the meaning of vocabulary words discovered in the story. Students record their learning in a word...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Kindergarten ABC
Students explore vocabulary words. In this language arts lesson, students listen to the story Kindergarten ABC and discuss the vocabulary words. Students discuss the word meanings and use the word in context.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Miss Bindergarten Stays Home
Young scholars listen to the story "Miss Bindergarten Stays Home" and are introduced to tier two words. In this tier 2 lesson plan, students answer questions relating to the vocabulary words from the story. Young scholars then review...
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Emperor's Egg
Students examine vocabulary words. In this language arts lesson, students listen to The Emperor's Egg. Students discuss the meanings of the vocabulary words and use them in sentences.
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Playing the Vocabulary Game
This wonderful game is a terrific way to reinforce important vocabulary words across the curriculum
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Word Wall Activity List
Second graders perform a variety of activities with a dynamic, ever-changing classroom word wall as outlined in these lessons. They become less dependent on the word wall as the school year progresses.
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World Teachers' Day
Practice reading comprehension by having your class read a factual passage about World Teachers' Day and mach phrases, fill in the blanks, identify correct grammar usage, unscramble vocabulary words, sequence sentences from the passage,...