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Clauses: Essential Building-Blocks
Clear up clause confusion with this grammar handout, complete with a clause identification activity. Using the detailed information and examples of the different types of clauses provided in the activity, secondary learners identify and...
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Winter Syllables pg. 1
It's winter! Bring the winter theme into your classroom with a syllable activity. Scholars identify the winter picture, clap the number of syllables in the word, and then write in the matching number of syllables for the word. There are...
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How Big Is A Humpback Whale?
Learners explore humpback whales. In this humpback whale instructional activity, students determine the actual size of humpback whales and use diagrams to identify the major features of the humpback whale.
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Using Harmonic Vision’s Music Ace Software to Reinforce Basic Music Skills
If you have access to Harmonic Vision’s Music Ace Software, then this lesson could work for you. Kindergarteners use the video music software to place, identify, and read musical notes. They listen in and identify both high and low...
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Oddity Rhyming Strips
Young scholars practice identification of rhyming words. Students compare/contrast pictures by identifying rhyming sounds in them. Young scholars place strips on the pictures. Students share comparisons with each other.
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Reintroduce "Ur"
Students explore word structure by participating in a word sound activity. In this vocabulary identification lesson plan, students discuss the sound that is made by the letters "ur" and in what words this sound is found. Students listen...
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Introduce /N/
Students explore the alphabet by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this letter identification lesson, students discuss the sound made by the letter "N" and words that begin with the letter. Students practice sounding out the...
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Introduce /oo/
Students explore language arts by participating in a vowel identification activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound that is made by two consecutive O's. Students listen to the teacher recite words and identify the...
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Break It Down
Students play a word part identification game. They form words using prefixes, suffixes and root word game pieces.
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Grouchy Ladybug
Students explore language arts by reading a children's book in class. In this vocabulary identification lesson, students read the book The Grouchy Ladybug and answer study questions about the story. Students define a list of vocabulary...
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Techno Letters
Students explore the alphabet by completing a computer activity. In this letter identification instructional activity, students utilize Kid Pix to create artwork based upon each letter of the alphabet. Students utilize...
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Introduce "th"
Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound lesson, students discuss the sound made by the letters /th/ and identify words where that sound appears. Students participate in a game in...
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Important Arkansas People
Famous people in the history of Arkansas are the focus of a history lesson for kindergartners. Pupils identify important Arkansas citizens, such as President Bill Clinton. They create an illustrated poem that features some of the...
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Ornithology and Real World Science
Double click that mouse because you just found an amazing lesson! This cross-curricular Ornithology lesson incorporates literature, writing, reading informational text, data collection, scientific inquiry, Internet research, art, and...
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Homeschool, Kindergarten and Preschool Alphabet Lesson Plan for Letter H
Students participate in activities related to letter H. In this letter H lesson, students practice handwriting, and letter recognition through a letter search puzzle. Students participate in activities related to letter H words flash...
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Sampling Rocks
Students explore Earth science by identifying types of rocks in their schoolyard. In this geology lesson, students collect a group of rocks from their playground and categorize them based on color, shape and size. Students read the book...
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Spelling with Vowels
Students practice spelling words with vowels. In this letter sound and identification lesson, students learn all the vowels and their vowel sounds. Students spell words with vowels and fill in missing letters.
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Planet Discovery and Identification
Students explore the internet world of Second Life and create a portfolio about the planets in our solar system. In this planets lesson plan, students provide many facts about 1 specific planet.
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Weather
Intended for use with the very littlest of learners, this presentation provides the opportunity to identify various types of weather. An image of sun, rain, snow, wind, storm, and clouds are shown directly under their associated word....
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Dramatic Structure of the Short Story
The second lesson in a series of fourteen, this plan takes the short story basics a step further. Learners complete a quiz about the story from the previous day, discuss the text, learn about Anton Chekhov, and work in groups to begin...
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Introduction to the Short Story
How should pupils read short stories? Set them up for this unit with an introductory lesson that goes over the main characteristics of a short story and starts learners off reading their first short story of the unit. In order to get a...
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The Process of Reading vocabulary, literary elements
Cover Freytag's Triangle and examine Anton Chekhov's "The Bet" in this third lesson plan in a series of fourteen based around short stories. Learners take a quiz and discuss Freytag's triangle. They apply the triangle to "The Bet" and...
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Lesson Plan: ABC's of Electricity
Students are able to identifty items that use electricity. They identify 10 household items that run on electricity. Students understand and articulate that electricity is to be respected. Electricity is helpful, but it also can cause...
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Introduction to Ernest Hemingway
What is a white elephant, and what does it have to do with Ernest Hemingway? Study "Hills Like White Elephants" in-depth by following the procedures outlined in this lesson plan, the fifth in a series of fourteen. Learners start the day...