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Homographs - Tracy Boyd
Grades
3 to 5
tag(s): grammar (142)
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Oral Storytelling and Dramatization - Traci Gardner
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9 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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When Two Vowels Go Walking - PBS
Grades
K to 3In the Classroom
This is a perfect site to share on your projector or interactive whiteboard.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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2Bee or Nottoobee - Funbrain
Grades
2 to 4tag(s): vocabulary (262)
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Boggle's World - Boggle's World
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): printables (35)
In the Classroom
Try the "Hypothetically speaking" game as a way to teach students how and when to speak hypothetically in a fun, humorous way. Put students in cooperative learning groups that are mixed in levels of English comprehension. Introduce the game by example with a select student before allowing cooperative learning groups to complete it themselves.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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In Search of Myths and Heroes - Educational Broadcasting Corporation
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7 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Picture That Dictionary - pdictionary.com
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): spelling (94), vocabulary (262)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station. Have students complete the activity individually, allowing students to better pace themselves and not rely on a partner. To show what they have learned from this site, challenge students to create an online graphic to share using Visme, reviewed here. Reflection is always a great way to re-enforce a lesson in student's minds.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Acrostic Poems - ReadWriteThink
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1 to 12tag(s): poetry (197)
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Counting Crows: Puppet Problem Solving - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Grades
1 to 4In the Classroom
Have students work in pairs to retell "The Crow and the Pitcher" with their handmade puppets, then challenge each pair to explain how the crow's actions reveal the story's moral. Invite small groups to compare different problem-solving strategies from the fable and organize their ideas with Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here, creating a visual comparison of solutions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Learning About Research and Writing using the American Revolution - ReadWriteThink
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): creative writing (126), writing (310)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of this free lesson plan as a way to study the American Revolution from an interdisciplinary standpoint. This lesson plan mixes creative writing and poetry with history as a way to relate different concepts concerning the American Revolution.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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State and Regional Folk Tales - S.E. Schlosser
Grades
5 to 7tag(s): states (127)
In the Classroom
Introduce this site on the interactive whiteboard or projector, before allowing students to explore the site independently. Use the stories as a writing prompt - after students have explored for a set amount of time, have them write their own ghost stories about areas in the state. To tie it into history, teachers can make them time-pieces, with the stories required to be related to a certain unit or period of time.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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African American Women Writers of the 19th Century - NY Public Library
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): african american (131), authors (116), poetry (197), women (195)
In the Classroom
Use the poems by Phyllis Wheatley to complement a lesson on supporters of the American Revolution. Wheatley is often a studied character in American History, and her poems often confront American Independence and slavery. Share the poems with students at the end of a lesson, and have them analyze as a class what she is trying to say about either subject. Enhance student learning with a digital classroom discussion (where everyone gets a chance to contribute) using YoTeach, reviewed here, or by digital journal writing using Penzu, reviewed here, or edublog, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Story Place - Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Library
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): book lists (167), reading lists (79), spanish (115)
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Adjective Monster - Kennedy Center
Grades
1 to 2tag(s): grammar (142), parts of speech (40), speech (64)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plan hosted by the Kennedy Center. Be sure to save the site as a favorite on your classroom desktop, allowing for easy reference later on.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TlsBooks.com - Worksheets
Grades
1 to 5tag(s): spelling (94), worksheets (70)
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Everyday Edits - Education World
Grades
3 to 6tag(s): editing (99), grammar (142), punctuation (23)
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Our Classroom: Writing an Owner's Manual - ReadWriteThink
Grades
3 to 5tag(s): classroom management (152)
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Haunting Music - Kennedy Center
Grades
5 to 7tag(s): emotions (77), vocabulary (262)
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Back-to-School Scavenger Hunt - Enchanted Learning
Grades
2 to 5tag(s): back to school (57), firstday (27)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this activity for use at the beginning of any school year or semester change. Be sure to print the forms out before class begins, so students can fill them out and walk around finding matches.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Star-Crossed lovers Online - ReadWriteThink
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): blogs (82), romeo and juliet (3), shakespeare (98)
In the Classroom
This lesson just may be the answer to helping students become comfortable with Shakespear's works. Use this lesson as an introduction to Shakespeare, and then proceed with the play you want them to read. Alternatively, you could allow for student choice by shaing the summaries of Shakespeare's works from Absolute Shakespeare, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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