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Let's Start Reading Volume 2: Fun Activities Packet
Early reading practice packet using object-themed sentence frames ('I have a ___') to build sight-word reading, sentence completion, and word tracing skills.
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Vocabulary & everyday English
Strong Adjectives Synonyms Activity ESL
An ESL grammar/vocabulary activity that has students match common ('base') adjectives to a stronger synonym, to build vocabulary for descriptive writing.
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Stories & ideas
Research Organizer & Essay Assignment: Cesar Chavez
Research Cesar Chavez using at least 3 sources; fill out a 'Getting Your Research Started' graphic organizer (basic biographical facts such as place of birth, places of residence) and complete a drawing activity (draw the subject with 5 items representative of their life/achievements and describe each item); draft and self/peer-check a…
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Edmark Adapted Binder Lessons 6-10
An adapted-binder supplemental resource for the Edmark reading curriculum, giving special-education students a Velcro-based, hand-on-hand sequence of matching, tracing, reading, building, and picture-matching activities using a small set of sight words and phrases.
Word meaning
Greenhouse Gases | Interactive Science Lesson | Micro-Learning Deck
Watch/read the embedded video and reading passage about two characters discussing greenhouse gases, learn key vocabulary (atmosphere, droughts, hospitable, hurricanes, vapor), complete a word-bank fill-in-the-blank comprehension check, and write a one-sentence summary for each of four transition prompts…
Grammar & verb tenses
Passives Advanced ESL Lesson Plan
This is an advanced lesson plan worksheet set for Passives. This advanced English lesson plan helps students learn about passives. It includes informative explanations and examples to build students' understanding of how to correctly use the simple passive. After learning when and why inversions are used, students will…
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Edmark Level 1 - Google Slide
Digital slide deck (Google Slides/PowerPoint) of sight-word discrimination drills intended to accompany/bridge with the commercial Edmark Reading Program Level 1, for special education, pre-k, and kindergarten students.
Word meaning
Lesson Plan on Columbus Day
Students discuss prior knowledge, watch a short video, participate in guided discussion, then complete a worksheet (multiple choice, true/false, vocabulary matching, map labeling with Columbus's route, word search, and a creative drawing of his three ships); optional homework is a short reflective paragraph or…
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Reading & writing
The Easy English Series Book 1: Easy Words
Book 1 of an ESL/ESD vocabulary series teaching basic English vocabulary (family, body parts, feelings, clothes, food, etc.) to beginning English language learners.
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Stories & ideas
Research Organizer & Essay Assignment: Jason Reynolds
Students research the subject using at least 3 sources, complete a biographical fact-organizer (place of birth, place(s) of residence, relevant family members, and related prompts) and a portrait-drawing activity with labeled achievement items, then draft, self/peer-check (using the included writing-tips checklist), and revise a…
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Edmark Adapted Binder Lessons 61-65
An adapted-binder supplemental resource for the Edmark reading curriculum, giving special-education students a Velcro-based, hand-on-hand sequence of matching, tracing, reading, building, and picture-matching activities using a small set of sight words and phrases.
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Donald Trump | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
Deliver a middle-school social-studies micro-lesson on Donald Trump's life and presidency through an interactive digital slide deck.
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Civil War on Sunday (Magic Tree House #21 Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)
Over 5 days, read two chapters per day (independently or aloud), watch a themed video, complete a chapter quiz and vocabulary worksheet, fill in a KWL chart (before/after reading), and do a daily hands-on activity (e.g., make a 'housewife' sewing kit, draw/make a Clara Barton paper doll and nurse's hat, build a Civil…
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PPT QUIZ READING | AI IN SCHOOLS | 10 QUESTIONS
An interactive PowerPoint reading-comprehension activity: students read a short passage about artificial intelligence in schools, then answer 10 multiple-choice questions with click-through correct/wrong answer feedback.
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Games & matching
9th 100 Fry Sight Words: Bingo Cards
A set of bingo cards for practicing the 801-900th Fry sight words (the "9th 100").
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British Loyalists | Reading Comprehension Deck | Interactive Lesson
A micro-learning slide deck on British Loyalists during the American Revolution, combining key vocabulary, an informational reading passage, and comprehension/summary activities.
Grammar & verb tenses
Prepositions of Direction Map of Derby Activity Center
An ESL/grammar activity that teaches prepositions of place using real locations on a map of Derby, UK, requiring students to choose the correct preposition to describe where landmarks are located.
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Tai and Tim: Beginner Reader - Fry Sight Words
Tai and Tim Beginner Reader introduces young students to essential sight words through an engaging 12-page story. Third graders Tai and Tim embark on an exciting adventure filled with Fry sight words and blended vocabulary to bolster reading skills. Three comprehension pages allow educators to assess understanding or assign as…
Reading & writing
Bear v. Bare | Advanced Lesson Plan
Advanced ESL/grammar lesson teaching the difference between the commonly confused words 'bear' and 'bare' through instruction, example sentences, and practice exercises.
Stories & ideas
Research Organizer & Essay Assignment: J.K. Rowling
Students research the subject using at least 3 sources, complete a biographical fact-organizer (place of birth, place(s) of residence, relevant family members, and related prompts) and a portrait-drawing activity with labeled achievement items, then draft, self/peer-check (using the included writing-tips checklist), and revise a…
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Games & matching
10th 100 Fry Sight Words: Bingo Cards
A set of bingo cards for practicing the 10th hundred of Fry high-frequency sight words (#901-1000), to build reading fluency and vocabulary.
Word meaning
Recycling Plastics Part 3 | Interactive Science Lesson | Micro-Learning Deck
Watch a video and read an informational passage about how plastic is melted, molded, and thermoformed into new products; complete a cloze fill-in-the-blank activity; write one sentence per prompt summarizing the reading.
Vocabulary & everyday English
Realia - Miniature Play for Vocabulary Development
A vocabulary-development resource using realia (miniature real-life objects) and language-rich play activities to help young/early-elementary students, including English language learners, connect vocabulary words to real objects.
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KS4 Literature: (1) ‘The Tempest’ – Act 1 Scene 1
Lesson 1 of a Tempest unit: an analytical close-reading of Act 1 Scene 1 (the opening shipwreck scene), building summary/analysis skills and introducing academic essay-writing technique.