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Grammar Practice
| Proper Nouns Matching | Capitalize Places | Capitalization Practice Quiz |
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Alphabetical Order Test your knowledge of putting words in alphabetical order. |
Guide Words Activity Learn a dictionary skill for looking up your spelling words. |
Guide Words Sentences A follow up to the guide words activity. |
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Nifty Thrifty Fifty Prefixes and Suffixes |
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Lesson 1 and 2 Practice Play with a partner |
Lesson 1 and 2 Practice Extra practice |
| More Nifty Practice | Nifty Thrifty Fifty Practice | |
Poetry
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Acrostic Poems Check out acrostic poems. |
Concrete Poems Read and see examples of Concrete Poetry. |
Synonym Poetry Poetry that rhymes. |
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Opposites What are opposite poems? |
Diamonte DIAMONTE is a seven-line poem that gradually changes from one idea to a direct opposite idea.. |
Cinquain A poem with five lines. |
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Emotions Show emotion and action. |
Sense Poems See, hear, touch, and smell poetry |
Japanese Poetry Japanese-like poetry. |
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Pantoum Stanza-type poetry. |
Sestina Unrhymed stanza poetry. |
Rhetorical Questions I wonder if they like.... |
Practice with Word Work
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Analogy Challenge Try to complete the analogies in a race against time. |
Synonym Challenge Try to identify the correct synonyms in a race against time. |
Field Trip Take a school field trip by unscrambling the synonyms. |
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Fish Tanks 1 Fill a tank with tropical fish using prefixes, roots, and suffixes. |
Fish Tanks 2 Fill a tank with tropical fish using your knowledge of plurals. |
Future City Build a city of the future by classifying words in a series. |
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Cows context clue Build corrals for cows by reading and answering questions. |
Treasure Behind the Mask Uncover the hidden treasure with your knowledge of the schwa sound. |
Sly Pig Build homes for pigs by unscrambling words. |
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Digraphs oo 1 Complete the sentences with words containing the oo digraph. |
Digraphs oo 2 Complete the sentences with words containing the oo digraph. |
Ski Lodge Vacation Take a ski trip by finding matching vowel sounds. |
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Circus Builder Gather up acts for a three-ring circus by finding matching vowel sounds. |
Flamingo Form a flock of flamingos with suffixes -y and -ly. |
Rocket to the Moon Build and launch a rocket to the moon by identifying synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. |
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Crystal Castle Prefixes hold the key to building the castle and making it light up. |
Snowman Builder Build a family of snowmen as you review four different skills. |
Homonyms Here's a memory card game with a twist - match pairs of homonyms. |
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Dino Hunters Find all the different dinosaurs using dictionary. |
Environmental Rescue Turn a polluted pond into a paradise by building complete sentences. |
Antonym Challenge Try to identify the correct antonym in a race against time. |
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Long Vowels Show what you know about the different long vowel sounds. |
Long Vowel Sounds a, i, o Identify the long vowel sounds in each word. |
Long Vowel Sounds e, u Identify the long vowel sounds in each words. |
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Short Vowel Words Find the short vowel words that match the pictures. |
Long Vowel Words Find the short and long vowel words that match the pictures. |
Short or Long Vowel Words Find the words that match the pictures. |
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r-controlled Words 1 Find the r-controlled words that match the pictures. |
r-controlled Words 2 Find the r-controlled words that match the pictures. |
Consonant Blends Identify the consonant blend that begins or ends each words. |
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Beginning Consonant Digraphs Identify the digraph that begins each word. |
Final Consonant Digraphs Identify the digraph that ends each word. |
Vowel Digraphs Identify the vowel digraph in each word. |
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Diphthongs ou and ow Find the ou and ow words that match the pictures. |
Diphthongs oi, oy, and ew Find the oi, oy and ew words that match the pictures. |
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Writing
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| Types of Sentences | Subjects and Predicates | Word Choice |
| Lesson | Lesson PowerPoint | Sparkle Words PowerPoint |
| BrainPop Video | Rags to Riches | |
| Practice | Quia Activities | |
| Practice Sheet | Spiderman Lesson | |
| Sentence Clubhouse | ||
| Quia Activity |
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Writing Resources |
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| Writer's Handbook | ||
| Character Sketch Ideas | ||
| List of Transition Words | ||
| Online Dictionary | ||
| Online Thesaurus | ||
| RhymeZone |
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Typing Basics The Home Keys Typer Shark Click on Play Online to practice your typing skills. |
Keyboarding |
Typing Tutor Work on those typing skills and even test your ability.
Barracuda |
Figurative Language
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Simile a comparison using ”like” or “as” (his head was as big as a bowling ball) (she was beautiful like a flower) Metaphor Idiom a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language (that person is two faced) (you sound like you’re miles away)
Personification giving human qualities to objects or things (the wind howled at me while I was taking a walk) (the waves grabbed the sand and brought it back to it’s dark layer; the ocean)
Onomatopoeia words who sound suggest its meaning (CRASH) (POW) (ZAP) (BAM)
Alliteration repeating consonant sounds at the beginning words (Crazy Cat) (Dizzy Dogs)
Hyperbole an extreme exaggeration (this car ride is taking an eternity) (this book weighs a ton) |
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| Listening Activities | English/Spanish | Extra Word Activity |
| Other Activities |
Technology Blackout Site |
Virtual Field Trips
| Smithsonian Institute: America on the Move | National Postal Museum | Xpedition Hall |
| Sydney Opera House | Forests |