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The Westing Game Vocabulary Activity chapters 1-4 Break out of the boring dictionary exercises...Use this vocabulary activity to teach 20 vocabulary words from chapters 1-4. The student will need to research, the origin, the root, prefix and suffix (if applicable), the part of speech, and it's location in the story. Great for the independent and advanced readers or for those using Neuhaus Basic Language Skills and Scientific Spelling. KEYWORD: DIFFERENTWAYS2TEACH, The Westing Game, America the B

Use this vocabulary matching activity of 25 words chunked into 5 word groups. It still requires the student to look up the word, but the definition is already there. Part 2 provides the quote from the book that should be matched up to the correct definition. KEYWORDS: DIFFERENTWAYS2TEACH, chunking, special needs, Westing Game, matching, vocabulary, chapters 5-10, quiz, quizzes, ELA, ELL, dyslexia, reading disability

Use this GENERIC HURRICANE TRACKING APPLICATION sheet to assess 4th and 5th grade students' abilities to apply technology skills to the real world skills, like hurricane tracking. A key is included for standard answers, many answers will vary according to which storm the student works on. See my Hurricane Isaac application sheet (August 2012) to use for a specific named storm (FREE). Suggestion: Guided Practice with one storm for the entire class (i.e. Isaac), the Independent Practice with stud

Are you having trouble teaching creative writing to elementary students? Are you looking for a way to combine thematic units with writing? Well, here's your answer... Use these word cards (printed on cardstock or displayed on your Smartboard) to teach explicit writing skills through modeling with Dolce word cards or high frequency word cards, and then have each student draw a different animal name to complete a creative writing story. Or the teacher can draw a different named animal every day fo

Are you having trouble teaching creative writing to elementary students? Are you looking for a way to combine thematic units with writing? Well, here's your answer... Use these word cards (printed on cardstock or displayed on your Smartboard) to teach explicit writing skills through modeling with Dolce word cards or high frequency word cards, and then have each student draw a different animal name to complete a creative writing story. Or the teacher can draw a different named animal every day fo

Are you having trouble teaching creative writing to elementary students? Are you looking for a way to combine thematic units with writing? Well, here's your answer... Use these word cards (printed on cardstock or displayed on your Smartboard) to teach explicit writing skills through modeling with Dolce word cards or high frequency word cards, and then have each student draw a different animal name to complete a creative writing story. Or the teacher can draw a different named animal everyday fo