This presentation is used to introduce students to how to quote text when completing the text-dependent analysis response on a standardized test.
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Khan Academy Grammarian David Rheinstrom welcomes you to his favorite topic: the study of language, its rules, and its conventions. By understanding English – by speaking it, by writing it, by reading this very sentence – you are a grammarian yourself!
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This plan was created by Jean Harper as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Learning Plan Project. The attached plan is designed for Grade 4 English Language Arts students. Students will evaluate sentences, recongize and correct run-on sentences. This plan addresses the following NDE Standard: NE LA 4.1.6, LA 4.1.6dIt is expected that this plan will take students 60 minutes to complete.
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David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians, introduce the three ways to end a sentence: the period, the exclamation point, and the question mark.
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A sentence is a grammatically complete idea. All sentences have a noun or pronoun component called the subject, and a verb part called the predicate. David and Paige explore this division across several different example sentences.
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David and Paige, KA’s resident grammarians, introduce a new piece of punctuation: the apostrophe!
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This lesson will introduce and review different types of figurative language as well as adages and proverbs. It is important to be able to interpret their meanings when used in texts, songs, movies, life experiences, etc.
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Main Idea and Supporting Details
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An English Language Resource
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Author's Purpose
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This quick and fun activity that can be used to get kids using clues for vocabulary words (or phrases) in a reading unit, science or social studies unit. Students love the game 'Hedbanz' so use it to increase their learning in a fun and interactive way. This activity reviews or practices word meanings, phrase meanings or even can be applied to numbers. Vocabulary
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Cover Sheet Teacher example Templates
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Goal/Objective:The students will construct meaning of an informational text while developing a multicultural perspective. Overview:This comprehension lesson focuses on a variety of reading skills, including making predictions and inferences, comparing/contrasting, answering inferential/critical questions, applying context clues and word structure to determine the meaning of words, and making text-to-self/text-to-world connections. All of these skills are taught alongside students learning about the Civil Rights Movement, the impact it has had on our nation, and the importance behind the story of Ruby Bridges.Grade Level:This lesson focuses on 4th grade standards, but can be adapted for any upper elementary classroom. Modifications/Accommodations:This lesson can be modified/accommodated for students with special needs. The lesson is derived from the ReadWorks.org website. If teachers create a free account to the website, students can have the passage, as well as the comprehension questions, read aloud to them.
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