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English Lesson Plans

15 English lesson plans, covering antonyms, opposites, adjectives, plus 5 more topics. How teachers use these

English Lesson Plans

15 English lesson plans, covering antonyms, opposites, adjectives, plus 5 more topics. How teachers use these

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Lesson PlanPreschoolBlank Lesson Plan

Using this Blank Lesson Plan template, you will be able to plan your lessons for the entire week for six different subjects.

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Lesson PlanKindergartenOpposites Lesson Plan

Materials available in this Opposites Lesson Plan include Opposites Flash Cards, and Opposites Worksheets. You will also find Antonyms Worksheets,

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Lesson PlanPreschoolSingle Lesson Plan Template

Using this Single Lesson Plan Template, you will be able to plan lessons that best meet your students and have all of the information you need in one place!

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Lesson PlanKindergartenCommon Core Unit Lesson Plan Template

With our Common Core Unit Lesson Plan Template, you can develop your monthly lessons across a specific unit. First, you will pick the theme of your unit.

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Lesson Plan3rd GradeAdjectives Lesson Plan

Materials available in this Adjectives Lesson Plan include Adjective Flash Cards, Adjective Worksheets, Apples to Apples Adjective Activity Center, and

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Lesson Plan2nd GradeContractions Lesson Plan

Materials available in this Contractions Lesson Plan include Contraction Activities, Contraction Worksheets, and a Contractions Flash Card Set. We also

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Lesson PlanPreschoolCommon Core Standards Lesson Plan Template

Using this Common Core Standards Lesson Plan Template, teachers will be able to keep track of your lesson plans and the state standards that you are using.

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Lesson Plan2nd GradeCompound Words Lesson Plan

Materials available in this Compound Words Lesson Plan include Compound Word Activities, Compound Word Worksheets, and a Compound Word Flash Card Set.

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Lesson Plan1st GradeNouns Lesson Plan

Materials available in this Nouns Lesson Plan include Nouns Flash Cards, a Nutty Nouns Activity, and Nouns Worksheets. We also provide you with a lesson

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Lesson PlanPreschool5 Subject Lesson Plan Template

Using this 5 Subject Lesson Plan Template, teachers will be able to keep track of your lesson plans for five subjects that they prepare to teach.

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Lesson PlanPreschoolESOL Strategies Lesson Plan Template

Using this ESOL Strategies Lesson Plan Template, you will be able to plan lessons that best meet your ESL students and have all of the information you need in one place!

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Lesson PlanKindergartenCommon Core Daily Lesson Plan Template

With our Common Core Daily Lesson Plan Template, you will develop an Objective based on a Common Core Standard. Next, you will use the subject column

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Lesson PlanKindergartenCommon Core Lesson Plan Template

With our Common Core Lesson Plan Template, you can develop your weekly lessons across multiple subjects. First, you will date your Lesson Plan and label

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Lesson PlanKindergartenCommon Core Monthly Lesson Plan Template

With our Common Core Monthly Lesson Plan Template, you can develop your monthly lessons across multiple subjects. First, you will date your Lesson Plan and

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Lesson PlanKindergartenSyllables Lesson Plan

Materials available in this Syllables Lesson Plan include Syllables Activities and Syllables Worksheets. We also provide you with a lesson plan that include

From our teachers' playbook

Grammar that kids actually enjoy

What do kids learn in English and grammar?

English class is where kids learn how our language works. They start by writing complete sentences with capital letters and end marks, then learn the parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns. Along the way they make plurals, including tricky irregular ones like mouse → mice, and use possessive pronouns like his and their. Older students build vocabulary with prefixes, suffixes and Greek and Latin roots. The click comes when kids catch their own mistakes before you do!

Our favorite ways to teach grammar

Grammar sticks when kids use it, not just memorize rules. These moves keep it active.

Sort the words

Cut apart a noun sort and have kids put words into person, place and thing piles. Then they add their own words to each pile. Sorting makes kids think about what a word does, not just what it looks like.

Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.

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Fix it together

Put one messy sentence on the board each morning and fix it as a class: "i went to the park on monday" becomes "I went to the park on Monday." Talk through every change. Then hand out the editing page for kids to try solo.

Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).

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Plural pop quiz

Call out a noun, like box, baby or leaf, and kids write the plural on whiteboards. Mix easy -s words with -es and -ies ones. A quick check like this shows who needs the rule again.

Why it works: a big review of study methods ranked quick self-quizzing among the most powerful ways to remember (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Teacher favorites right now: Blank Lesson Plan, Opposites Lesson Plan and Single Lesson Plan Template.

Questions parents and teachers ask about English

What grammar should kids know in elementary school?

Kids learn complete sentences, capitalization and punctuation, nouns and plurals, verbs and tenses, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs. Upper grades add prefixes, suffixes and word roots.

How do I make grammar fun for kids?

Turn it into games, sorts and silly sentences. Let kids fix your mistakes on the board. Kids love catching the teacher being wrong!

What is the best way to teach parts of speech?

Start with what a word does in a sentence: a noun names, a verb shows action, an adjective describes. Sorting words and finding them in real books makes it concrete.

How can I help my child with grammar at home?

Read together and point out punctuation and interesting words. Have them read their own writing aloud to catch mistakes, and try a quick editing worksheet now and then.

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