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Water cycle word study

Students will look at the written similarities in the words used to describe the water cycle (ex., evaporation, transpiration, precipitation, accumulation, condensation), focusing on suffixes and prefixes as a way to gain understanding of those terms. Students will group words by meaning and label a blank water cycle chart based on the categories for the groupings they create. This lesson is designed in conjunction with “More than just a rainy day—the water cycle.”

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science)

By Kelly This and Leigh Thrower.

Conventions

In The five features of effective writing, page 6

Conventions — grammar, spelling, and the like — are important to good writing, but should be taught only after the other Features of Effective Writing.

By Kathleen Cali.

Making reading passages comprehensible for English language learners

English language learners can read the same content-area material as their peers, but may need special help. Teachers can make difficult reading comprehensible by building vocabulary, decoding difficult syntax, and teaching background knowledge.

By Ellen Douglas.

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Word study with "Henry and Mudge"

Applying aspects of the small-group differentiated reading model to a systematic word study of the past tense marker –ed, this lesson helps students identify both base words and suffixes. After introducing students to Henry and... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Spelling cheerleading: Integrating movement and spelling generalizations

This lesson from ReadWriteThink uses the technique of spelling cheerleading to teach the spelling generalization for adding suffixes to words that end with the letter “y.” Spelling cheerleading integrates visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink