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This language lesson requires students to distinguish between words with shades of meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will practice using content-specific vocabulary and distinguishing between closely related words (e.g. thin, slender, skinny).

The language lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify clues within the sentence that help them determine the proper use of words that show time (such as during, after, etc.) and words that show location (such as beneath, against, etc.).

This writing conventions lesson focuses on capitalizing greetings, titles, and initials of people. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify words that should be capitalized and select the correct use in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying regular and irregular verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read both present and past tense verbs and identify the change. Then students determine the type and use both verbs correctly in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using antonyms to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use contrast signal words (but, not, however, while, and yet) to identify antonyms and determine the meaning of words. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using homographs to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use word definitions and clues from the text to determine the meaning of homographs. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using homophones to determine the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use spelling and definitions of homophones to use the word correctly in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unknown words using context clues. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use nearby words (context clues) to determine the meaning of an unknown word in a sentence. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on using subjects and verbs to write complete sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the verb that describes the action of a character in a picture. Then, writes a complete sentence using the verb and the subject shown in the picture. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on recognizing onomatopoeia. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the use of onomatopoeia in poetry and short passages. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying and using adjectives. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify and use words that describe a noun. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying subjects and predicates. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify and label the subject and predicate in a sentence and cross out any sentences that are not complete. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on identifying types of simple sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students label subject and verbs in sentences and identify the type of simple sentence (SV, SSV, SVV, SSVV). In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on capitalizing geographical names and historical events. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify historical events and geographical names in sentences and mark the letters to be capitalized. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on using the organization of a dictionary to locate words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the organization of the dictionary to practice looking up words in alphabetical order. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing strategies lesson focuses on using the organization of a thesaurus to locate words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the organization of the thesaurus (synonyms, antonyms, etc) to practice looking up new words. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.