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This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on applying knowledge of 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 known antonyms to determine the meaning of the unknown antonym. 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 applying knowledge of idioms to determine the meaning of phrases. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. 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 determining the meaning of prefixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students determine the meaning of words by using the meaning of their prefixes and context clues for understanding. 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 suffixes to analyze the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students determine the meaning of words by using the meaning of their suffixes for understanding. 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 commas in direct quotations. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read sentences with quotation marks and identify the speaker. Then, they punctuate the sentence by adding the comma in the correct place. 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 identifying figurative language - specifically similes and metaphors. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify examples of similes and metaphors in a short passage and explain the meaning. 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 simple sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students select a subject and a verb from the word bank and write a simple 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 using roots to analyze the meaning of words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the root in a word and determine the root meaning from a table. Then, they use the meaning of the root to select the best meaning of the original word. 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 identifying figurative language - hyperbole and personification. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify examples of hyperbole or personification in a short passage and explain the meaning. 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 understanding the organization and use of an almanac. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use information from an almanac entry to answer questions. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on using word origins to determine the meaning of unknown words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the root in a word, and determine the root origin and meaning from the table. Then, they use the origin and meaning of the root to select the best meaning of the original word. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This writing conventions lesson focuses on correctly punctuating compound sentences. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read sentences, identify the relationship of the clauses, if any, then they insert the proper comma. 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 language lesson covers how to form and use progressive tense verbs. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a pair of sentences, identify the verbs, and then identify which sentence contains the progressive tense verb.

This Language lesson has students put adjectives in their correct order when describing nouns. Students will order adjectives within isolated sentences and within brief texts. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of facts and details related to topics for review and organizing.

In this Language lesson, students will use words with different connotations to better express ideas. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This language lesson teaches students the different meanings expressed by modal verbs. Students will identify contexts in which modal verbs are used and select the correct modal verb from several choices.

This language lesson has students determine the meaning of homophones.