Lessons tagged with "Words"
Determine the Meaning of Unclear Words
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- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on determining the meaning of unclear words, or words with more than one meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use context clues around unclear words to understand the word's meaning . In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Blend Sounds to Make Words
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- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson practices the blending of sounds to produce words. This lesson focuses on students’ phonological awareness, meaning they should only be listening to the words not reading them. Pictures have been animated to appear after students have blended the given sounds. It will be helpful if students are already familiar with blending and segmenting onsets and rimes prior to this lesson. Supplemental materials for Concept Development CFU and Skill Development are available for this lesson.
Print Legibly
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- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on printing legibly. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students practice letter spacing and printing neatly and legibly. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Sort Words into Categories
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- 1
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This vocabulary lesson covers how to sort words into categories. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. Teachers should model what markers to use during Skill Development/Guided Practice for the categories (i.e., writing the number or the word for each object). Flashcards for Concept Development CFU and Skill Development are available for this lesson. Extra resources and activities are provided as well.
Read Contractions
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- 2
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on reading contractions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. This lesson does not include any writing on the students part. It focuses on practicing to read words containing contractions. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine What Characters are Like by What They Say and Do
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- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on determining what characters are like by what they say and do. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify what a character says and does in a story to determine their character traits (e.g., smart, brave, tricky, kind, dishonest, etc.). In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Answer Questions Referring to the Text
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- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This Common Core reading informational text lesson focuses on reading comprehension. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for Common Core assessments. In this lesson, students will answer questions to demonstrate an understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after the Common Core assessment items.
Determine What Characters are Like
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- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This literary response and analysis lesson focuses on determining what characters are like by how the author and illustrator portray them. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students use the written words of an author and the details in an illustration by an illustrator to determine what characters are like. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use Antonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words
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- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Identify Connections Between Words and Their Use
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- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify and use appropriate words and vocabulary based on subject matter and context.
Distinguish Between Meanings of Homophones
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- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Use a Dictionary to Locate Words
- Grade:
- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Determine the Meaning of Homographs
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- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Use a Thesaurus to Locate Words
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- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
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- 3
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Use Quotation Marks Around the Exact Words of a Speaker
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- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on using quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the sentence and identify the dialog tag. Then, they punctuate the sentence with quotation marks and read the sentence again, paying attention to the quotation marks. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Use Suffixes to Analyze the Meaning of Words
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- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Use Synonyms to Determine the Meaning of Words
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- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on applying knowledge of synonyms 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 synonyms to determine the meaning of the unknown synonym. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Form and Use Progressive Tense Verbs
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- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Produce Complex Sentences
- Grade:
- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language lesson teaches students to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words by using antonyms within the text. This lesson is very impactful for English learners or ELD students. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify signal words in the sentence that indicate the opposite of a bolded word. Then, they identify the meaning of the bolded word. For example, if the students do not know the meaning of the word “hectic”, they can use the contrasting word calm to determine that “hectic” must mean not calm or very busy.
Use Prefixes to Analyze the Meaning of Words
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- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion
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- 4
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading comprehension lesson focuses on distinguishing between fact and opinion. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read a passage and label each sentence as fact or opinion. Students must defend their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Use a Variable to Write an Algebraic Expression
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- Math
This algebra and functions lesson focuses on using a variable to write an algebraic expression. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the problem, identifying the unknown amount, the given number or known amount, and the operation (using clue words or actions such as sum, difference, product, or quotient). Then, they write the algebraic expression. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Roots & Affixes
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This language/vocabulary lesson covers how to determine the meaning of words using roots and affixes. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to analyze words in a sentence based on given root definitions.
Explain Shades of Meaning of Related Words
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on interpreting shades of meaning. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the definitions of closely related words and the sentences that follow. Then, they use context clues to place the correct word in its proper sentence. Last, students explain their answers. In addition to the lesson, there are eight pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Spell Words Correctly
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on spelling words correctly. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students practice spelling words correctly using six different spelling rules about adding suffixes to the end of words. In addition to the lesson, there are 12 pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Recognize the Origin and Meaning of Frequently Used Foreign Words in English
- Grade:
- 6
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This reading vocabulary lesson focuses on recognizing the origins and meanings of frequently used foreign words in English. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read sentences that need a foreign word added from the word bank. Then, they use context clues to figure out which foreign word fits properly into each sentence and they read the sentence aloud using the foreign word. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Determine the Figurative Meaning in Speeches
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Distinguish Between the Denotative and Connotative Meanings of Words
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- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze the Development of Theme
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- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Figurative Meaning of Words and Phrases
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- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Distinguish Between the Denotative and Connotative Meanings of Words
- Grade:
- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Figurative Meaning of Words and Phrases
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- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Analyze the Development of Theme
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- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Determine the Figurative Meaning in Speeches
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- High School, High School 9-10
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
Blend Words
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Development
This lesson is a part of the Launch to Literacy Program.
Write Words Legibly
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing strategies lesson focuses on writing words legibly. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are guided to read a word, then trace it, then write the word legibly using lines as guides. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review.
Spell Sight Words
- Grade:
- K
- Subject:
- English Language Arts
This writing conventions lesson focuses on spelling sight words. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students practice spelling sight words that must be memorized because they usually do not follow any spelling rules. In addition to the lesson, there are nine pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.
Rotation Stations (Letter Pattern ng & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Two-Syllable Words & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Letter Pattern qu & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Read Words with Initial Consonant Blends (Three Letters)
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- English Language Development
Spell Words with Initial Three-Letter and Final Consonant Blends
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Initial Consonant Blends & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
Spell Words (Letters z, w, y, v, q, ng, short oo, long oo, sh, ch, voiceless th, [ow], and [oi]) Week 27
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- English Language Development
Read Words with Silent Letter Patterns [kn, dge, wr, mb]
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- English Language Development
Explain Effects of Words
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- English Language Development
This is a lesson in the Link to Literacy program.
Rotation Stations (Three-Letter Consonant Blends & Other Activities)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
High-Frequency Words (list, must, best, stop, study, story, start, state, far, end)
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
High-Frequency Words (almost, still, last, father, mother, another, these, those, both)
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- English Language Development
High-Frequency Words (why, white, while, sing, song, young, sit, set, us)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Vowel-r eer [eer & ear] & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
High-Frequency Words (which, watch, their, such, change, children, show, wish, wash, city)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Vowel-r air [air & are] & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Digraph ch and Trigraph tch & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Vowel-r er [er, ir, ur] & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Spell Words (Letters z, w, y, v, q, ng, short oo, and long oo) Week 23
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- English Language Development
Spell Words with Long o (o silent, ow, o consonant, consonant oCC)
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- English Language Development
Explain Effects of Words (Similes & Metaphors)
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- English Language Development
This is a lesson in the Link to Literacy program.
Rotation Stations (Final Consonant Blends & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Digraph ch and Trigraph tch & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Determine the Meaning of Words Using Context Clues
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- Subject:
- English Language Development
This vocabulary lesson is designed as a part of our Link to Literacy English Language Development program. This description will be updated soon.
Flashcards Identify Initial, Final and Medial Sounds (Level B)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Diphthong oi [oi, oy] & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Diphthong ow [ow, ou] & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Double Consonant [ss, ll, ff, zz] & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Transportation Words (Level A)
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- English Language Development
Environmental Print and Vocabulary Development
Flashcards Family Words (Level A)
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- English Language Development
Environmental Print and Vocabulary Development
Flashcards Five Senses Words (Level A)
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- English Language Development
Environmental Print and Vocabulary Development
Practice the Long a and Long i Sounds (a Silent e, i Silent e)
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- English Language Development
Read Words with the Letter Patterns a Silent e and i Silent e
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- English Language Development
Flashcards Food Words (Level A)
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- English Language Development
Environmental Print and Vocabulary Development
High-Frequency Words (cut, car, got, men, women, put, first, run, fast)
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- English Language Development
Read Words with the Letter Pattern nk and the z Sound Spelled with s
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Two-Syllable Words with Prefixes and Suffixes & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Contractions [is, are, have, had] & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Flashcards Identify Initial, Final and Medial Sounds (Level A)
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- English Language Development
Flashcards Feeling Words (Level A)
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- English Language Development
Environmental Print and Vocabulary Development
Rotation Stations (Contractions [will, not, would] & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Letter s with the s and z Sounds & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Two-Syllable Words & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Rotation Stations (Schwa Words & Letter l & Other Activities)
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- English Language Development
Spell Words (Letters t, a, s, i, p, n, c, ck, e, h, r) Week 9
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- English Language Development
Determine the Meaning of Unknown Words Using Context Clues
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- Subject:
- English Language Arts
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.
Flashcards Descriptive Words Part 1 (Level A)
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- English Language Development
Environmental Print and Vocabulary Development
Flashcards Descriptive Words Part 2 (Level A)
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- English Language Development
Environmental Print and Vocabulary Development