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| Adjectives | Categories | Nouns |
| Other Languages (ESL) | Prepositions | Pronouns |
| Verbs | Vocabulary - Semantics | WH Questions |
ADJECTIVES
Tell Me About It A describing activity from Christine Prohaska. Posted 12/17/06. |
Tell Me About It |
| Adjectives Poster |
Adjective Poster |
| Concepts and Grammar Worksheets Symbol-based materials illustrate basic concepts and language usage. |
Fast or Slow |
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Fast or Slow2 |
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His or Her |
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In Front of or Behind |
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In or Out |
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On or Off |
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Up or Down |
| Adjective Activity |
Adjective Activity Directions |
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Adjective Cue Cards |
Attributes Game A super way to work on expressive vocabulary, classification, description, and reasoning in the classroom. This game is easily adaptable for students of varying abilities. |
AttributesDirections Attributes Clues Attributes Cards1 Attributes Cards2 Attributes Cards3 Attributes Cards4 Attributes Cards5 Attributes Cards6 Attributes Cards7 Attributes Cards8 |
CATEGORIZATION MATERIALS
Food Group Challenge from Kelly Pabst. Students categorize food -- fun for Thanksgiving or any time. Posted 11/15/06. |
FoodGroup Challenge |
| Category Worksheets from Jennifer Wetter. Posted 7/12/06. |
category HARD |
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category RED |
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category SOFT |
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category WEAR |
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category WHEELS |
Household Categories Print on cardstock and laminate. Put soft Velcro on the blanks on the templates, rough Velcro on the back of the cards. Students name and place cards in the appropriate room. For artic, categorization, vocabulary practice. From Linda Balsiger. Posted 11/7/06. |
Bathroom pieces |
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Bathroom template |
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Bedroom pieces |
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Bedroom Template |
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Living Room pieces |
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Living Room Template |
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Kitchen Pieces |
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Kitchen Template |
Transportation Categories Follow directions above to assemble and use. From Linda Balsiger. Posted 11/7/06. |
Air and Land Pieces |
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Air Template |
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Land Template |
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Emergency pieces |
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Emergency Template |
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Water Pieces |
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Water Template |
Animal Categories Follow directions above to assemble and use. From Linda Balsiger. Posted 11/7/06. |
Farm Animal Pieces |
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Farm Animal Template |
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Ocean Animal Pieces |
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Ocean Animal Template |
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Zoo Animal Pieces |
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Zoo Animal Template |
Sorting Games for articulation and categorization practice. Posted 4/12/06. |
Big or Small |
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Big Game |
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Small Game |
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Sky or Land |
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Sky Pictures |
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Land Pictures |
| Food Group Categorization |
Bread cards1 |
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Bread cards2 |
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Grains |
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Fruit cards |
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Fruit cards 2 |
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Fruit Veggie page |
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Meat Cards |
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Meat page |
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Miscellaneous Foods |
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Veggie cards1 |
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Veggie cards2 |
Category Books Read the directions to help students learn to categorize. Use this format and Boardmaker to create your own categorizing activities. |
Category Book directions |
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Appliance catetory symbols |
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Food Category symbols |
| Category Cards Cut out and put into envelopes for quick picture reference with multiple exemplars for: vegetables, fruits, desserts, drinks, animals, insects, appliances, places, feelings, meats, and tools. These can be used for discussing similarities and differences within categories, too. From Jessica Kulp. |
Categories |
| Which One Doesn't Belong? worksheets to address categorization, exclusion, and reasoning. |
Does Not Belong1 |
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Does Not Belong2 |
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Does Not Belong3 |
Categorization Activities related to seasons and weather. Print chart pages and laminate. Print answer card pages, cut apart, and use for sorting. From Gretchen Curtis. Posted 7/19/07. |
Seasons Chart |
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Seasons chart answers1 |
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Seasons chart answers2 |
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Weather clothes chart |
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Clothes answers1 |
Squares Category Naming Games A fun way for two players to practice naming within a category. Two games are symbol-based for younger players. One game is text-based for older players. Created by Kathy Gadbury. Posted 8/15/07. |
Category Game1 |
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Category Game2 |
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Word-based Category Game |
| Category Game Boards Quick and easy gameboards to reinforce labeling, describing, or categorizing. Print boards on legal size paper. Created by Abby Chibnik. Posted 9/9/07. |
Category Gameboard 1 |
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Category Gameboard 2 |
What Doesn't Belong? Worksheets with high quality photographs. Created by Kim Carr. 11/20/07. |
What doesn't belong1 |
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What doesn't belong2 |
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What doesn't belong3 |
Things I Eat Categorization Books by Kim Cline. Use for vocabulary, categorization, rebus readin. Cut apart the matrix of pictures and glue onto appropriate pages. Posted 12/2/07. |
Things to Eat |
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Breakfast Lunch |
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Eat Bacon |
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Eat Cereal |
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Eat Chicken Nuggets |
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Eat Eggs |
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Eat French Fries |
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Eat Grilled Cheese |
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Eat Hamburger |
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Eat Pancakes |
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Eat Pizza |
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Eat Toast |
| Things I Wear Categorization Book by Kim Cline. See use and assembly instructions above. Posted 12/2/07. |
Things I Wear |
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Wear hat |
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Wear sandals |
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Wear boots |
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Wear scarf |
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Wear shorts |
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Wear sunglasses |
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Wear sweater |
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Wear swimsuit |
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Wear tanktop |
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Winter Summer |
| Category Worksheets to elicit category labels based on 4 category members. Print on paper so students can write their answer and keep the worksheet, or print on cardstock and laminate so students can use wipe-off markers for repeated use. From Jennifer Kupchik-Spinelli. Posted 1/14/08. |
animals |
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art supplies |
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baby animals |
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balls |
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bears |
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birds |
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birthday |
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body parts |
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camping |
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candy |
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cats |
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Christmas |
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cold |
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colors |
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directions |
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drinks |
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Easter |
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fall |
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family |
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farm animals |
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feelings |
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flowers |
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food |
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Fourth of July |
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Fruit |
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furniture |
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games |
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Halloween |
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hot |
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house pets |
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in a bathroom |
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in a kitchen |
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insects |
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instruments1 |
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instruments2 |
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money |
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months |
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numbers |
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outerspace |
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parts of a tree |
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people1 |
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people2 |
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places |
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planets |
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red |
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rooms |
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sea animals |
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shapes |
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shells |
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sicknesses |
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snacks |
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sports |
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spring |
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St. Patrick's Day |
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sweet |
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Thanksgiving |
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things in the air |
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teeth |
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things that hop |
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tools |
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transportation |
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Valentine's Day |
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vegetables |
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weather |
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winter |
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yellow |
NOUNS
| Grammar Posters |
Noun Poster |
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Noun Test |
Defining Nouns Visual aid to help students write more complete definitions. Posted 10/12/05. |
DefiningNouns |
OTHER LANGUAGE (ESL) MATERIALS
| Spanish Vocabulary Symbols Posted 11/28/06. |
Spanish Action Words |
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Spanish Animals |
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Spanish Food |
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Spanish Holiday Words1 |
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Spanish Holiday Words2 |
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Spanish Holiday Words3 |
| First Words in English, Spanish, and ASL Developed by Bethe Heile. Posted 1/14/07. |
First Words1 |
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First Words2 |
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First Words3 |
| Vocabulary for Vietnamese with English and Vietnamese labels. From Renee Rosenberg. Posted 1/14/07. |
Vietnamese Animals1 |
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Vietnamese Animals2 |
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Vietnamese Clothes |
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Vietnamese Foods1 |
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Vietnamese Foods2 |
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Vietnamese Winter1 |
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Vietnamese Winter2 |
| English-Spanish Materials |
Bilingual Calendar |
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Bilingual School Words |
| Spanish Verb Symbols Created by Cynthia McClure. Posted 1/9/08. |
ActionVerbs Spanish1 |
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ActionVerbs Spanish2 |
PREPOSITIONS
Spatial Vocabulary Worksheet created by Stephanie Bailey. Posted 12/4/06/ |
SpatialVocabulary |
Prepositions - Sorting by Place Print on card stock, laminate. Put soft Velcro patches on the blanks on the templates and rough patches on the backs of the cards. Students name and place in appropriate places. From Linda Balsiger. Posted 11/7/06. |
Behind Template |
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In Front Of Template |
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On Template |
| Under Template | |
| Preposition Pieces | |
| Preposition Activity: The Bear Went Over the Mountain Song and crat activity for acting out prepositions (use teddy bear for flying). By Jennifer Wetter. Posted 9/24/06. |
Bear Went Over the Mountain |
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How to Make Bears |
Where is Slim? Symbol-based storybook of prepositions. Created by Amy Vrbas. Posted 11/3/07. |
Find Slim |
First, Second, Last Worksheets Spatial concepts taught individually then mixed on these worksheets by Kim Scharoff. Reposted 12/2/07. |
Which is First |
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Which is First2 |
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Which is Second |
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Which is Second2 |
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Which is Last |
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Which is Last2 |
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Order Mixed |
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Order Mixed2 |
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Order Mixed3 |
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Order Mixed4 |
PRONOUNS
| Pronoun Game To teach he/she with tips to expand to they/his/hers/theirs and thematic vocabulary. |
PronounGameDirections |
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Pronoun1 |
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Pronoun2 |
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Pronoun Items |
| Pronoun/Preposition Sentence level practice |
In/On Sentence |
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He/She/They Sentence |
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He or She |
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In or Out |
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Opposites Match |
| Potato Head Family activity for vocabulary and grammar practice |
Potato Game Directions |
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Potato Family Symbols1 |
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Potato Family Symbols2 |
VERBS
| Verb Tense Guide from Deb in Iowa. Posted 1/9/06 |
Verb Tense Guide |
| Verb Inflection Activity Cards for students who need help with noun/verb agreement. Posted 2/13/06. |
Verb Inflection Directions |
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Verb Inflection1 |
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Verb Inflection2 |
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Verb Inflection3 |
Irregular Plural Cards Contributed by SLPs from Grant Wood AE in Iowa. Posted 1/9/06. |
IrregPlural1 |
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IrregPlural2 |
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IrregPlural3 |
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IrregPlural4 |
| Verb Song by Nancy Appletoft. Posted 10/11/06. |
Verb Songboard |
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Verbs1 |
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Verbs2 |
| Verb Activity from Nancy Appletoft. Print on cardstock, laminate. Cut out the action pictures. Students can Velcro to the scenes. Use to elicit verbs at the word and sentence level. Posted 11/17/06. |
Field Scene |
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Park Scene |
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SceneManipulables |
| Grammar Helpers |
Do and Does |
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Have and Has |
| Verb Tense Worksheet |
Verb Tense Worksheet |
| -ing Words Pages of present progressive verb forms for speech and language practice. |
ING words1 |
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ING words2 |
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ING words3 |
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ING words4 |
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ING words5 |
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ING words6 |
| Irregular Past Tense Verbs Posted 7/18/07. |
IrregPastTense Verb Instructions |
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IrregularPastVerb1 |
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IrregularPastVerb2 |
| Pronoun & Verb Practice Activities Posted 7/18/07. |
Binder I Comm Book |
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He She Verbing |
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Who |
| Irregular Verbs Homework page created by Anita Fleming. Posted 11/3/07. |
IrregularPlurals |
| Present Progressive Verb Sentence with manipulable cards. Created by Malka Koretzky. Posted 11/20/07. |
Verb Board |
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Verb Pics |
| Past Tense Worksheet |
Past Tense Verbs |
| -ing Homework Pages by Holly Ocampo. Posted 3/19/08. |
-ing Binder |
Irregular Past Tense Verb FlashCards Use these color-coded cards to teach those tricky irregular past tense by spelling similarities. Cut them out to play a matching game, or, glue front & back together for flash cards. By Shari Borger. Posted 4/3/08. |
Irregular Verbs |
Irregular Verb Cards Cut up each present and past irregular pair and glue them to index cards. It is a great activity to drill, drill, drill. Created by Brianne Ruhnke, BCIU #22. Posted 4/3/08. |
Irregular Verbs1 Irregular Verbs2 irregular Verbs3 Irregular Verbs4 Irregular Verbs5 |
Vocabulary/Semantics
| Multiple Meanings Posters from Nancy Appletoft. Posted 11/15/06. |
Bags |
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Bit |
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Box |
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Check |
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Cold |
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Eye |
| Homonym Cards for matching, Go Fish, and defining games. Posted 11/28/05. |
Homonym1 |
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Homonym2 |
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Homonym3 |
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Homonym4 |
| Basic Concepts Worksheets from Victoria of Iowa. Posted 1/18/06. |
Above |
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Few |
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First |
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FirstSecondThird |
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Least |
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Medium |
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Middle |
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Not1stOrLast |
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Pairs |
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Zero |
| Basic Concept Worksheets & Activities Extend the Olympics theme by having an Opening Ceremony with students passing the torch high, low, over, under, etc. From Tami of IU #13. Posted 2/13/06. |
Above or Below |
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Cottonball Olympics |
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Fast or Slow |
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High or Low |
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High or Low 2 |
| Associations Bingo and Puzzles From Jennifer Wetter. Posted 9/24/06. |
Association Bingo |
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Associations Matching Puzzle |
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Associations Harder Puzzle |
| Opposites |
Closed |
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Open |
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Cold |
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Hot |
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Short |
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Tall |
| Multiple Meaning Materials |
MultipleMeaning1 |
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MultipleMeaning2 |
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MultipleMeaning3 |
| Multiple Meaning Cards Cut out and glue to index cards |
MultipleMeanings1 |
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MultipleMeanings2 |
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MultipleMeanings3 |
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MultipleMeanings4 |
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MultipleMeanings5 |
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MultipleMeanings6 |
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MultipleMeanings7 |
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MultipleMeanings8 |
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MultipleMeanings9 |
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MultipleMeanings10 |
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MultipleMeanings11 |
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MultipleMeanings12 |
| Homonyms and Homophones |
Homonyms1 |
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Homonyms2 |
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Homonyms3 |
| Riddles Graphics provide visual support for understanding abstract concepts, multiple meaning words, and humor. |
Riddle1 |
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Riddle2 |
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Riddle3 |
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Riddle4 |
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Riddle5 |
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Riddle6 |
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Riddle7 |
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Riddle8 |
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Riddle9 |
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Riddle10 |
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Riddle11 |
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Riddle12 |
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Riddle Page |
| Illustrated Idioms Symbols depict literal and actual meanings of common expressions. |
Illustrated Idioms |
| Same/Different Cards by Monica Manning. Use the cards for student to identify qualities, categories, similarities, and differences. |
Same Different Cards |
| Language Scavenger Hunt Adults monitor student's use of various language skills |
Language Scavenger Hunt Card |
| Math Cue Cards Visuals to help students with the vocabulary of math |
Math Cue Cards |
| Negation/Exclusion Bingo Created by Sarah Patton. Posted 7/18/07. |
Negation1 |
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Negation2 |
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Negation3 |
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Negation4 |
| Night or Day? Answering temporal questions. Created by Adrianna Garcia. Posted 7/18/07. |
Night or Day |
| Which One Is? Activity for asking/answering questions related to verb pictures. An alternative is to ask "which one isn't --?" Created by Adriana Garcia. Posted 7/19/07. |
Which Is |
| Word Finding Strategies Visual aid for students who have word retrieval problems. Strategies emphasized are visualization and association / description. Created by Jodi Kobernick. Posted 7/19/07. |
Word Finding Diagram |
| Language Aids |
WH Question Cues |
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Pronouns Worksheet |
| Language Building Bulletin Board Display the cards on your bulletin board to help students describe, compare, contrast all facets of animals and objects. Created by Tami C. Snyder. Posted 1/29/07. |
BBAction |
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BBAppearance |
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BBColor |
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BBCompare |
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BBFeel |
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BBQuestion |
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BBSameDiff |
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BBShape |
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BBSize |
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BBSmell |
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BBSound |
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BBWhen |
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BBWhere |
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BBWho |
| How Many? How Much? Worksheets to reinforce math vocabulary usage. Created by Lucy Reed. Posted 7/19/07. |
HowMany HowMuch |
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HowMany HowMuch2 |
Homophones Print these pages of homophone pairs to help your students increase their vocab and written language skills. Print on card stock and cut along thick lines to create word pair cards or cut along thin lines to create a matching game. Created by Shari Borger. Posted 7/19/07. |
HomophonePairs1 |
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HomophonePairs2 |
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HomophonePairs3 |
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HomophonePairs4 |
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HomophonePairs5 |
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HomophonePairs6 |
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HomophonePairs7 |
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HomophonePairs8 |
| Figurative Language Flashcards from Darla in Texas. Posted 2/11/06. |
Page1 |
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Page2 |
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Page3 |
| Cause or Effect worksheet to determine if each sentence reflects the root of a problem or the result. |
Cause or Effect |
| Language Scavenger Hunt Creative way for students to carry over language skills to the classroom and home. By Ana Paula G. Mumy. Posted 9/9/07. |
ScavengerHunt Directions |
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Language Scavenger Hunt Card |
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Olympic Newsletter Sample |
WH QUESTIONS
| WH Question Word Reference Page From Rebecca Bayer. Posted 11/17/06. |
WH Reference Page |
| What Bingo Calling cards present questions, Bingo boards are the answers. From Linda Balsiger. Posted 11/23/06. |
WhatBingoCards |
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WhatBingo1 |
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WhatBingo2 |
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WhatBingo3 |
| What Bingo Game for answering "what questions. Also good for artic, fluency, voice. Posted 1/25/07. |
What BingoQuestions |
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What BingoBoard1 |
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What BingoBoard2 |
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What BingoBoard3 |
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What BingoBoard4 |
| Where Activity Students answer "where" questions by pointing to one or naming one of three pictures. From Linda Balsiger. Posted 11/23/06. |
Where1 |
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Where2 |
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Where3 |
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Where4 |
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Where5 |
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Where6 |
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Where7 |
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Where8 |
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Where9 |
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Where10 |
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Where11 |
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Where12 |
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Where13 |
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Where14 |
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Where15 |
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Where16 |
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Where17 |
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Where18 |
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Where19 |
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Where20 |
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Where21 |
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Where22 |
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Where23 |
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Where24 |
| What Questions Print and store in a binder for practice in answering "what" questions from a choice of 3 symbols. By Linda Balsiger. Posted 10/29/06. |
What1 |
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What2 |
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What3 |
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What4 |
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What5 |
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What6 |
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What7 |
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What8 |
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What9 |
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What10 |
| What Questions File Folder Game Posted 4/18/06. |
WhatQuestionsDirections |
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WhatQuestions1 |
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WhatQuestions2 |
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WhatQuestions3 |
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WhatQuestions4 |
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WhatResponses |
| Cookie Jar Song by Jennifer Wetter. A fun chant for practicing artic, classmates' names, and answering "who." Posted 10/11/06. |
Cookie Jar Song |
| Where Board Provides visuals for prepositions in functional activities and play. |
Where Board |
| Guess Who? A symbol-based board to help students play this fun guessing game. |
Guess Who Board |
| Question Cartoons A fun way to work on asking and answering questions, these can also be used for artic, fluency, and conversational practice. |
Cartoon Directions |
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Cartoon1 |
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Cartoon2 |
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Cartoon3 |
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Cartoon4 |
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Cartoon5 |
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Cartoon6 |
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Cartoon7 |
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Cartoon8 |
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Cartoon9 |
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Cartoon10 |
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Cartoon11 |
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Cartoon12 |
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Cartoon13 |
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Cartoon14 |
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Cartoon15 |
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Cartoon16 |
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Cartoon17 |
| When? Symbol page to stimulate questions/answers using time concepts. Contributed by Malka Koretzky. Posted 4/13/08. |
When |
| "WH" Question Games and Materials Created by Jennifer Wetter. Posted 6/22/08. |
WHEN Bingo game WHEN Bingo cards WHEN Matching WHERE Bingo game WHERE Bingo cards WHO Bingo game WHO Bingo cards WHY Cards WHY Questions |
| Question/Answer Format Guides by June Cabal. Posted 7/23/08. | Are-Can-Do-Will How What When Where Which Who Why |
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