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Plants and Where Plants Grow
February 25, 2015
Plants grow all around the world. There are lots of words that describe the types of plants, parts of plants, where plants grow, and the types of land plants grow on.
Machines and Tools
January 28, 2015
Everyday machines and tools make completing different tasks a little easier. There are lots of different kinds of tools and machines, from simple to complex tools.
Stories of Words: Native American Languages
January 12, 2015
The Native American groups in North America spoke languages that are very different from English. In addition, there may have been as many as a thousand different Native American languages. Often, Native Americans and settlers invented sign language that allowed them to communicate with each other. In that way, both languages grew and the people began to understand one another.
Stories of Words
January 11, 2015
Stories of Words aims to develop students’ interest in interesting words (e.g., snickerdoodles, terrapin, scuba).
Places and Dwellings
January 6, 2015
Every day we go to places and enter buildings. There is an abundance of words that describe the different places we go and the different types of dwellings we enter.
Fear
December 31, 2014
Fear is an emotion that is experienced by most people, but the nuances of the word may be hard for students to grasp.
Start
December 31, 2014
The books and stories students encounter may include many different uses of the word start, both as a noun and verb.
Send
December 31, 2014
There are three general themes among the various definitions of the word send: going, delivering, and emitting.
Hope
December 31, 2014
Hope is a concept that most students will be familiar, which will help them when they encounter the word in their readings.
Go
December 31, 2014
Go is a word commonly used in literature and students will encounter many of its definitions.
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