This graphic organizer can help students as they explore new vocabulary words. It offers a place for a dictionary definition, as well as a place to practice using the word in a sentence.

In this lesson students will create a paper face and a paper face book.

This issue of the free online magazine, Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears, explores how elementary teachers can move from a study of the weather at home to the weather of the polar regions through hands-on activity, reading, and discussion.

What's in the Bag? invites primary students to play with vocabulary common to their environment.

Make your students' game play more meaningful by using our activity and assessment set designed specifically for Win the White House. This easy-to-use Extension Pack helps you give context and purpose to the game, as well as reinforce and assess the game concepts. That means deeper learning for students, and best practices around game-centered learning for you!
Extension Packs slides can be accessed with Google Slides and are designed for use with projectors or interactive whiteboards.
This Extension Pack now includes English language learner (ELL) supports. We've included tips and practice that help make differentiated instruction a breeze. Best of all, new instructional scaffolds now mean this lesson is adaptable for a wide range of learners!
But wait, there's more! Looking for a quick and fun way to check student understanding? Use our Kahoot! in English or in Spanish after students complete this lesson.
Win the White House and its Extension Pack are correlated according to WIDA's methodology using the WIDA PRIME V2 Inventory. To see how these materials best meet your ELL students' needs, click here. (Note: PRIME stands for Protocol for Review of Instructional Materials for ELLs.) LESSON OBJECTIVES: Explain the electoral process (primary and general elections, Electoral College) *Identify the influence of the media in forming public opinion *Describe the various sources and uses of campaign funding *Describe the types and purposes of polling data *Analyze how parts of a whole interact to produce outcomes in complex systems

If you need to develop your own practice spelling list, visit the "Word--a--Day" archives (back to 1996) to find interesting vocabulary/spelling words based on weekly themes such as "Words about Marriage," "Words about Laughing," and "Words not to include on your resume."

"World Wide Words is devoted to the English language - its history, quirks, curiosities and evolution. The Words site is organized into sections, each with its own index to help you find your way about."

This online lesson teaches the importance of learning and understanding the meanings of prefixes in the English language. Lesson tend to be interactive, with students identifying, constructing, and defining words with prefixes.