This lesson explains the difference between DUAL and DUEL: illustrations, definitions, examples, tips, practice story, final quiz, and answers. Dual and duel are examples of homophones, meaning that they are said the same way, but have different definitions. There are lots of homophones in English and it can be hard to keep them all in order when you are learning, but it is very important that you don't mix these two up. One of them means that there are two of something, while the other means a fight! So you definitely wouldn't want to use one when you mean to use the other. Once you learn the definitions, you should have no problem getting it right. Let's take a look at some examples in order to help you understand each word better.

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Following a vow of silence, none of the monks were allowed to speak at all. But there was one exception to this rule. Every ten years, the monks were permitted to speak just two words. After spending his first ten years at the monastery, one monk went to the head monk. “It has been ten...

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Yowsers. So y'all... Can I just take a moment to tell you how BUSY my life has been for the past two weeks??? AYE-YI-YI!!!! Seriously, there has been nary a moment to fix my mascara much less log into Blogger as of late. But, I am very pleased to announce the end of the madness because... let's face it- life without internet-laden free time is HOR.EN.DOUS. And that is why I am back. Backety-back-back-back and oh-so-excited! Well, wanna know what I've been up to while I've been gone? I have been testing the willies out of nineteen of my favorite First Grade friends. DIBELs, sight words, math, you name it, they've done it. And if they haven't done it, they probably should have. Of course having all of this testing to do, I was naturally faced with the age-old teaching dilemma of what to do with the nineteen students I wasn't testing while still managing to maintain a silent classroom for the one student I was testing. Answer? I used Cut and Paste friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These little buddies occupy AND assess. TOTAL. BONUS. I use them to assess my Firsties knowledge of various components of language (syllables, parts of speech, etc.) while I get my testing done. Keeps the kids occupied, gives evidence of learning, and gives me a product to send home for parents to enjoy and admire (refridgerator work, anyone?) These buddies aren't much, but having TOTALLY saved my life in the past two weeks, I just knew I had to share them. (And don't mind my tacky Easter-themed syllable sort. What can I say? Giant chocolate-dispensing rabbits just gets me in the mood to decorate syllable sorts.) Want your own cut and paste friends? Click any picture preview to download. Compound Word Sleuth Contraction mania! Easter Syllable Sort Homophone Match-Up Synonym Match-Up Verb and Noun Town Wishing you a marvelous Monday!

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Happy Sunday! Hope you are all enjoying your weekend and to those of you that are already on summer vacation, ENJOY! I hope you find some much needed time to relax! My first graders and I have a few more weeks due to several snow days. We still have lots to do and I have several fun themed activities planned for my first graders! This last week my first graders went to the zoo for our annual zoo field trip. SO MUCH FUN! We had absolutely perfect weather (which for the last several years has been not spectacular) 70+ degrees and was filled with lots of zoo themed activities. See below for several ideas I incorporated into my stations and a few zoo themed math freebies :). A few weeks ago we ended our digraph and diphthong sound focus. I created a set and finally added it to our store. If you'd like to check it out you can go {HERE} or click any of the pictures below! Here are some items included in this set: This set includes: 48 SMALL PICTURE/WORD CARDS : These cards can be used for sorting. Small Sorting Cards SORTING MATS & RECORDING SHEETS: These sorting mats can be used for sorting the small sorting cards above. After sorting, students can record words on recording sheets. Sorting Mat Recording Sheet 24 RHYME CARDS (MATCHING GAME): These cards can be used for a matching game. Players begin by placing face down. First player flips two cards over. If they rhyme, the player keeps both cards. If they do not rhyme, flip the player flips both cards over and it’s the next player’s turn. Winner is the player with the most cards. Rhyme Cards (matching game) I HAVE WHO HAS CARDS: 30 cards are included in this set. These cards contain pictures and words. If playing with less than 30 players, you could give players additional cards. I Have Who Has Cards 48 LARGE PICTURE/WORD CARDS: These cards could be used in several different ways. Here are two ideas: *For matching, cut them apart so the words are separate and match the words with the pictures. These cards fit nicely in a pocket chart. *To play a matching game, distribute word cards evenly between players. Place picture cards face down. First player flips over a picture card. If he/she has the matching word, he/she picks up the card. If not a match, flip card over and it’s the next player’s turn. First player with all of their matches complete is the winner. Large Picture/Word Cards Here's an ew oo word search I have included during my intervention time. Just click the picture below for your copy! And here are a few of the zoo activities I incorporated last week. Just click on the pics for links! Since these last few weeks in math have been a review of what we've been doing all year, I made some review worksheets that focused on double digit addition and subtraction. I also created some place value review. You can find this entire freebie {HERE}! Zoo Math Themed Worksheets Several versions of this worksheet are included. We've been doing a lot of opinion writing pieces this month. I wanted to share a freebie that I created to go with an opinion writing piece my first graders did a few weeks ago. After reading Hey Little Ant we created two anchor charts. One listed reasons why the boy SHOULD squish the and and the other listed reasons why the boy SHOULD NOT squish the ant. Then my kiddos completed their own opinion writing and made a picture. If you'd like the writing template along with pages for drawings, just click {HERE} or on the picture below! I also included several zoo themed stations this last week! If you're following my stations that I incorporate into my reading block, here's what we started last week, and will finish up in a few days! This is our last set of stations for the school year. Several stations this week are zoo themed. *Listening Station: iPod shuffles- Diary of a Spider, Old MacDonald Had a Dragon, & LEGO City: Fire in the Forest! *Sand Station: Kinetic sand and sand tools. *Social Studies: My students create their own zoo map which can be found in our Zoo Map Pack that can be found {HERE}. *ABC Station: Zoo Keeper Line Up ABC Order. This freebie can be found in this set {HERE}. *Publishing Place: Five Little Monkeys book which can be found in this freebie set {HERE}. *Artist Alley: My kiddos first write a giraffe poem following a template that I created. Then they make a giraffe craftivity that can be found {HERE}. *Pocket Chart Place: Kindness sort that can be found {HERE}. May pocket cart cards that can be found {HERE}. Animal movement sort from {HERE}. And a number sort that can be found {HERE}. *Word Way: Write It! An activity using Dolch words. This set can be found {HERE}. *Read a Write the Room: Write the Walls. This template can be found {HERE}. I give my kiddos clipboards and my special pens to use as they write the room! Need more station ideas? Just click on the links below! Click {HERE} if you'd like to see the first week and some info about my station work! Click {HERE} for other station ideas! Click {HERE} for other station ideas! Click {HERE} for other station ideas! Click {HERE} for other station ideas! Click {HERE} for other station ideas! Click {HERE} for other station ideas! Click {HERE} for other station ideas! Click {HERE} for other station ideas! Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you all have a wonderful rest of your weekend!