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Article
International Reading Association

Reading Online: Publishing Student Work on the Internet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore this online article by Rachel Karchmer discussing the advantages of publishing student work on the web.
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Interactive
PBS

Kqed: Quest: How Nuclear Reactors Work

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive explorer allows students to click on a hot spot on the image and learn more about how nuclear reactors work.
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Website
US Department of Education

Federal Student Aid: Fafsa

For Students 9th - 10th
If a student wants to receive any sort of financial aid, they must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid. This site explains how and allows you to submit it electronically.
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Activity
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Work as a Team to Achieve a Common Goal

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about the importance of cooperation. Students will learn strategies to help students work together as a team.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Legislative Process: Congress at Work

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will analyze historical records of the House and Senate to understand the sequence of steps in the legislative process. The students will work collaboratively to study documents and identify the step in the process that each...
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Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Analysis of the Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief analysis of the Declaration of Independence. A paired passage, a lower level passage with related content, a questions sheet, and an additional answer sheet are...
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Study Guide
Oswego City School District

Oswego City School District: Working With Related Conditionals

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are given a conitional statement and are to determine which choice is the converse of the statement.
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Activity
Other

Read Works: Japan: Your Japanese Counterparts [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
An informational text about students in Japan. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Lesson: Author's Purpose: Cause and Effect Signal Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, students can learn how several authors can write about the same topic, but for different purposes.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Putting Robots to Work With Force & Friction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about the concept of pushing, as well as the relationship between force and mass. Students practice measurement skills using pan scales and rulers to make predictions about mass and distance. A LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot is...
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Technology at Work 2

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore and debate the value of technological advances that have had both positive and negative effects on society.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Working With Prime and Composite Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to practice working with prime and composite numbers. Students learn how to do prime factorization.
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Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Box Office Manager: Kids Work!

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Box Office Manager manages the office that books and sells tickets for the theater. Students will play the role of a box office manager and understand his duties and responsibilities. This animated interactive job exploration...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Houston Affects the Earth

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a mayor who worked to reduce pollution in Houston, Texas in 2008. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Important People

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different people who work in a school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Ash Blast

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses work done by scientists looking at the potential health risks from the April 2011 volcanic eruptions in Iceland, which sent clouds of ash across Europe. [May 8, 2011]
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Activity
Other

Read Works: New York Buildings "Going Green" [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An informational text about eco-friendly buildings in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Other

Read Works: Mali & African Empires: The African Slave Trade [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the African slave trade. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: "As I Was Going to St. Ives"

For Students K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A riddle poem by an anonymous poet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: "Mix a Pancake"

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Christina G. Rossetti about making pancakes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: "Drinking Fountain"

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Marchette Chute about the problems with drinking from a water fountain. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: "Covers"

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Nikki Giovanni about different types of covers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: "The Wind"

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson talking to the wind. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: "Afternoon on a Hill"

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay about spending some time in nature. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.