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Present Perfect Tense: Just and Recently

For Students 7th - 8th
In this present perfect tense:  just and recently activity, students read the explanations and examples of correct usage, then interactively complete 9 sentences with immediate online feedback.
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A Great, Crazy Sailor

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders become acquainted with the basic facts of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America through singing the following chant.
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Cecilia's Year

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read the novel "Cecilia's Year". They answer questions to test for reading comprehension. They also relate the story to their own life.
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Haiku - Poetry of the Samurai Warrior

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research the Samurai and their Haiku Writings. Students use internet research to gather information about the ancient Japanese Samurai. The learners then create individual Haiku writings, and a cultural day is designated when...
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Adding "Homeside" to "Schoolside" Learning

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in activities in order to improve their ability to work cooperatively in groups at school as well as with their family at home. They complete the activities at home with their family then discuss the results of the...
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Dates

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this writing dates worksheet, students learn to write dates with the correct capitalization and punctuation. Students write 5 dates correctly. Students also write 5 dates using only numbers.
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Questions...?

For Students 7th - 9th
In this ELL grammar worksheet, students ask a different classmate each of 9 questions while writing down their answers. They choose three of six time expressions and tell a classmate where they were. There are teachers' notes that...
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Writing Numbers in Word Form

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing numbers worksheet, students write the word form of a correct sum to a problem written in words, then use a word bank to complete sentences with a number in word form.
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Introduction to Earning Interest: What are APR and APY?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance instructional activity, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute simple and...
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ESL: Passive Voice

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ESL passive voice worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, choose correct words/phrases to complete sentences, and rewrite sentences using passive voice.
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Representation of Integers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this representation of integers worksheet, learners complete a chart, representing statements as integers. An example is given for students. An answer key is included.
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Whole Numbers and Fractions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this whole number and fractions worksheet, students evaluate a total of 14 problems and solve an additional 10. Problems use a variety of whole number and fraction concepts.
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What George Bush Got Right

For Students 8th - 12th
In this George W. Bush worksheet, students read a 4-page article about the diplomatic actions of the president and then complete the provided graphic organizer.
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Shark Quiz

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sharks worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions about the Great White Shark and its physical characteristics, diet, life span, and more.
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Herstory: Women portrayed in film

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine various videos and books about Harriet Tub man, Annie Oakley, and Wilma Rudolph. They conduct research, participate in games, and write stories involving these three women.
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Guided Reading using Gail Gibbon's book Frogs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners read to locate information about the stages of a frog's life and organize on a chart.
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How popular is your favorite site?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners gather data for the project for the entire year. They plot their data, try to fit a equation to their data, and speculate on why the data shows the pattern it does and project its future growth.
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Making soap you can use

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Those textbook experiments are no good. Using this simple method you can make a real bar of soap. It's
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What Temperature Is It?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use the internet to research information on the average maximum and minimum temperature for a city in their state. They create spreadsheets and enter data to analyze the information, focusing on averages, maximums,...
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Dia de los Muertos

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research the Day of the Dead, an important Mexican holiday. They view videos, investigate Mexican geography and history and compare the Day of the Dead to the celebration of Halloween.
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Creating and Comparing Climographs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the importance and usefulness of climographs. In groups, they create a climograph of two cities on about the same latitude. They compare and contrast the locations and climates of the two cities and write a...
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With Detective Fiction in the Urban Classroom

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students listen to a verbal explanation of the function of deductive reasoning and problem solving. They read one of Donald Sobol's 'Two-Minute Mysteries' and complete a worksheet requiring them to write out the information which is...
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Olympics in Ancient Greece

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to background information about the origin of the Olympics and then discuss how they think the Olympic Games got its name. They then complete the activity sheets using drawing materials.
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Buy Low, Sell High

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students investigate the stock market and investing in corporate stocks by creating an investment portfolio. They develop database worksheets that track their stock's performance over a specified period of time. Students use their...