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Wednesday Surprise

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice writing surprise endings to their short stories. After listening to the beginning of a short story, students make predictions about the story's surprise ending. They write their own short story with a surprise ending...
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Story Framing Legends

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Pupils review, examine and study the seven stages to a traditional legend or modern story in legend form. They locate two traditional legend stories and see if they fit into the two categories listed for them in two boxes. Each student...
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Brainstorm Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar worksheet, students work with nouns. First, students brainstorm common nouns and write them in a box, and then repeat for proper nouns. Students are advised to be ready to share their findings with the class.
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Self Assessment Form

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this self assessment worksheet, students will share their own personal opinion. Students will generate two thoughts of what they liked and two thoughts of ways to improve.
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Action Verbs

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students determine which action verb completes nine sentences grammatically correct. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Apostrophe Worksheet 2

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar learning exercise, students insert the missing apostrophes in fourteen sentences. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Complete Sentences

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite twenty fragments into complete sentences so that each one is grammatically correct. Students share their sentences with each other.
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Trumpet of the Swan Character Study

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this literature worksheet, students complete a study of their favorite character from the Trumpet of the Swan. They fill in the name of their favorite character, complete a table with words that describe that character, and use those...
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Cauldron Maze

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Halloween worksheet, students determine the best route to get through a cauldron maze. Students share their routes with their classmates.
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Amazing Mazes

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this artistic worksheet, students study and determine how to efficiently help a bird into his bird house via a maze. Students share their routes with their classmates.
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Mazes

For Students 4th - 6th
In this artistic worksheet, learners view and determine the most efficient way to get through a flower maze. Students share their routes with their classmates.
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Student Game List Worksheet

For Students 6th - 9th
In this student game activity, students brainstorm the games they played when they were young. Students also identify the children with whom they played and places they played to bring them to share a memory of childhood.
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Shy Tyrone

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this long vowel I worksheet, students practice reading a short paragraph with several words in it stressing the long vowel I sound. Students cut out and color eight small pictures of words that contain the long vowel I in them and...
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Present Perfect: Interviewing Classmates

For Students 4th - 5th
In this interviewing classmates worksheet, students survey their peers and find out who has done any of the 10 listed activities. Students write their answers and share them during a class discussion.
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Venn Diagram

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete a Venn Diagram in which they analyze two categories that overlap. They place the similarities in the middle shared section. They list the differences in the outer areas.
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Column Venn Diagram

For Teachers 1st - 12th
In this column Venn diagram worksheet, students use this blank three-column graphic organizer to list unique and shared characteristics of two issues or ideas.
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Venn Diagram

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Venn diagram worksheet, students use a blank graphic organizer to list the differing characteristics of two issues in the outer circles. Students list the shared characteristics in the middle area.
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Equal Grouping, Joining/Separating

For Students 3rd - 5th
Fishing is fun because you can share what you catch. Learners test their addition skills to see how many fish are caught by each person. Another total is given, but all the fish have to be distributed equally. Hope your learners...
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Culture Ads

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine cultural differences in picture books. In this cultural diversity lesson, students identify cultural differences in picture books about children from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and minority...
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Vocabulary Practice: Which Word Doesn’t Belong?

For Students 5th - 8th
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, learners examine 12 sets of 4 words each. Students determine which words do not belong in the sets with the others that share similar meanings.
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The Gulf Oil Spill in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, students investigate the media response to the Gulf oil spill as they examine live streaming video, interpret data, and share their...
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Make a Difference

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the trait of kindness. In this character education lesson plan, 7th graders discuss pro-social behavior and design personal plans to share kindness.
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African Folktales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read African folktales. In this literature lesson, students share prior knowledge about South Africa, Morocco, and Nigeria. Then learners work in groups to read an assigned African folktale and answer response questions about...
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Charting the Course

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the concept of philanthropy. In this citizenship lesson, students collaborate to compile a list of the top ten traits of good citizens. Young scholars then discuss random acts of kindness and create a plan to share...