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Saint Patrick's Day: English Exercises

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this St. Patrick's Day worksheet, students read a story, watch a video, answer true or false questions, complete sentences, and complete a crossword. Students complete 5 activities total.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Winterdance

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this chronological order learning exercise, students put story events in order that they are given. Students put 7 events in chronological order.
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Curated OER

Family Unit

For Teachers K
Students read the story, "The Surprise Family," then draw a picture of their own family. Students engage in a class discussion about the differences of families. They describe their "family picture," and their "family job." Nice lesson.
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Your Story

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students discover ways to learn about the past. For this writing lesson students use a writing web to organize their ideas about how we learn about the past. The students then start a time capsule about their lives....
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The Mayflower Story Up-Close and Personal

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars gain a deeper understanding of what the early colonists experienced in search of a new life in America while giving them a taste of historical methodology. This is an engaging way to assess what your students know about...
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WRITE A STORY

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders compose two or more simple sentences in response to a picture. They construct sentences and produce captions with 3 or more sentences that extend the subject/verb pattern. They demonstrate age appropriate correct use of...
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Curated OER

Have You Heard about the Clinton, New Jersey Story?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this radon worksheet, students read about radon in the city of Clinton New Jersey. They compose a play about a family in Clinton New Jersey who is face with high concentrations of radon in their home and how they deal with it....
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A Christmas Carol

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the life and times of mid-1800s England in Dicken's time. They compare/contrast Christmas today and during Dicken's day, discuss the book's characters, play a game from the 1800s, and read a Reader's Theater...
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Storytellers: Pearl Jam "Never Let Truth Get in the Way of a Good Story"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the lyrics from a Pearl Jam song and examine the concept of truth in political advertising. They watch the video, "VH1 Storytellers: Pearl Jam," participate in a class discussion, conduct research, and prepare a report...
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Unit Plan
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"This is Not a Story to Pass On": Teaching Toni Morrison's Beloved

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read "Beloved" by Toni Morrison. In groups, they research the life and works of Morrison and read a speech by Sojouner Truth. Using the novel, they discuss the experiences of slaves and the effect of slavery on their...
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The Story of Latino Civil Rights: Fighting for Justice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the civil rights abuses suffered by African Americans, Japanesse Americans during WWII, and Hispanic Americans. They explain what the common element is among the discrimination against these three groups. Students are...
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The Story of Last Names

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the origins of last names in Medieval times. They read and discuss an informational handout, complete a worksheet, and pick a new surname for themselves based on where they live, what they like to do, or a parent's...
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Story Problems - Math

For Teachers K
Students participate in hands-on, computer activities to demonstrate the addition and subtraction of mathematical situations. Given a story problem, students determine when to add or subtract. Using word processing technology, students...
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Curated OER

Can you think of pictures that will tell a story about rice?

For Teachers 1st
First graders use pictures and letters to create a rebus. In this writing sentences lessons, 1st graders analyze sample rebuses as a class and read a rice rebus independently. Students make three rebus sentences. Students play a...
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American Civil Rights Movement, Photo Essay

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students view photographs from the Civil Rights Movement and write an essay from the point of view of someone in the photograph. They artistically represent various aspects of the Movement.
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The Story of Kwanzaa

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Celebrate Kwanzaa with a game of Kalah, also known as Mankala or Owara. Using an egg carton and a set of beans, players take all of the beans out of one of his or her cups and move to the right, dropping one bean into each of the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, IV

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this math problem solving worksheet, students complete 6 problems that include: pictographs, reasoning, basic operations, and money.
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Worksheet
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Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, XIX

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 7problems that include skills in fractions, calculators, money, measurement, calendars and basic operations.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, XIII

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 7 problems that include skills in probability, addition, even and odd numbers, reasoning and graphs.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, XVI

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math applications activity, students solve 8 word problems that include basic operations, money, reasoning, and telling time.
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Worksheet
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Sunshine Math- 1 Venus, III

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 7 problems that include: reasoning, basic operations, graphs, tables, geometry and math puzzles.
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Worksheet
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Sunshine Math- 4 Jupiter, IV

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 varied problems that include: temperature, possible outcomes, calendar, volume, averages, basic operations and reasoning.
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Worksheet
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Sunshine Math- 5 Saturn, III

For Students 4th - 5th
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 8 varied problems that include: money, pictographs, fractions, symmetry and basic operations.
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Sunshine Math-3

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math applications worksheet, students solve 8 varied problems including consumer math, fractions, ordered pairs, measurement and mental math.