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Starting the New Year on the Right Foot

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Jump start the second half of the school year with these activities.
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Fun With Pacific Northwest Cities and Towns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Intended for fun only, learners play with the names of cities common to their region or state. This lesson includes a list of cities in Oregon and not much else. What you and your class choose to do with your list of cities is up to you.
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Chapter Thirteen Test- Gerunds and Infinitives

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar test worksheet, students circle the correct gerund or infinitive from the choices to make the sentence grammatically correct. In the final section, students read the sentence and write "C" if the sentence is correct, or...
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Le Monde Francophone

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discover the variety of French Speaking Countries worldwide. They discover, compare and contrast some distinguishing features of those areas. Students complete several worksheets within this lesson.
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Awesome Adjectives Postcards!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a postcard by illustrating a place they would like to visit and using ten adjectives in a short message describing the pictures.
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Letter from San Diego - Proofreading for Missing Commas and Capital Letters

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students read a letter that is missing commas and capital letters. They write in the missing commas, and circle all of the letters that should be capitalized. They see graphics on the page that illustrate...
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Verb + Preposition

For Students 4th - 5th
Students fill in 10 blanks next to each verb in the left column with an appropriate preposition, then draw a line to a logical completion of the phrase in the right column. Good, solid grammatical practice.
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Do/Does Review

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this grammar review, learners fill in the blanks in the sentences with either the word "do" or the word "does". There are 10 questions to complete on this worksheet.
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Problem Solving: Calendars

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this calendar worksheet, students use a given set of calendars to answer 6 related questions. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Do / Does Review

For Students 5th - 7th
In this verb form review worksheet, students examine 10 sentences and fill in the blanks in each sentence with "do" or "does".
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LitterFlotsam and Jetsam: A Little Litter Goes a Long Way

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this science lesson, students investigate data from the International Coastal Cleanup, identify sources of marine debris, and discover the impacts of this debris on wildlife.
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Calendar Activity

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this calendar worksheet, students complete word problems about the December calendar. Students complete 5 word problems on this worksheet.
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Action Verbs and Linking Verbs

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this action and linking verbs worksheet, students label words as either action and linking verbs. Students label 12 words and underline subjects and verbs in 8 sentences.
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Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site: Birthplace of the Modern Presidency

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Pupils examine the circumstances under which Theodore Roosevelt first became President of the United States and how his policies and actions modernized the presidency.
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An Introduction to Elementary Statistics

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explain and appreciate the use of statistics in everyday life. They define basic terms used in statistics and compute simple measures of central tendency.
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Snowfall Statistics for Snowboarding

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use the Internet to collect the current daily snowfall amounts and also to find the price of a lift ticket for snowboarding at different ski resorts in the United States.
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Francophone Tourism Package

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars research and write a report about a French-speaking country and present their research to classmates. They create a persuasive advertising brochure promoting one specific country as the best tourist destination.
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Storm Chasing, Inc.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to research storm chasing. They develop their own lesson plan and present it to the class. They create a visual for their lesson as well.
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Community Cartography

For Teachers K - 4th
Students use an inflatable globe which they wrap in plastic wrap. They use a permanent marker and outline the continents, and label major oceans and trace the equator. Students bring heir globes and use their projection for a discussion...
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Budgeting

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders construct a budget for a family of four including a column for income and no less than ten columns for expenses, all of which will be expressed and totaled in dollar amounts. They are also requested to write a scenario in...
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Contemporary Immigration

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze the patterns and waves of immigrants that have come to the United States from 1850 to 2000. They participate in a class discussion about immigration, and in small groups conduct research analyzing and evaluating...
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Elasticity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the topic of elasticity. As a class, they identify demand as being either price elastic or price inelastic when given examples. They discover the relationship between percentage changes in the quantity sold...
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Geography for Life: Using Five Skills

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars use the five skills of geography to reflect on a favorite learning activity. They consider if the activity had all five skills and if it didn't what could have been done to include those that weren't in it. The five...
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The Twelve Days of Fitness

For Teachers K - 5th
Students can practice this activity as a warm-up during the month of December. It's a great way to teach students about different types of exercises and how they relate to the different components of fitness.