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November 26th Writing Prompt
For this writing prompt worksheet, students reflect on Thanksgiving Day. Students describe what the first Thanksgiving might have been like for the Native American and Pilgrims.
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Author's Purpose
Challenge your class to find the three purposes for writing. After they read three short passages, kids note whether the author's purpose was to inform, persuade, or entertain.
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Author’s Purpose
What is the author's purpose when writing a narrative story? Kids read a short narrative passage before answering three questions about author's purpose.
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Naming and Writing Formulas for Binary Covalent Compounds
In this chemistry worksheet, students name the chemical compounds by writing the formulas and then name the compounds through translating the formulas into words.
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Writing Linear Equations
In this linear equations instructional activity, students observe a graphed line on a coordinate plane. From their observations, they write the slope-intercept form of the equation of the depicted line. This four page instructional...
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Write In Exponent Form
In this exponents worksheet, 8th graders re-write nine multiplication problems in exponent form. There is an answer sheet included.
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October 10th Writing Prompt
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that English chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish's birthday was October 10th before they respond to her question, "If you were a scientist today, what would you hope to discover?"
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October 19th Writing Prompt
In this writing prompt learning exercise, students learn that the 1781 the final battle of the Revolutionary War took place on October 19th. Students use 5 resources in the classroom to summarize 5 facts that they learn about the...
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December 1st Writing Prompt
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that on December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. Students write about the bravest thing they have ever done.
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December 26th Writing Prompt
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn about Kwanza as they use resources in the classroom to learn 5 facts about the festival and summarize them in their own words.
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September 17th Writing Prompt
In this daily writing prompt instructional activity, learners learn that September 17th is Citizenship Day in the United States and explain that they think it means to be good citizen of the World, the United States, their own state,...
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July 21st Writing Prompt
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn that July 23rd is National Junk Food Day and respond to 2 questions regarding junk food.
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October 11th Writing Prompt
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that Eleanor Roosevelt's birthday was October 11th before they respond to her quote, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of the their dreams."
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October 18th Writing Prompt
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that on October 18, 1767 the Mason-Dixon Line was established. Students list everything they know about slavery and this time period.
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October 12th Writing Prompt
In this writing prompt activity, students learn that October 12th is National Farmer's Day. Students respond to the question, " What do you think is the most important crop grown by farmers?"
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Reading Study Guide: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Meant for use with Maya Angelou's first autobiographical volume I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the materials here are designed for a homeschool setting, but they'd suit any classroom or text. Graphic organizers, chapter summary...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
Four weeks of vocabulary words are provided here! Each week has between six and seven vocabulary words for your young learners to master. First they hear each word, and then they get a short definition for each word. The second activity...
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Vocabulary Building Activity
The four worksheets here are provided to introduce your learners to new vocabulary on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Each list contains seven vocabulary words focused on a specfic vowel pair. First the learner hears the word,...
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Project Organizer: Follow an Explorer
This is both a great idea and a great way to help your class organize a themed project. They use these worksheets to assist them in writing a creative historical narrative about the life and travels of an explorer. They'll compare and...
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The Magic Three
In this language arts worksheet, young writers consider four action photographs, and must write three descriptive words that could be used to describe what they see. The words are then used in complete sentences. An interesting way to...
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Olympic Report Planner
Use this worksheet to research a future or past olympian. There's a space for researchers to brainstorm things they'd like to know, a space for them to record notes, and a KWL chart. There's also an open space to write a cumulative...
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Counting Dice
Using dice is a great way to practice addition in this simple worksheet. Young learners examine three rolls of two dice each. They add the values of each die, writing an addition problem with an answer. There is an example for them to...
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Count the Tally Marks!
How many tallies do you see? Learners examine eighteen sets of tally marks with values from 1-18, writing the number value beside them. Depending on how you want to use this, you may want to cut these out and have learners rearrange them...
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State of Illinois
In this creating a picture and paragraph about the state of Illinois worksheet, students draw an illustration and write about it. Students complete 2 activities.