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Paper Mache Caterpillar

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and practice fine motor skills by using scissors and newsprint strips, and balloons to create paper mache caterpillars.
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Papier-Mache Mask

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze mask visuals provided by the teacher. They experience a paper-mache hands on activity that produces a three dimensional product. Students produce/make a mask.
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Time Train

For Teachers K - 4th
Students are read a short book "Time Train" by Paul Fleischman. Using the text, they identify the clues to let them know the train is traveling back in time. They make a time line of the trip and make a cutout of meat-eating and...
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Charlie and Lola Snap

For Students K - 2nd
In this Snap game learning exercise, students match pairs of corresponding cards illustrating their ability to identify like objects.
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Paleoindian Hunter

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders utilize their prior knowledge of the Woolly Mammoth to hypothesize what life was like for the Paleoindians. They write a story about a day in the life of a Paleoindian hunter.
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Pierced Drawing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create pierced drawing by cutting out parts of the drawing and replacing it with colored paper.
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Terms of Office

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students use election related words to create a dictionary page for each of them. They use the internet to research the definitions of the words. They combine all of the pages and put them into a book.
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Heritage: Famous People of the West

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine two famous people, Brigham Young and Jim Bridger, who made an impact on the westward expansion, and create cartoon strip using the information.
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An Environmental Search

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the environment in this lesson. They find the section and page number of items listed on the worksheet. They work together in groups to find the information.
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Heavy: The Story of Metal (Part 1) (Lesson 2)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the images of heavy metal bands. They view video clips of the band KISS and discuss. They design their own heavy metal band costume.
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Pyramus and Thisbe, Page to Stage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read and interpret a script. Then they use higher order thinking skills to transfer information to long term memory. They use the information and interpretations in order to have a model to create dramatic scripts.
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3rd Grade Sight Words Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 10 words in a word bank which are 3rd grade level sight words. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle.
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Memorial Day : Word Scramble

For Students 4th
In this social studies learning exercise, 4th graders complete a word scramble using words associated with Memorial Day. Students have seven words with which to work with associated with the given holiday.
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Lunch Hour Problem

For Students 8th - 9th
In this worksheet, students figure out what grade Charlie Brown was in. There is an answer key for this question.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Comical People

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Comical People, a fiction book for children.
Handout
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Louis Riel Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Studying historical figures and events can be difficult unless one is able to immerse themselves in the subject. This website covers all aspects of the Louis Riel Trial in many different forms including, images, diary entries,...
eBook
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Wyoming Retirement System: Sonia Meets Her Future Self

For Teachers 4th - 7th
PDF comic book character, Sonia, a 6th grader, meets several future versions of herself and learns about saving for retirement.
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EL Education

El Education: Earth, Wind and Fire

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Third grade students at World of Inquiry, School #58 created this set of cards as part of an expedition on natural disasters. To create their card, each student researched and wrote a descriptive summary on a specific natural event; each...
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Redd Foxx

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Redd Foxx, an American comedian and television actor known for his raunchy stand-up routines. His style of comedy, often described as "blue" for its foul language and highly adult subject...
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Richard Pryor

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Richard Pryor, an American comedian and actor, who was one of the leading comics of the 1970s and '80s. His comedy routines drew on a variety of downtrodden urban characters, rendered with...
Website
Starfall

Starfall: It's Fun to Read: I'm Reading

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a collection of online reading stories for beginning readers. These collections include plays, fiction and nonfiction stories, comics, folktales, Greek myths, and Chinese fables. Many of the stories have an option for read alouds...