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Helping the Adolescent Cope with Family Life

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are introduced to the proper ways to deal with conflict at home. In groups, they define family based on what it means to them and identify factors that lead to a breakdown in communications. They participate in role-playing...
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Fact Families

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore about fact families. Before students begin doing word problems, they complete an activity . Young scholars explore what a fact family is. A fact family is a set of math problems that use the same three numbers.
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The Short Story: A Slice of Life

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners are introduced to the characteristics of the short story. Individually, they use their own personal experiences to write a poem about their families to get them used to writing. Next, they practice reading various short...
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Welcome to the Neighborhood

For Teachers K - 1st
In this neighborhood worksheet, young scholars write five words from the word families -ake, -ame, and -ate. Students write their answers in the windows of the corresponding word family's house.
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Welcome to the Neighborhood

For Teachers K - 1st
In this neighborhood worksheet, students write five words from the word families -ap, -ash, and -at. Students write their answers in the windows of the corresponding word family's house.
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Welcome to the Neighborhood

For Teachers K - 1st
In this neighborhood worksheet, learners write five words from the word families -ar, -ark, and -art. Students write their answers in the windows of the corresponding word family's house.
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Addition and Subtraction

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this recognizing addition and subtraction word families worksheet, students subtract and then add the family equations. Students solve 32 problems.
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Beach Ball Word Families

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore language fluency by participating in a physical education activity. In this word family lesson, 2nd graders write commonly used word endings on different parts of a beach ball which is tossed between the students....
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Leaves for Our Tree

For Teachers 2nd
Young mathematicians review fact families and create a Math Fact Family Tree. This clever lesson plan includes some excellent printouts that support the activity.
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Word Families

For Teachers K - 1st
In this reading worksheet, students match the ends with the beginnings of 12 words. All of the words are 3 letters long and from 6 different word families.
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Cultural Awareness/Sharing Traditions

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars examine and explore cultural traditions that make their own families unique. In groups, they discuss traditions, write about the similarities and differences in the group, and interview other students.
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Relate Multiplication and Division

For Students 3rd - 4th
Six situations are explained in words. Arithmetic aces translate them into number sentences, and then they create fact families for each. This exercise is an efficient method for reinforcing multiplication and division skills. Assign it...
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Bouncing Ball : Function Families

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A bouncing ball serves as more than entertainment when learning to apply quadratic functions to real-world events. This is the second of a two-part lesson, which can also be accessed from the website. The instructions say to measure the...
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Get Your Pupils Moving While Learning

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Use these teaching strategies to get the wiggles out and keep the learning in!
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Family Heritage

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students respond with at least one statement to each of the four questions dealing with families in a carousel brainstorming activity and draw a picture of what they think of when the term "families" is mentioned.
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Family Life in America: Past, Present and Future

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders brainstorm the economic and social functions of a family. In groups, they research the roles of each member of a family in the past and compare it with their family today. In groups, they develop criteria for what the...
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Babar's Travels

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the story The Story of Babar and have a class discussion about his travels, discuss their families, design a map, pick music, and more. In this cross curricular musical lesson plan, students create a music map for each of...
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Examining the African American Family through the Eyes of Women Authors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars read stories by women authors on the characteristics of the African-American family. Using the internet, they research the history of issues that have affected African-American families from the Civil War to the Civil...
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Family

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Use pictures of families to help young Spanish learners acquire family related vocabulary. Bring in pictures of your family and encourage kids to bring in pictures of theirs. Then after introducing the target vocabulary, draw a diagram...
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Identifying Instruments and Families

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete with the class a KWL chart and discuss prior knowledge of orchestras. They visit websites to discover instruments and families of the orchestra and discuss appropriate audience behavior prior to going to a concert...
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Word Family Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word family worksheet, students focus on words with the -an sound. Students locate 6 words in the picture and circle the pictures within the word family.
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Friday and Friends: A Prospectus of the Mexican Family through Children's Literature

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use literature to examine how the structure of families in Mexico has changed over time. In groups, they examine how their life now relates to their ancestors and the Spanish conquest of the area. As a class, they are read...
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Using Tens Frames To Build Addition And Subtraction Facts To Ten

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils review the basic addition facts through ten. They use tens frames to show number patterns and number families. They also form subtraction facts to ten using dot patterns on a quinary frame. Given a number sentence they find the...
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Relate Addition and Subtraction: Practice

For Students 4th - 5th
In this addition and subtraction learning exercise, students find the missing numbers for the addition and subtraction equations. Students then complete the fact families for the addition and subtraction equations. Students finish with...