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General Grammar Exam

For Students 8th - 11th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 47 multiple choice questions regarding grammar skills. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Patchwork Adventure Poetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore poetry by completing a worksheet.  In this poetry lesson, 3rd graders create a quilt using images students have drawn based on imagery.  Students practice using vocabulary from the poem "Adventures of...
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Science and Matter: Multiple Intelligences

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students complete presentations of their understanding of the concept of matter in many different forms. In this matter lesson plan, students use whatever multiple intelligence they feel strongest in to present their presentation.
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Stop Press! Newspaper Headlines

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students discover that news and documentaries are never completely objective because, like all other visual messages, they are the result of a process of selection and organization. They study the headlines from a variety of newspapers...
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Pronunciation - IPA Symbol Card Game

For Teachers K - 12th
Students utilize the IPA system to help them improve their pronunciation. They utilize a set of IPA cards that are imbedded in this plan. They circulate around the room, exchanging cards with their peers and practicing the pronunciations...
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Stone Passing Game with Calabash Song

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners discuss games and their use around the world in many different cultures and how music and games are related. They discuss the rules of West African game then play a game from West Africa and review and learn the "Calabash" song...
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A Close Look at Mexico

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the diverse population of Mexico and compare it to that of the United States. They sing traditional songs of Mexico including the national anthem and memorize simple Spanish vocabulary and express greetings, age, likes,...
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Artists are...In their Right Minds

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students complete experiments to aid in the understanding of the separate functions fo the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Students complete a drawing based on a verbal description.
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The Secret Garden

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research the culture and geography of India and England while reading "The Secret Garden". Using this information, they write at least three predictions about what they believe might happen in the story. Using the Internet,...
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Pattern

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students describe examples of the relationship between structure and function in living systems, particularly with regard to specialized tissues and organs. They describe examples of biological diversity and adaptation of organisms with...
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Rooting One's Way To Meaning

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners use a thesaurus on the internet to explore the meanings of Greek and Latin roots. They find definitions of given words, draw a concept map for root words, and write four synonyms for each word. Students discover how Latin and...
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Divisibility Rules

For Students 8th - 9th
In this divisibility rules worksheet, learners solve 18 different problems that include applying the divisibility rules to each. First, they identify the hypothesis and conclusion in logical deduction. Then, students determine the...
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Caribbean Beats and Blends: A Global Sound Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen and respond to various forms of Caribbean music. In this music and culture lesson, students clap rhythms and respond to a sung call. Lyrics are analyzed for language blends and repetition. Music and culture from Puerto...
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Poetry III--Haiku Writing

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create and solve haiku riddles.  In this haiku writing lesson, students work in groups to match a haiku to an illustration.  Students write haiku and assess themselves and their peers.
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Student G Individual Lesson

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify appropriate symbols to complete number sentences. In this number sense lesson, 3rd graders are given a number sentence with a blank operation slot. Students fill in the correct operation to make the number sentence...
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Crossing the Border: Practicalities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers plan a trip for a citizen of Mexico to travel within various regions of the US. Another group plans a trip for a citizen of the US to travel to a non-tourist area of Mexico.
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Introduction to Biometrics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to research how biometrics is being used in the real world today. They work together to research hand geometry applications. They share their findings with the class.
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Daily Actings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view clips of Anna Deavere Smith's work. They interview people on video or audiotape to learn their lines, dialect, and syntax to assist them in theater. They create a play which emulates the people in which they interviewed.
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Plotting Amish Farmland

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to the book, Down Buttermilk Lane by Barbara Mitchell. They discover how to read a grid and then together as a class, plot 2 squares, one yellow and one green. Then they plot the remaining squares independently and...
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Green Leaves

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, after having conducted one experiment three times, record their observations results in a chart. They predict what hidden colors they believe that a leaf holds. Students record their predictions in their science note books...
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The Scoop on Summer

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a noun that names a place they spent their summer vacation, a verb telling one activity they did, and use those words to write a complete sentence. Finally, they use an ice cream cone graphic organizer as a guide to...
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Language Arts- Word Origins

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders locate, access, and select appropriate information from a variety of resources, including electronic sources. They analyze the audience and purpose of the task to make decisions about content and format.
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International Women's Day

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars complete activities to learn about International Women's Day. In this women's importance activity, students discuss the roles women play in young scholars' lives. Students create a collage of special women in their lives...
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Going to the Doctor

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss reasons for going to the doctor. In this doctor's visit instructional activity, 5th graders read a chapter from the text and complete a checkup word search to match definitions and terms. Students answer questions...