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Where in the world is...

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners identify locations around the world.  In this mapping instructional activity, students place tag board pieces with names of locations on a wall map of the world.  Initially, learners identify states, then cities, then...
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Remainder Reminder

For Students 5th - 6th
In this remainder worksheet, students use number sentences to solve a set of 6 problems that use 2 number sentences given at the top of the page. Answers on page 2.
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Turn Students Into News Reporters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
All students can learn how to be news reporters using these interesting, and motivating, lesson plans.
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Writers Workshop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to brainstorm using a software program. Individually, they decide on a topic to write about and begin their pre-writing activities. They write about their topic using the pictures they previously drew and...
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"Bl" Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling and phonics worksheet, students write as many bl words as they can while working with a friend. They complete 4 words and 4 sentences with the bl beginning to form words. They use the words to complete a paragraph...
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Making a Sundial

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create their own sundial and explore how to read it.
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Clouds

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils read books, cut out shapes, and more to learn about clouds. In this clouds lesson plan, students go outside and look at cloud shapes and voice what they see.
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Ocean/Beach Center

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine different types of ocean life. They classify sea shells and role play in the ocean center. They color and write about their experience in the ocean center and share their experiences with their classmates.
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Compound Nouns

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these compound nouns worksheets, students read the sentences and then circle the compound noun within each sentence. Students complete 30 sentences.
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Dance: Cultural Dance Festival

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a folk dance presentation. In this multi-cultural instructional activity, students and their families work together to learn and perform folk dances at a school sponsored festival. The teacher acts as facilitator,...
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Weather and Wind

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study wind and its effect on weather.  In this investigative lesson students write a report on wind and weather and create a movement sequence. 
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Eloquent Speech

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover that oral and written communication can be improved, and made to sound more eloquent, when the following questions are addressed; Who? What? Where? When? Why? students use word processing to copy a poem using clip...
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Prefixes, Un-, Re-, and, Dis-

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify prefixes and use prefixes correctly in sentences. They edit and change sentences containing prefixes.
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Is It Alive?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore living things and their habitats. They create an original It's Alive! book to demonstrate what they have learned.
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Moon Glow

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify the Earth-Moon relationship and the phases of the Moon. They participate in an activity that illustrates why the Moon has so many different looks within a lunar cycle. They discuss solar and lunar eclipses.
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Let the North Star Tell You Where You Are

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create an astrolabe and locate the North Star in the night sky. They determine the latitude of the North Star, and calculate an average latitude based on class results.
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Moon Journal

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe Moon and its features, and record results both in written form and in a drawing on the given template.
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I'm Tellin'!: Kids Bringing Folktales Alive

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students participate in a reading instructional activity that works on social and academic skills. They increase reading comprehension with direct instruction with the group reading of a folktale. Then students research their own stories...
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Exploring Animal Habitats: Winter Changes

For Teachers K
Students explore animals during the winter months. They discuss the changes that animals make during winter in order to survive. Students discuss migration, hibernation, and staying active during winter months. Students create various...
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LOOKING DEEPER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study trauma, recognize episodes that can produce it, and behaviors it can elicit. They glean an example of a potentially traumatic event. They need to think who might be traumatized and why.
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The Writing Suitcase

For Students 1st - 5th
For this literacy worksheet, students are given information to take home ot parents in order to offer scaffolding support for students to complete writing samples for sharing in class.
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Phrasal Verbs With "Look"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL phrasal verbs instructional activity, students read 10 sentences that have missing verbs. Students use the verb "look" with one of the prepositions from the word bank.
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My Science Box: DNA Fingerprinting

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students identify DNA in a crime scenario. In this DNA instructional activity, students perform paper chromatography and compare it against the pens of various suspects.
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Cornucopia Countdown

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make countdown cornucopias. In this Thanksgiving lesson, students use art materials to make cornucopia door decorations. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.