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Oregon Trail Art

For Teachers K - 6th
Students describe events that happened on the Oregon Trail and in the daily lives of Native Americans by writing a narrative essay of a family traveling through Nebraska based on Thomas Hart Benton's paintings.
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English Language Worksheet: Form a Sentence

For Students 1st
In this sentence formation activity, 1st graders arrange words in order to form a sentence. There are 8 sentences to arrange.
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English Language Grammar Worksheet: Learning About Suffices "er and est"

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this suffixes worksheet, students choose which words will make the sentence complete by either adding -er or -est suffix. There are 7 sentences to complete.
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Art to Zoo: Celebration

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students research and develop a report on birthday rituals around the world. In this research lesson plan, students compare birthday rituals from other cultures to their own. Images and resources are included.
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Group Meeting Log

For Teachers K - 6th
Need a meeting log worksheet for a reading group in your class? Use a quick and easy format for your groups to monitor their progress. The questions available cover group accountability, topics discussed, and good things or problems that...
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“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson plan allows beginning readers to practice isolating phonemes and...
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English Language Grammar Worksheet: Preposition Grammar Worksheet

For Students 1st
In this grammar learning exercise, 1st graders look at five different pictures and use positional words to answer 5 questions about where the objects are located.
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ABC Searching

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Students explore English by completing an interactive computer activity. In this alphabet lesson, students research the Internet to create a picture dictionary which they share with classmates. Students locate digital images of words...
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Language Arts: Five Senses Walk

For Teachers 1st
First graders take a discovery walk around the school. They use their observations to compose a class book about their school.
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Language Arts: Inclusion and Writing Skills

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students, in special education and inclusion classes, practice writing skills by sharing notes with the teacher and each other. Using instruction sheets, they substitute words and rewrite the selection in a way they understand. In...
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Language Arts: Understanding Phonemes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover the relationship between letters and phonemes. The teacher leads an oral demonstration of pronunciation and focus on the /a/ sound. Next, students examine a series of pictures, circling the ones where they hear the...
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Language Arts: Sound Recognition

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice the short i sound by repeating tongue twisters. Later they write the letter i by using the analogy of drawing a straight line from the "fence" down to the "sidewalk" and putting a "basketball" above it. Other...
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Language Arts: Becoming Fluent Readers

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop letter-sound correspondence skills by segmenting words according to their phonemes. Using letter tiles and letter boxes, they spell words called by the teacher. After reading several books with the teacher, 1st...
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Language Arts: Leaping with Fluency

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students improve fluency skills by reading word cards presented to them by the teacher. Through a demonstration by the teacher, they note the difference between fluency and non-fluency. Both as a group and then individually, students...
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Language Arts: Using Descriptive Adjectives

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to "Behind the Mask" and identify all the descriptive adjectives in the story. After discussing the importance of using adjectives, they brainstorm lists of adjectives to describe jack o lanterns. Finally, 1st...
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Printing Practice: "Martial Arts"

For Students K - 1st
In this printing practice worksheet, students practice tracing and writing the words "martial arts," then color a picture of a martial artist. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Give Me a Little Sign

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students watch an episode of the PBS show "Maya & Miguel," and demonstrate various letters and words in American Sign Language. They create a message using a comic strip, spell their name using ASL, and answer discussion questions...
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Interactive
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E is for E (ASL)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this American Sign Language, letter e worksheet, students trace capital and lowercase e, 8 times each. Students then print capital and lower case e 9 times each. A computer animation is provided which demonstrates how to print each...
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Winter Through the Arts

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the book The Snowy Day and discover various winter themes. In this winter lesson, students develop movements to express the feeling of a snowstorm. Students also construct winter-themed art pieces.
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Onomatopoeia

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Students identify onomatopoeia by identifying sound words in a book and drawing the animals that make those sounds. In this onomatopoeia lesson plan, students read the words as if they were the animal indicated.
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Learning to Use Painting Tools to Change a Drawing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice creating abstract art using computer software.  For this painting lesson, students discuss how great fairy tale characters have the ability to transform, as do images.  Students utilize a painting software program to...
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Interactive
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At the Zoo

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this at the zoo worksheet, students watch a YouTube video that uses sign language to express a song about animals at the zoo. They use drop down menus to fill in the blanks to the lyrics of the song. They mark the proper picture of 8...
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Feast For 10

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete a variety of activities related to the book "Feast For 10" by Cathryn Falwell. They read the book and follow the recipe for pumpkin pie from the story. Students then write about their cooking experience, describe the...
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Habari Gani: What is the News?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Display creative works of art after learning about Kwanzaa. Kindergartners hear stories about the history of Kwanzaa and its celebrations. They then create artwork, practice African dances and listen to African music.

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