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Borders, Bindings, & Edges: The Art of Finishing Your Quilt
Students explore a variety of methods used to finish quilts. They explore selection, planning, and the design process, color, proportion and scale when finishing a quilt. Students create corner triangle borders, narrow borders, pieced...
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24 Quilted Gems
Students create quilt blocks in order to create their very own quilt. Students follow the given directions and patterns to create a variety of quilts and quilt blocks. The emphasis is on design and color combinations.
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Alphabetizing Words Beginning with C and D
Students listen to the explanation of how to put words in alphabetical order; in this case beginning with "C" and "D". They then work independently using the worksheet provided to alphabetize words beginning with "C" and "D".
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Fractions-Word Problems
Students participate in completing a math worksheet of word problems that involve fractions. The worksheet is included in this lesson plan along with the answers to the word problems. The worksheet can be used as the assessment piece...
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Math: Reasoning and Problem Solving using Voyages
Learners plan a voyage as the captain of a tall ship in the early days of exploration and merchant trading. They choose 2 ships and 3 voyages for a total of 6 possibilities. They calculate the number of days and distance of their...
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Signal Flags
Students examine the use of signal flags on vessels. They use measurements and symmetry to create their very own signal flag. Students work together and as individuals to solve problems and express their ideas.
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Bird Banter
Students listen to examples of common bird songs of birds found in Illinois. As a class, they discover the importance between the differences in songs and calls. They practice making their own bird calls and songs to end the lesson.
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The European Union
Learners compare the structures and content of the United States Constitution against the draft of the European Union Constitution. They consider various perspectives on the formation of a constitution.
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Where in the World?
Sixth graders research online various types of poetry. In this poetry analysis lesson, 6th graders research different types of poetry online, their characteristics, and poets. Students create a class atlas that incorporates the seven...
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Killer Quake!
Students explore earthquakes. They build and test models to see if they will withstand an earthquake. Students explain their reasons for constructing buildings in a particular manner.
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8th Grade Math Reducing
Eighth graders determine whether given fractions can be reduced, and if so, complete the reduction. They write in their Math Journals on the prompt "What does it mean to count something?"
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The Inaugural Speech: Setting The Tone For The Administration Of A President
Pupils investigate the Inaugural Speech of the President of The United States while comparing two speeches. They conduct research to find the two speeches on the internet and look at them side by side. The lesson includes background...
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Preparation for Engineering Careers
Students explore all the careers that deal with math, science, technology and engineering. They assess the importance of clearly explaing yourself in writing, making public presentations and utilizing technical jargon in dealing with...
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TAKS 5th Grade Daily Upkeep 8- Division
In this division worksheet, student solve 3 word problems. They determine the answer 3 multiple choice questions with the quotients.
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Holidays; Valentine's Day
For this foreign language worksheet, students select the best choice from two options to fill in blanks in eleven sentences. Each sentence is about Valentine's day.
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Assorted Problems (Story Problems)
In this math worksheet, students solve 4 story problems. Some are multi-step but involve basic operations. There is no theme to this page.
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Using Like Fractions
On an online math worksheet that can be printed, math wizards read and solve five story problems that involve fractions with like denominators. The fractions are written with diagonal lines. Since it is such a compact assignment, you...
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How Can You Solve It?
In this math instructional activity, students analyze 4 story problems which pertain to Halloween. Students choose the operation and equation to use from a list of 5 choices but do not actually solve the problems.
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The Cruelty of a Siberian Winter
In this ESL reading comprehension instructional activity, students read an article about the hardships of a winter in Siberia. Students answer 5 multiple choice questions. The content of this article is suited for adults.
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Word Problems 5
In this subtraction word problems worksheet, students read the word problems and use the provided space to solve the subtraction problems.
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Writing Mathematical Equations
In this algebraic equations worksheet, 7th graders write an algebraic equation with one variable for each problem. Students then solve the problem.
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Writing with Pronouns
In this pronouns learning exercise, students learn to write with pronouns in a research report to make their writing smooth. Students complete the three activities to help them with pronouns.
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Hands On: Regroup in Multiplication
In this regrouping in multiplication worksheet, students learn to solve the multiplication word problems using the regrouping strategy. Students also use base-ten blocks to solve the problems.
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Max's Math Adventures
In these math riddle worksheets, students read the rhyming poem about 'The Tooth' and then use the information within the poem to solve the challenge. Students color in the candies on the page and cut them out to make a pattern.