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Ms. Yorks Class

Back to School Night Sign-In Sheet

For Teachers K - 6th
Remember whose parents came to Back-to-School Night with a pre-made sign-in sheet that requires attendees to write their name, phone number, email address, and more. 
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Missouri Department of Elementary

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Basic Skill

For Teachers 7th
Imagine seventh graders developing a school wide plan to promote respect in their school. That's the vision behind the second instructional activity in the R-E-S-P-E-C-T series. In preparation for designing a school-wide media campaign,...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "A Streetcar Named Desire" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"A Streetcar Named Desire" study guide composed of 24 pages featuring useful information about author. Numerous, worthwhile teaching tips also included. In-depth character analysis provided for main characters. Comprehensive...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: My Name Is a Word and Is Made Up of Letters

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Students will discover that names are made up of letters and will be able to identify their name and write it in a sentence. This lesson includes links to an Alphafriends video, pictures of student work, and videos of the lesson in action.
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Judaism 101

Judaism 101: The Name of God

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the significance of names in Jewish thought, the various names of God, why Jewish people don't fully write the name of God, and pronunciation of the name of God.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What's Your Name? (U)

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video segment from Between the Lions uses a fun hip-hop song about names to highlight the /uh/ sound that the letter "u" makes and to boost phonemic awareness: an understanding of the sounds within words.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Pamuk: My Name Is Red

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers My Name Is Red, by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamluk. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the novel and find...
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PBS

Pbs Nova: The Vikings Write Your Name in Runes

For Students 3rd - 8th
This website gives the history of the Viking runic alphabet, or Futhark, and you can see how your name is spelled using the Futhark.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: The Politics of Place Naming

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use an online geographic information system (GIS) to uncover the geographic and social context of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr. They map street locations to identify regional patterns in honoring King, consider...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: K Act. 02: Name Games

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This lesson engages learners in many word play activities associated with students' names. Learners will participate in songs, games, and other phonemic awareness activities associated with names of students.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Taxonomy Ii: Ruling Names of Giants

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on binomial nomenclature. Discussion includes Carolus Linnaeus' taxonomic classification system for naming all species. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: What's in a Dinosaur's Name?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners learn how dinosaurs are named for unique body parts or behaviors, for the location where they were found, or after a person and create their own dinosaur using the naming conventions they learn.
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Fourmilab Switzerland

John Walker: Named Lunar Formations

For Students 9th - 10th
This atlas of the Lunar surface features lists all named features. Click on a name and see an image of that item, or at least an image of the Moon centered on that item.
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Philosophy Pages

Philosophy Pages: A Dictionary of Philosophical Terms & Names

For Students 9th - 10th
Alphabetized dictionary offering "concise guide to technical terms and personal names often encountered in the study of philosophy." Brief entries cross-linked to further entries. Quite useful.
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Google

Google for Education: Factorials With Names

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate how many unique arrangements of the letters in the name Bryant are possible as an introduction to factorials. Bryant can be replaced by any name, keeping in mind that if there are any repeated letters some of the...
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University of Waterloo (Canada)

University of Waterloo: Naming Decimals

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Do you know how to name decimals to the tenths place? Test your skills with these 20 questions.
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Other

Gateway to the Classics: The Heroes of Asgard: Index of Names With Meanings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This index of names from Norse mythology comes from a book first published in 1891. The list includes all of the familiar characters from Norse tales, as well as many names of characters and places which figure only briefly in the myths.
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Globe

The Globe Program: Do You Know That Clouds Have Names? [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Did you know that clouds have different names? Each cloud in the sky has its own unique form and it has a particular name based on its shape, where it floats in the sky and the type of moisture it contains. Learn here all about the...
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Naming Chemical Substances

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the "Basic Atomics" section of the Virtual Textbook, this site examines basic chemical nomenclature and covers a variety of subjects related to chemical substances. Other topic covered include naming the elements, binary...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: The Name of the Child Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teaching guide for The Name of the Child, written by Marilynn Reynolds and illustrated by Don Kilby, provides a synopsis of the story, discussion questions and teaching ideas. It also includes thoughts about the book from both the...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: How Hurricanes Are Named

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of how hurricanes are named. They rotate in alphabetical order between male and female names. There are names for the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific from 1999 - 2004. Fascinating!
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Name That Chapter! Discussing Summary and Interpretation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners name unnamed chapters in a novel they are reading. They discuss possible chapter names considering accuracy, word choice, and connotation, before settling on a choice.
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Islami City

Islami City: The Most Beautiful Names of Allah

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great website for those wanting a complete list of all the names of God according to the Quran. Each name is accompanied by a translation and verses from the Quran which depict the name. Each verse is provided in an audio file.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Hello, My Name Is " by Jason Kim

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Hello, My Name Is ___" by Jason Kim accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...

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