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Senses -- The Touching Game
Students practice making educated guesses about objects in their hands. They guess what the object is without looking at it and choose a word that describes it. They practice using new vocabulary as well.
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Bring your class's study skills into the 21st century with this digital teaching tool. Offering an easy way to create and share customized sets of flash cards with students, parents, and other educators, this resource is a must-have for...
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A Bugs Life: Diary of an Insect's Metamorphosis
Students play games to learn about the life stages and metamorphosis of different insects. In this insects lesson plan, students discuss the life of insects, and then play matching, vocabulary, and memory games.
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Recycled Vegetable Oil Powers Vans, Cars
Students share their knowledge about fuel sources, then read a news article about vegetable oil as a cleaner alternative to gasoline. In this current events and environmental science lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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The Effects of Trash and Garbage On the Environment
Learners recognize the importance of solid waste management. In this science lesson plan, students analyze individual solid waste management habits as they enhance their knowledge of solid waste disposal and the recycling process.
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Farmers Use Falcons to Protect Berries
Students share information about falcons, then read about how farmers are using falcons. In this falcon lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then students read the news report and...
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Beach Vocabulary Word Jumble
In this beach words worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 22 words to spell terms pertaining to fun at the beach. There is a word bank.
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Beach Vocabulary Word Jumble
For this word jumble worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell words related to summer. Students spell 20 words and use the word bank for help.
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Connecticut Vocabulary Word Jumble
In this Connecticut activity, students unscramble the letters in 20 words to spell names of cities, resources, people or regions pertaining to the state of Connecticut. There is a word box.
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Washington Vocabulary Word Jumble
In this word jumble learning exercise, students unscramble the letters to spell words associated with the state of Washington. Students spell 20 words.
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Newspaper in the Classroom
Newspapers aren't only for reading—they're for learning skills, too! A journalism unit provides three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Lessons include objectives, materials, vocabulary, and procedure, and...
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Shape Up!
An outstanding instructional activity on teaching the basic shapes and polygon names to young geometers is here for you. In it, learners investigate the role of basic polygons in the strength of structures. They use geoboards, rubber...
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Wheel of Fortune
This PowerPoint includes an 8 section spinner used to play Wheel of Fortune with student-generated review questions written on index cards. This game could be used for a variety of content area subjects such as spelling, vocabulary,...
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Chalkboard Challenge
In this PowerPoint, students compete in a quiz show game similar to Jeopardy in which they generate questions to match science facts in a number of categories. Science concepts covered include plants, animals, and matter. Due to the vast...
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Obtaining Food -- The Impact of Over-fishing
Students play a fishing game. In this food supply lesson students regulate their fishing in a game about over-fishing. The students identify resources that could be extracted from that biome.
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Do the Hokey Pokey in Many Languages
Students replace the body part words in the tune The Hokey Pokey with the same body part words in other languages. They learn the vocabulary more readily because of the connection to music.
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Exploring Human Traits
Students explore human behavior by participating in a class science game. In this human characteristics lesson, students identify different human traits that are passed down by each generation and the purpose each of them have. Students...
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Summer Word Jumble
In this unscrambling the letters worksheet, students read the vocabulary words associated with summer in the word bank, unscramble them, and write them correctly. Students write 20 answers.
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What If We Run Out?
Learners explore the consequences of shrinking habitats and the human impact on wildlife populations. They participate in a game to study the consequences and describe the preservation of animal habitats.
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Spring Alphabetical Order
In this spring vocabulary worksheet, students read a list of 16 words that pertain to the season of spring. Students alphabetize the words.
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Word Wall "Active-ities"
Students build word walls using a variety of fun games and activities.
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Watch the Birdie
Students complete a six-week unit on North American birds. They conduct research, develop fact sheets, create labeled bird drawings, write a dictionary of bird vocabulary words, create a Concentration game, and observe birds in their...
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Easter Fun Word Jumble
In this Easter vocabulary worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 20 words to spell vocabulary that pertains to the Easter holiday. There is a word bank.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal Jeopardy
Young scholars explore the Hawaiian monk seal. In this science instructional activity, students read about the monk seal and participate in a game in which they answer questions about the Hawaiian monk seal.