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Interactive Crossword
Students complete a crossword puzzle to revise a set of vocabulary terms studied. They converse with each other as they complete their crossword puzzles in order to share and use each of the vocabulary terms in context and reinforcement.
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Simulated Underground Railroad Experience
Fourth graders participate in a simulation activity that culminates their study of the Underground Railroad. They climb on obstacles while bells rings and older students act as conductors. They work in a darkened area with only one light...
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Who is Robert M. Glass? - Black History Month
Pupils research the role of African Americans during the each of the United States' wars. For this African American history lesson, students research information and statistics about the role of African Americans in the following wars:...
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Scrapbook of Freedom
Third graders examine what it was like for a child traveling in the Underground Railroad.
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South Carolina's Constitution
Eighth graders explore the definition of political culture. After viewing a movie, 8th graders discuss how the political culture of the 1600 and 1700s is reflected in early drafts of the South Carolina constitution.
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Play Therapy Activities to Enhance Self‐Esteem
Discover activities to help learners increase self-awareness, build peer and family relations, and develop positive self-esteem. Here you'll find six suggestions for instilling a sense of confidence and self awareness in youngsters. Each...
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Incredible Encouragers
Students observe and demonstrate how to use and give positive encouragement to their teammates and opponents. They read and discuss a list of positive sayings, then during a P.E. game, students earn Incredible Encourager stars when they...
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Worksheet 5 Vocabulary Practice
In this vocabulary worksheet, students use the words in a word box to fill in the blanks in ten sentences. The words are not related and there is not a theme.
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Proud to Be Me Mobile
Student create mobiles to promote self-awareness and discovery. In this creative hands-on mobile lesson plan, young scholars use large star patterns to create a mobile that reflects a theme they've chosen, representing something about...
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Adjective Clause and Comma Practice
In this adjective clause and comma worksheet, students review the basic rules of adjective clauses and comma usage. They apply the rules as they underline the adjective clauses, circle the nouns that the clauses describe, and add commas...
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Collective Noun
In this collective nouns worksheet, students circle the collective nouns that best completes the 7 sentences. Students then read the sentences that use collective nouns as sentence openers.
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Earth's Rotation
Learners explore the Earth and its rotation. Volunteers model the sun-Earth system to demonstrate that the Earth rotates around the sun. In groups, students simulate "traveling" around the sun and discuss when it is night and day.
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Math Maven's Mysteries: Time for a Crime
In these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery 'Time for a Crime.' Students read the story and use the ferry schedule to help track down the thief. Students circle the name of the guilty suspect.
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Holidays and Hotels
Students pairs discuss common activities associated with vacations and hotels. For this language arts worksheet, students complete fill-in-the-blank and matching activities, as well as engage in conversation starters.
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My Alien
Pupils listen to text read from "Hello! Anybody Out There?" and then brainstorm what aliens from outer space look like and do they exist at all.
They then will describe the physical features and a special ability or quality of an alien.
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Interjections!
In this grammar activity, students learn about interjections. They then use what they learned to answer the 12 questions on the page. The answers are on the last page of the activity.
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Total English Advanced: Verb Patterns
In this verb patterns worksheet, learners match the fragments on the left to the fragments on the right to make 8 complete sentences. Students also discuss 5 questions with a partner.
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Paper Airplanes
Students study paper airplanes. In this lesson on aerodynamics, students print out the folding directions for making paper airplanes and after making the planes test their paper airplanes to see how well each flies. Students weigh...
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Levels of Ability
In this levels of ability worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct forms of can, could, be able to, may, or might. Students complete 13 multiple choice questions.
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Romeo and Juliet: Quotes
In this Romeo and Juliet worksheet, students read 5 passages from Romeo and Juliet and identify the speaker, explain the significance of the excerpt in terms dramatic devices, plot development, character revelation, thematic...
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Flag Day Vocabulary
In this Flag Day themed ESL instructional activity, learners will examine 20 Flag Day related vocabulary words and then match the words to their definitions.
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If Hornets Could Talk
Fifth graders create a school newspaper. In this journalism lesson students write articles for a school newspaper. They also create an informational website. the projects are both on-going.
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Box of Mystery
Students are given a box and wrapping paper and are asked to decorate it in a style that is original and creative. The project could be used for content area learning if adapted to include curriculum content. The lesson is designed to be...