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Battering Through the Seasons
Students define bartering and barter to investigate supply and demand. In this bartering activity, students read A New Coat for Anna and recall how they exchanged merchandise in the story. Students complete a sequential graphic...
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Express Yourself!
Elementary learners practice reading with expression to understand text better. They identify punctuation marks to see how each sentence is to be expressed with a certain emotion. Then they practice their new skills by working through...
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Literature Exploration
Students experience a variety of literature and illustrations. They read books by Beverly Cleary and tomie de Paolo. Using Storybook Weaber, students write their own autobiography. Students give an oral report on their autobiography.
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Reading & Writing: There is a Little Boy in the House
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students will read a story about a little boy and his coat. Then students will complete 5 short answer questions about the story.
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The Goat in the Rug
Young scholars identify producers, resources and goods. In this economics lesson, students read the book The Goat in the Rug and define producers, resources, and intermediate goods. Young scholars construct a rug which depicts the story...
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Reflexive and Emphatic Pronouns
In this reflexive and emphatic pronouns learning exercise, 7th graders refer to a story, read the examples and rewrite 20 sentences using the correct pronoun form.
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The Cultural Geography of Africa South of the Sahara "Kente Cloth"
Students read several articles about West African strip weaving of Kente cloth. They explore the cultural context in which strip weaving occurs. They answer four comprehension questions and compose a magazine article about strip weaving.
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Why Come To America?
Eighth graders investigate reasons large numbers of people immigrated to the U.S. They identify hardships and risks involved in coming to America and identify the affects immigration has had on the traditions and cultures in the...
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Tall Tales
Students are provided with an opportunity to explore not only the interface but also the variety of scenery and objects available on the program. Younger students may require additional teacher assistance during the computer activity.
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Children's Books
Middle schoolers use their personal experiences to create students's books for younger middle schoolers on topics to which they can relate. Students observe a guest speaker who talks about different formats of middle schoolers's books...
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Dream Streets
Sixth graders conduct research on the internet to discover the principles of drawing using one and two point perspectives. After examining street scenes by Edward Hopper and postcards of Main Street USA in Disney, they write about and...
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Canterbury Tales
In this literature worksheet, students find the words that are associated with the Canterbury Tales. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Day of The Dragon King
In this language arts worksheet, students unscramble the twelve words and write the correct spellings on the spaces provided. The answers are on page 2.
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Greek Gods
In this Greek history worksheet, students read an excerpt about the Greek gods and goddesses. They create a family tree of the Greek gods listed on the sheet. Then, students identify which of the Olympian deities are featured in the...
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The Goat in the Rug
Students define productive, capital, human and natural resources and intermediate goods, then classify these things by how they are used in a production process. In this resources/goods lesson plan, students listen to the story The Goat...
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Greek Heroines Crossword
In this Greek heroines activity, students fill in a crossword dealing with clues of Greek mythology. Students fill in 19 clues to the crossword.
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Stephen Crane - Surrealism and the Antihero
Students analyze the work of Stephen Crane as a lesson on surrealism and an antihero. In this surrealism lesson, students complete discuss activities for the topic. Students then analyze Crane's poetry, his use of surrealism, and the...
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Saint Patrick's Day: English Exercises
In this St. Patrick's Day worksheet, students read a story, watch a video, answer true or false questions, complete sentences, and complete a crossword. Students complete 5 activities total.
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The Emperor's New Clothes
In this comprehension worksheet, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story The Emperor's New Clothes. Students complete 14 questions.
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Authoring Stories for Guided Reading
Students in a teacher education program write their own children's book. Using books already written, they review age appropriate for their grade level placement. They write their own story and illustrate it using various software...
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Welcome to School
Students are welcomed to their new school by reading a book created by their peers. They discover the daily operations and procedures they need during the school year.
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Folklore; The Story Of The Milky Way
The learners choose and read a Native American Folktale, analyze and sequence the story-line using a graphic organizer, then make a "woven" story blanket (from construction paper) depicting character, plot (including problem) and outcome.
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Children's Books
Students explore daily dilemmas students face. They write and illustrate a story book dealing with one dilemma. Students write reviews of their books. They read their books to second grade students. Additional cross curriculum activities...
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How the Environment Effects our Feelings
First graders compare images and discuss their feelings created by an artist's work. They explore the correlation between experiencing feelings in art and literature and feelings caused by changes in weather.