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A Pioneer Journal

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders take on the persona of a pioneer boy or girl. They write a fictional series of journal entries describing, from a child's view, some of the events, hardships and adventures of the trek west
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Class Mascot

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create their own tales to tell using a class mascot and their imaginations for inspiration. They each take turns bringing home the mascot and a notebook. In the notebook, they write their own tale about an adventure the mascot had.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to a short story entitled, "Phil's Adventures" from a book called Animal Stories. They stop at each obstacle in the story and do a quick write about how they would overcome the obstacle and draw a picture to...
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Riding With Alice

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Student listen to Don Brown's, Alice's Grand Adventure before discussing cross country travel. They trace Alice's travels on an outline map of the US and focus on the state of Indiana. They color and label the counties that Alice...
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My Diary From Here To There: Understanding Mexican Culture Through Research and Diary Entries

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the adventures of an immigrant as she comes to the United States. They discuss the difficulties the immigrants had and they research the Mexican culture and society. Students create a diary of their own.
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Sticky Burr's Tree Maze

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this maze worksheet, students "help Sticky Burr escape from the maze tree." Worksheet is based on the book Sticky Burr: Adventures in Burrwood.
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Writing Prompt: Magic Carpet

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, learners write a story about an adventure they take, riding a magic carpet to anywhere they choose. 
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Journey on the Rock Cycle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this rock cycle worksheet, students imagine themselves as rocks and write about their experiences as they journey through the rock cycle. Students create a comic strip illustrating their adventure.
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The Evening News - Rainforest Rescue

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders prepare a television briefing reflecting on their experiences in an earlier lesson in which they simulated surviving a crash into the Amazon and using maps to achieve rescue. They develop and present a summary of their...
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Portland Observatory - Images

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students encounter the history and use of a Portland landmark. They explore history, communications, science, and museum visits. Students incorporate how to explore in the Maine Memory Network documents as well. An adventure for any...
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Make Sense of Nature

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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Floppy And the Puppies

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders reinforce and focus on the meaning derived from the text as a whole and identify and describe the main characters, events and settings in a fiction piece of writing. They incorporate a wide-range of adventurous vocabulary...
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Small Busines Schemes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate a small business and its profitability. In pairs, as they research a business adventure, students consider the capital outlay, maintenance, office space, prices, insurance, and profit and loss statements. Students...
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Mental Addition And Subtraction

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, while in the computer lab, participate in the game ArithmAttack and complete as many additions and subtraction equations as they can in sixty seconds. They access the web site Mathfrog.com and begin their adventure with...
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Sammy's Wish

For Students 4th - 5th
For this reading response worksheet, students read a story about a boy's wish. Students give their opinion about the end of the story and have the opportunity to continue writing about the boy's adventures.
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Christopher Columbus Report Organizer

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Christopher Columbus report worksheet, students organize a report about the explorer which includes his date of birth, birthplace, a short statement about his childhood, and an essay summary of his adventures. They draw and label...
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Max Goes To Sydney

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that fit into the story about Max and his adventures of traveling to Sydney, Australia.
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Squigly's Playhouse Maze

For Students 5th - 6th
In this rose maze worksheet, students brainstorm all the avenues of getting through this difficult rose maze. Students start at one point and end at another on their adventure.
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Printable Story Starter: The Newest Reindeer

For Students 3rd - 4th
Students can finish the story of Pluto, the newest Reindeer, and his adventures at Rudolf's Reindeer Academy in this writing prompt. The prompt provides students with an introduction to the story and allows them to continue with details...
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Harold and the Purple Crayon Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
For this reading worksheet, students respond to the book Harold and the Purple Crayon by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students use a purple crayon to draw an exciting adventure. Note: The directions to parents mention...
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Camping Essentials

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this camping essentials instructional activity, learners view and discuss eighteen camping essentials needed to go on a camping adventure in the summertime.
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Sir Cumference and the Dragon Pi

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Geometry adventurers study circumference of a circle as they listen to Sir Circumference and the Dragon Pi, by Cindy Neuschwander. In groups, they use string to measure the diameter and circumference of circular objects and...
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Italy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils read stories about Italy and identify main events and characters. They take an imaginary trip to Italy and write a story about their adventures. In addition, they practice several italian words and phrases.
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Analyzing Huck Finn: A Cooperative Learning Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students answer questions from "Huckleberry Finn" in groups. They use the internet or other sources to help them in their answer. They share their responses with the class and discuss.

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