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Alphabet Mittens
In this alphabet awareness learning exercise, students cut out fifty-two mittens with uppercase and lowercase letters on each one. Students shuffle the pictures and practice matching up the uppercase letter to its lowercase letter.
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Dogs
For this dogs worksheet, students read a 2 page informational text about different breeds of dogs and how they can be of service to the police, blind, and deaf people. Students then answer 13 essay questions.
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Dogs
In this instructional activity about dogs, students fill in the blanks with adjectives, answer reading comprehension questions, and tell characteristics of special dogs. Students write ten answers.
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The "Reading Rainbow" Series
Second graders watch a show to gather information about a career. For this careers lesson, 2nd graders watch Reading Rainbow and participate in a class discussion about the occupation presented in the show. Lesson includes extension...
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Living Historians
Students make a video. In this interviewing lesson plan, students learn how to use the FLIP video and practice interviewing their classmates. Students choose a veteran in their area to interview then edit their video and present it to...
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Arthur Meets the President
Students listen to Arthur Meets the President and participate in Internet activities. In this Arthur Meets the President lesson, students become familiar with the work of the President. Students create a KWL about the job of...
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Breaking News English: Big Ben
In this Big Ben worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
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Breaking News: Nissan to Make Future New York Taxis
Students explore current events by completing worksheet activities. In this transportation activity, students read a news article discussing Nissan's new contract to create New York Taxis due to their improved fuel economy. Students...
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As and Like Exercise
In this sentence completion with the words as or like worksheet, students read descriptions of their usages, fill in the blanks with as and like to complete sentences, and create additional sentences using them correctly. Students write...
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Expect, Hope, and Wait Exercise
In this recognizing the meanings and usage of the words expect, hope, and wait instructional activity, students read their meanings and examples of usages, fill in blanks to complete sentences, and create additional sentences. Students...
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Dilemmas
In this dilemmas and problem solving worksheet, students read 8 problematic situations. Students write a solution for what could be done to solve each problem.
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Lord of the Flies - Jack Merridew: Fun Trivia Quiz
Jack Merridew is a dark, enigmatic character from William Golding's Lord of the Flies. This quiz includes ten multiple choice and yes/no questions about Jack and the plot of the novel. This is not particularly academically challenging,...
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Word Roots 4: GRAD, MOT, CA Advanced Word Search
Encourage your class to master vocabulary and spelling. Using clues and a word list, learners find twelve words in this word search. If you are interested, there are printouts of the directions, clues, word search, and word search answer...
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Weather Mobile
Students color the lightning part of the thunder cloud and then cut out the pattern. They then cut out the cloud pattern and put cotton onto it with glue. They then fold a piece of paper several times to create a snowflake to which they...
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Calder's Balancing Acts
Students learn the vocabulary of contemporary sculpture and distinguish between abstract and realistic sculpture, mobile and stabile, biomorphic and geometric. They write equations using Calder's mobiles
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Planets in Balance
Students study the solar system by researching the planets. In this exploratory lesson students divide into teams and create mobiles.
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Mathematicians Research Projects
Students research a famous mathematician and create a presentation of their research. In this famous mathematician research instructional activity, students decide on a famous mathematician that they would like to learn more about. They...
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Balancing Act: Olympics, Winter Sports, Ice Skating, Gravity, Physics, Science
Students, by way of the Olympic Games event of ice skating, are introduced to the concepts of gravity. They try some hands-on gravity experiments and explore the concept of gravity through art.
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Discovering New Species
Students identify animals observed by Lewis and Clark while evaluating the animal's habitat and describing the animal's behavior. Students construct a food web mobile to illustrate the animal's position in the food web in the 19th...
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Island Breezes: Exploring Hula Dance
Students explore Hawaii and the art of hula dance. In this art lesson, students research the art of hula dance and Hawaii. Students create their own unique hula dance.
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Up in the Sky
First graders associate events and objects with day or night. They create a word bank and use is as a reference to create sentences about the sun. They conduct sun-themed experiments and art projects.
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Who Are You?
Students complete self projects such as a collage, an acrostic poem, a mural, and more, to show their similarities and differences. In this similarities and differences lesson plan, students can do these projects individually or in groups.
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Grammar Exercise: Question Words
In this question word worksheet, 2nd graders choose the correct question word (what, when, where, who, whose, why, which, or how) to complete a question. There are ten questions to do.
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Present in Context: Identifying present tense verbs
in this present tense verbs worksheet, students choose the correct present tense verb from the highlighted words. Students complete 9 problems.