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4-H Line & Design Activity Page
What a great activity for students. This 4-H activity sheet has students organize their bedroom, and make clothing, focusing on line and design.
Reed Novel Studies
Elijah of Buxton: Novel Study
Most think Elijah in Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis gets famous for being the first African American child born free from slavery. However, his true fame comes from his adventures to capture a thief. Readers study...
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Mother's Day Gift Ideas
Students develop their fine motor skills as they make a craft for Mother's Day. In this crafts lesson plan, students make a craft including bookmarks, coupon books, cards, bath salts, and magnets.
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Making Up
Is there a more important skill to learn at school then conflict resolution? It's never too soon to begin teaching youngsters how to work through the inevitable conflicts they will have during their school years. This resource combines...
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Traceable Alphabet: Letter O Worksheet
This worksheet provides ruled lines for early writers to practice tracing the letter 'O' in both upper and lower case. The first example is numbered and has an arrow to indicate the direction of the stroke. It also includes three...
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Alphabet Worksheet: Printing the Letter Y
This is a traditional letter tracing worksheet on which children practice tracing the capital and lower case letter 'Y'. The pencil strokes are numbered to indicate the steps in writing the letter, and the direction of each stroke is...
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"O Captain! My Captain!"
Who was Walt Whitman, and what link does he have to president Abraham Lincoln? After Lincoln's assassination, Whitman wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" This poem and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" are the focus of...
Activated Story Theatre
Orpheus- A Greek Myth: Reader's Theatre Script
Is this any way to treat a Greek Myth? By all means, turn the tale of Orpheus into a reader's theatre exercise.
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Teasing Is Tough
Teasing happens in school. It's a fact. So, teaching your children about the evils of teasing, and also how to cope with it when it happens to them, is a very important. Pupils talk about how it feels to be teased, and they work together...
Learn NC
Buffalo Soldiers
"Stolen from Africa, brought to America,/Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival." Bob Marley's "Buffalo Soldiers" provides high schoolers an opportunity to explore the rich history of the Rastafarians in Jamaica and the Buffalo...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
American Stories: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 2)
Here's a packet designed especially for those kids who need extra support with the basic concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on American stories.
National Council of Teachers of English
Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas
Scholars scour thematically aligned texts to gather a bank of words they can use in an original acrostic poem.
Digital Public Library of America
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston's novel Their eyes Were Watching God has been highly praised and severely criticized for its depiction of African American folk culture. A set of primary source materials, including photographs, articles, essays, and...
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Pot Of Gold Craft
Students create "Pot of Gold" containers using recycled baby food jars, ribbon, pom poms, tissue paper, and kraft glue. This Art lesson is ideal for elementary classrooms, but can also be adapted for a small service project at the High...
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Wood Sculptures and Constructions
Students build and construct unique wood sculptures in order to develop creative-thinking, problem-solving, and fine-motor skills. In this construction lesson, students receive a variety of wooden shapes and use glue or other fasteners...
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Clay Pot Santa And Mrs. Claus
Students create clay replicas of Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in this early-elementary Art lesson for the holiday season. Directions are included for both Mrs. Claus and Santa. The lesson also includes links for more art activities using...
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Starch lines - manipulatives
Students actively explore lines in art, and intuitively create an art object using an unusual media.
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Paper and Clothespin Dragonflies
Students use construction paper and clothespins to make a paper dragonfly. They place eyes on the dragonfly and use magic markers to add any detail they choose.
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ABC Fun and Letter of the Week Activities
Learners explore the alphabet. In this language arts lesson plan, students develop their fine motor skills as they participate in activities that require them to identify the letters of the alphabet.
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Time Capsule and Other End Of The Year Activities
Students develop hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills as they use scissors and other materials to make a time capsule. In this time capsule lesson, students use paper, scissors, glue, and other materials to develop these skills.
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Halloween Rhymes and Songs
Students learn, memorize, and replay a rhyme. In this Halloween-themed lesson plan, students discover Halloween rhymes and songs while they pretend to be the characters that chase ghosts away.
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Rabbits Rhymes and Finger Plays
Pupils sing songs about bunnies and pick out the rhyming words. In this rhyming lesson, students develop an understanding of rhyming words at the end of each verse of a song or poem.
Student Handouts
Five-paragraph Essay Organizer
Some learners just feel more comfortable with very explicit directions. The directions on this template for a five-paragraph essay are very explicit and detail the content and order of each paragraph to be crafted. Color coding reveals...
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Make Art Class Merry With Creative Christmas Art Activities
Kids get hands-on with seasonal crafts through Christmas art activities!