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Winter Crayon Resists

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
In need of a quick art project to chase away those winter blues? In just six steps you'll know how to instruct learners on creating winter scenes using crayon resist. 
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What's in Our Woods?

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars observe their local forest and document the change that occurs over the school year.  For this forestry lesson, students utilize a GPS to mark a certain area of the woods as their study area for the remainder of the...
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Bimaadagaako Adventure

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use an interactive website to complete a wilderness trail adventure where they learn about Native cultures, voyagers, and the Canadian fur trade. In this interactive history lesson, students visit the wilderness classroom...
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Glossary, Index, and Table of Contents

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use two separate sources to learn about index, glossary, and table of contents usage. In this library instructional activity, 4th graders use two books, Learning About Weather with Graphic Organizers, and The World Almanac...
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Language Arts: Reading Non-Fiction

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students read and view information sent from seven high school students who travel to China. The daily reports that they send back to the weblog section of the site should be of high interest to students in Minnesota.
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Alphabetical Order Practice

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this alphabetizing worksheet, students alphabetize groups of 3 words, 15 groups total. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Egg-ceptional Poetry Writing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize that eggs have nutritional value. In this eggs lesson, students create poetry for a shape book on eggs. Students participate in additional games and activities about the egg.
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Lesson Plan on Korea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson about ancient pottery making in Korea. The time of the research goes back to the 12th century. They read a story and study the attributes of characterization that the author uses.
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Literature: War-Themed Poetry and Drama

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine Arthur Miller's play, "All My Sons" to discover major dramatic elements. After reading several war-themed poems, they connect the concepts presented in them back to a major character in Miller's play. ...
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Create a Computer Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will create their own story and read it aloud. In this literacy/technology lesson, 2nd graders use computer software to create their own story, which is read back to them while they write it. Afterward, the student should...
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Adjective Practice

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this adjective worksheet, students write all adjectives that appear in sentences on a line after each sentence. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Adjective Practice

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adjective worksheet, students write all adjectives that appear in a set of 15 sentences. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Where's the Adjective?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this adjective learning exercise, students underline adjectives that tell "what kind" in a set of 12 sentences. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
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Alphabetical Order

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this alphabetical order instructional activity, students alphabetize 15 sets of 3 words each, writing the words on lines beside the word groups. Worksheet includes a link to additional activities.
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Compound Word Challenge

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this compound word worksheet, students read a list of words, then combine words from the list to make compound words. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
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Principal Parts of the Verb

For Students 4th - 5th
In this verb parts worksheet, students read about present, past and past participle, then complete an organizer, writing the past and past participle of given verbs. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Short Vowels: Read and Color

For Students K - 2nd
In this short vowel worksheet, students read words inside of pictures that have a short vowel sound, then use a color key to color correctly. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Identifying Nouns

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this nouns worksheet, students read sentences, writing all the nouns in each sentence to the right, 15 sentences total. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Finding Common Ground

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write at least three descriptive qualities about themselves on a note card. The teacher then reads the qualities to the class, and the class members try to determine which student is being presented. They use the cards to...
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Cutting Athletics = Cutting Scholarship Chances

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify athletic programs to be cut from school district budget, find out how many students have received college athletic scholarships in past, and interview students and coaches to find out how scholarship search is going if...
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Boccia

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Boccia is very similar to the game of bocce. There is a jack, a small ball that is tossed within a 12' x 6' area which becomes the target. Each team has six hand-sized leather balls which they try to get as close as possible to the jack...
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Measuring Pumpkins and Our World

For Teachers K
Students estimate the circumference of a pumpkin. They measure the pumpkin and other school objects, and record the measurements on worksheets.
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Name That Tune

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Integrating technology and music can be a snap with lessons like this one! Kids in a junior high band class took to the Internet to download and practice playing their instrument with a computer generated back up band. They practice...
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Shapes Game

For Teachers K
Show your youngsters how to discern between shapes of different sizes, types, and colors. After the initial introduction, learners choose the type, color, and size of the shape instructed during a game with the whole class.