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Jackson Public Schools

Summer Reading Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th Standards
Provide parents with the tools they need to bridge the summer learning gap with this collection of fun activities. Whether it's creating an alphabet poster with illustrations for each letter, playing a game of sight word concentration,...
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The -ale Ending

For Students 2nd - 3rd
This is a very useful resource to use with younger or special needs learners. It includes five printable worksheets which all reinforce the -ale ending and spelling pattern. Printing practice, fill in the blank, complete the pattern, and...
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Article
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Teaching Orwell and '1984’ with the New York Times

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Doublethink and alternate facts? Big Brother and Facebook? 1984 and 2019? Sales of 1984 have surged and so has the use of George Orwell's dystopian classic in classrooms. Whether new to teaching the novel or a seasoned veteran you'll...
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Making the Impossible, Possible

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
With budget cuts galore, skip the bake sales and create a project with Donors Choose.
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Using Bar Graphs

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
What's your favorite pizza topping? Scholars analyze two bar graphs, one depicting a math club's favorite pizza toppings and the other ice cream sales per flavor. As they examine the graphs, learners answer a few comprehension questions....
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Eating Up Idioms

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Ah, food idioms! Now that sounds tasty. Class members read and discuss various food-related idioms, create an illustration of a food-related idiom, and develop a class book or bulletin board to celebrate figurative language and National...
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Handout
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The Kite Runner: Concept Analysis

For Students 9th - 12th
Considering using The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini’s story of Amir, a young boy from Kabul, as whole-class reading or for book groups? Check out this resource that provides background materials on Afghanistan, a synopsis of the novel,...
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Of Mice and Men: A Literature Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Whether you are planning on using Of Mice and Men for whole-class reading or as a selection for literature circles; whether you are new to John Steinbeck's novel, or it has long been a part of your curriculum, you will find a wealth of...
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Reading Bar Graphs

For Students 8th
In this bar graphs worksheet, 8th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include interpreting two different bar graphs. First, they determine the least profitable year for selling books. Then, students determine the age...
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Discount

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders calculate the sale price when given the regular price and percent discount as well as calculate the percent discount when given the regular price and sale price. They find the total cost of a CD if the price is $19.99 and...
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Yard Sale

For Students 2nd
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, 2nd graders write out each of the 3 math problems described in transactions between two friends and the toys they bought from each other. Students answer 3 short answer math questions at the...
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 2, Grade 3

For Students 3rd
This 3rd grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet addresses listening comprehension skills. 3rd graders listen to a story read to them by the facilitator and respond to corresonding questions. The story is not...
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Book 2, Grade 6 2005

For Students 6th
This 6th grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet includes 28 multiple choice and short answer questions on a passage called, "About Me" that is not included.
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Author's Purpose

For Teachers K - 3rd
A simple activity for young readers, this introduces the idea of author purpose. Learners analyze various types of texts (newspaper articles, magazines, books, advertisements, etc.) and determine if the author's purpose for writing was...
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Sale Price

For Teachers 5th - 8th
For this mathematics worksheet, students identify how to find a sale price depending on what is being asked. They read a table that shows the cost and selling prices and complete the table to one decimal point. Then, students complete...
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Math Worksheets Land

Percent Error and Percent Increase - Matching Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Calculating percent change is a handy tool to understand sales, discounts, and other numerical changes we come across. Here, activity practices percent change and percent error with a variety of problems to let your learners see how it...
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Reading Comprehension 3: Level 9

For Students 9th - 10th
A statistics-loaded passage about home sales provides the text for a reading comprehension exercise. Although the subject matter might challenge some readers, the answer key explains how to approach and answer the three multiple choice...
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It's About Time

Organizing a Store

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
When provided with multiple objects, how many ways can the class organize and display them based on predetermined factors? Assist class members with a handy activity—theoretically teaching them concepts to understand periodic table...
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Free To Speak And Free To Post?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research online and in books city statutes regarding posting signs on utility poles, interview appropriate officials about ordinances and how completely it is enforced, explore what has happened elsewhere when citizens decided...
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Free to Speak and Free to Post?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research on the Web and in books with city statutes or call city officials to find out the local ordinance on posting signs on utility poles. If illegal, students explore what has happened elsewhere when citizens decided to...
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How Do Reading Partnerships Work?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a survey that the teacher can use to compare similar reading interests and reading abilities before to assign reading partners. They participate in a reading partnership by choosing a "double-copy" book, setting meeting...
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New York State Testing Program: Mathematics Book 2, Grade 5

For Students 5th
In this 5th grade math standardized test practice worksheet, students solve 7 multiple-step open-ended math problems based on New York academic standards.
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New York State Testing Program - Mathematics Test Book 1 6th Grade

For Students 6th
In this 6th grade math worksheet, 6th graders solve 25 multiple choice questions.  Students determine coordinate of figures, use units of measure, expand exponents, etc.
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New York State Testing Program: Mathematics Book 1, Grade 4

For Students 4th
In this 4th grade math standardized test practice worksheet, students solve 30 multiple choice math problems based on New York academic standards.