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Wordles, Wordles, Wordles: Pre-Reading for Hamlet Using Key Words

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze a Wordle of the top 150 words in Hamlet and complete a study of the language in the play. In this Hamlet literacy lesson plan, students work in groups to complete the given handouts to categorize the words of the play...
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Periodic Table of Fun

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Are you looking to put the fun back in the fundamentals of chemistry? Why not have groups create their own periodic tables of something (animals, food, music groups, etc.) practicing the organizational strategies used in the periodic...
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Main Idea

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
The main idea of this resource is that you should take a look if you're planning to teach main ideas in your class! Cover just about everything you need to know about main ideas with a packet of materials that includes information and...
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Our Five Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Show your class how to experience their world with the five sense. With worksheets on each sense, learners investigate their surroundings and categorize them into sight, smell, touch, hearing, and taste.
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Bluebirds Ecology Vocabulary Exercise

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this bluebirds learning exercise, students categorize bluebird species found in their state and define vocabulary related to it. Students complete 6 vocabulary words.
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ESL Pronunciation Exercise

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this pronunciation instructional activity, students underline words with short vowel sounds and categorize words according to stressed syllables.
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Find the Question

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students look at a group of statements, and pick out the one statement that is actually a question. In this question lesson plan, students eliminate statements as they read.
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Mr., Mrs., and Dr. Too

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use abbreviations correctly in everyday situations. Activities include introductions to abbreviating names, titles, months, and more.
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Lesson 4

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars participate in a class discussion which includes categorizing sexually transmitted diseases into various groups such as "always have symptoms/often don't have symptoms" and "curable vs. not curable" to reinforce the idea...
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Dr Who: Acronyms

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore abbreviations and acronyms. Students examine the difference between the two types. Students complete a worksheet, sorting words. They write a creative script containing abbreviations and acronyms.
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Probability - What Are the Odds?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners study the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students define probability and visit an interactive spinner website to learn about theoretical and experimental probability. Learners use pennies and work in pairs...
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Chemistry: Metals and Non-Metals

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to test the reactivity of metals and non-metals. In this chemistry lesson plan students test metals with different chemicals to observe the reaction. The results are used to categorize the metals.
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Exploring Altitudes in Math

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students draw and calculate altitudes. They draw the altitude of acute, right and obtuse triangles and calculate the altitude of a triangle using the Pythagorean theorem.
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Vocabulary Strategy Instructional Routine: Maus I and II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pogrom, schlepped, meshuga. Kapo, reich, Wehrmacht. As part of a unit study of Maus I and II, readers use a list-group-label (LGL) strategy for vocabulary drawn from Art Spiegelman's famous graphic novels. The focus of the activity is...
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Identifying Economic Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young historians practice identifying evidence to categorize a particular country's economic system as either a mixed, centrally planned, traditional, or free economic system in this two-part lesson.
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Dance: Discovering the Culture of Gullah

For Teachers 5th - 7th
It's wonderful to see a lesson that incorporates art, movement, and writing. These three forms of creative expression are explored as learners dance to music from the Gullah people of West Africa. They analyze several paintings, listen...
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Renewable vs. Non-Renewable Resources

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the important topic of renewable, and non-renewable, resources. They are expected to be able to correctly categorize different types of resources as renewable or non-renewable. Another emphasis of this...
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The Importance of Rules

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
No rules...awesome! Or is it? It's tough for young learners to think about what would happen if a rule didn't exist, but understanding the rules and where they come from helps keep everyone safe. Youngsters write a rule on the front of...
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Social Studies: People in the Rocks

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discover characteristics of Native Americans as depicted in their rock art. By examining the rocks from the Human Figures Photo Gallery, they make inferences about the activities and purposes of the people drawn on them.
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A Union Soldier's View of the Battle of Raymond

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use a primary resource to collect information about a Civil War battle. They identify similarities and differences between historical wars and modern wars.
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German Artists in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the internet to research selected art vocabulary. They research an assigned German wildlife artist. Using their research, they develop a construct of the artist and his work. Students categorize the artist's work using their...
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A Canadian Inventory: The Way We Are!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use the Canadian Atlas to discover an inventory of Canada's wealth and usage of resources. Using charts and graphs, they produce a wall of selected data of importance to the country and identify one issue of sustainability. ...
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Why Plants Are Important to Us

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore plant life. In this plant instructional activity, 1st graders examine various plant life and categorize them. Students graph their data and make journal entries regarding their work.
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Dolch Vocabulary Flashcards-Level 1

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students learn 50 Level 1 Dolch basic sight words. Students cut apart the 8 flashcards per page and study the words, which are in alphabetical order. There are no directions for use of the cards.