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Domestic or Circus Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners categorize animals into domestic and circus animals. Using strips of paper with animal names, they match a photo with the animal's name. They practice their pronunciation by reading sentences they have created to the class.
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Pop Up Circus

For Students Pre-K - 1st
It's just another day in the classroom... except the circus has arrived! Kids can cut out their own personal circuses with the materials here. A stage, a clown, and several animals are provided to make a lively circus.
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Silly Circus Performers Memory Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this memory game worksheet, students will print and cut out 8 pairs of colorful circus animal playing cards. Students can then play the memory game using the cards.
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Those Amazing Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students understand the roles of animals in entertainment and sports. In this animal welfare lesson, students recognize that some animals are used humanely and others are used cruelly. Students classify different animals into the lists...
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The Methane Circus

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Step right up! An engaging research-centered lesson, the third in a series of six, has young archaeologists study the amazing animals of the Cambrian explosion. Working in groups, they profile a breathtaking and odd creature and learn...
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Clifford Learns About the Circus and So Do We!

For Teachers K
Students investigate the characteristics of different circus jobs and the animals commonly seen at the circus. They read a book about clowns and construct and perform a trick hot dog. Students also create a clown accordion book.
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The Circus

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
For this circus worksheet, learners are asked to read a short passage. After doing so, they must discuss what part of the circus they would most enjoy.
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An Elephant's Life

For Students 3rd - 4th
Here is an interesting instructional activity that's all about elephants. In it, learners answer ten true-or-false questions about elephants, then respond to ten questions that come from a story about Daisy, the circus elephant. The...
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Cut Paper Circus

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learning to cut with scissors is a key skill for youngsters to master. They hone their fine motor skills as they cut a variety of shapes to create a paper circus composition. They'll cut and arrange their shapes to create a circus...
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Circus Time

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read books, learn about the letter c, and eat roasted peanuts all to learn about the circus. For this circus lesson plan, students also use design their own tickets and have parachute play.
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Circus

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this Kids' Page worksheet, students read a short passage about the circus. Students then respond to 8 multiple choice questions and find 12 given words in the word search provided.
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Circus Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners take part in group entertainment activities. In this circus lesson plan, students discuss their own memories of a circus and conduct several activities such as juggling scarves and creating balloon animals. Learners discuss why...
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A Unique Circus: Vocabulary Skills

For Students 5th - 10th
For this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 fill in the blank questions regarding circus-related terms. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Circus is Coming

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore language arts by reading a story book in class. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Circus is Coming and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Learners define the selected vocab words...
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Circus Similes

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, students complete similes comparing items at the circus to other items. The items being compared include a clown, lion, tent, circus and peanuts.
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People Who Make a Difference

For Students 2nd
A thought-provoking worksheet on vegetarianism and animal's rights awaits your second graders. Learners discuss Cesar Chavez' reasons for becoming a vegetarian, then answer some questions on the worksheet.
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The Greatest Show on Earth: Then and Now

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore the history of the circus in the United States. They explore the life of John Bill Ricketts, founder of the first circus. Students compare Ricketts' first circus to the modern circus.
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Cryin' Lion Coloring Page

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this coloring page worksheet, students examine a drawing of a circus performance in which a lion is crying unhappily. Students color the picture.
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The Circus Train

For Teachers K
Students study the safety message "Stay Back from tracks and trains!" students count animals and train cars, and repeat The Circus Train poem
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Clowing Around: Ceramics

For Teachers K - 8th
Clowns are a big hit with kids! Explore a few circus related websites to get an idea of how clowns look and what they do. They then build sculpting skills by creating expressive clown faces out of clay. Web links, materials list, and...
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Math: Where Do I Put the Elephant?

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story, "Harriet Goes to the Circus," to launch into a activity on positional words, such as over, under, and behind. After clipping out and coloring pictures of circus animals, students place them into a parade...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #163

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this spelling worksheet, students read and write 12 given spelling words. Next, they write a paragraph using as many spelling words as possible. All spelling words are related to the circus and circus animals.
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Wire Circus

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the life and work of Alexander Calder. They create a wire sculpture on a cirucs theme of their choice. They work on these projects in groups. They utilize telephone wire, or any thin wire cut to manageable lengths.
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Put the Elephant First

For Teachers K
Students recreate the order of animals they read about in a book. For this relative positions lesson, students color and cut out pictures of animals in the book. Sudents glue these onto construction paper and line up like the animals in...

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