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Word Problem Exchange

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students discuss elements of word problems: key words, data, computation clues, and unnecessary information and use the four steps of problem solving to find a solution and check for reasonableness.
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Guided Reading With Fish Print

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the concept of reading comprehension using Fish Print. They practice reading skills with using picture clues, using context clues, and sight word recognition for simple sentences. The teacher guides the lesson with...
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Mystery State #10

For Students 4th - 6th
In this mystery state worksheet, students answer five clues to identify the state in question. They then locate that state on a map.
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Word Search Puzzle: Family Relationships

For Students 2nd - 5th
To complete a word search puzzle on family relationship vocabulary, learners use six clues to help them determine which family relationship words to find. The first letter of each of the words is highlighted. Useful for beginning English...
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Using the Present Progressive: Word Search Game

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use the six clues to help your language learners find the accompanying words in the word search. Words can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, but the first letter in each word is shaded gray to ease the challenge. 
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Getting Together - a Groupings Crossword Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
Introduce your class to words for groups of animals and people. This is a crossword puzzle that includes 25 clues for collective nouns. The puzzle is online interactive and learners can receive immediate online feedback. Answers are not...
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Egg Words Crossword Puzzle

For Students 5th - 7th
This crossword puzzle is all about eggs! Learners use the given clues to fill in the squares in the puzzle. Since this is an online interactive resource, immediate feedback is available; although it only tells you whether you are wrong...
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Latin Roots Grad, Mot, Cad: Interactive Puzzles

For Students 5th - 9th
Three short puzzles emphasize Latin roots grad, mot, and cad in English spelling and vocabulary. Learners choose words from a list and complete spellings in boxes with definitions for clues. A reading passage using the words is included....
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Battle Flags: Michigan and the Civil War Lesson 5 Letters from the War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the letters written my Michigan soldiers during the Civil War. They examine the letters for clues about the life and attitudes of these soldiers.
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Making and Using a Graphic Organizer for Solving a Mystery

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create tables in a word processing program which helps them organize their text clues when reading a mystery story. They develop reading comprehension strategies while using a computer based graphic organizer in order to solve...
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Write It, Read It, Solve It

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Writers create an original mystery and have a chance to put it into movie format. The classic elements of a mystery must be present: the crime, the suspects, the motive, the solution and clues. Use iPhoto and Quicktime Movie to integrate...
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Guess Who's Coming to Our Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use their research skills to determine the famous person given in clues. Using a character recently dicussed in their classroom, they discuss how they would create a costume for them. They write sentences to be used as dialogue...
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Scribbleboy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the text, SCRIBBLEBOY, discussing the cover page for clues to the genre. They discuss the ordinary surroundings contrasted by the graffiti and the words and phrases used to provide information about the...
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Famous Britons

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students read three short texts which give clues to the identities of three famous Britons. The texts explore the fame of the three personalities and the growing interest in celebrities in modern British life. Students participate in a...
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the story, "Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" and discuss slavery. After answering questions about the story, 3rd graders sing "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd" and explore the clues in each verse that allowed the slaves to...
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Making an Argument: Effective use of Transition Words

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Work on using transition words in context by prompting elementary and middle schoolers to write their own persuasive essays using transition words. They explore new forms of transition words and examine how they are used in an editorial...
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Sir Cumference and the First Round Table

For Students 5th - 6th
In this circumference worksheet, students solve and complete 5 different figures illustrated on the sheet. First, they cut out each shape found on the bottom. Then, students use the shapes on the left as clues to create the corresponding...
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Things in Groups Puzzles

For Students 7th
In this grouping puzzles worksheet, 7th graders solve and complete 8 different problems that include grouping in various puzzles. First, they read the clues given in each box to solve the puzzle. Then, students create their own puzzle...
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Crossword Puzzle - Question Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
There are six essential words to know when creating questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how. To get youngsters thinking about these words, have them complete this quick crossword puzzle. Clues are basic, and learners should be...
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Intermediate Crossword Puzzle- Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this shapes worksheet, students read 5 descriptions of geometric shapes. Students determine what shapes the clues refer to and complete the crossword puzzle.
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Advanced Crossword Puzzle - Banking

For Students 5th - 8th
In this banking crossword puzzle instructional activity, students use the 10 clues to fill in the blanks in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers.
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Utah Crossword

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Utah worksheet, students explore the state of Utah. Students must complete the crossword puzzle by coming up with the answers to the ten clues given.
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Energy Crossword Puzzle

For Students 7th - 8th
In this energy crossword worksheet, students read 36 clues pertaining to energy conservation. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Magic Vowel Spider Web

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this long I words worksheet, learners read ten clues to words containing the long I sound. Students color the spaces containing the answers in a spider web.

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