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Writing Conversation: Using Quotation Marks

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to use quotation marks in written conversation. Students proofread 5 sentences and add the necessary punctuation. Then students write a conversation, starting a new line and indenting with...
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Interactive
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English Exercises: Past Simple Tense

For Students 3rd - 9th
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 25 fill in the blank questions that require them to select "have" or "has" to finish each of the sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Interactive
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English Exercises: Vocabulary Builder

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions that require them to define words. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Interactive
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English Exercises: Too

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online interactive English learning exercise, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions that require them to use "too'" appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Unit Plan
Wells Fargo

Hands on Banking

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Cha-ching! You just hit the jackpot with this interactive consumer math unit. Supported by a series of online lessons and activities, these lessons engage students in applying their math skills to real-life personal finance problems...
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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Divide your class into groups to study the validity of online sources. One group looks at the authority and accuracy of four listed websites, another group looks at advocacy and objectivity, and the third group looks at currency and...
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Writing
Scholastic

Debate Prompt

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Should the government rate music? Are teen juries a good idea? Is space exploration worth the money? Your learners will think critically to tackle these interesting questions, and practice their ability to form persuasive arguments by...
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Worksheet
Teaching Heart

100th Day News!

For Students Pre-K - 5th
Can you believe there have already been 100 days in the school year? Help your learners document their time in your class with a newspaper format. They write about the 100 Day celebrations, as well as drawing what they will look like in...
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Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

Where The Red Fern Grows: Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Does hard work and determination really pay off? It seems that way for Billy, a character in Where The Red Fern Grows. After working for two years, he finally has enough money to buy the pups he's always wanted. Scholars read about the...
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Lesson Plan
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Concepts of Time and Money

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify different denominations of United States currency and symbols associated with money and reading prices. In addition, in pairs they identify examples of currency from newspapers and magazines.
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Worksheet
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Money, Money, Money

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL money conversation worksheet, students practice vocabulary connected to money and financial situations. Students engage in conversation with classmates in answering 20 questions about money.
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Lesson Plan
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WHY DOES MONEY HAVE VALUE?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers learn that money has value by examining the history, meaning of money. market structures and pricing. In this analysis lesson, students use exchange rates to find the cost of an item different currencies.
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Worksheet
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Advanced Spelling-- "Money"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling learning exercise, students unscramble the letters in 12 words that pertain to money. The definition of each word is provided and the first and last letters are correct.
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Lesson Plan
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The Pearl: Problematic Situation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is money the root of all evil, or the answer to everyone's dreams? Analyze the role of money in John Steinbeck's The Pearl with a writing prompt where kids imagine that they have won the lottery, and must think about the ways it will...
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Chinese New Year: A Simple Lesson in Debt, Percent, and Loan Interest

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study Chinese New Year traditions while investigating the concepts of percent and loan interest. They apply the concepts to calculate the total debt on monies borrowed.
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Lesson Planet Article
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How to Practice Sensitivity When Teaching About the Lottery

For Teachers Higher Ed
To some, a simple game of chance might be considered a sin, or even something downright evil.
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Lesson Plan
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Pay to Play?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Lead your class in a discussion about how they believe money influences politics. After reading "Go Ahead, Try to Stop K Street" from the New York Times, they evaluate the claims in the article about the current lobbyist scandal in...
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Lesson Plan
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Wrinkles ESL Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Practice English vocabulary and dialogue. An ELD class completes a true/false worksheet about aging and wrinkles, then read an article entitled "Wrinkles Give Clues to Bone Condition" using context clues to determine vocabulary...
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Lesson Plan
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Reasons for Settling the New World

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
After studying the reasons settlers entered the New World, primary learners try to persuade others to enter this new land. Class members present their arguments in a variety of ways including posters, writings, and charts. Richly...
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Lesson Plan
Learning to Give

Asian Folktales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A great way to learn to understand people and their environment is to study their folktales. Stories from China, Vietnam, India, Iran, Persia, and Palestine offer an opportunity for readers to investigate the cultures of Asia. A list of...
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Interactive
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
After reading Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, bring your class to the computer lab so they can study for an upcoming unit quiz. There are 12 multiple choice questions provided, and they all have to do with information recall.  
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Film English

We've All Been There

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What does empathy look like? Encourage your pupils to put themselves in another person's shoes with several writing and discussion activities that relate to a featured short film. Over the course of the lesson, individuals collaborate...
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Lesson Plan
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The ABCs of Coins

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study alphabet books to see the many creative ways these books can be put together. After picking a format, the class creates an alphabet book about coins.
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Lesson Plan
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We're Spending Too Much Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the reasons for having a budget. They create their own personal budget and explain how the bartering system can work for some items today.