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Cars, Trucks, and Things that Go Sorting Fun!

For Teachers 1st
First graders sort toys by various attributes. They, in groups, sort toy vehicles by color, size etc. and then explain how they chose to group the toys. They write, draw or dictate an explanation of their sorting methods.
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Hey Diddle Diddle

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this rhyme worksheet, learners read a nursery rhyme about the cat and the fiddle. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Describing the Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young Spanish language learners review the names of each planet. Then, in pairs, they work to complete the chart provided. What is the composition of each planet? What is the color? They learn how to describe the planets. 
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Racy Readers

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover how to become more fluent when they read. Individually, they are given a notecard with a specific colored dot and read their selection based on emotion represented by the dot. To end the lesson, they participate in a...
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Colors and Mural Painting

For Teachers All
Visual arts lesson featuring a group mural that is constructed by each student soda straw paintings that reflects the use of shape, color and hue.
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Rain and Our Environment

For Teachers 1st
First graders understand the importance of rain in our environment by writing a sentence about something in existence that would cease to be without rain. They use describing words to describe the living thing's color and draw and color...
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Itty-Bitty Teeny-Tiny Word Books

For Students 1st
In these worksheets, 1st graders will construct two itty bitty word books. Students will create a book of words pertaining to the zoo and the farm and color the pictures in each.
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Let's Fly Our Kites

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading and writing using a short poem and information about kites. In this kite poem lesson plan, students read and write using a common poem. This lesson plan includes practice with reading, rhyming, handwriting,...
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"Here's much to do with hate, but more with love": The Prologue in Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners participate in a guide close reading of the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet. They write a prologue sonnet to another piece of literature they have read.
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Matching Games, Trees and Animals

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify and define new words as they are introduced to specific trees, leaves, animals and animal habitats, engage in literacy-related play by playing games that focus on animals and trees mentioned in book, A Tree for Me, and...
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Making Mind Movies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners interact with the strategy of visualization to better understand what is happening in a story. They assess the poem, "Talented Family," and the book, "Sarah Plain and Tall," to visualize and imagine in their minds pictures of...
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Breaking News English: Rappers

For Students 5th - 10th
In this rappers worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and more...
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A Story about Jack

For Students K - 1st
In this word family worksheet, students study several words from the --ack word family. Students read and color in the six page booklet.
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Synonyms 2- Good or Bad?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this good/bad synonyms worksheet, students read the words inside 18 bubbles. Students color the bubble blue if the word means "good" and red if it means "bad."
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Dune Buggy

For Students K - 2nd
In this reading worksheet, students practice reading with long /u/ words. Students make a seven-page book about Luke and his dune buggy. Students read and color the pictures.
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The Farmer's Apple Tree

For Students Pre-K - 1st
On this number rhyme worksheet, students read a number rhyme about a farmer and his apples. They then color the 5 apples on the worksheet and practice writing the numbers 1 through 5.
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Breaking News English: One Hundred Dollar Laptop Computer

For Students 5th - 10th
In this one hundred dollar laptop computer worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion...
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Tree Comparison/Contrast Project

For Students 4th - 8th
For this trees worksheet, students put different kinds of trees into a chart and compare and contrast them. Students then answer percentage problems about the trees and short answer questions. Students complete 7 questions in all.
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Concept Worksheet: Front and Behind

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this concept/direction worksheet, students look at 2 pictures, read a sentence about whether the animal is behind or in front of a sign, and then write the position word on the line beneath.
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Sight Word Matching

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars explore English by participating in a match game. In this sight word vocabulary lesson, students read the book The Cat's Surprise and identify the sight words which they are unfamiliar with and need to review. Young...
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Cut Outs: Shapes and Symbols

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create collages based on Juan Quick-to-See Smith's "Ode to Chief Seattle." In this shapes, symbols and Native American lesson, students examine the "Ode to Chief Seattle" and Henri Matisse's cutout work. Students design their...
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Name & Word Wall Activities, Building Blocks: Literacy, Letter Recognition,

For Teachers K
Students use the word wall to learn letters, their names, develop print awareness and many other literacy skills.
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Easy Reading Worksheet- Short e Sound Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this literacy activity, learners read a list of short -e words before reading a short paragraph that contains the words. They circle the words bed, get, pet, let, and left, and answer three short answer questions about the story.
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Even and Odd Numbers

For Students 2nd
In this number identification worksheet, 2nd graders read 6 word problems. They indicate whether numbers in the problems are even or odd.