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What's the Buzz About Onomatopoeia?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Tap into onomatopoeia lesson plans to improve students' written expression and create motivating activities.
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World-Water Hero

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make up a superhero. In this water quality lesson, students create a superhero with super powers that can improve water quality and availability.
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The Relatives Came Family Read-Along

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders brainstorm on what they believe they do on their summer vacation. They explore how family and relatives are important in their lives. They read along with their teacher a book about relatives.
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Night of the Twisters Figurative Language

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this reading worksheet, students read and learn about writers' use of figurative language to create vivid pictures with words. Students are directed to specific pages in The Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman and answer 20 questions...
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Author Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this author activity worksheet, students read a variety of books and discuss ideas that go along with the themes of the books. Students read Ruby Rogers books, Stink books, and also Troll Trouble books. After reading the books the...
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Lessons Using the Science Fiction Genre

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students can practice "The Lost Art of Imagination" when they delve into the science fiction genre.
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Familial Relationships in Great Expectations: The Search for Identity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read the novel "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. In groups, they use the text to identify and describe family relationships in the book. Using this information, they compare and contrast how these relationships are...
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Reading-Author's Purpose

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students review what author's purpose is by understanding that authors either persuade, inform, describe, or entertain with their story. In this language arts lesson, students bring in junk mail and in small groups discuss what the each...
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Investigating the Hydrosphere

For Teachers 4th - 8th
No matter the scientific discipline, your students can benefit from a study of water.
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Alarm as the Clock Ticks Toward 2000

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how various people and businesses are reacting to the potential technological problems that may occur when the year 2000 arrives. They read and compare two related New York Times articles and share their own views of the...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine Nathaniel Hawthorne's style of humor and compare it to other humorists. They discuss the purpose of literary humor and determine how it develops characters and plots in stories. They analyze the use of different...
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students are introduced to a scenario: a ramshackle house is in need of repair. The roof leaks, the refrigerator is broken, it needs paint, etc. They are explained that in order to repair the home, students must use tools. Students...
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Aesop's Fables (Grade 3)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop a presentation based on Aesop's Fables. In this Aesop Fables and presentation lesson, 3rd graders examine the characteristics of fables and how to interpret them. They choose one of Aesop's Fables to research. They...
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Academic Challenge

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students apply their knowledge of math to the real world. In this algebra lesson, students explore different way to incorporate math topics into the real world. They create a score or progress sheet to mark their progress.
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Present Simple and Plural Activities - Things We Do At School...

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this present simple verb tense online worksheet, students enter the proper verb tense of the underlined words in 13 sentences. They fill in the verbs from a word bank in the next 10 sentences, enter either don't or doesn't in the next...
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Doctor Faustus - Essay Questions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 16 short answer and essay questions about Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Newspaper Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a newspaper in order to examine the process and impact of political revolutions. In this newspaper lesson, student analyze the impact of selected revolutions while discussing the language style of each newspaper. Students...
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Project Ahupua`a: Map Construction

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct a relief map of the Big Island of Hawaii. They work in groups to conduct research, design and construct the map. Students use clay, gessoed boards and reference maps in their projects.
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American Revolution Vocabulary Cartoons (art)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss cartoons. In this art lesson, 5th graders make their own cartoon using vocabulary words from the American Revolution.
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Ladybird Addition

For Students Pre-K - K
In this addition worksheet, students solve 6 problems in which single digit numbers on each side of the ladybug's body are added. The spots help students count.
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Vocabulary Review of My Things

For Students 4th
In this vocabulary review of my things worksheet, 4th graders listen to the sentences, then interactively type in 21 vocabulary words that fills in the blank, with immediate online feedback.
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Life in Ancient India

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study Ancient India and the vocabulary, language, and everyday life associated with India. They build a time capsule representing their own world for future civilizations to discover. They create labels for each item, giving a...
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Fact and Opinion Detectives

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders see how to distinguish facts from opinions in a child's news magazine. After a lecture/demo, 3rd graders utilize a sample story and a worksheet which gives them practice in distinguishing fact from opinion.
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"Green Holiday Night" or "Green Family Night"

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine alternatives to wasteful, non-environmental holiday season and general gift-giving practices and discuss ideas for saving energy in holiday celebrations and day-to-day practices.

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