Lesson Plan
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Inquiry Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the poetry of William Blake and the historical context that he presents. A story is analyzed and evaluated in order to solve a puzzle. The political commentary of the poetic piece is examined in this lesson.
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Compound Words

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners identify compound words in the story, "Once There Was A Bull." They work with a partner to discuss what makes up a compound word and participate in a game that helps them to understand the concept better. As the assessment...
Worksheet
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Fraction Two-Step Word Problems - Mixed Numbers

For Students 4th
In this fraction worksheet, 4th graders solve for fractions reading word problems.  Students read and solve for 6 problems using the given information provided in each.
Lesson Plan
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Discovering Culture through Literature

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read the story "The Last Seventeen Years". Using the story, they identify cultural clues about the country of Korea. In groups, they complete a Venn diagram comparing Korean and United States culture. They use the internet to...
Interactive
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Fraction Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
In this fractions worksheet, students complete fraction word problems containing 1 digit numbers. Students complete 4 problems total.
Interactive
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Fractions Two-Step Word Problems-Mixed Numbers

For Students 5th - 10th
In this fractions activity, students complete word problems containing fractions and mixed numbers. Students complete 12 problems.
Lesson Plan
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Women's Brains

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experience an example of bias in science dealing with women and gender.
Lesson Plan
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Illustrated Quotes of Julius Caesar

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and study William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and make a booklet of twenty illustrated quotations from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.
Lesson Plan
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Whodunit? Creating Mysterious Plays

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine mystery plays by reading a number of five-minute mysteries. They write and perform their own plays.
Lesson Plan
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Through the Forest and Home Again: Maps Help Us Find Our Ways

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read Little Red Riding Hood, focusing on her path home to Grandma's house. In this language arts and geography lesson, students perform a reader's theater, re-creating the walk home and possible routes that could have been...
Lesson Plan
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Prehistoric Native American Lesson Plan: Pictionary with the Past

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Pupils participate in a vocabulary exercise at a website dedicated to Prehistoric Native Americans.
Lesson Plan
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The Land and the Water

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read "The Land and the Water," a fictional short story and an article about John F. Kennedy, Jr. and compare and contrast fictional tragedy to a non-fiction tragedy. They fill out a Venn diagram and write an essay using...
Lesson Plan
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It's Your Opinion

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students view "Inkheart: Speak Your Mind" by Cornelia Funke. They read several letters to the editor of a local newspaper and underline the 'opinion' portions of the letters. They discover how a literary selection can expand personal...
Lesson Plan
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Correlative Conjunctions

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners identify correlative conjunctions in sentences and then rewrite pairs of sentences as a single sentence with correlative conjunctions. They practice diagramming sentences of various sentence patterns and then write a personal...
Worksheet
Basic Handwriting for Kids

Verbs: Present and Past Tenses

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this recognizing verbs worksheet, students read sentences for context and tense clues, choose from three verbs, and fill in the blanks with the correct verbs. Students complete five sentences.
Worksheet
Basic Handwriting for Kids

Action Verb Sentence Completion

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this recognizing action verbs worksheet, students read incomplete sentences for context and tense clues and fill in the blanks choosing from lists of three verbs. Students complete five sentences.
Worksheet
Basic Handwriting for Kids

Action Verbs 2

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this identifying action verb usage worksheet, students read incomplete sentences for context and tense clues and choose from multiple choice answers to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Student choose five verbs.
Organizer
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Total English Intermediate: Very Useful Idioms

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this intermediate idioms activity, students practice idioms as they complete a graphic organizer by interviewing classmates and write a paragraph based on the notes from the graphic organizer.
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Referencing the Classical Past

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students discuss the sculptural group of Three Goddessesby Joseph Nollekens in a study of the classical past. In this Classical history lesson, students describe the three figures in the painting and read an excerpt for the story the art...
Lesson Plan
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Spelling: Homophone Review

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice using homophones. In this homophones lesson, 3rd graders review what makes a word a homophone and use clues to complete a worksheet that requires them to write in the correct homophone.
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Classify Rocks

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students classify different types of rocks. In this earth science lesson plan, students test different rock samples and construct a chart to record observations. They create a concept map that answers essential questions.
Worksheet
Starfall

Ee is for Egg

For Students K - 2nd
For this literacy worksheet, learners use the letter E in various contexts to increase letter recognition and spelling skills for related words.
Worksheet
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Frogs Rule

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students examine the reading of the text in this short story with the clues of the pictures to help decipher meaning in context.
Lesson Plan
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Wright Brothers Centennial: North Carolina, Creation and Development of the State

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine technological advances and how they influenced the quality of life in North Carolina. Using maps, they locate the city of Kitty Hawk and discuss why it was chosen for the first flight. They read primary source...