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Visiting a Marine Sanctuary

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students gather information on a kelp forest and identify species in that ecosystem.  In this underwater ecosystem lesson students gather data, give an oral presentation and create a poster.
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Portfolio Autobiographies

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create an autobiography on the computer. They write, design and illustrate using word processing and graphic tools on the computer.
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Kindness Counts Book

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students make a book about kindness.  In this character lesson, students read a story about kindness and discuss how it applies to life.  Students complete a kindness counts page and then assemble them into a book. ...
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Clauses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students understand that there are different types of clauses and define the differences. In this clauses instructional activity, students complete activities to practice works with different types of clauses.
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Reading Vocabulary Definition Test Week 4

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this identifying vocabulary words from definition clues worksheet, students listen to the oral definitions and write the correct words, using the words in the word banks and then create sentences using them. Students write 25 answers.
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Reading Vocabulary Definition Test

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary definition test worksheet, students listen to oral definitions and write the words and then create sentences using given words. Students write 25 answers.
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Johnny Appleseed

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate Johnny Appleseed.  In this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students listen to Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg, and dictate important events in his life as the teacher writes them on index...
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Miss Nelson Is Missing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice identifying story elements and using vocabulary words from newly read books.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book Miss Nelson is Missing, and complete several worksheets and a story map...
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Quiz 9A: Using "But"

For Students 5th - 6th
In this comparisons activity, students compete 10 sentences by using adjectives to describe two unlike things. Students then complete 8 sentences with the appropriate verb, affirmative or negative.
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Joffee Numeroff with their teacher, discuss the concept of cause and effect, and create their own story boards for a class story.
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Combining Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students combine direct and indirect pronouns in this instructional activity. They practice with rewriting sentences when a direct and indirect object is present. They create a story using PowerPoint with their new sentences.
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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a bar graph to pictorically represent the data collected from a survey of students. They use Excel to electronically create the graphs and data tallies. They then interpret their data using sentences to explain.
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Kidspiration Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st
First graders are able to successfully create a web featuring five community workers from the school. They are able to include a digital photograph of each of the five community workers. Students are able to write one way that each...
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Adjectives: Hairy Apes and Green Cupcakes

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this adjective completion activity, students create sentences with descriptive words of their own. Students fill in a missing adjective in ten sentences. A good, solid activity for young readers.
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Night of the Twisters Figurative Language

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this reading worksheet, learners 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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A is for Area, B is for Billion

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students interact with math terminology in preparation for standardized assessment. In this math terminology and online storybook lesson, students create their own booklets of math terms based on each letter of the alphabet. Over the...
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Dangling Modifiers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify misplaced and dangling modifiers and correct these errors in their writing. They create illustrations to match the misplace and dangling modifiers.
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Civilizations of the Ancient Near East

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate ancient civilizations by creating a research project.  For this world history lesson, 6th graders investigate historic civilizations developed close to important rivers of the near East.  Students...
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Vocabulary Building: Long Vowels III

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this recognizing words with long vowel pronunciations, students write the words from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words April, December, November, height, idea, and able. Students complete...
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Vocabulary Building: One Consonant Rule III

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words spelled with the one consonant rule worksheet, students write the words from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words tiger, motor, student, locate, lately, and writer. Students...
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Vocabulary Building: Long Vowels III

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In the recognizing words pronounced with long vowels worksheet, students write the words from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words June, July, May, break, library, and knee. Students complete eighteen...
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Vocabulary Building: Final-e Rule III

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words spelled with the final-e rule worksheet, students spell the words from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words pipe, mule, skate, care, size, and wise. Students complete...
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Vocabulary Building: Short Vowels III

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words pronounced with short vowels worksheet, students write the words from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words January, September, February, happen, every, and study. Students...
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Vocabulary Building: Short e Words III

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing words with short e learning exercise, students write them from dictation, unscramble their letters, and create sentences using the words dent, kettle, excellent, cent, ready, and heavy. Students complete eighteen...