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Happiness is A Warm Puppy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate dog breeds and write a short story from a dog's perspective. In this dog research and writing lesson, students watch the film, "Dog: The Early Years. They apply critical thinking skills to determine which type of dog...
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Animal Behavior - Why Do Dogs Drool?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders give examples of learned behaviors. In this life science lesson, 7th graders simulate a behavior conditioning experiment. They complete an assessment at the end of the lesson.
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Show, Don't Tell: The First Rule of Writing

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Model for young writers how to create pictures in the minds of readers with a series of slides that demonstrate how sensory appeals enliven writing. The presentation includes opportunities for viewers to practice showing writing.
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Get the Chicks in the Coop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Readers work to increase the speed of their out-loud reading to improve overall fluency.  They work with partners to time and record how far they read in one minute using the book Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type. The procedures...
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A Prickle of Hedgehogs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, individually or in groups, conduct research to find information needed to complete a worksheet in which they must match an animal name with 1) the name of its offspring (dog-puppy) and 2) its animal group name (geese-gaggle.)
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Word Choice in Writing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore language arts by writing dialogue. In this vocabulary choice lesson, 6th graders identify synonyms and the importance of using a thesaurus while writing dialogue in their own original work. Students revise and edit...
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A Dog Eat Dog World

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders distinguish between acquatic and terrestrial organisms. They label animals as producers, consumers, and/or decomposers.
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Every Dog Has Its Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the use of imagery in writing. In this writing lesson, students create a writing piece that features sensory images without resorting to the use of clichés.
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Spanish Diminutives, Augmentatives, and More…

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Teach your kiddies how to create diminutives and augmentatives in Spanish. They'll soon be adding -ito and -ita to every noun they can! Diminutives and augmentatives are much more common in Spanish, so there are many examples included...
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Describing Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars investigate different types of pets.  For this pets lesson, students discuss a variety of animals and their habitats. Young scholars complete activities such as pet pictionary, pets as fashion accessories, role...
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Metaphor: Parts of the Body

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this metaphor--parts of the body worksheet, learners participate in describing parts of the body by utilizing metaphor phrases for a stronger description of key terms.
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Addition

For Students 1st - 3rd
Addition is much more fun when you are finding the sum of different types of food! Your class will get hungry while solving these addition problems about hamburgers, hot dogs, and their condiments.
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Mass: Applying and Interpreting

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners rotate through six studying stations solving problems that involve applying and interpreting aspects of mass. They solve various word problems, and measure the contents of cans and calculate the mass of two cans.
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Of Mice and Men: Viewing Guide

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this Of Mice and Men viewing guide worksheet, students study movie terminology as they read brief descriptions and respond to 26 short answer questions as the watch the film based on Steinbeck's novel.
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As and Like Exercise

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this sentence completion with the words as or like worksheet, students read descriptions of their usages, fill in the blanks with as and like to complete sentences, and create additional sentences using them correctly. Students write...
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Invertebrate Diversity

For Students 6th - 12th
Comparative anatomy prevails in the lesson exploring diversity among invertebrates. Biologists examine physical characteristics of an earthworm from phylum annelida and a meal worm from phylum insecta. They also inspect a cricket and a...
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Parts of Speech Museum

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students apply their knowledge of the basic parts of speech while studying them. They create display boards that show visual and written examples of the different parts of speech. The museum consists of project boards with pictures and...
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Airborne & Special Operations Museum OSS Crossword Puzzle

For Students 9th - 11th
In this history worksheet, students answer key questions and/or descriptions to complete the puzzle related to Special Operations. There are 21 words/names needed to complete the puzzle.
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Understanding Nouns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define what singular and plural nouns mean. For this nouns lesson, students complete a worksheet converting from singular to plural and recognizing the plural forms of nouns.
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Writing Original Adventures About Imaginary Sidekicks

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore storytelling by conceptualizing a story with classmates. In this publishing instructional activity, students identify the idea development process and discuss word choice when writing a story. Students utilize a graphic...
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Polar Bears Past Bedtime

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this crossword puzzle instructional activity about polar bears, students are given 8 descriptions from which to find words which fit in the crossword format.
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Back To School Bingo Template

For Students 2nd - 8th
In this Back to School bingo learning exercise, cards are cut out that describe various facts or situations about students to be used in a back to school bingo game, where students find classmates who match the descriptions on cards....
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Employer - Employee Expectations

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students role play for job expectations. For this job planning lesson, students work in groups to write a help wanted ad. They discuss the expectations of the employer and the employee.
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ESL-Already/Yet-Present Perfect

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL present perfect learning exercise, students look at pictures and word groups, then write a description in the present perfect using already or yet, 12 sentences total. Students are given 4 completed examples.