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Balancing Chemical Equations
Balancing equations means conserving mass; use the presentation to help learners practice this concept. The resource includes 56 equations for your class to practice balancing. Scholars focus on one reaction type at a time. Groups of...
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Dinosaur reports-4 blocks guided reading & focused writing (Elementary, 4 Blocks)
Young scholars read books about dinosaurs for book club groups and then participate in focused writing. In this reading and writing lesson, students work together over the course of three days to produce a group story about a dinosaur.
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Monster Writings
Fourth graders practice descriptive writing by describing a fictitious monster they created. In this language arts lesson plan, 4th graders illustrate an image of a monster character they imagine and practice using their vocabulary...
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School-Home Links: Types of Reading
For this reading materials worksheet, students read a list of different story materials and then look around their house to find different types of reading materials. Students then write down what they've found and share the list with...
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Write to Music
Students improve their creative writing skills. In this writing skills lesson, students learn about picture captions, story writing, critiques, poems, reports, letter writing, creative writing, and a rap poem.
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Investigating the Types of Energy in Different Objects
Students investigate forms of energy. In this physical science energy lesson plan, students work with a partner classifying household items according to the type of energy they have. Students complete a related worksheet.
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Lettuce Us Be Different
Students evaluate their differences, then look at differences in plants. In this class team building and life science lesson plan, the class play a game that focuses on similarities and differences in the group, then students plant three...
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What is it...A Frog or a Toad?
Young scholars write a story. In this frogs and toads comparison instructional activity, students read facts comparing frogs and toads, use a t-chart to record factual information and complete a Venn Diagram. Young scholars complete a...
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World Blood Donor Day
In this World Blood Donor Day learning exercise, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions,...
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Explore a Family Recipe Creative Writing
Students explore the connections between food and culture by investigating the cultural influences, preparation, and historical ties of the food that people eat. They comprehend how geography and climate effects what people eat...
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Science Fiction Stories
Students write a story. In this genre lesson, students read a science fiction story and discuss its characteristics. Students brainstorm a list of things that if scientifically changed would alter the way we live our lives. Students...
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Uniforms vs. Fashion: Want to Take a Side?
Seventh graders write a draft of a persuasive essay to the principal addressing the issue of whether or not Three Oaks Middle School should adopt uniforms. This lesson get your students motivated to try persuasive writing!
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Are You For Real?
Young scholars try to find newspaper and magazine articles that are informative or persuasive. They practice determining the differences between the two types of articles. They identify the devices authors use to persuade the audience.
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Living History
Students write an essay and interview someone who remembers the 1960's and 1970's. In this history lesson plan, students write their essays as if they were there in that time period, write their feelings, and put together a mini museum...
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You've Got Mail
First graders study the postal system and letter writing. They exchange class letters with another class in a different area and become pen pals with residents in a local nursing home.
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Land as a Valuable Resource
Students investigate why the soil is important to our lives. In this natural resources lesson, students have a farmer as a guest speaker. Students begin to understand how farmers use and protect our natural resource. Students write...
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Analytical Essay
What is an analytical essay? Introduce this type of thinking to your young writers. First, discuss what it means to analyze something. Then, identify the different components of an essay and what details are embedded in each component....
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Song Writing
In this song writing worksheet, 9th graders read about the cadences, chords, tunes, and lyrics that are used in song writing. There are no questions associated with this worksheet.
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Menus
Learners explore different styles of writing. In this writing lesson, students look at menus to get an idea of how many different types of writing there are. Learners create their own menus and add border and clip art.
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Poetry III--Haiku Writing
Learners create and solve haiku riddles. In this haiku writing lesson, students work in groups to match a haiku to an illustration. Learners write haiku and assess themselves and their peers.
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Paragraph Writing
For this paragraph writing worksheet, students read a short paragraph and then answer 3 short answer questions about sentence fluency. Next, students choose from 6 different main ideas and write a paragraph with a mixture of sentence types.
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Writing Bug - Not Music to My Ears
For this writing worksheet, students brainstorm different kinds of music and decide which they like and dislike. Students write about that type of music they don't like and list reasons why.
Center for Learning in Action
Properties of Balls
Enhance your states of matter lessons with a hands-on science investigation that compares six different balls' color, texture, size, weight, ability to bounce, and buoyancy.
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Introduction to Marsh Ecology
Compare and contrast the characteristics of fresh and salt water marshes. After exploring the typical plants and animals found in each marsh type, participants use a set of flash cards to sort into fresh and salt water marsh life. Their...