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Born on a Mountaintop? Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners compare and contrast the details from the life of the real David Crockett and the legendary folk hero he later became. They identify the characteristics of a tall tale and follow a rubric to create a tall tale of their own.
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July 17th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn that on this day in 1955 Disneyland opened. Students write about their favorite amusement park ride or activity.
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National Turkey Off to Disneyland

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share their holiday traditions, then read about an American Thanksgiving custom. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the news article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, the students participate in a...
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Penny and Her Dad

For Students 5th Standards
A divorce can seem like everything's changing, but some things do stay the same. Read a passage about Penny and her parents, comparing and contrasting the ways her parents' houses are the same and are different.
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Brooklyn Museum

Fred Tomaselli

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Kids will observe, write, and create as a way to better understand the work of artist Fred Tomaselli. Guided by great critical thinking questions, learners will first analyze the piece Field Guides. Then, they will write a creative...
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Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Teach your kids about FANBOYS! Coordinating conjunctions, or FANBOYS, join two independent clauses to make a compound sentence, but don't forget the comma! Review this popular comma rule, and give your learners this short worksheet. An...
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Identifying Appositives

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Young grammarians identify the appositives in a series of sentences and then rewrite each sentence omitting the word or phrase.
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Snappy Solutions, Sizzling Sentences

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
An examination of the figurative language in Gwendolyn Brooks’ To Young Readers challenges your writers to think about the richness of language. Ask your class why Brooks says, “Good books are bandages.” This discussion of alliteration,...
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Mad Libs; My Trip To Disney World

For Students 4th - 5th
In this mad lib worksheet, students fill in blanks, following instructions, to complete a mad lib activity about a trip to Disneyland. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Worksheet 2/7 on Collective Nouns

For Students 4th - 5th
In this recognizing collective nouns instructional activity, students use collective nouns in a word bank to fill in the blanks in sentences. Students write 7 answers.
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Verbs

For Students 4th - 6th
In this verbs worksheet, students underline the action verb in 5 sentences, write 3 nouns in a complete sentence and circle the multiple choice answer in 5 sentences that tells whether a sentence is happening in the past, present or...
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Should vs. Would Rather Exercise

For Students 5th - 6th
In this should vs. would worksheet, students look at the two listed activities and create a compound sentence stating what they should or what they would rather do.
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Possibility / Impossibility in the Past

For Students 4th - 6th
In this possibility/impossibility in the past tense worksheet, learners read for information and use could have and couldn't have to practice usage and logical reasoning. Students write fourteen answers.
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Should vs. Would Rather Exercise

For Students 4th - 6th
In this should vs would rather worksheet, learners create compound sentences using pairs of phrases. Students create ten compound sentences.
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Definition of Philanthropy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students read literature and discuss occurrences of people sharing their time, talent, and treasure. Students respond, in writing, to the theme of philanthropy in a...
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Nouns

For Students 4th - 6th
In this nouns learning exercise, students read 45 sentences and determine which nouns name a person, place and/or thing, Students read an additional 15 sentences, underline each noun in each one and then decide whether each one is a...
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What Kind of Fish Are You?

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this personality learning exercise, learners read situations and answer multiple choice questions to see what they would do in that situation. Students complete 10 problems and see what kind of fish they are in the end.
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Capitalization-Grade 1

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this grade 1 capitalization worksheet, learners circle words in sentences that should be capitalized and rewrite sentences with correct capitalization. 
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Born on a Mountaintop? Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners name tall tale characters and locations, which are based on actual people and places, and describe how they are used in an exaggerated way. Students name created characters and events from tall tales. Learners write a tall tale.
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Flying High in the Reading Sky

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine the importance of reading with fluency and expression in this instructional activity. They listen as the teacher reads the book "What Will the Seal Eat" first smoothly and with expression, and then slow, choppy, and...
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That's Not a Noun! Worksheet 2

For Students 5th - 6th
For this nouns and verbs worksheet, students analyze a word bank with 12 words that are commonly used as verbs, but can be nouns. Students read 12 sentences and select the correct word to complete each.
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Present Perfect or Simple Past

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this present perfect or simple past worksheet, learners choose the correct forms of verbs to complete the sentences and complete a word search. Students complete 3 activities.
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Intermediate General Review Test

For Students 4th - 7th
In this revision worksheet, students correct the mistakes in sentences, combine sentences, insert verbs in sentences, and more. Students complete 4 problems total.
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Walt Disney

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Walt Disney and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...