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Pumpkin Addition
In this addition instructional activity, 1st graders add the single digit addition problems and color the pumpkins with the sum less than 10. Students solve 8 problems.
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Thanksgiving Word Jumble
In this unscrambling words about Thanksgiving worksheet, students use the words in the word bank as clues to the scrambled lettered words. Students write 20 words correctly.
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Pumpkin Roll
Students build a machine to roll a pumpkin. In this invention lesson, students work in groups to build a machine, in the classroom, that will roll a pumpkin farther than their classmates machines. The lesson ends with a competition.
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Dia de los Muertos: Celebrating and Remembering
Help scholars understand the history, geography, traditions, and art of Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Find background information for your reference as well as a detailed cross-curricular lesson plan. Learners compare...
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Thanksgiving Day
What state consumes the most turkey per person? Who sponsors the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City? Use the Thanksgiving holiday as an opportunity for learners to develop their research skills with this fun Internet...
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Leap Year
What is a Leap Year and why do we have it? Find out with this Leap Day/Leap Year response to reading learning exercise in which scholars read a short passage and use their new-found knowledge to answer five questions with short answers.
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How to Start a Poetry Journal
Practice makes proficient! Using a journal of their choice, authors organize pages, then begin their writing journey of on-going writing practice in which they compose all poetic forms including diamante, limerick, free verse, and more!
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Comparing Different Types of Corn
Students explore different types of corn. For this science lesson, students compare sweet corn, field corn and Indian corn. Students gather specific information. Additionally, students discuss their findings.
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Word Family Nuts
Students explore the English language by participating in a word match activity. In this word family lesson, students write a specific word family on a paper squirrel and write words that belong to the family on a paper acorn. Students...
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Scarecrow Recycled
Students create their own scarecrows. In this recycling lesson, students discuss the purpose of scarecrows and discuss how they are constructed. Students make their own scarecrows out of recycled materials.
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Measuring Using Leaves
Students explore geometry by using non-standard measuring methods. For this length estimation lesson, students complete a worksheet in which different objects in their classroom are measured by three different sized leaves. Students draw...
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Food and Culture: Exploring the Flavors of Your Community
Students brainstorm the types of food they eat at home, discussing and comparing with the class. Students brainstorm and make a chart of questions that came out of the activity and their discussions. Students interview someone who...
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ESL/ELD: Learning about Ash Wednesday
An overview of the history and tradition of Ash Wednesday in 2 paragraphs is accompanied by an array of language activities: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation,...
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What is a Noun? & When To Capitalize Nouns
Nouns are the focus of this language arts PowerPoint. Pupils will see that there are five categories of nouns: person, place, thing, idea, quality. The last two are not usually taught, but they are legitimate categories. When to...
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Greece
In this comprehension worksheet on Greece, learners read the article presented and then answer the questions that follow. There are 12 short answer questions to complete about Greece, where it is located, the people, celebrations, and...
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Comma Exercise 5
In this comma exercise instructional activity, students are given seventeen sentences to proofread and edit inserting commas where necessary.
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Phrasal Verbs
In this phrasal verbs activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences by choosing the correct phrasal verb. Students complete 4 activities total.
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Total English Advanced: Talking About Plans and Arrangements
In this talking about plans and arrangements learning exercise, students examine 10 sentences and fill in the blanks with a phrase from the word bank. Students also interview another student about his or her plans or arrangements using...
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Present Perfect Simple
In this present perfect simple tense activity, students complete the sentences by choosing the correct words and filling in the blanks. Students complete 20 sentences total.
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Pricing Strategies
Young scholars examine the principles companies use to price their problems. They discover the difference between cost based and market based pricing. They identify other factors that go into pricing decisions.
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Colorful Cut-Outs
Students examine the works of Claude Matisse. In this Matisse Art Lesson, students explore Beasts of the Sea to find recognizable shapes. Students visit the National Gallery to view Matisse artworks.
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December
Students create snowflake similes, Kwanzaa plaques, menorah banners, and more for the month of December. In this December activities lesson plan, students also analyze characters in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
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Making the Curriculum Work
Is your curriculum getting you down? Before you get rid of it, try these ideas first.
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Past or Present Perfect
In this grammar worksheet, students read the sentences and then write past or present perfect on the line to show the correct verb tense.