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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 instructional activity, students watch the film, "Dog: The Early Years. They apply critical thinking skills to determine...
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The Origins and Maintenance of Earth's Atmosphere

For Students 7th - 12th
For this atmosphere worksheet, students read a data table showing the percentages of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen in the atmosphere over the last 4500 million years. They then create a graph comparing these gases over time and...
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Voice Trait: Who Is Talking?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners recognize the difficulty of knowing who wrote a letter from the envelope. For this writing "voice" lesson, students understand the meaning of voice in writing and detect who the writers are in a worksheet.
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ESL Teacher

For Students Higher Ed
In this civics worksheet, students read a paragraph about an ESL teacher who is pregnant. They answer five true/false questions about the paragraph. Students write a paragraph describing one way to solve the problem that is presented in...
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Say W-W-W-W-Wh-at?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners observe and demonstrate the process of summarizing text. As a class they read a paragraph and answer the five W's. Students then read an online paragraph, and complete a chart online, then in small groups write a short summary.
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Are You Ready for Personal Independence?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover what independence means to different individuals. They write two paragraphs. In the first paragraph they describe how they are independent. In the second paragraph they describe how they are still dependent.
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Who Am I? My Coat of Arms

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders put their coat of arms on a HyperStudio card. They explain in three paragraphs why they selected the pictures.
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Worksheet
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The First Road Trip, Parts 1 and 2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a three-paragraph fictional passage about the first engine car, They answer four short-essay questions about this passage. Road Trip, Part 2 contains a six-paragraph...
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Looking Back

For Students 4th - 6th
In this narrative tenses and writing short stories worksheet, students complete 6 sentences using the verbs in brackets in the correct narrative tense and then write a short story using the instructions provided.
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Change Over Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a personal narrative that is designed to help them reflect on the nature and meaning of change in their lives.
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Sea Turtle Rescue

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create a three column chart about working with wildlife and how different organizations help sea turtles. In this sea turtles lesson plan, students compare the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the Coast Guard, and Sea World and what they...
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I'm Thankful I Can Summarize

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize a selected piece od nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read silently, students read a nonfiction article concerning Thanksgiving. They write a summary paragraph using the five step process outlined by...
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Reading: Games

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this games worksheet, students read the names of 5 common games. Students then read 5 paragraphs that describe the origin of a game. Students guess the name of each game and write it in the blank space.
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English - "as Big As" -similes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this similes activity, students read a selection about similes and complete 10 similes. Students create five similes and write a paragraph using their similes.
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Human Sexuality Unit

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine how mass media influences human sexuality by looking at advertisements for their sexual content and how the ads affect their decision making. After evaluating the advertisements in a PowerPoint presentation they...
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I Like School! - a Rebus Story

For Students K - 2nd
In this Rebus reading comprehension worksheet, students are given a one-paragraph story about school. They are asked to change the illustrations into words. A "key" is given with the correct spelling of each word. A short quiz...
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Mediterranean Lands: A Pilgrimage Through Time and Space

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students will use context clues and examine several maps to answer series of short answer questions over range of geographical topics, identify specific places, practice using GoogleEarth to compare satellite views to those produced two...
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Priceless Gifts

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read about Italy and the complete activities that investigate the spice trade. In this spice trade lesson plan, 3rd graders analyze characters, write a thank you note, speak Italian, and complete language activities.
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Geographical Features

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore geographical features through the creation and construction of an original island. In small groups they write a description and draw a blueprint of their island using a draw/paint computer program, and using...
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A RAINY, WINDY DAY

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this reading and writing worksheet, students first read a two-paragraph short essay about a rainy day. After this, they compose seven short-answer responses to questions which are provided.
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Lesson 3: Making Predictions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this making predictions worksheet, students read a newspaper article, locate the "Five Ws and the H," and then make logical predictions on the content that they read and then analyze those predictions based on a rubric.
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American Revolution: Who Am I

For Students 4th - 5th
In this American Revolution learning exercise, students read 5 paragraphs, each giving clues about a famous person in the Revolutionary War. Students use a word bank to find the answer.
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Verbs Rule!

For Teachers 6th
Students practice writing and speaking using conventional grammar, usage, and sentence structure. Students practice as a whole class and then demonstrate their knowledge in written activities. Handouts and worksheets are imbedded within...
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Improving Your Style Pronouns

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing style worksheet, learners learn to improve their style by replacing nouns and noun phrases with pronouns. Students complete three activities to help them with pronouns.