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The Frienship Fish -- Rainbow Fish Book Activity
Pupils are read "The Rainbow Fish". They discuss how important friendship is and list qualities they want in a good friend. They create a giant fish with each child's quality for the class to view.
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The Rainbow Fish
Students are read a book about friendship. They create a friendship chain out of construction paper. They discover the importance of friends in school.
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Kindergarten Social Studies Lesson 4
Students examine the lives of children in other places. They listen to a read aloud of Eve Bunting's, Dandelions, and retell the story of the family living in the West. They talk about the sod houses and compare them to the types of...
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Olaudah Equiano
Eighth graders describe in detail a time in their life when they were the most afraid, causes of the fear and how they overcame it. This experience is compared/contrasted to the actual circumstances behind slave auction blocks. They read...
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The Life Cycle of a Frog
Students read a book about a frog and the stages of its life. They read the description cards given and work in groups to study all of the wells of the frog life cycle. Finally, students identify and interpret various slides and...
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Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms, and Roundworms
In this simple animals worksheet, students compare and contrast the body plans of sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, and roundworms. This worksheet has 4 short answer questions.
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India History: The Big Picture
In this India history study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the history of India and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. Students also respond to 18 short answer questions regarding the topic.
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India History: The Big Picture
In this India history study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the history of India from about 1500 to the present.
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The New Heads of the Family?
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 7-paragraph article about roles of modern children and respond to 5 short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are included.
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What about Babuie's Behavior?
Students read the story about Babuie's behavior and relate it to a finite state machine. In this language arts lesson, students discuss and analyze their reading assignments. They develop a method to help them understand the finite state...
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Classroom Guide for Coming to America
Students discuss the pre-reading focus questions. In this reading lesson, students discuss and explore the book cover and title. Students predict what they will learn from this book. Additionally, students read to find out what life is...
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ESL: Idioms
In this ESL idioms worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions, choosing the idiom similar in meaning to a word or phrase given. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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The Arctic Ocean
In this Arctic Ocean instructional activity, students read a 2 page passage, then complete 10 true/false questions. Answers are included on page 4. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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From the Gulf of Mexico to the Moons of Jupiter
Students compare deep ocean conditions to those found on the moons of Jupiter. In this Earth science instructional activity, students consider the possibilities and conditions needed to support simple life. Students examine the habitats...
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How Bad Are They?
Students consider a moral dilemma and state their response in English. They practice using a conditional phrase "if...then"
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School Daze - Remembering First, Best, Worst
Students gather and record information in interviews with adults discovering their first, best, and worst school memories, and transfer interviews into memory pages containing the interview information.
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Pigs: Facts And Fun
Students complete a unit on pigs. They take a field trip to the fair and zoo, watch the video of "Charlotte's Web," create a poster, read and analyze "The Three Little Pigs," write a storybook, participate in a reader's theater, and make...
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What is Biology?
In this science of biology instructional activity, students will review the concepts relating to biology including the characteristics of living things, the process of reproduction, adaptations, and evolution. This instructional activity...
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The Praying Mantis
In this praying mantis reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a 5 paragraph non-fiction selection about the insect and test their reading comprehension as they answer 7 multiple choice questions based on the reading.
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Rock Art Around the World
Students analyze rock art. In this rock art lesson, students research cultures that created rock art, analyze their art pieces, and compose essays regarding their findings.
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NATO and Russia: Will the Expansion of NATO Cause a New Cold War?
Eleventh graders role play as participants in a NATO meeting focused on inviting a number of independent republics from the former Soviet Union to become members of NATO. They represent their countries after researching them.
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Picturing George: A Pictorial Survey of the Life of George Washington
Young scholars create pictorial biographies of George Washington. Working in groups, they research various portions of Washington's life, highlighting significant events. After presenting their projects to the class, they are displayed...
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Making Ice Cream
Student examine the physical changes of matter and are able to describe them. They make ice cream in plastic bags to observe the changes in matter. They describe and record the changes in the ice cream mixture as it freezes.
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Simplifying sentences
Students read through several articles as a class and identify key words in sentences. Students work as a class to reduce the length of the article by shortening the sentences but ensuring that they still make sense.