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Memoirs and Personal Essays
Students can then pinpoint problems the characters experience and interview their parents to see if they too may have once faced a similar problem. Interviews with family members can be recorded by students in their home language.
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Caption Writing Activity
Students explore the basic principles of caption writing and write captions for assigned photographs.
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Let it Grow!
Students explain the relationship of plants and animals in the environment. They name the basic requirements for plant growth and define the terms photosynthesis, stomata, chlorophyll and xylem.
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Handling Data: Coin Tossing Simulation
Students collect experimental data and record it on a frequency table. After accessing an Internet coin toss simulation site they discover that repetition of an experiment may result in different outcomes. They identify the mutually...
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Democracy…Not Yet!
Students analyze the concept of democracy. In this democratic values instructional activity, students analyze the lyrics of selected popular music that address issues that challenge the role of United States as a world leader. Students...
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Lesson Plan XII
Seventh graders research the problem of homeless youth. In this homelessness instructional activity, 7th graders read the worksheet 'Kids Who Can't Go Home.' Students discuss the reading and the social services in place to help homeless...
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The Value of Exercise: I've Got Muscles!
Exercise and building of muscles are the focus of this health worksheet. Students read a passage which describes voluntary vs. involuntary muscles, then complete a word search which has many types of exercise words hidden in it. An...
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Medical War Ball/ Civil War
Eighth graders play Medical War Ball. In this Civil War lesson, 8th graders research the role of women in the Civil War as nurses. They play dodge ball with slightly different rules to incorporate a nurse on each team.
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Skipping
Students investigate skipping and sliding. In this movement lesson, students practice skipping and sliding while holding colored chalk marking the wall mixing the colors to make different colors.
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Big Time Lessons
Teaching students about time can provide a way to talk about sundials, different types of clocks, and even time travel.
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Switch Soccer
Learners play a soccer type game in order to practice using both sides of the soccer field.
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How Do You Feel Today?
Students create a graph, then listen to Dr. Seuss' book, My Many Colored Days. After the story, they do a similar graph and then compare the two graphs.
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McGruff's TV Violence Scorecard
Students watch television to identify the violence on studenT shows. They identify alternatives to settling conflicts other than in a violent manner. They share their scorecard with the class.
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Introductory Learn to Swim
Students perform introductory swimming techniques. They review water safety rules. Students blow bubbles and put their head into the water. They touch designated body parts while standing in the water and finally touch the bottom of...
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Stamp It
Students pick a theme related to the Mississippi River Valley and conduct research using a variety of resources while constructing a commemorative stamp of the topic. The stamp is made using a visual image found in the information.
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Idioms
In this ESL worksheet, students match 10 idioms with their keywords. Idioms include "She's dead two-faced" and "I was walking on air!"
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Papalotzin y las Monarcas
Students examine theme. In this Papalotzin y las Monarcas lesson, students read an English or Spanish version of the story. Students discuss the themes of community and positive change in the story.
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Idiom Quizzes
In this idioms quiz worksheet, 5th graders read 40 sentences and choose from four idioms that match the sentence meaning. Students must choose the correct idiom that describes each situation.
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The Past Tense
In this past tense worksheet, learners change the verbs in parentheses from present to past tense, underline the regular and irregular past simple tense verbs in 8 sentences and then sort them into the correct boxes.
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Language - Simple Sentence Structure
In this sentence structure worksheet, students read a selection about sentence structure and draw a red circle around the noun phrase and a blue circle around the verb phrases in 5 sentences. Students also construct 6 simple sentences.
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Dream On More Action Verbs
In this verb activity, students read a selection about verbs, underline the action verb in 10 sentences, underline the verb and mark if it is a mental or physical action in 8 sentences and write 4 sentences that show physical action and...
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Idioms Quiz: Clothing 2
In this English idioms worksheet, students interpret the meaning of various idioms based on clothes and clothing. Students complete sentences using the meanings of the idioms.
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Speedball
Students work as a team in a game of Speedball. They are taught to value the benefits of physical activity as they investigate a new sport. Students successfully participate in a game of Speedball after participating in a drill that...
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PROBLEMS/SOLUTIONS
Students choose an interesting problem related to space travel and then design a plan to solve the problem. They present their solution to the class.