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Teaching Others About Being Deaf
Students read two articles about how college students taught others about being blind or deaf. In their school, they interview students with a physical challenge and use the internet to research how to write about those with...
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Story Pyramid- Reading and Understanding a Story
Emerging readers follow eight steps to assist in their reading and understanding a story line. They name and describe the main character, setting, problem, events, and the story's ending using the specified number of words described in...
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Maus: Problematic Situation Strategy
Do people really need “a newer, bigger Holocaust” in order to change? Or is it possible that by making text-to-self connections to the stories of others people that they can change? In order to connect to Art Spiegelman’s Maus, class...
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Paradise Lost: Identifying Vocabulary
“The mind is its own place. . .” and Milton’s Paradise Lost is sure to expand the vocabulary (and the minds) of young readers. Assist that growth with an activity that asks individuals to first select and define five unfamiliar words,...
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Anticipation Guide Teacher Copy: The Catcher in the Rye
“You don’t have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.” Or so says Holden Caulfield. Challenge his assumption by asking your readers to think about and respond to some of the assertions of Salinger’s narrator. Should a...
Digital History
The New Nation
George Washington and the new nation of the United States of America faced many problems in their inaugural years. Use this worksheet as a straightforward approach to learning about the reasons the country was experiencing a lack of...
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Integrating the Craft of Writing into Physical Education
Incorporate writing into your physical education class. In groups, learners unscramble a list of words related to exercise and use them in their journal writings. Using their name, they write one word related to physical activity that...
Illustrative Mathematics
Writing Expressions
Practice writing algebraic expressions from written phrases. The objective is to consider two seemingly similar phrases, write them as algebraic expressions, and then simplify using the order of operations. Learners are challenged to...
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Statistics and Shopping
Explore how statistics are used in everyday life. Your soon-to-be savvy consumers use the Internet to find consumer-related statistical information and learn to make wise consumer decisions. Includes links to a practice sheet about data...
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Integrating Quotations, Paraphrases, and Summaries Effectively
Integrating quotations, paraphrases, and summaries into a paper can be a challenge. After the terms are defined and the difference among them illustrated, viewers are shown correct and incorrect inclusions of quotations. Preview the...
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Recycled Greeting Cards
Students create greeting cards from recycled products. They research how paper is recyled and the history of paper. They write free verse and create their own recycled paper. They use Microsoft Word to write their final drafts of verse...
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Dribbling Math Challenge
Students practice foot dribbling and hand dribbling with control. In addition it helps to reinforce math concepts.
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Similar Triangles - Applied Problems
Students differentiate between similar and congruent triangles. In this geometry lesson, students identify the angles of triangles using the similarity theorem. They apply concepts of triangles to the real world.
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Flyer
Students create a flyer used to announce a transition meeting for the individual student as he/she enters high school. Students summarize the purpose of the meeting, remind the teachers of the meeting's date, and then distribute it to...
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So Many 7s and8s
In this counting to 7 and 8 worksheet, students use two different colored crayons and color the balloons to show different ways to make 7 and 8. Students then write an equation for each problem and finish with one word problem for the...
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Relating Facts to Place Value
In this place value learning exercise, students use the given number and write how many tens and ones are in each number. Students draw a line to the matching number sentences for each place value. Students finish with a place value word...
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I'm Done! What Now?
You can use these lesson plans to give your high ability math students something challenging to do when they finish early!
Worksheet Works
Create a Compound Events Worksheet
Create your own compound events assignment! You choose whether you want the numbers displayed as numerals or words, and if you want problems to include dependent or independent events. You can even designate a challenge level between...
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Money Subtraction Math Questions
Challenge your students with this activity in which students use coins to answer subtraction questions. Using this 6 question learning exercise, learners could practice identifying pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, and hone their...
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Bicycle Metric Math
This terrific task is appropriate for practicing calculating times and distances for people riding bikes. Strangely, the publisher has marked this as designed for third through fifth grade Common Core math standards, but the skills are...
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A collection of Addition Lessons
Students solve problems by adding. In this collection of addition lessons, students answer a variety of word problems and utilize addition skills. Links provide access to definitions and sample problems.
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Ordering Numbers: True Or False Activities
For this ordering numbers worksheet, students answer forty math word problems as true or false in reference to greater than or less than.
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Remainder Reminder
In this remainder worksheet, students use number sentences to solve a set of 6 problems that use 2 number sentences given at the top of the page. Answers on page 2.
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How Many Cups and Plates?
In this addition worksheet, learners solve 3 story problems pertaining to the pictures of bags of cups and plates with their amounts labeled. Students use the pictures to add the two digit numbers. Example: Emily needs to bring 53...