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Modern and Classical Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
A fabulous presentation of poetry awaits your students. This rich, 14-slide PowerPoint presents many excellent ways for your pupils to compose poems. The presentation encourages them to play with words when composing poems, to analyze...
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Organizer
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-AR Verb Table 1

For Students 6th - 7th
You've taught -ir and -er verbs; now it's time for the -ar verbs! The word and it's meaning are listed, but consider whiting out a handful of the definitions and having learners look them up in the dictionary. Then, encourage your class...
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Worksheet
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Ir+a+the Infinitive Form of the Verb

For Students 8th - 9th
With the ir verb, meaning to go, Spanish speakers can also say "I am going to..." Complete two quick exercises to show them the different use ir can have. 
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Organizer
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Tener

For Students 8th - 9th
What does tener mean? Introduce your Spanish novices to this important verb. First, they fill out the conjugation chart. Next, they read the examples and explanation as a whole class. There's a short practice activity at the end to...
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¿Tú o Usted?

For Students 6th - 9th
In English, we only have one word that means you, but in Spanish, speakers can use either tú or usted. Print this sheet for your beginning speakers to introduce them to this idea. First, read through the information provided, and then...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

A “New English” in Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart”: A Common Core Exemplar

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
To examine the “New English” Chinua Achebe uses in Things Fall Apart, readers complete a series of worksheets that ask them to examine similes, proverbs, and African folktales contained in the novel. Individuals explain the meaning...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Dramatic and Theatrical Aspects in Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”: A Common Core Exemplar

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
“So I’m going to have a copy of this play put in the cornerstone and the people a thousand years from now’ll know a few simple facts about us.” Our Town is used as the text in a Common Core exemplar that examines the dramatic and...
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Visa

Money Matters: Why It Pays to Be Financially Responsible

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What does it mean to be financially responsible? Pupils begin to develop the building blocks of strong financial decision making by reviewing how their past purchases are examples of cost comparing, cost-benefit analysis, and budgeting.
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National Security Agency

It's Probably Probable

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners make predictions and draw conclusions from given information as they learn the meaning of probability in this vocabulary-rich, integrated activity that presents a variety of teaching strategies to motivate and reach all learning...
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National Wildlife Federation

Get Your Techno On

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Desert regions are hotter for multiple reasons; the lack of vegetation causes the sun's heat to go straight into the surface and the lack of moisture means none of the heat is being transferred into evaporation. This concept, and other...
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Lesson Planet Article
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Exploring Meaning In Native American Art

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Native American artwork includes symbolism that will inspire students' own work.
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The Meaning of Logarithms

For Students 9th - 11th
In this logarithms worksheet, students rewrite logarithms in exponential form. They convert other problems to logarithmic form. This four-age worksheet contains 36 problems. Answers are provided on the last two-pages.
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Prefixes "out" and "pro" Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this prefixes worksheet, learners explore how a prefix changes the meaning of a word. Students complete 6 questions with three parts. Learners write the original meaning of a word, students add the given prefix and write the meaning...
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Prefixes "a-" and "ad-"

For Students 4th - 6th
In this recognizing prefixes usage and meanings worksheet, students write the meanings of base words, add the prefixes "a-" or "ad-" to base words, and write the meaning of the new word. Students write 18 answers.
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Prefixes: ab- and be-

For Students 4th - 5th
In this recognizing the meanings and usages of the prefixes ab- and be- learning exercise, students write the meanings of the base words, add the prefixes to make new words, and write the meanings of those word. Students write 18 answers.
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Facing History and Ourselves

What Does It Mean to Belong?

For Teachers 6th
After reading and analyzing The 'In' Group by Eve Shalen, sixth graders consider how the categorization of people results in exclusion, discrimination, and injustice. 
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Identifying Symbols

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the meanings of symbols. After creating a symbolism match game, they work on analyzing symbolism in their reading. Next, they read text and record concepts that are being repeated through the story, and use their...
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Words of Deep Meaning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create their own poems to express a deep feeling or transformative experience, then write imaginary letters to people in the article, responding to their poetry and sharing their own creative process.
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Does Security Mean Safer? Exploring Issues of Security in Public Places

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore various scenarios that may or may not make them suspicious in the post-September 11 world, and discuss and write position papers about a fatal shooting involving air marshals and a mentally ill passenger.
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When the Snow is as High as an Elephant

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers study the concept of mean values using a data plot. Learners enter the given data in the activity to create their data table. They use the data table to calculate the mean of the snowfall percentage provided in the...
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Worksheet
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Synonyms 2- Good or Bad?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this good/bad synonyms learning exercise, students read the words inside 18 bubbles. Students color the bubble blue if the word means "good" and red if it means "bad."
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Interactive
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Equivalent Sentences

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing sentences with the same or nearly the same meanings online/interactive learning exercise, students read two columns of statements and match the ones that have equivalent meanings. Students match 7 sentences and check...
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Transportation Memory Game

For Students K - 2nd
In this memory game learning exercise, students match the pictures showing means of transportation including air, water, and land. Students 18 pictures.
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Functions

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this functions worksheet, students solve and complete 5 different sets of problems that include determining functions on intervals. First, they define a definite integral and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Then, students draw a...

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