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Box O' Love

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners create a Valentines Day poem using an empty cereal box as their canvas.  In this poetry lesson, students create their poems using rhyming words and create sentences. 
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Father Time

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a memory book and acrostic poem for Father's Day. In this Father's Day lesson, students appreciate unique things their fathers do for them. Students create an original project for their father.
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Party!

For Students 5th Standards
What could be more fun than two birthday parties in one day? Compare and contrast two parties with a short reading passage and a graphic organizer that focuses on character, setting, and events from the story.
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Gettin' Through Thursday

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Have your class explore active reading strategies! In this guided reading lesson, learners make personal connections to characters having a bad day as a prior knowledge activation discussion. After reading Gettin' Through Thursday, class...
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Writing Process

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a Mother's Day Writing Project in this lesson. They review the assignment's expectations, and develop their rough draft letters and illustrations. They then peer edit their rough drafts and write their final copies.
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Lee & Low Books: Giving Thanks Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in reading comprehension activities associated from a teacher's guide. In this reading comprehension lesson, 4th graders read Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp and...
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Government and Community Resources

For Teachers Higher Ed
Adult learners, with the assistance of flash/picture cards, explore a variety of United States holidays and social customs: Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and more. In addition, they draw pictures illustrating...
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Things To Do With Mom-Alphabetical Order

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this "things to do with mom" worksheet, students alphabetize a set of words found at the bottom of the page. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Creating Coasters

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students discuss ways to care for the environment by creating a product from recyclable materials.  For this arts and crafts project, students utilize yarn scarps and plastic lids from a drink to create a coaster for drinks.  Students...
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Sula/Song of Solomon/Tar Baby

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students answer assigned questions as a group, write individual essays, complete a research project, and complete a writing project.
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Wheel of Fortune Game

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
Games are great for practicing any number of basic skills. Here is a set of wonderful instructions for making a braille version of a spinning game, where children win points by correctly reading/identifying the high-frequency words the...
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Worksheet
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Teacher Appreciation Week Word Jumble

For Students 2nd - 4th
Word jumbles can be a great way to start off Teacher Appreciation Week! Youngsters will unscramble the letters to create words about teacher appreciation. They spell 16 words.
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Vermont State Quarter Facts

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this observing facts about the Vermont state quarter learning exercise, learners examine a picture of the quarter and write answers about it. Students answer 5 questions.
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West Virginia Acrostic

For Students 4th - 5th
In this recalling facts about West Virginia worksheet, students use the letters that spell the name of the state to write an acrostic poem. Students create 1 poem.
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Happy 100th Birthday Airplane

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research the Wright Brothers and their plane. In this airplane history lesson, students use a hotlist of sites to research and create an airplane. A question is provided for each site.
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Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Personal Information

For Teachers K - 12th
"Hi, how are you? My name is___." Seems simple enough but it's not always that easy to recall and relate factual information about yourself. Learners with multiple disabilities practice memorizing and relaying personal information about...
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Speak

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Speaking your mind and standing up for yourself is the message of Laurie Halse Anderson's novel Speak. Readers review key details about characters, setting, and plot points with a crossword puzzle all about Speak.
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Christmas Fun Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Christmas words worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 20 words pertaining to the Christmas season. There is a word bank.
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Graduation Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this graduation words worksheet, learners unscramble the letters in 20 words to spell terms that pertain to graduation from school. There is a word bank.
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Arkansas Cities Word Jumble

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Arkansas worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 12 words and write the correct names of cities in Arkansas. There is a word bank.
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Worksheet
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California word jumble

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this California instructional activity, students unscramble words that have to do with things in California. Students unscramble a total of 20 words.
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Worksheet
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California Cities Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this California learning exercise, students unscramble the letters in ten words to spell the names of cities in the state of California. There is a word bank provided.
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Colorado Word Jumble Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Colorado word jumble worksheet, students examine 10 cities listed in a word bank. Students use the word bank to unscramble 10 sets of letters to spell the names of 10 Colorado cities..
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Connecticut acrostic

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Connecticut worksheet, learners complete an acrostic about Connecticut where they write a verb or phrase using each letter in the state Connecticut. Students write 11 verbs or phrases.