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Mother's Day Trip
Help your class develop their public speaking skills. They write original scripts for informative infomercials, plays, or poetry. They work to present their information with purpose.
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How to Write a “Roses are Red” Valentine’s Day Poem
Compose a Valentine's Day poem! Practicing their rhyming skills, scholars follow the traditional format to create a happy poem for a friend or family member.
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Mother's Day Poem- Here are Some Violets Coloring Page
In this Mother's Day coloring worksheet, 2nd graders color a picture of violets which is shown above a poem. They sign their names at the bottom of the page on an elementary line.
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Mother's Day Poem
In this Mother's Day worksheet, students will color a picture of a bouquet of flowers and sign their name below a poem about mothers.
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Mother's Day Alphabetical Order: Jobs For Mom
In this Mother's Day learning exercise, students read a list of 16 jobs that can be held by mothers. Students alphabetize the list of words.
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Mother's Day - Alphabetical Order
In this Mother's day worksheet, learners put words that have to do with Mother's day in alphabetical order. Students put 16 words in alphabetical order.
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Mother's Day Card
In this holiday card activity, students make a Mother's Day card. Students first create an acrostic poem about their mothers, then color a picture. Note: There is a misspelling in the sentence "You are my rock of Gebralter."
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How to Write a Funny Epitaph Poem
What can happen if you eat too much cafeteria food? Or wear dirty clothes every day? Or talk back to your mother? Use a lesson on humorous poems as a way for students to practice silly rhymes as fictional epitaphs.
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Mother's Day
In this holiday worksheet, students color in a bouquet of flowers and illustrate a poem about Mother's Day. The poem begins with, "You fill my days with rainbow light..."
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Poetic Teapot Card
Students recognize the role of loved ones in their families and the many things their parents and others contribute to their lives. They write an acrostic poem about their mother, father, or other important person. They then make a...
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Mother's Day
In this holiday worksheet, students color in a bouquet of flowers and illustrate a poem about Mother's Day. The poem begins with, "You fill my days with rainbow lights..."
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Mom Acrostic Poem
In this Mother's Day worksheet, students write an acrostic poem, using the letters in Mom to begin each line. This could be a Mother's Day card.
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Friendship Cinquain
Invite your class to share their appreciation of one another through the work of a Valentine's Day cinquain poem. Scholars use their knowledge of their classmates to describe them through adjectives, action verbs, and a complete sentence.
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Mother's Day -- A Poem for My Mother 1
In this Mother's Day worksheet, students read a poem about mothers, color a bouquet of flowers and sign the card to give to their mothers.
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Are You My Mother? An Opinion Writing Unit
During a five-day lesson, scholars analyze written and visual art—primarily the poem, Mother to Son by Langston Hughes— identify facts, and write opinions. Learners read the poem several times, discuss, write, compare and contrast, and...
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Incredible Bridges: “Translation for Mamá” by Richard Blanco
Who or what do you miss? That's the question that launches an activity that asks writers to craft a paragraph filled with sensory details that shows how they feel. Next, they listen to Richard Blanco reading his poem, "Translation for...
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Mother's Day Acrostic
In this Mother's Day worksheet, students complete an acrostic poem using the word "mother." Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Mother's Day
Third graders write a poem describing why they love a special family member. They use decorative paper and illustrations for their poems. Students give thanks and praise to their family members.
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A Poem for My Mother
In this holiday worksheet, students print out a Mother's Day poem and draw an original illustration below it. They sign the card on the elementary line below the illustration.
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A Planting We Will Go
Even the youngest kids can make scientific comparisons using collected data. They read The Tiny Seed, then discuss the essential nutrients and elements needed for a seed to grow into a blooming plant. They plant seeds and track their...
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Integrated Video Technology
Students create a Mother's Day video gift by utilizing the latest video technology in class. In this film making lesson, students utilize important photographs related to their mother and import them into a computer timeline using...
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Reading Comprehension/Valentine's Day
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students learn facts about Valentine's Day by reading a one page story. Students then answer 6 questions.
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West Virginia Acrostic
In this recalling facts about West Virginia learning exercise, students use the letters that spell the name of the state to write an acrostic poem. Students create 1 poem.
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Delaware Acrostic
In this Delaware learning exercise, students write an acrostic poem about the state of Delaware. Students use each letter in DELAWARE to start each line of poetry.