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Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read facts about the origin of blue jeans and assess reading and vocabulary comprehension. Students answer nine multiple choice questions.
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Reviewing the Past Tense

For Students 4th - 5th
In this verb tenses worksheet, students complete ten sentences using the word in parentheses in the past tense. There are no examples on the page.
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Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adjectives instructional activity, students read a review of adjectives and identify adjectives in sentences. Students underline fifteen adjectives.
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Vocabulary Meanings

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vocabulary meanings worksheet, students demonstrate comprehension of vocabulary from a word bank by logically filling in the blanks to complete sentences. Students choose ten multiple choice answers.
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Which Word Doesn't Belong?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing categories worksheet, students read groups of four words and identify the one that does not belong in each group. Students choose 10 answers.
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Fighter Pilots of World War II

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore the types of airplanes that were used in World War II.  In this World History lesson plan, students write a research paper that compares and contrasts three types of American airplanes and three types of foreign...
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Reading: Blue Jeans

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading for information worksheet, students read a passage about the origin of blue jeans. Students answer 9 multiple choice questions about the text.
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School Guides

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make a video. In this Spanish instructional activity, students write a script in Spanish for a tour of the school, map out the tour, and record the tour using a camcorder.
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A Day Without Agriculture

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders define and create a list of agricultural products.  In this producers and consumers lesson plan, 2nd graders participate in a contest to find as many types of agriculture as they can.  The student who comes up...
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Cows, Worms and Compost

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore agriculture by viewing a PowerPoint presentation in class. In this animal relationship instructional activity, 3rd graders identify the types of farm animals humans feed on and their dependency on such small insects...
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How Much is Dirt Worth?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders graph the percentages of the materials that make up the Earth and complete computations based on their results.  In this topsoil lesson, 4th graders diagram the different layers of Earth's composition.
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Caring for the Land

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine how to care for the land. In this soil management lesson, 5th graders participate in a service learning project and assist in the preservation of natural resources. 
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America's Heartland

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate imports and exports to discover its importance to America as a world power.  In this Imports and exports lesson, 5th graders discuss how climate and natural resources aid a country in becoming a world...
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Now You Have It, Now You Don't

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compare corn-based shipping peanuts to Styrofoam shipping peanuts. In this hands-on environmental awareness lesson, 6th graders try dissolving two different types of packing peanuts in water.
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Pronoun Case: He, Him, His, and Himself exercise 3

For Students 4th - 6th
In this recognizing pronouns worksheet, students read sentences and choose the correct pronoun to fill in the blank. Students write twenty answers.
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Our Unique Legacy of Giving

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view The Gift of All, a Community of Givers. In this philanthropic lesson, students discuss the gifts of philanthropists they've seen. Students research and write a two page paper with four bullet points. Students include a...
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Making The Holidays Special

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine ways in which holiday television specials reflect some of the religious, historic and cultural themes of the holidays on which they focus. They create their own holiday television specials in groups, each focusing on a...
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You Can't Stop The Pop

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars reflect on the popular culture of their own country and explore the "Korean Wave" of popular culture in East Asia. They research the popular cultures of various countries around the world and present their findings in an...
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The Shapes of Our World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners utilize shapes and spatial relationships in a practical context by creating maps and writing a critical essay.
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Vocabulary Review

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the word in bold. There are 10 sentences and 4 choices for each.
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Thou Dost Protest

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars analyze recent anti-American protests around the world, using Pakistan as a starting point. They read and discuss, In Streets of Pakistani Cities, Cries of 'Death to America! students develop and present case studies of...
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Plant Parts

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders conduct research on plant parts. They listen to the book "Jack and the Beanstalk," explore various websites and read about plant parts, and create a movie using Kid Pix computer software.
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The Differences Between Turtles and Tortoises

For Teachers 1st
First graders differentiate between turtles and tortoises. In this turtles and tortoises lesson plan students are visited by a turtle and a tortoise. Students write a letter with an illustration after the animals visit the class.
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Start the Space Flight Time Line

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research space flight exploration and technology. In small groups, they research a significant event from early time until the start of the space age. A class time line is created from the research groups.