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Understanding the Compass

For Teachers 4th
Young geographers view an excellent description of how compasses work, then work in partners to make a compass of their own. There is a heavy religious component in this lesson plan; for example, as closure, the teacher reads a verse...
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Choose the Correct Homophone

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
It's a known secret that English can be a difficult language to learn, and homophones don't make it any easier. Help your young readers tackle these tricky words with this simple fill-in-the blank exercise in which...
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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

For Students 7th
In this thousands word problems worksheet, 7th graders solve and complete 6 different word problems that include the thousands place. First, they read each story and draw a picture to determine the solutions to each problem. Then,...
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Active/Passive Voice Recognition Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Practice the active and the passive voice with this worksheet. Print this sheet for your class, and they can practice identifying the verb and deciding whether the verb is in the active or passive tense. 
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Reported Speech Review 2

For Students 2nd - 4th
Young learners rewrite sentences using reported and direct speech, put sentences in order, and more. A total of four activities are completed. Note: this is an on-line, interactive worksheet.
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Deserts

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
What is it like in the desert? Inform your class on what makes a desert, the type of climate they'll find there, and the interesting plant and animals that live in the desert environment. This is a text-rich presentation that will...
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Cardinals vs. Rangers, Game 6

For Students 5th - 9th
So what happened in game 6 of the 2011 baseball World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers? Read this article and find out. A simple fill in the blank activity to use perhaps on a rainy day.
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The Gerund Phrase

For Students 6th - 8th
Do your young grammarians need extra practice identifying gerund phrases? After reading a short definition and studying examples, learners underline the gerund phrases in 20 sentences. This instructional activity could be used as the...
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Topic Sentence

For Students 4th - 5th
Looking for a simple worksheet on topic sentences? This one's for you! Learners find the topic sentence for each paragraph by cutting out the paragraphs and placing them in the right order.
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Verb Review: Present/Past

For Students 3rd - 5th
The conversational style of the sentences (Some exercises are actual dialogues, which could make good oral language practice.) in this practice sheet makes it perfect for ELD class or native speakers. The five exercises here encompass...
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Missing Dollar: the Bargain Hotel

For Students 6th
In this missing dollar:  the bargain hotel worksheet, 6th graders solve the math puzzle about paying for the hotel room using logic and problem solving.
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How the Chipmunk Got its Stripes

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comprehension worksheet, students complete multiple choice and short answer questions for the legend How the Chipmunk Got Its Stripes. Students complete 8 questions total.
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The Ashcan School of Artists

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Complete with explanations and many examples of relevant paintings, this presentation takes students through the characteristics of the Ashcan School of Artists. The slides include works by artists such as Everett Shinn, John Sloan, and...
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All About Kennings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The word kenning is derived from an old Norse phrase. It means, "to express a thing in terms of another." Pupils practice identifying and using kennings in the modern English language. This presentation was produced in Britain, and has a...
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Things Fall Apart Reading Guide

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart can present challenges even for experienced readers. Here’s a schedule and corresponding guide that will help readers focus on and record important events. The packet includes fact-based, interpretative,...
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Plants, Ecology, Seed Planting

For Teachers 1st
First graders use senses to examine objective or events, then gather and interpret data with instruments. They design invention to support or refute hypothesis, then generate, record, and organize data. They improve environmental...
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War Story Documentary

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research and create an aspect of a war. They practice on writing a bibliography and essays.
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Whales

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate two different types of whales; toothed and baleen. They describe what the different types of whale eat. They listen to a cassette of Dyan Sheldon's, The Whale Song before making stick puppets to dramatize the...
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Lunar Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students learn about the phases of the moon. In this moon phases lesson, students learn about what causes the moon to look different to us everyday and how the Earth and Sun's position determine what phase the moon is in.
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This Was the Noblest Roman of Them All

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
High schoolers analyze the problems with staging and character using the play Julius Caesar. They summarize the final scene of the play and view film versions of the scene. Additionally, they prepare a promptbook for the final scene and...
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Sequence Clue Words (part 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
If you've already discussed using sequence words to determine the sequence of events in a story, then a follow up lesson is definitely in order. They read the story, My Apron by Eric Carle and look at the sequence clue words such as...
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ESL: Verb Activity- "Two Sisters and the Cat"

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL verb worksheet, students type the correct verbs in boxes to correctly complete a paragraph. Students are given a list of verbs in a word box.
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Seasons of the Year

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how the link between the tilt of the Earth's axis to the ecliptic and seasons of the year--length of day, effectiveness of sunlight, polar day and night, and seasons south and north of the equator, as well as near it.
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Reading Picnic

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students fill in the amount of minutes read nightly and any new words they come across. At the end of the month they have a "Reading Picnic." students bring their favorite book, snack, drink, and sheet.

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