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Number-Line Squeeze

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate numerals and size by ranking different numbers based upon value. In this number sense lesson, 1st graders practice using the terms smaller, larger, less and more in order to organize numbers on a number line....
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The Color Purple Essay Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literature learning exercise, learners respond to 12 short answer and essay questions about Walker's The Color Purple. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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English Worksheets and Activities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
English worksheets and activities can enhance instruction if used in the right way.
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Launching Writer's Workshop

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Writer's Workshop can be a great way to create a community of writers.
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An Author Study: Kevin Henkes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Kevin Henkes' books can be a great way to introduce students to an author study in the classroom.
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Incorporating Games Into Classroom Curriculum

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Games are a motivating way to help students practice important skills and reinforce learning.
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Beyond Fossil Fuels

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students can benefit from an education on renewable energy.
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Day in the Life of a Homeless Person

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine a day from the point of view of a homeless person. They listen to and discuss two stories, identify ways to help homeless people, watch a Reading Rainbow video, and write an essay.
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Where in the World? :Understanding Latitude and Longitude

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars play a grid-based game and devise clues to help classmates locate spots on the globe in order to recognize the value of using longitude and latitude for identifying locations.
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Art as Therapy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how they connect with artwork on an emotional level through writing and the creation of an original piece of art.
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Families

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete a unit on families and family structures. They create a family tree for their own family, construct a family mobile, sort and discuss photos of families from around the world, create a banner of ways to say "I...
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How Plants Help Us Breathe

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss how humans breathe and how plants help us to stay alive. In groups, they identify and label the different parts of plants and describe their functions. They compare and contrast the ways plants and animals breathe...
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Features of Culture

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars enumerate features of their own culture and evaluate how those features have influenced their lives. They explain that many differences are related to culture-beliefs and ways of living that are handed down from one...
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Rooms in the House

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students will focus on the various parts of a home. Students will analyze six pictures and choose the correct answer to tell what room is depicted in each photo.
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Eating Out

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this eating out worksheet, students practice matching ten food items on the right to their appropriate pictures on the left.
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A Book Review

For Students 5th - 6th
In this book review worksheet, students read over the book review and answer the questions on the next page. The 12 questions are in true/false form.