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Now That's News To Me!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils observe how newspapers help to build a sense of community. They identify the important events and people within their school community and create a newspaper page/section. They choose photographs or clippings to use on their "page."
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction

For Students 4th - 6th
In this intermediate paragraph correction worksheet, students answer questions about errors in sentences. In this multiple choice worksheet, students answer eight questions.
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Fact Versus Opinion

For Teachers K - 5th
Students differentiate between fact and opinion. They define fact and opinion, then listen to and identify examples of each. Students identify different books where facts and opinions can be found, and cut out newspaper and magazine...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Drawing Attention to Human Rights

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about human rights. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Where Does Our Food Come From?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the state or country that a food product came from and locate it on a map. They identify products that are grown in Hawaii and the factors important in the location of economic activities.
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What's Wrong - Intensive Reading

For Teachers 7th - 9th
There are different types of reading meant for different texts. Discuss four of these with your emerging readers. When does one perform an extensive or intensive reading? When does one skim or scan a text? How are these all different? 
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Making Binding Agreements

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A verbal contract can be legally binding under the right circumstances. Upper graders are assigned verbal topics to study and present. They prepare and deliver a 2-3 minute talk about their topic. Each topic relates to an aspect of...
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Real Life Challenge

For Students 7th - 9th
In this consumer mathematics worksheet, students use the newspaper to complete the sheet and figure out their budget for the next six months. They include parenting challenges and a new baby in their budget factors.
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Questions: past tense

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this questions worksheet, students choose the correct words for the beginning of question sentences and fill in the blanks to words in questions. Students complete 33 questions total.
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Medium Studies

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Learners consider the evolution of newspapers. In this current events instructional activity, students investigate changes in newspaper production as they visit selected websites to educate themselves about the topic. Learners...
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If Hornets Could Talk

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a school newspaper. In this journalism lesson students write articles for a school newspaper. They also create an informational website. the projects are both on-going.
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Zhu Zhu

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read an article about the toy Zhu Zhu and answer comprehension questions about it. In this toy lesson plan, students also create an ad for a new toy that they invent in groups.
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Census Countdown

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils read and discuss the census and how the census is used by the government. In this census lesson plan, students use the data collected to compare different census's and their outcomes.
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Meteorology

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study how atmospheric conditions change while naming the things that make the weather change. They investigate the affects of air masses, weather fronts and high/low pressure by looking at weather maps from newspapers.
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Westward Ho

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine primary sources regarding Western migration. In this Manifest Destiny lesson, students determine why the pioneers moved west and what the trip was like as they examine sources and write journals based on their findings.
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Thanksgiving Dinner

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils plan a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. In this Thanksgiving lesson plan, students compare and contrast the first Thanksgiving to Thanksgiving celebrations today. Pupils plan a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and research the...
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Record 'The' Results

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders predict how many times they'll see the word "the" in a newspaper page and highlight all the "the"s they find. After reviewing definitions of range, median, mode, mean they create a Stem and Leaf Plot and a Back-to-Back Stem...
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Find the Error 37

For Students 7th - 12th
In this grammar worksheet, students read a newspaper advertisement and find the grammatical errors. Errors to choose from include: spelling, apostrophes, articles, punctuation, plural and singular verbs.
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Race to the Eating Line Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in the building and racing of a vegetable and fruit race car.
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What type of soil do worms like?- An Investigation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study four types of soil and predict which one worms would use for their habitat. They observe worms in each type of soil and monitor their activity. They create class charts highlighting their discoveries.
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How Can You Detect the Invisible?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a lab activity in which they examine the characteristics of radon. They identify radon's link to cases of lung cancer. They complete a radon fact sheet and answer questions to end the instructional activity.
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Society, Cyberspace and the Future

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students locate information on the rapid growth of world population and consumption needs through the use of Internet, Cd-ROMs, laser dics and other media. They use spreadsheet to present data gathered on world population growth between...
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Topical Discussions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Engaging in topical discussions can be a great way to teach kids how to build strong arguments and support their opinions with concrete evidence. High schoolers choose a controversial topic, build an argument for or against that topic,...
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Reading For Information

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
To help learners better comprehend informational texts, they work through a series of activities. They discuss strategies, make predictions, skim passages, focus on key words, and practice taking notes. This instructional activity...