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If You Give a Mouse A Cookie

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students are read the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and develop their own story. They use a literature wheel to determine what the mouse will want next. They share their wheels with a friend.
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Simple Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the format for the construction of similes and use a variety of nouns and adjectives to write similes. Programmed circles are used to assist students in this experience.
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What's The Idea

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils discuss the importance of identifying the main idea in reading selections. After reading newspaper articles related to nutrition, students identify the main idea of the selection and three supporting details. A reading log...
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Me, Myself and I

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore symbols of their individual identities and write college admissions essays about the meaning of the symbols. They evaluate the unique and common identities of their classmates through participation in a Step Into the...
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Grammar Test: Lesson 18

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this adjectives activity, learners complete sentences with the correct adjective, circle the adjective in the sentences, and circle nouns. Students complete 13 problems total.
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Resilient Poetry

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read The Seven Resiliencies, a Maya Angelou poem, and complete writing activities to analyze the concept of resiliency. In this poetry lesson, students group in a circle to read the resiliency handout and discuss the text....
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For Thy Sweet Love Remembered Such Wealth Brings

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read sonnets and choose one which contains words or phrases that create an emotional reaction to study the Shakespearean language. In this Shakespearean sonnet lesson, students read Shakespeare sonnets and circle words that...
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Help, I'm a Prisoner in the Library

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete activities with the book Help, I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Eth. In this reading ideas lesson, 4th graders are broken into tiers based on their reading ability and complete different activities. These...
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Graphing Made Easy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover the appropriate way to construct and analyze bar, line, picto, and circle graphs. They set up frequency tables and perform some statistical analysis (mean, median, and mode) on their data.
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Story Wheels

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use a Story Wheel to summarize a novel, practice sequencing skills, visualize story elements and recognize story structure. In groups, they each complete a piece of the story wheel and put it all together. They complete the...
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Homophones in Sentences

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students read the definition of a homophone. They read 20 sentences and circle the homophones in each one.
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Intermediate Level: Clauses and Sentence Structure

For Students 8th - 11th
In this grammar worksheet, learners underline each independent clause and circle each dependent clause in 5 sentences. They then determine whether 10 sentences are grammatically correct or not.
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Letter Recognition: The Letter R

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this letter R instructional activity, students identify the R words from a word bank and circle them. Students then circle and color the pictures that start with the letter R.
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School-Home Links: Vowel Sounds

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students first name the picture and then circle the word that matches. Students say the word aloud and listen for the vowel sound.
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Capitalization

For Students 4th - 6th
In this capitalization learning exercise, students read a passage and circle all the words that should be capitalized. Students circle many words in this 8 paragraph passage.
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Big Rigs: high frequency and spelling words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this language arts activity, students read the story Big Rigs and then complete language arts activities. Students write spelling and high frequency words, fill in the blanks to sentences, answer short answer questions, and circle...
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Proper Nouns in Sentences

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this proper nouns worksheet, students circle the proper nouns in the sentences given to them. Students circle proper nouns in 10 sentences total.
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Play With Clay-'ay' Word Family

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this 'ay' word family activity, students color a picture, read a sentence and circle correct answers to questions about it and trace and write the word clay.
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Capitalization Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this capitalization activity, learners circle capitalization errors and add end marks to sentences, capitalize proper nouns, and edit sentences to correct.
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Pi Day (March 14)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine the value of ? by measuring the circumference and diameter of circular objects such as soup cans, Oreo cookies, etc..
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Cinderella Stories: An African Tale

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils read and analyze an African version of the Cinderella story. They listen to John Steptoe's story, "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters," locate Africa on a map, compare and contrast the story with Cinderella, and identify fairytale and...
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Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "the Very Hungry Caerpiller" by Eric Carle and create their own caterpillers using the same art techniques found in the book in this excellent early elementary lesson. Included with the lesson is a vocabulary list and a...
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Letter from San Diego - Proofreading for Missing Commas and Capital Letters

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students read a letter that is missing commas and capital letters. They write in the missing commas, and circle all of the letters that should be capitalized. They see graphics on the page that illustrate...
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Language - Simple Sentence Structure

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sentence structure worksheet, students read a selection about sentence structure and draw a red circle around the noun phrase and a blue circle around the verb phrases in 5 sentences. Students also construct 6 simple sentences.