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Christmas Tree Farming in Ontario
Students realize that Christmas trees produced in Ontario are a field crop that is harvested annually. They find out that Christmas tree farming is important to the economy and the environment of our province.
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El Niño
In this weather learning exercise students complete an interactive activity on El Ninos then answer a series of short answer questions on how they occur.
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries
Sixth graders read about Grady, the Silo Cow and analyze the parts of a news story. In this news article activity, 6th graders discuss writing for different purposes. Students discover the characteristics of a strong...
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Advanced Matching--Weather
Here's a simple matching worksheet to help ELL learners practice weather related vocabulary words. Learners match the weather vocabulary word on the right with the correct definition on the left.
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Central Park Field Trip
Learners visit the park to observe signs of spring in the forest and pond environments. In this field trip lesson, students explore the park for various items
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Picture It: Teaching Descriptive Writing
There are many fun and effective ways to teach students to write descriptively.
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Michael Jordan
In this Michael Jordan worksheet, students read a 1 page reading on the life and basketball career of Michael Jordan. They then answer the 15 questions in the packet. The answers are located on the last page.
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 28
In this beginning sentence completion exercise 28 instructional activity, learners working online complete ten sentences by selecting the correct word(s), with immediate feedback.
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Poetry in Motion
Students expand their understanding and appreciation for poetry. In this poetry unit lesson, students complete 5 unit sections of multiple day activities to learn about poetry and its devices or forms.
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Mother's Day Craft
Students create a flower pot for their mom on mother's day. They use pictures found in magazines to create a collage on the flower pot. They are to follow instructions to complete this lesson.
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Backyard Wildlife Conservation
Students survey local wildlife. They distinguish between permanent and migrating or seasonal species. Students identify species and describe the ecological niche. Students research the food chain and food web for the backyard...
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Reusing Winter Waste
Students use waste materials to build a snowman decoration. In this reusing activity, students create a new object out of disposable items left over from the holidays. Students discuss ways of cutting down waste. Students understand how...
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Killer spiders invade Sydney!
Ninth graders examine the issue of killer spiders in Sydney, Australia. In this Sydney history activity students read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students complete a quiz with a partner on the information that...
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Climate Survival
Students use information about different world climate regions to plan how to survive in a particular climate zone for one year. They present their survival plans.
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Numeral Recognition, Matching, and Writing
Students engage in a instructional activity in which the teacher can evaluate, reinforce and reteach numeral recognition, one to one matching and the writing of numerals from 1-20. 'Anno's Counting Book' is used to kick off this...
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APRIL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
In this crossword activity about the month of April, students are given 9 opportunities to insert April-related words. The clues are given in CLOZE format.
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Vocabulary Review #112
In this vocabulary review #112 worksheet, students interactively complete 10 sentences by selecting the correct word, with immediate online feedback.
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K-1 Numeral Recognition
Students investigate numerals by creating visual aides. In this number sense lesson, students discuss the different types of numerals and how they can be translated into a number or an image. Students create a children's book...
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Chiro Suzuki
In this famous leaders instructional activity, students read a passage about Chiro Suzuki and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze,...
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Fringe My Heart
Young scholars create fringed Valentine's Day hearts in this Art activity for the elementary school classroom. The activity includes step-by-step instructions and a materials list. This was created by an 11-year old who loves arts and...
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What's In A Name
Second graders write a paragraph about their findings on what their name represents. In this writing lesson plan, 2nd graders will research their name and why they were named that. They will draw a picture that represents them along with...
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Christmas Songs Puzzle
In this Christmas crossword instructional activity, learners complete a crossword puzzle by answering questions or filling in the blanks of items related to Christmas songs. There are 41 word blanks on the puzzle to solve.
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Food For Keeps
Students investigate the concept of food preservation. They use the internet to conduct research, specifically the methods of processing the students' favorite foods. They are introduced to the project using realia like beef jerky and...
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Student Store
Vocational training activities are extremely important for learners with intellectual or physical disabilities. Here is a great idea that will help your class become skilled at money handling, basic economic concepts, interpersonal...