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Irregular verbs

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this irregular verbs worksheet, students choose the correct irregular past forms of the verbs given to them. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Debating the Depression

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders discover how to debate important social issues in a civil manner. They explain the importance of knowledge in public discourse.
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Mister Seahorse: Bulletin Board Idea

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a paragraph about what makes their school so special. They create collage seahorses and display their work on a bulletin board decorated in the style of illustrator Eric Carle.
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Rules of Conduct: Media Violence, Dating and Teenage Behavior

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the role of media in their lives and making decisions. In groups, they define violence and identify how it is represented in the type of entertainment they are accustomed to viewing. They compare and contrast...
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Middle School Writing: Semester Goals

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice their writing skills by identifying their goals for the semester. They write an essay of four paragraphs and then combine all the information into one. As a class, they create a contract for each of them to use...
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Elements Picture Assignment

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students identify the basic structural and decorative designs, create examples of line (horizontal/vertical/curved/diagonal), as well as identify and explain the difference between shape and form. Then, they identify and explain the use...
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Bringing Us Together

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how people work together to create a better world. In this working for the common good lesson, students recognize how we are all connected and illustrate ways they can give of themselves for the common good. They...
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Our Land: League Philanthropy Unit

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use the folk singer Woody Guthrie's song 'This Land is Your Land' to learn about the responsibility of every person to take care of each other and the land. In this land preservation lesson plan, students sing the song, learn...
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What's the News?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate current events. In this current events lesson plan, students identify current events from newspaper articles and place them on a timeline.
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Compound Words

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders define a compound word. In this compound word lesson, 6th graders complete a worksheet filling in the compound words defined.
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Proofreading - Spelling, Capitalization, Grammar and Punctuation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice proofreading a passage. In this proofreading lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet by reading a passage and circling twelve errors. They proofread for errors in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.
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Symbols Communicate Without Words

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write different symbols we use in writing out in their word form. For this word symbols lesson plan, students practice writing out what the symbols represent. For example the symbol % stands for 'percent'.
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Here's an Instant Activity for March 7, 2005

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a spelling activity for homographs. In this spelling lesson, 5th graders complete a crossword puzzle using homographs.
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Homophone Contractions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice the proper spelling and use of homophone contractions. In this spelling lesson, 7th graders examine the use of contraction homophones. They complete an associated worksheet by identifying 15 examples in an passage.
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Two Letters, One Sound

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders spell double-letter words.  In this spelling lesson, 8th graders practice pronouncing words that contain double consonants.  Students examine words with one or more sets of double letters, and discuss the proper...
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Build Skill and Word Experience: Level One Priority Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete spelling activity for frequently used words. In this spelling lesson, 1st graders practice spelling frequently used words. Students also complete a word search for high-use words.
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Spelling Strategies for Success

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify the meaning of the suffix "er" in given words and sort according to meaning. Students pair up for proofing of work, checking for correct sorting of words in categories of: no suffix, suffix that means "more," and...
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Phonics: Long O Spelling Patterns

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review the spelling of words with the long O sound. In this phonics lesson, 2nd graders brainstorm words with the long O sound, gain exposure to common long O spelling patterns and sort long O words based upon the spelling...
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Write a Story Based on the Picture

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this creative writing worksheet, students look at a picture and write a creative story based on what they imagine is happening.
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Tracing Exercise

For Students Pre-K - K
In this tracing learning exercise, students prepare to learn to print by tracing 20 straight dotted lines from left to right. Students then color a picture of a bus.
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Tracing Practice

For Students Pre-K - K
In this writing activity, students trace the letter from the top dot to the bottom line. This activity provides room for students to try and write the letters without dots. There is a picture to color as well. 
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Tracing Practice

For Students Pre-K - K
In this tracing learning exercise, students trace 14 dotted examples of a curved line. Students color the large picture of the smiling face.
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Tracing and Coloring Practice

For Students Pre-K - K
In this pre-printing worksheet, students trace the straight and curved lines in a large picture of a barn. Students color the picture any way they like.
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The Call to Greatness: A Search for Moral Integrity in the Urban Classroom

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders read a variety of novels surrounding the theme of "greatness." In groups, they discuss various aspects of each novel and create a group bulletin board to identify and display the most important information from the...