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An Age of Exploration
Students investigate U.S. history by examining North American timelines. In this American exploration instructional activity, students research the events that led to Columbus finding America and participate in a jeopardy game regarding...
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Shakespeare: The Nature of Writing and the Writing of Nature
This lesson plan uses Shakespeare's writing as a model for elementary students, encouraging them use their imaginations to explore to the evocative powers of language. It gives them a manageable piece of text which they can master and...
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Who am I
In this Road Dahl character worksheet, students use clues to guess the names of four characters from the books of Roald Dahl.
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Reading: Climbing Mount Everest
In this reading: Climbing Mount Everest worksheet, students read an interview and assess comprehension. Students choose one or more answers to complete eight sentences.
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Dr. Seuss Listening Centers
Take a trip to Whoville with a lesson focused on the works of Dr. Seuss. Using listening and responding worksheets, first graders listen to six Dr. Seuss books at a listening center, rate the books, and summarize and respond to questions.
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Quotations
In this reading worksheet, students think about the meaning of famous quotations. Students read 5 quotations and four possible meaning choices. Students select the correct meaning that fits each quotation.
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Beginning Synonyms and Antonyms 15
In this synonyms and antonyms instructional activity, students choose the best synonyms and antonyms for the given words. Students complete 12 questions.
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Reading: Climbing Mount Everest
For this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read an interview based on an actual interview with Edmund Hillary and answer comprehension questions. Students answer 8 multiple choice questions.
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Design a Rainforest Postcard
Send your class on an expedition through the rainforest! Along the way, they will write informational postcards to demonstrate what they've learned. Each team will be responsible for one of five rainforest regions. When they return from...
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Simple Past and Past Participle
In this simple past and past participle activity, students choose the correct simple past and past participle forms of verbs to complete sentences, and choose the correct simple past and past participle verbs to label pictures. Students...
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Pieces of Mind: Remembering What Matters
Learners watch the program "Pieces of Mind" from PBS and participate in a class discussion about PET scans and their advantages. Students then brainstorm activities a PET scan could be used for.
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Shakespeare's Macbeth: Fear and Motives of Evil
Students complete play and vocabulary analysis for William Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this Macbeth analysis lesson, students use an online research engine to locate passages that highlight Macbeth's response to fear and his descent into...
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Compare and Order Fractions and Mixed Numbers
In this comparing and ordering fractions and mixed numbers practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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English Exercises: Song: The Eternal Flame
In this ESL worksheet, students first watch and listen to a YouTube clip of The Bangles performing "Eternal Flame." Students then complete 20 sentences by filling in missing words in the lyrics.
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SAT Reading Comprehension Practice Test 11
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read two passages and answer reading comprehension questions. Students have 12 minutes to answer 8 questions in this SAT practice worksheet.
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Recognizing Elements of a Short Story
In this elements of a short story worksheet, middle schoolers are given definitions and must choose the element being defined. Students are also given a selection to read and answer questions about.
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After Apple-Picking Questions
In this reading comprehension activity, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the poem "After Apple-Picking," by Robert Frost.
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Invent a Holiday
Students compare their own special holidays and traditions and then use their imaginations to create their own holiday.
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Past Progressive/Past Tense Practice
In this past progressive worksheet, students change the words in parenthesis in the paragraph to past tense. They then complete the 4 sentences at the bottom of the page using past tense verbs. There are 15 questions on this page.
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Past Progressive/Past Tense Practice
As part of a study of the past progressive and past tense forms of verbs, learners fill in the blanks. The activity, which focuses on the use of past tense verbs and forming questions, would be appropriate for older students. The story...
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A Poem for Columbus - Junie B. Jones Series
In this poetry and rhyming words learning exercise, students fill in the blanks in a poem about Christopher Columbus. They add a rhyming word at the end of each of the 14 stanzas. This learning exercise is associated with the Junie B....
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Past Progressive/Past Tense Review
In this past progressive or past tense worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the correct form of the verb using past progressive or past tense verbs. Kids also answer the questions with the verb forms. Students complete 15...
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Past simple: regular and irregular
In this past simple worksheet, students rewrite sentences and make questions in the past simple form about pictures of Simpsons characters. Students complete 32 sentences total.
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Send Me A Postcard From The Rainforest
Students research the different regions of the rainforest by using the Internet. They create their own postcards from each region they examine showing the plants and animals of that region. They share their postcards with the class.