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Three-Hole Bottle
Students participate in an experiment with a 2-liter bottle. They develop their own hypothesis about what they believe will happen when certain items are tested on the bottle. They discuss results.
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" I will hear that play"
Students listen to the play A Midsummer's Nights Dream and analyze how sound influences the overall film. They study about Foley and how sound effect artists use this in the film industry. Students compare what they have heard between...
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All About Me
Third graders investigate the use of centimeters while measuring items with rulers which they construct. They examine the need for standard units of measure. They estimate the length of body parts before making the actual measurements.
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Food
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students match names of ten food items with their names. The learning exercise is intended for use with English language learners.
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Clothes
In this clothes word and picture worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict common items of clothing. Students match these to the words that describe them.
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ESL Body Parts Matching Worksheet
In this ESL body parts matching worksheet, students match a clip art picture of a body part to its name. They match 10 items such as the nose, lips, cheeks, teeth, and tongue.
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What Colour Is ...
In this color words worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of common food items. Students fill in the blanks in the sentences that begin with the words "What colour is the----?" Students answer the questions and color the pictures...
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Is It Big or Small? Circle the Answer
In this big/small worksheet, students first examine 7 pictures of common objects. Students circle the word "big" or "small" to show the size of the item.
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Christmas List
In this ESL Christmas worksheet, students create a list of gifts they would like to receive. Students illustrate the list and write why they would like to get each item.
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Matching Activity- School
In this ESL school vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different items used at school. Students match these pictures with the words that describe them.
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ESL Christmas Words/Pictures Matching Worksheet
For this ESL Christmas picture/word matching worksheet, students draw a line from a small picture of a Christmas item to the word that name it. They match 9 pictures and words which include reindeers, snowman, and presents.
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Match the Foods
In this ESL food word instructional activity, students analyze 7 pictures that depict food items. Students match the pictures with the words that describe them.
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Clothes Matching
In this ESL clothing vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that show common clothing items. Students match these to their names.
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Measuring Pumpkins and Our World
Students estimate the circumference of a pumpkin. They measure the pumpkin and other school objects, and record the measurements on worksheets.
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Technological Grand Conversations
Conduct a written literary discussion and diminish stress about public writing. Class members, already arranged into literature circles, compose and post responses to novels, signing with initials or class number. The process continues...
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A Primary Source Picture Book
Travel through Europe with ten-year-old Teddy Roosevelt in this writing activity, which uses the picture book My Tour of Europe: by Teddy Roosevelt, by Ellen Jackson. After reading the book, readers compare it to passages from The...
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Web of Interdependence
Students investigate the colonial era and the crafts practiced in each of the trades as an expression of the interdependence the colonists had on each other. The impact of emigration from an American colonial town is experienced as...
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Famous First Graders Unit
Class members become reporters, photographers, and movie producers to interview each other as they become "Famous First Graders." Learners work as a team to interview the famous person and then produce a short movie. They create...
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Choice Board - Conversations with Suffragists
Celebrate 100 years of women's suffrage by planning a re-enactment of famous women discussing their fight. After learners view a series of interviews with famous women played by actors, including Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and...
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Let's Celebrate Kwanzaa!
Learn more about Kwanzaa with a celebratory lesson. As learners analyze My First Kwanzaa Book by Debbi Chocolate, they compare and contrast the celebration to other holiday traditions they know about. Next, they prepare and...
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Exploring Transformations
Students explore what happens when geometric figures are transformed on the coordinate plane. They work in pairs, moving geometric shapes in the plane, and formalize their rules as functions.
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German Immigrants Contributions to the Upper Midwest
Students explore contemporary lifestyles, cultures, traditions are influenced by the contributions of the German settlers of that region. They research these influences and design a brochure to entice potential immigrants to the Upper...
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Women's Suffrage for Grades 6–8
Learners study the decisions and solutions involved in winning the right to vote. After reading background information on the fight for women's suffrage, including one woman's story, and its eventual success in the United States and...
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Abraham Lincoln: A Time Line Research Project
Though Abraham Lincoln's life was tragically cut short, it was filled with accomplishments and inspiring moments that continue to influence American democracy. Explore the ways the 16th president of the United States made his way from a...