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How Groundhog's Garden Grew

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students answer questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy after reading the book, How Groundhog's Garden Grew, by Lynne Cherry.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students respond to 6 questions, one per taxonomy level, to demonstrate...
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Author’s Purpose Activity

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this author's purpose worksheet, students read a few sentences about a book and then answer short answer questions about the author's purpose. Students complete 12 questions.
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Family: The Circle of Life

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students brainstorm family meal traditions and the meaning of "The Circle of Life" while viewing artifacts. They plan a traditional family Thanksgiving meal and write/discuss their own Thanksgiving family meal traditions. Students listen...
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Harvest Festivals Around the World

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine and compare/contrast various harvest festivals from around the world. They read books, sing songs, and create various art projects about the harvest festivals from Ghana, China, Korea, Vietnam, and India.
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Basket Weaving

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Native American culture. For this art lesson, students study Native American culture today and in the past as they weave baskets.
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Veteran's Day Words Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word search instructional activity, students complete the word search puzzle by locating the 11 words that relate to Veteran's Day.
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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

For Students 11th - 12th
In Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas chapter questions worksheets, students complete several activities of chapter questions to advance their understanding of the text.
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Recognizing Types of Sentences

For Students 5th - 6th
In this types of sentences learning exercise, students determine if sentences are simple, compound or complex, writing the answer on a line beneath each sentence, 11 total.
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Thanks for the Memories

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the importance of the family holiday meal, read and discuss "Pass the Turkey, Tamales, Kugel and Criticism" and write their own renditions of a fictitious family's holiday evening.
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Christmas Writing

For Students 3rd
In this Christmas worksheet, 3rd graders analyze the picture of Santa and his bag of toys. Students write a story about the Christmas picture on the lines provided underneath the picture.
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Diary of a Part-Time Indian Pages 82-103

For Students 11th - 12th
In these Diary of a Part-Time Indian questions worksheets, students complete several short answer questions that advance their understanding of the text.
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Turkey Day Dessert Double Venn w/ Questions

For Students 3rd - 5th
Your class will be able to read and understand information from a Venn Diagram with this fun activity. Different kinds of deserts are laid out in the graphic organizer and your class will be able to answer the following questions about...
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Short Vowel U: Circle and Print #2

For Students K - 2nd
For this short vowel u worksheet, learners circle the word in a pair that has the short u sound, then practice printing the word on a line beneath. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Turkey

For Students K - 1st
In this turkey worksheet, students trace the word turkey, color a picture of a turkey, and write a sentence. Students complete 3 activities for the turkey.
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Seasonal Analogies

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this seasonal analogies worksheet, students complete each analogy by writing the best word in the blank, for 8 sentences about seasons.
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Shamrock Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create small shamrock replicas using green and white paints, paper, bubble wrap, and gold glitter. This lesson intended for the early-elementary classroom is ideal for celebrating St. Patrick's Day or spring-time in general.
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Colonial America

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore Internet sites about Colonial America, and create multimedia presentations.
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Family

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use Microsoft Word to create the family newsletter which can be mailed out with the family Christmas cards.
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Antonyms

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this antonym worksheet, students underline antonym pairs in sentences. One example is completed for students; a reference website is included.
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A Pilgrim Conversation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners place quotation marks in the correct place in a conversation. They review correct placement with students copying down sentences from the board. They write their own conversation between two pilgrims to complete the activity.
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Thank you!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students type a personal business letter to their elementary principal, teacher or pastor to thank them.
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The President and the Press ~ FDR's First Press Conference: March 1933

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars consider that many presidential aides now speak "off the record," in essence conveying a message from the president. They examine why most Presidents have fewer press conferences the deeper they get into their terms of...
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) (Grades K-3)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the Brown v. Board of Education case in Topeka, Kansas. They re-enact the courtroom and discuss how school would be different today if this case never existed. They discuss how public education has been affected by this...
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Communication Overload

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars take a trip through time to find out how language, and other ways of communicating, have evolved. They see how the specific technologies of e-mail and spam work and discover the most modern methods of blocking unwanted...

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