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Holidays: Often Happy, Sometimes Sad
Students examine holiday stress. In this current events lesson, students read the provided article "Holiday Stories from Street Corner and Coffee Shop." Students respond to the provided discussion questions.
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Autumn Vocabulary
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match vocabulary to definitions of words representing autumn. Students complete 20 matches total.
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Global Change- Time and Cycles
Students study trees and their growth. In this investigative instructional activity students work in groups to reconstruct a 50 year climatic history using a simulated tree ring.
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Student Exploration: Measuring Trees
In this measuring trees worksheet, students explore the internet program Gizmo about measuring trees and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 22 questions.
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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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Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
In this present perfect simple or continuous verb tense worksheet, ESL students read 13 sentences. For each sentence, students choose the best verb form, either present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
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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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Trees: Are They Thriving or Surviving?
In this trees survival lesson plan, 8th graders discuss what trees need to grow, brainstorm things that could adversely affect tree growth, and compare characteristics of thriving trees vs. surviving trees. Students learn about the...
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10 Apples Up On Top
Stuents make class books as a follow up activity to the Dr. Seuss book Ten Apples Up On Top!
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Easter Challenge
In this Easter fun activity worksheet, students use the 39 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Homonyms and Homographs
In this homonym and homograph worksheet, students use a word bank to answer a set of 5 questions about homonyms, then do the same for 5 questions about homographs. An answer key is included.
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Dana's Flower Garden
In this spring reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one page story about flowers and gardening. Students then answer 6 questions about the story.
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Patty's Pumpkin Patch
Learners explore Halloween by examining pumpkins in class. In this pumpkin observation lesson, students discuss the method in which pumpkins are grown and the time line it takes a pumpkin to grow from a seed. Learners read a pumpkin poem...
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Scarecrows
In this language arts worksheet, learners find the answers to questions after reading the short story about scarecrows. The reader must increase reading comprehension.
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Recording Local Weather
Second graders measure, record, graph, and report changes in local weather using Navajo, Ute, and Spanish words for weather conditions. They record the weather results on a graph, and create drawings of weather conditions.
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Heart Shaped Mice
Students create mice using heart shapes, construction paper, yarn, markers, scissors, and glue in this Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The activity is an excellent alternative for use during the Valentine's Day season.
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Eat Your Flowers
Learners grow flowers in different soil mediums to determine the effect on flavor. In this investigative lesson students study flowers, plant them and taste them to see how they differ in different potting soils.
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Easter Treats
Young scholars celebrate Easter. In this current events lesson, students visit Fountains Abbey, Cadbury World, The Big Pit, Madame Tussaud's, and Natureland online or in person to participate in Easter activities.
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Get Your Skates On
Students enjoy winter activities. In this field trip opportunities lesson, students may visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Bocketts Farm, Clapham Common, or the Dinosaur Museum online or in-person.
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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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Black Hawk Island Hike
Students explore Wisconsin's natural and cultural history through hands-on exploration of Upham Woods. They are shown the basic paddling skills and they work in teams to paddle across the river on barge. Students describe cultural...
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Mahler
In this music instructional activity, students read a short piece about Gustav Mahler, the composer. They write responses to 10 questions about this romantic composer. Students are asked to comment on Mahler's interests, techniques, and...
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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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Glacial Climbing
Young scholars plot the current distribution of glaciers around the Earth and see if there any major trends where glaciers appear to be either growing or shrinking at abnormally high rates.