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Slang Quiz: Shortened Words 4

For Students 6th - 8th
In this English idioms about slang worksheet, students interpret sayings about slang and complete sentences using them correctly.
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Text for Dictation: The Environment

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this dictation text worksheet, students take dictation from a selection using vocabulary concerning the environment.
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Hot Stuff

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate if heat can change the form of matter. In this physics lesson, students use heat sources to observe the changes in an ice cube. Students graph which heat source changed the matter the fastest.
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What Holds a Substance Together?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe how substances are held together by bonds. In this physics instructional activity, students demonstrate how a substance is held together by ripping newspapers and stretching marshmallows. Students complete a data sheet.
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Idioms Quiz: Money 3

For Students 4th - 6th
For this English idioms worksheet, students interpret the meaning of phrases having to do with money.  Students complete sentences using the meanings of the phrases.
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Reporting on a Battle

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students report on battles of the Civil War. In this American Civil War lesson, students conduct research that allows them to report on selected battles of the war. Student's newspapers should include eyewitness statements, photographs,...
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Media Literacy with Focus of Strategies for Collaboration

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Introduce your class to literary analysis with a series of activities that has them examine book and movie reviews. Groups then draft their own review of a text, select a digital medium, and craft a presentation.
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Hurricane Katrina: You Be the Reporter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in a small group to create news stories, feature stories and editorials/letters to the editor and organize them in a podcast, video-based program, or newspaper/magazine focused on Hurricane Katrina.
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Believe It or Not? Time to Talk Back

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Young journalists select a news story, editorial, or opinion piece that they disagree with or one that leaves them with questions. They then create their report in response and share it with the class.
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Clothing Answers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word use worksheet, students examine 9 pictures and fill in the word "this" or "these" to best complete a question. Students then answer the question in a complete sentence.
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What Time Is It?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this telling time activity, students match seven clock faces with the sentence that states the time. On this page there are times shown to the nearest five minutes.
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The Life and Work of Kahlil Gibran

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the Islam and Christianity through the use of newspapers or magazines. They discuss the life of Kahlil Gibran and his work in which he was an political activist .
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Science: What Is the Carbon Cycle?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the carbon cycle while identifying its sources, sinks, and release agents. Using magazines and newspapers, groups of students design collages illustrating the carbon cycle. Finally, they write responses to several...
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A Letter to the Editor Worksheet

For Students 5th - 12th
In this letter to the editor worksheet, students use the provided phrases and the provided outline for a letter to write their own letters to editors of newspapers.
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Aussie symbols

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students work in groups to identify, examine, collect, and present a range of symbols and logos used in Australia.
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Computers in Daily Life

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research how computers are used in everyday life, then write a descriptive paper using adjectives, adverbs, synonyms and antonyms describing the usage.
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Factors To Consider When Looking For Housing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discuss their housing options and factors which affect housing costs. Using the newspaper as a resource, students compare and contrast the prices of housing options. Working with partners, students compare and contrast their...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: 9/11 Revisited

For Students 8th - 12th
Political cartoons about the September 11 terrorist attacks provide an opportunity for class members to analyze the inferences embedded in the drawings.
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The Penny Press, Walt Whitman and the War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Penny Press and how it began the era of mass circulated newspapers. They use the internet to research the writing style of the paper and write a short article using that style.
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Journalism: Dude! Where's My News?

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine news reporting and how its coverage differs depending on the country. They watch a Powerpoint presentation explaining both news and entertainment. Using the Internet and worksheets, 12th graders investigate the...
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Stop the Presses

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students bring in newspapers, focusing on sports, living, or general news sections. They discuss newspapers and their daily usage, and study the layout of the newspaper, incorporating the story with pictures.
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Who Did That?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students use current newspapers and news magazines and find the names of women making news today. They continue and extend their search at home. Students select one of those woman newsmakers, research her life using print and/or online...
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Spedwards Times

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils research parts of existing newspapers by having a newspaper treasure hunt. Students glue pieces found on poster board with headings. Pupils meet and interview a newspaper reporter. Students create a name and masthead for their...
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ESOL Letters and Numbers

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students review alphabet and numbers using flash cards. They make their own flash cards by finding letters and numbers in magazines or newspapers then they practice and play "Concentration".

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