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Questions, Questions, ...(Practicing Question Words)

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders participate in an activity about question words such as who, what, when, where, and why. Working in groups, they are given strips of paper with partial sentences on them and match them together to make a sensible question.
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STI CAse Studies

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars evaluate case studies in which a person is exposed to a sexually transmitted infection. They read, discuss and answer questions based on four different case studies which involve herpes, HPV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea.
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Don't Smoke or You Might Choke

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders conduct Internet research for anti-smoking websites. After critically evaluating websites and collecting information, 3rd graders create their own public service announcements using iMovie. Project is completed with a...
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Images of Our Changing Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils identify and explain that remote sensing can detect changes on the Earth's surface that occur over time, and name at least three: urbanization, deforestation, and succession. They select a global change issue to investigate and...
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Learning to Read: School-Home Links

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this reading worksheet, students follow directions, reading a short story to themselves twice, then to a parent aloud. Worksheet is designed to be signed by both parent and child upon completion.
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The Good Things in Life

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this health worksheet, students fill in a chart describing the good things in life which include favorite people, activities, places to visit, foods, and things that are exciting. They tell how these things make them feel. The article...
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Christmas Trolls Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students love the illustrations in Jan Brett books and the story in the border of each page. In this Christmas Trolls lesson plan, students read a variety of texts, both print and non-print sources, to help give them a better...
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Alas, All Human

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students define a scientist. In this ethics and science lesson, students read Asimov's Alas, All Human and write responses and discuss the possibilities of imperfection within science by scientists. Students discuss what steps should be...
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Thanksgiving For Preschool

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read books, make turkey hands, eat gingerbread cookies, and more to learn about Thanksgiving. In this Thanksgiving lesson plan, students also write what they are thankful for.
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Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners write a poem. For this language arts lesson, students discuss what they hear and see in a garden. Learners write a poem about the sights, sounds and smells of the garden.
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Monster Voices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create stories based upon the techniques of author Maurice Sendak in Where the Wild Things Are.  They use a word processing program and the Apple software program GarageBand to create new voices for the story. ...
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Honesty

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to the story, "The Mangoes." They answer and discuss a given set of questions then volunteer to share an experience of when they told the truth and what it felt like. Students perform a skit to reinact the story, "The...
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Sami and the Time of Troubles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils read Florence Parry Heide and Judith Heide Gilliland's, Sami and the Time of Troubles before discussing it as a class. They brainstorm ideas for a letter to the main character, Sami. Next, they write a rough draft of a letter to...
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George Washington Carver and Sharing

For Teachers K - 5th
Students research George Washington Carver. In this science lesson, students discuss George Washington Carver's contribution to science. Students explain how peanut butter is produced.
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Bob Dylan

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Bob Dylan learning exercise, students read about the life of the performer, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Goofy Ghost

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "goofy ghosts" using painted feet, black construction paper, white and black paint in this fun Art lesson plan for the early-elementary classroom. This lesson plan is messy so be sure to cover areas of the room for work...
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Confronting Genocide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover what the term genocide means and are assigned to groups to reasearch an act of genocide in order to answer each question from their worksheet. They then compare their results making special notes of patterns they observe.
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All Around the Christmas Tree

For Students 4th - 8th
In this Christmas worksheet, students read a poem then respond to 2 short answer questions providing evidence of their understanding of what was read.
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Community Arts Projects

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Youngsters learn about community through exploration of their own neighborhood.In this lesson about community, students create a community in their classroom. Students think about what their community looks like by making a map. Students...
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Cats as Pets- Online Interactive

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a short text about cats as pets and learn about cat ownership in America. Students complete 8 sentences with information from the text. This is an online interactive...
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Supporting Ideas

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this supporting ideas worksheet, students read a few sentences about a girl going to the zoo and fill in the blanks about what she saw there. Students fill in the blanks for 9 sentences.
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Much Ado About Nothing Plot Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore tone in "Much Ado About Nothing." In this literary elements instructional activity, students  list the main points of the plot, identify shifts in tone, and select love songs that reflect the tone of events and/or...
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Plots of movies

For Students 4th - 8th
In this movies activity, students read a paragraph for the plot of a movie and try to guess what movie it is. Students guess 5 children's movies.
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Spelling Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this spelling learning exercise, students read sentences from the book Mystery in the Attic and choose which word is spelled incorrectly and then correct it. Students complete this for 5 sentences.