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The Dog Days of Data

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are introduced to the organization of data This instructional activity is designed using stem and leaf plots. After gather data, they create a visual representation of their data through the use of a stem and leaf plot. ...
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Data Handling: Bar Chart Showing Frequency

For Students 4th - 6th
In this bar graph worksheet, students analyze a bar graph showing soccer goals scored. Students then use the data to solve 7 problems.
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A Picture's Worth 500-700 Words

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students interpret and analyze a work of art and write a narrative for the piece of art. In this narrative art instructional activity, students analyze a work of art and then write a short story 500-700 words long to narrate the art.
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Worksheet for Analysis of a Postcard

For Students 8th - 12th
In this primary source analysis worksheet, learners respond to 11 short answer questions that require them to analyze the pictured postcard.
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Data Handling: Bus Charts

For Students 4th - 5th
In this data display and analysis worksheet, students study a bar graph that shows the number of people who ride the bus at different times of day. Students use the graph to solve 6 problems. Note: Bus times are shown in 24 hour clock time.
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Painting with Words

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss words that are over used in their writing such as good, nice, happy, glad sad, etc. they complete a survey about word choice then hear a story and discuss descriptive phrases used in the story and how they help to...
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Word Unscramble: Book- Island of the Blue Dolphins

For Students 7th - 9th
For this Island of the Blue Dolphins worksheet, students survey how to unscramble twenty five words associated with the novel.
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Analyzing Photographs & Prints

For Students 7th - 12th
In this primary source analysis activity, students respond to 12 short answer questions which require them to analyze photographs and prints.
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Tables and Data

For Students 4th
In this tables and data worksheet, 4th graders complete word problems based on the tables and data of students recycling cans. Students complete 8 problems total.
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Tables & Data

For Students 4th
In this tables and data worksheet, 4th graders complete word problems based on a table of leaves collected. Students complete 8 problems.
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Often-Confused words

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders develop understanding of words often confused. In this spelling, vocabulary lesson, 5th graders complete a worksheet comparing a set of often confused words.
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One Word Substitution 3

For Students 5th - 7th
In this online interactive vocabulary skills instructional activity, students match the 10 vocabulary terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions. Students may submit their answers to be scored. All of the words...
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Worksheet for Analysis of a Map

For Students 6th - 10th
In this primary source analysis worksheet, students respond to 6 short answer questions that require them to analyze the maps of their choice.
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Batchelder News Channel Data Mix Up!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students look at data in graphs with missing labels and use what they know about graphs to label the topics, titles, and axes of the graph. In this graph lesson plan, students pretend they are news reporters and have to fix their stories!
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Preprimer Word List

For Students Pre-K - K
In this preprimer word list learning exercise, students color the words in the list and draw a line to connect matching words. Students do this for 10 words.
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Recycling/Solid Waste Education with Shel Silverstein: "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout"

For Students 4th
Both poetry analysis and waste disposal are more engaging topics for young readers with a worksheet to accompany the Shel Silverstein poem 'Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Not only...
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Credit Cards: The Good, the Bad, and the ugly

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study how dangerous credit cards can be. They see why it is important to pay off credit card bills as soon as they can. They use MS Excel to display and understand the data. They fill out questions using the data from their...
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Going Fishing More or Less Worksheet

For Students 1st - 3rd
Take your class on a hypothetical fishing trip! This word problem gives a data set describing how many fish each of the nine contestants in a fishing derby caught. The numbers range from zero to ten. Learners examine the data and answer...
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Common Core Reading Standards: Understanding Argument

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What does your class know about logical fallacies? They can find out quite a bit and practice identifying logical fallacies if you follow the steps and use the resources provided here! After reviewing ethos, pathos, and logos, ask small...
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The Tell-Tale Heart

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Bring Edgar Allan Poe's spooky story to life! After reading the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart," middle and high schoolers identify the theme, character traits, irony, and other story concepts. During pre-reading, they take notes,...
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Measuring Time in Minutes

For Students 1st - 3rd
Time is measured in both months and minutes; scholars first examine a line graph to see in which months an electronic shop had sales on specific laptop brands. They answer three questions about the data. Then, they determine how much...
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Analyzing The Maryland Gazette,October 10, 1765

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Can you access a copy of The Maryland Gazette dated October 10, 1765? Although no link to the document is provided in this lesson, the questions on the worksheet do lead researchers through the steps necessary to form an analysis of a...
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"Playing in the Snow" - Reading Comprehension (Poem)

For Students 5th - 7th
Have your English language learners puzzle through this activity. Class members read the incomplete poem about playing in the snow and use the given words to complete poem. This is challenging since some of the spaces are ambiguous. Ask...
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Biopoem: Bud, Not Buddy

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young poets focus on one character from a story they are reading, collect details, and use a biopoem template to analyze this character. The activity can be used with any text.