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Sports and Olympics - Word Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Volleyball, table tennis, skiing! ESL/ELL learners first unscramble the letters in words associated with Olympic sports and then locate these terms in a colorful word scramble. An answer sheet is provided.
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Weather and Seasons Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What is the weather like in the summer? What’s your favorite season? Language learners fill in the blanks of a series of prompts with weather and seasons words, and then respond to these same prompts to complete a crossword puzzle. Be...
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Curated OER

Word Exercises with Zoo Animals

For Teachers 3rd
For this word exercises with zoo animals worksheet, 3rd graders match 6 animals with descriptions, then solve a crossword puzzle with 6 clues.
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Phonics Word Search: wh

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this phonics word search worksheet, students locate and mark the 12 words in the word bank that begin with "wh" within the word puzzle.
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Phonics Word Search: sh

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this phonics word search worksheet, students locate and mark the 12 words in the word bank that begin with "sh" within the word puzzle.
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Mystery Word

For Teachers K
Help spellers hear words that have the same beginning letter in them and guess the letter. Each speller has a piece of paper where they are to write down the letter once they have identified it. For instance, the teacher will say, "may,...
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Word Search

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a word search that has more educational value than most. After finding the 14 words that have to do with natural resources, learners must then use the words in context. They answer 14 questions on the second page of the...
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Hey Classmates! Let's Get to Know One Another!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Two word puzzles encourage collaboration among learners. One sheet has numbers and initials that show a relationship and the other has pictorial images that represent a phrase. Partners cooperate in order to develop functional working...
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National Institute on Drug Abuse

The Brain's Response to Drugs

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Marijuana affects the brain differently than inhalants, which have a different effect than opioids. Elementary and middle school classes read about these drugs as well as nicotine, methamphetamine, hallucinogens, and steroids before...
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Latin Roots fin, sed, fer: Context Story (Advanced)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Several vocabulary words are joined together in a cohesive paragraph that can be played via audio clip for your class. Pauses in the audio allow listeners to repeat the target words to emphasize correct pronunciation. As the audio is...
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Fraction Puzzle Problems

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design a fraction word problem PowerPoint presentation. In small groups they complete a storyboard graphic organizer for their word problem, evaluate another group's word problem, and create a PowerPoint presentation of...
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What's in a Word?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete a unit on words, their origins, and their usage. They explore various websites, create a word ladder online, develop a list of anagrams, write a story using homonyms, and create a list of vocabulary words.
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Area, Perimeter Word Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students measure planes and solids. In this geometry lesson, students find the area and perimeter of different polygons.They complete a word puzzle to review their vocabulary words.
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"Olympic Sports" Wheel Search Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 11th
After unscrambling the letters of 15 Olympic sports, language learners locate these words in the rings of a word search puzzle. No answer key is provided.
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Sentence Puzzle Race

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create sentences based on the word cards they are given. In this sentences lesson plan, students work in teams and get points for correct sentences.
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Landforms Crossword Puzzle

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Language learners must complete ten sentences with landform words and then use these words to complete a crossword puzzle. No word list or answer key is included.
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Make Your own Word Search

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use the internet to create their own word search. Following the directions, they use a puzzle making site to create their word search with words related to school. They practice navigating through various websites and using a...
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Food search/word association

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Language learners complete a word search to locate twenty-five food words. They then identify the word as being a fruit, vegetable, meat or dairy product and list the word in the appropriate column on the worksheet. 
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Jobs Word Puzzle

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL worksheet, students review the crossword clues about types of jobs and choose the best answer to match the description from the word bank.
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Countries and Capitals Word Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this countries and capitals worksheet, middle schoolers search for the 21 capital cities from around the world that are listed at the bottom of the word puzzle.
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Chocolate Puzzles #2

For Teachers 2nd
A series of math puzzle worksheets are embedded in this simple plan which has learners solve mathematical calculation, and follow a coloring key in order to come up with the word, "chocolate." All of the puzzles are embedded in the plan....
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Multiplication Puzzles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this multiplication puzzles worksheet, students type in the multiplications they would have to complete to do ten word problems. Students solve ten equations utilizing the concept of multiplication.
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North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies

Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: African Americans in Revolutionary Times

For Students 5th - 11th
What's missing from most studies of the American Revolutionary War is information about the role African Americans played in the conflict. To correct this oversight, middle schoolers research groups like the Black Loyalists and ...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Tar Beach (Ringgold)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Anyplace can become a beach! Budding readers explore Faith Ringgold's world of imagination in her book Tar Beach, which can be found on YouTube if you don't have it. What words will budding readers learn? They focus on the following...

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