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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

For Teachers 3rd
Using Alpha Smarts, 3rd graders write a "Story-in-the-Round". The end result of this project is one story for every student in the class that has been written by the entire class. Students create a PowerPoint presentation with a...
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Letter Vv Worksheet

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this alphabet letter V worksheet, students trace and write the lowercase and uppercase letter V ten times each. Students practice writing the letter V on the lines provided next to seven pictures that contain a V in them and then draw...
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Suffix City

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these spelling worksheets students will focus on words with the -ain spelling pattern. Using these five words students will add suffixes to each word and complete 12 sentences with the correct missing word.
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Kiss and Make Up Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Kiss and Make Up Day worksheet, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order,...
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Slave Trade Day

For Students 5th - 10th
For this Slave Trade Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write...
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World Theatre Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Theatre Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...
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National Napping Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this National Napping Day instructional activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences,...
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Literacy Through Photography

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice using words to describe photographs they have taken.  In this descriptive writing lesson, students utilize a disposable or digital camera to take 5 pictures of their life after school.  Students create slides from their...
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Chinese New Year's Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Chinese New Year's Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...
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Freethinkers Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Freethinkers Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, writing questions, survey, and...
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Do I Add? or Subtract?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a book.  In this word problems instructional activity, 4th graders review the operations addition and subtraction, read the book Sea Sums, learn strategies for determining if they should add or subtract, and solve...
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Color Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners describe colors. In this descriptive writing lesson, students brainstorm color descriptions using all of the senses except sight. Learners write poems including similes, sensory images, and interesting word choice. Examples are...
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Place Value Charts to the Millions Place

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, students learn to read, write, order and compare numbers and place them on a place value chart. Students begin the 4 pages of exercises by studying a sample place value chart. Students then fill out 3 other charts...
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Que Llueva! It's Raining, It's Pouring!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn to sing a song in another language.  In this music lesson, students learn a song about rain in English and Spanish.  Students listen to the song Que Llueva in Spanish and It's Raining, It's Pouring in English, sign it...
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Make A Difference Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Make A Difference Day learning exercise, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, correct word choosing, multiple choice, sequencing, unscramble the sentences, write questions,...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day

For Students 5th - 10th
For this Holocaust Remembrance Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking...
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Where Do We Live?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate various types of habitats. In this habitat exploration lesson, 2nd graders view a PowerPoint presentation on habitats and explore websites to gather more information. Students choose a habitat to focus on and...
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Bluebottle

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students read the poem Bluebottle and discuss the use of the simile in the poem.  In this Bluebottle poetry lesson, students analyze the use of verbs and the energy created by that use.  Students text mark all the similes in the poem....
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Here's An Instant Activity for April 7, 2003

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice their spelling skills with soft syllable endings. In this spelling lesson, 5th graders complete soft syllable interaction activity with their teacher. Students then write 16 le-ending and ly-ending word pairs to...
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--ar Word Family

For Students K - 1st
In this --ar word family instructional activity, students add the ending "ar" to six word beginnings to make rhyming words. All words are inside a car shape.
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Alphabet and Phonics Mazes: Find the Words

For Students 2nd
In this phonics instructional activity, 2nd graders draw a continuous line connecting letters to form words of actions represented in the pictures to complete the maze. Then, they write all of the words at the end on the lines provided.
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Vocabulary Formation Worksheet 15

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL vocabulary learning exercise, students read a sentence that has a missing word and a base word in bold type at the end. Students fill in the space in the sentence using a form of the base word.
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Bulleted Lists: punctuating items in vertical lists

For Students 7th - 10th
What is easier to read: a bulleted list or a block of text? Look at different examples with your class and then go over the style guidelines for vertical lists. 
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Allusions to Shakespeare in Popular Culture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Send your high schoolers on a scavenger hunt through popular culture (music, television, video games, movies) to find allusions to Shakespeare. They must each provide three to share with the class, and the one they present cannot have...