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Reading Basketball

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn vowel patterns, homophones, and other tricky reading skills. They have to dribble their basketball different ways throughout the gym to the correct hoop, shoot, and return to their space. Switch with another student and...
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Metaphorical Poetry

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders read and discuss poems by Jewel., Sylvia Plath, and Langston Hughes They examine poems for examples of metaphors and similes. After discussing Jewel's poem Lost, they write their own poems. They hold a poetry reading in...
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Insects

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders brainstorm and identify several types of common insects. They play bug bingo, building bugs and an insect tree, observing real insects in the classroom and examining some of the things insects make.
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The Green Man

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the significance and symbolism of The Green Man. They create a Green Man using a monochromatic color scheme.
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The Battle of the Bulge

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the events and results of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. As a class, they discuss the role of the military in the entire European theater and write a paper describing the situations and conditions the...
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Communication and Control

For Students 6th - 10th
In this nervous system activity, students complete 4 fill in the blank, 10 word puzzle questions, and 6 short answer questions about the nervous system.
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Middle Ages Center: Games--Build-A-Knight

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Middle Ages vocabulary terms learning exercise, students participate in a game that deals with four game cards and the unscrambling of letters to create Middle Ages terms of interest.
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Banking: Life Skills Vocabulary

For Students 6th - 9th
In this banking terminology worksheet, students fill in a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answers to fourteen clues associated with banks.
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Homonyms Quiz 42

For Students 4th - 6th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the incomplete sentences and the multiple choices of homonyms, fill in the blanks with the 20 correct words, and click the Answer box to check.
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Toad Adobe

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore the importance of toads and the need for toad habitats in the environment. In this animal habitats lesson, students create an adobe habitat for toads by using a clay pot. Students paint their pots and place them in their...
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Hop To It!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore grasshoppers. In this grasshoppers lesson, students measure the jumping distance of live grasshoppers. Students then record the jumping distance of people in their group. Students record the distances and students share...
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Comparing Sea Horses and Knights

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners investigate sea horses and knights. In this marine biology lesson, students read the book How to Hide an Octopus and discuss the purpose of camoflage. Learners research knights and sea horses and record their research on their...
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Finding Synonyms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Student identify synonyms in poetry. In this grammar lesson plan, students define what a synonym is and view several examples on the board. Students read a selected poem on an overhead transparency and circle the synonyms.
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Knights and Kings

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore feudalism. In this government lesson, students examine the role of knights and kings. Students discover the training boys went through for knighthood. Students write a letter home as if they were a squire during the...
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Review: Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms and Homographs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this grammar worksheet, students read the 20 sentences and identify the pair of underlined words as synonyms, antonyms, homonyms or homographs.
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Animal Coverings

For Teachers K
Students read a book. In this animal characteristics lesson, students read the book Animal Coverings, answer comprehension questions, and complete a chart where they match animals with their coverings.
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Henry V - Essay Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this literature instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions Shakespeare's Henry V. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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The Iliad Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Homer's The Iliad. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Anonymous

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: So, Are These the End of Times

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about the apocalypse and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Get Out, Get Active: Three Social Studies Activities Your Students Will Love

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Three recommendations to help keep your students engaged via outdoors social studies activities.
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An Antidote to Plagiarism

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars discover how to write a research paper without directly copying written material. They read a passage, then record on the board any words that are new for them. They define these words, then organize their facts to create...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-The Tree That Would Not Die

For Teachers K - 6th
Students read The Tree That Would Not Die by Ellen Livine. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities as they read of an ancient oak tree that has lived for nearly 500 years. they focus their attention on the events in...
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Science Puzzlers, Twisters, and Teasers: The History of Life on Earth

For Students 6th - 8th
A somewhat amusing assignment, this worksheet lists statements that an ancient organism may have made and asks learners to determine what geologic era that each may have lived in. It uses witty word puzzles and fill-in-the-blank-style...

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