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Sunflowers

For Teachers K
Students create a portrait of sunflowers using construction paper and tempera paint. They complete an assessment in which they pick out a sunflower from a field of flowers.
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Paper Pulp Painting

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars draw an animal on a white piece of paper and add a background of leaves or flowers. They color the drawings and rip up construction paper that is the same color as the colors they chose for their drawings. They turn the...
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Yellow Cut And Paste

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this color word worksheet, students learn the sight word "yellow." Students read 8 sentences and cut and paste the object which corresponds to the sentence. Example: " Bananas can be yellow."
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Word Meaning Activity

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word meaning activity, students choose the word that describes a picture, 5 total. Worksheet is a basic vocabulary and word recognition activity.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Moonbear’s Bargain

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a book in class. In this story vocabulary activity, students read the book Moonbear's Bargain and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students define the selected vocabulary words and...
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Recognizing High and Low Pitch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students distinguish a high pitch from a low pitch, and demonstrate high/low pitch recognition by creating contrasting movements to high and low music, and use instruments to represent the characters in The Three Little Pigs.
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SKYDYES

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use fabric they have created in their quilts. Unlike dyeing and marbling, hand-painting fabric with Setacolor textile paints is not messy, not toxic, and the serendipitous results make every student feel like an artist!
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The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
In this reading worksheet, students respond to the book The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students take a small sample of 5 common fruits and vegetables and press some juice onto the...
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Pierced Ear Ring Frame

For Students 5th - 6th
In this craft instruction worksheet, students follow the directions to construct a frame to store pierced earrings. Students use a wooden picture frame and a piece of screening and construct this craft project.
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The Story of St. Valentine

For Students 4th - 5th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the story about St. Valentine. Students then answer 9 reading comprehension and grammar questions about the text.
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From Bolls To Bolts

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the concept of cotton manufacturing. The skills of setting statements in chronological order is developed. They are shown pictures of products and place them in order. The lesson includes background information for...
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Avoiding Misplaced Modifiers

For Students 4th - 5th
In these grammar errors worksheets, students review the definition of modifiers and an example of a misplaced modifier. Students then complete three pages of activities to help them avoid misplaced modifiers.
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Magnificent Monet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the water lily paintings of Claude Monet and the impressionistic art period. They create their own impressionistic art works and display them in the classroom.
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Yellow Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students study yellow. In this art lesson, students experience yellow by wearing yellow, eating yellow foods, and doing art projects that use the color yellow.
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Painting Botanicals by Computer Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students increase computer graphics skills and trace and paint botanicals from digital photographs taken of prairie plants using computer-aided artistic techniques in Painter Classic Software and with the Wacom Tablet and stylus.
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Letter Recognition

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop skills in letter recognition. They trace leaves on paper cut outs. Students write upper case letters on oak leafs and lower case letters on acorns. They match leaves to appropriate acorns.
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Pear-Shaped Bottle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the designs on this Chinese ceramic bottle and analyze and discuss the shape of the piece. They describe how art from China arrived in Mexico during the viceregal period. Students create their own blue monochromatic...
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THE FLOW OF MUSIC AND POETRY

For Teachers K - 6th
Students describe their feelings through writing, art or music.
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Prairie Activity: Imagist Prairie Poems

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write an imagist prairie poem. They explore various websites, view images of prairies, read examples of poems, and write an original poem that creates a mental image in the mind of the listener through the use of descriptive...
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Creating A Wall Hanging Or Scroll

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create wall hangings or scrolls in the Asian style known as Sumi-e in this cross-curricular lesson intended for use in the Language Arts, Social Studies, Humanties, or Art classroom.
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Valentines Day Word Jumble

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word jumble worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell words associated with Valentine's Day. Students spell 20 words.
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Memorial Day Word Jumble

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Memorial Day worksheet, students unscramble a set of Memorial Day related words. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Flora and Fauna as Figures of Speech

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students view artwork in manuscript pages depicting insects, animals, plants, flowers, and ornate writing, such as those found in the Mira calligraphiae monumenta in the Getty Museum.
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The Role Of Japanese Women

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider the role of women in upper-class Japanese society through the reading of a folktale and the study of Japanese art images. The lesson emphasizes small, cooperative learning groups.