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Following Instructions

For Students 8th - 10th
Designed to assess your class's ability to follow directions, this reading activity has learners split into groups, read a series of instructions, read a passage, and answer two lists of questions. Can they remember to raise their hand...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Following Instructions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan about following directions tests learners' ability with a tricky scenario that will shock unsuspecting participants. After viewing results, scholars discuss why it's important to follow instructions and define listening....
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Boys Town

Teaching Social Skills, Creating Successful Students “Following Instructions” and “Listening”

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
With the help from learning games and holiday-themed coloring pages, scholars learn the importance of listening carefully and following directions. Coloring pages celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving. Learning games include Simon...
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Magic Tricks – Following Directions Card

For Teachers K - 12th
Following directions can be a challenging task for young children, but it can remain a challenging task for those with autism. Use a following directions activity that promotes positive behavior in your learners and allows them to focus...
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Origami Ducks: Geometry, Listening, and Following Directions

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Make origami ducks with your class to reinforce geometry concepts and vocabulary; develop fine motor and visual translation skills; and enrich study of Japanese culture, the pond habitat, or migration. Create a whole group "worksheet"...
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Following Directions- Coloring Page

For Students K
In this following directions worksheet, students color pictures of birds sitting on a wire according to the directions given below the picture. They color the pictures according to their ordinal numbers.
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Following Directions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Are your learners having trouble following directions? Everyone could use a reminder every now and then. This worksheet is designed for young elementary, and asks scholars to complete four tasks involving shapes and animals. For example,...
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Following Directions

For Students K - 2nd
Kindergartners learn about the ways force can stop and reverse motion. Several illustrations of children help them determine if the motion is causing an item to change direction. Next, they conduct an experiment to see if a water balloon...
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Following Instructions

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Get scholars thinking about the scientific process with this fun experiment they can do at home. Learners practice reading directions as they underline each instruction in a procedural paragraph. They create a flow chart and record what...
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The Following-Directions Follies

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners participate in a P.E. following directions game. They each receive a slip of paper with specific directions written on it, and observe other students' actions in order to perform their directions in the correct order.
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Music-Follow the Drinking Gourd

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd." In this dance lesson, 4th graders listen to the book by the same name, listen to the music, and in small groups create a short dance illustrating a stanza from the song.
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Following Directions 2

For Students K
In this following directions worksheet, students will read three simple directions to color pictures of animals correctly. Then students will write the name of their favorite animal.
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Follow Directions

For Students 2nd
For this following directions worksheet, 2nd graders read 4 request in 4 boxes and then follow the directions and complete each task required.
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Follow the Drinking Gourd

For Students 3rd
In this literature learning exercise, 3rd graders refer to the book entitled Follow the Drinking Gourd.  Students respond to 15 short answer reading comprehension questions.  
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Perkins School for the Blind

Following Directions

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Turn the act of following directions into a fun and engaging game! Especially designed for students with cognitive or intellectual disabilities, this lesson uses a game format as a natural reinforcer. Write a set of directions onto a set...
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The Importance of Storytelling

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine how African Americans escaping slavery used storytelling to communicate. They listen to and read the lyrics for the song, Follow the Drinking Gourd, view the Reading Rainbow video, and write and illustrate their own story.
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The Maze

For Students Pre-K
There's only one way out of this maze, and youngsters will need to use their shape recognition skills to do it! They follow a three-shape pattern all the way from start to finish to keep on track. Encourage them to say the shapes as they...
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Follow the Leader

For Teachers K - 2nd
What are the qualities of a good leader? Of a good follower? A reading of Leo Lionni’s Swimmy launches a discussion of leadership and cooperation. Class members brainstorm how they can be leaders at home and how they can encourage others...
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Birds on a Tree Branch

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This creative cut and paste activity requires students to identify the colors red, brown, green and orange, as well as follow directions. Students color a group of shapes, and following the directions, paste each piece onto a sheet of...
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Conejito

For Teachers K
Students identify and discuss the adjectives used to describe the animals in the book "Conejito." They answer story comprehension questions, generate a list of adjectives from the book, and complete a following directions worksheet.
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Learning Colors and Shapes

For Students 1st - 3rd
Help your class learn shapes and colors with this worksheet! Learners follow given directions and color each of 20 shapes the listed color. There are 6 different shapes for youngsters to identify and color. Very nice worksheet for young...
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Fun Food Faces

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create tasty faces. In this food lesson, students use rice cakes to make a funny face. Students follow directions and use creativity for this activity. Students make a list of things they need from the grocery store to make more...
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Flight Dreams - Folding into Flight

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th Standards
Combine measurement, following directions, physics, and art with one fun activity. Learners read a set of instruction to create three different kinds of paper airplanes. They measure, fold, and fly the planes, and record data and answer...
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Baking Bread

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Reading and following recipes is a wonderful way to encourage the comprehension of procedural text. Here is a fabulous bread recipe that includes links to sites that show how bread is made in the commercial bread industry. 

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