Dick Blick Art Materials
“Decalcomania” Glue Paint Symmetry Prints
Who knew you could paint with glue? After first adding liquid water color paints to bottles of white Elmer's glue and applying them to paper, young scholars of all ages are then challenged to use their imagination and creativity to draw...
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Easy Printmaking in the Classroom
Students use styrofoam and cardboard to create prints. Students choose a theme and create designs and pictures on styrofoam and cardboard. Students also use construction paper, cardboard cylinder sections to make their art.
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Monoprint -Printmaking Challenge
Students produce a self-portrait series using a mono printing method.
Math Wire
SnowDaySnowDaySnowDaySnowDay...
How many times can you cheer about a snow day before you get to the 100th letter? Find out with a creative word problem that challenges young mathematicians to determine what the 100th letter will be in a sequence of letters.
Digital Writing and Research Lab's – Lesson Plans
Teaching Close Reading through Short Composition/Revision
This activity may have writers evaluate short compositions, but their subjects are quite tall: great Americans. Pupils read one another's compositions and closely examine how specific phrases and diction contribute to shaping American...
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The Challenge of Egg Photography
Students examine lighting and composition to create a photograph of a white subject (an egg) against a white background. In this photography instructional activity students examine each others photos to determine the best methods.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words starting with GL
In this vocabulary learning exercise, learners select the best choice to complete the sentence. They are challenged with difficult words that contain a gl-blends.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X: A Common Solution?
Much has been made of the differences between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. But was there any common ground between them? Class members reconsider what they think they know about these two civil rights leaders with biographical...
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Suffixes for Nouns and Verbs (Ex's 1-6)
In this grammar instructional activity, students read and discuss general guidelines associated with prefixes and suffixes. Students then complete six exercises associated with adding different types of suffixes.
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Singular and Plural Pronouns
For this grammar worksheet, students choose the correct pronoun or pronouns in ten sentences that make each one grammatically correct.
Khan Academy
Practice: Using While Loops
Test your knowledge of loops with this short online quiz about using the while statement in JavaScript code. Get five questions correct in a row and you're done!
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Choosing the Correct Singular or Plural Form
For this language arts worksheet, students read 10 sentences with pronouns. Students cross out the incorrect pronoun in parentheses and write the correct pronoun choice.
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The Eyes Have It
Students create a bulletin board using a digital camera. In this creative arts lesson, students take photos of one another's faces and eyes. Students try to match the eyes to the face.
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I Am a Book
Third graders discuss books that have been banned and the things that they have in common. They explore the concept of freedom of speech and write poems based on their discussion.
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Style Myself Batisse
Third graders explore the artwork of Henri Matisse. In this Matisse lesson, 3rd graders recognize the characteristics of Henri Matisse. Students create a pastel collage self portrait in the style of Henri Matisse.
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I'm Proud... My Husband Wants Me To Do My Part
For this World War II worksheet, students examine a propaganda poster featuring women and the war effort and then respond to 4 short answer questions based on their analysis of the poster.
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Acrostic Poem: Graduate
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students use the letters in GRADUATE to begin each new line of poetry about graduates or graduation.
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Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Bags
Pupils create a to-go bag for people on the go. After cutting out the bag, lining, insulation, and the flap they apply the interfacing, then sew, add finishing touches, flap and closures. They then show their finished bags.
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Relating to William Johnson
Third graders examine and evaluate works of art by William Johnson. They discuss the painting style of Johnson, conduct Internet research, complete an informational worksheet, and create a self-portrait using paint.
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Memorial Day Printables
In this acrostic poem learning exercise, students use the letters in the words 'Memorial Day' to create an acrostic poem. Students create a 10 line poem.
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Drawing On Gray Toned Paper
Students create an artwork that uses organizational principles and functions to solve a visual arts problem. The piece creates the illusion of transparency used to unify a work of art that demonstrates that light advances and darks recede.
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The Story of Red and Blue- ART
Students examine works in Keith Haring's Red and Blue art series and emulate his style in a piece of their own work.
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Count by Fives
Students explore counting by fives up to one hundred using a hundreds chart. They create counting hands that are hung on a clothespin and string, and students orally count by fives to one hundred.
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Investigating Erosion in an Outdoor Classroom
First graders observe the effects of erosion. They work in groups to simulate erosion in a streambed, participate in class discussion, read books about fossils and rocks and then go on a fossil hunt.