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Common Ground: A Therapy Dog Program Between Students And Older Adults
Young scholars handle a therapy dog and take the school therapy dog to a local nursing home several times over the course of the school year. They complete a culminating project that focuses either on the entire experience or a specific...
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Eager to Help
Second graders discover the many ways in which dogs are trained to help people as part of National Pet Week. The class discusses guide dogs for the blind, hearing dogs for those who cannot hear, and therapy dogs for those who are sick...
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Comparing and Contrasting Information and Forming an Opinion - Santiago and Morris
Students complete a T-Chart about a therapy dog and write a paragraph using the compare and contrast organizational structure. For this compare and contrast lesson, students discuss therapy dogs and complete a Morris T-Chart for a story...
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Genetic Science Ethics
In this genetic ethics worksheet, students are given ten ethical questions regarding genetic defects, the possibility of gene therapy, test tube babies and creating a national DNA database. Students are given three choices for each...
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Introducing Working Animals
Students identify ways humans and animals work together. In this animal welfare lesson, students read the text Hanni and Beth: Safe and Sound and define the term "working animals." Students investigate working animals by visiting various...
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Countering Negative Thoughts
Encourage your class to think positively! In order to counter negative thoughts, it can be useful to think of rational and positive counter statements. This worksheet asks learners to read a few negative thoughts and practice countering...
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Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination in English Session One (2009)
In this Regents High School Examination Comprehensive Examination worksheet, students listen to a selection and write an essay response. Students then read a text and study a table and write an essay based on both documents.
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Language Arts, Music, Poetry: Blues Style
This instructional activity focuses on how the blues both operates as poetry and informs the poetry of many prominent African American poets. Students consider the poetic devices and recurring themes in blues lyrics and the significance...
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Understanding Cancer
Students study facts about cancer. In this cancer lesson, students read about cancer, cancer cells, cancer treatment, and research. They answer true or false questions on a worksheet before reading about cancer prevention.
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Animal Explorations
Students discover compassion for animals. For this animal lesson, students go to a local animal welfare organization and help out. They reflect on compassion and how to make changes in the lives of animals.
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Breaking News English: Stress and Dolphins
For this stress and dolphins worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Working Animals
Students discuss the role of animals and how they can work with people to better the community. In this working animals lesson plan, students discuss how animals and people work together to complete different tasks in the community.
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Breaking News English: Londoners Offered BLT for SAD
In this English activity, students read "Londoners Offered BLT for SAD," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.