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Colors
How well does your beginning Spanish class know its colors? Use this worksheet (which could also be used as a quiz) to assess their recall and recognition. There are four activities here which ask them to recall the Spanish words for...
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Random Acts of Kindness For Kids
Develop a world-wide, email chain on which class members can showcase their acts of kindness. After defining the meaning of random acts of kindness through discussion and through a reading of Random Acts of Kindness,...
Cultures of Dignity
Equity and Equality Lesson
Equality does not equal equity and this instructional activity explains why. Class members compare two images--one labeled "Equality" and the other "Equity." Using the provided discussion questions, they then develop definitions that...
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The Old Man and the Sea: Guided Imagery
What do you imagine when you think of the sea? Put on some ocean sounds, close your eyes, and listen to a guided meditation based on the imagery from The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. After class members listen to the...
Bantam Books
The Tempest: Think-Aloud Annotation
It can be difficult to refer back to a text when analyzing it, so annotation is a great tool for kids to track what they are reading. A thorough and well-organized lesson guides learners through the process of annotating William...
Oklahoma State University
Hairy Heredity
Young scholars learn that heredity comes down to the flip of a coin with this cross-curricular math and science lesson. Using smiley faces as a model, students toss coins to determine which dominant or recessive traits will be passed on...
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14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause
Two Supreme Court cases, Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education take center stage in a lesson about the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Class members research both cases to compare and contrast the rulings.
Kelly's Kindergarten
Kelly's Kindergarten: The Letter S
Sandwich, start, sun. What do all of these things have in common? They start with the letter S! Learners choose the six images that start with the letter S, cut them out, and glue them to the page. They then practice writing the letter S...
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Fun Fonix: sh
Young learners will build confidence with this illustrated worksheet. For each question, they determine whether the word starts or ends with sh. An example given is the word fish. Does it begin or end with the sh sound?
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Glory: Motion Picture Study Guide
This is an excellent resource for teachers to use for incorporating the motion picture Glory into the classroom! Breaking down the film into particular noteworthy and telling scenes, the guide offers important considerations for each...
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Let's Fly Our Kites
Students practice reading and writing using a short poem and information about kites. In this kite poem lesson plan, students read and write using a common poem. This lesson plan includes practice with reading, rhyming, handwriting,...
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Shakespeare Wall
Students create a visual notebook of a Shakespearean play by taking the actual written work, hanging it up on the wall, and highlighting various literary aspects of the play as they unfold.
Basic Handwriting for Kids
P is for Picture
In this printing Pp practice activity, students view the animation showing the correct way to form upper case P and lower case p, trace, and print the letters and word picture. Students print thirty-five letters.
Basic Handwriting for Kids
W is for Waiter
In this printing Ww practice instructional activity, students view the animation showing the correct way to form the upper case W and lower case w, trace, and print the letters and the word waiter. Students form thirty letters.
Teacher and the Rockbots
Worksheet for the "National Holidays" Song
If you can find a copy of the song, "National Holidays," you can use this worksheet with your elementary schoolers. They read the lyrics to the song and answer questions about it. Along the way, they examine the reasons that we celebrate...
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Pup Cup
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read illustrated sentences about a pup and a cup and using the prepositions in and on. Students underline 4 words.
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Snowman for Ss
In this tracing letter Ss worksheet, students study the stroke pattern for the uppercase and lowercase letter Ss. Students then trace the letters on the provided lines and write the word snow.
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Teacher for Tt
In this tracing letter Tt worksheet, students study the stroke pattern for the uppercase and lowercase letter Tt. Students then trace the letters on the provided lines and write the word teacher.
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Rain for Rr
In this tracing letter Rr worksheet, students study the stroke pattern for the uppercase and lowercase letter Rr. Students then trace the letters on the provided lines and write the word rain.
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Umbrella for Uu
In this tracing letter Uu worksheet, students study the stroke pattern for the uppercase and lowercase letter Uu. Students then trace the letters on the provided lines and write the word umbrella.
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Wagon for Ww
In this tracing letter Ww worksheet, students study the stroke pattern for the uppercase and lowercase letter Ww. Students then trace the letters on the provided lines and write the word wagon.
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Fall Spelling Worksheet
For this fall spelling worksheet, students analyze a 12 letter grid of letters and read a hint. Students color the letters to spell the answer to the hint (leaves).
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F for Fish
For this word recognition worksheet, 2nd graders complete the following activities: word scramble, connect the dots, word creation, and word search. All activities help students learn more about fish.
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Liquid Measurement
In this math instructional activity, students practice finding the 15 vocabulary terms in the word search puzzle. Word recognition is the focus of the activity and spelling.