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Ii is for Igloo
In this literacy instructional activity, learners look at the formation of the letter I and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Respecting Differences
Students move around the room to express opinions on specific questions. For this opinions lesson, students explore their feelings about the opinions they express.
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Usage of words "Care", "Matter", and "Mind"
In this correct usage worksheet, students use context clues to select the correct word for each sentence, either "care", "matter" or "mind", to give the proper meaning.
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Using Concrete Words: Paragraph Assignment
In this paragraph worksheet, students describe their favorite outdoor location. Students include a topic sentence, indentations, and more.
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Visual Arts - Portraits and Paintings
First graders examine portraits and paintings. They create their own self-portrait.
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Graphing Data
First graders explore the concept of graphing. In this data lesson, 1st graders gather information from a class survey and display their findings on a picture graph. Students also practice solving problems that their instructor models.
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Biography of Robert Arneson
Students read and analyze the clay sculpture art of Robert Arneson and create their own clay sculpture. In this clay sculpture lesson, students create a three-dimensional relief sculpture of a face and experiment with creating emotional...
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European Christians in Africa
In this European colonialism activity, learners read 5 quotes regarding the role of missionaries in Africa. Students then respond to 5 short answer questions.
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We're Batty
Students watch a video about bats and compare and contrast them to birds. They identify the specific characteristics that identify bats as mammals and what makes them unique from other mammals.
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Queen Anna Banana's Fruit Group
Second graders participate in activities focusing on the fruit group and rhyming words.
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Clay Pot Santa And Mrs. Claus
Students create clay replicas of Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus in this early-elementary Art lesson for the holiday season. Directions are included for both Mrs. Claus and Santa. The lesson also includes links for more art activities using...
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Pop, Pop, Popcorn
Students examine the sound of the letter "P,p" and how to write it using a tongue twister. They examine how their mouths move when the make the letter sound before writing it on primary paper. While listening to a read aloud of William...
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Kama's Lei
Learners read a book entitled "Kama's Lei" and "El Lei De Kama." They discuss the meaning of the word "lei" and predict what may happen int he story. Students explore strategies for decoding unfamiliar words. They explore the sequence of...
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Incomplete dominance, Codominance, Multiple Alleles
Young scholars explore the principles of incomplete dominance and codominance in genes. They apply genetic previously discussed genetic principles to determine solutions to inheritance problems including multiple alleles, incomplete...
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Dr. Seuss Mixed Math Word Problems
In this Dr. Seuss themed mixed math worksheet, students find the answers to 12 word problems. They work with addition, time, and money as they complete the problems.
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Capitalization and Punctuation
In this capitalization and punctuation activity, students put the missing capital letters and full stops in 12 sentences as well as in 3 paragraphs.
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Words Can Hurt: King Day
Young scholars explore stereotyping. In this moral and character development instructional activity, students share reactions to a T-chart displaying what boys can do and girls can not do. Martin Luther King's accomplishments are...
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Picture Dictionary
In this picture dictionary learning exercise, students use their picture dictionary to answer short answer questions. Students complete 20 questions total.
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Animals: Spelling activity
In this animals worksheet, students label animal pictures, watch a video, unscramble animal words, and write animals according to their description. Students complete 4 activities.
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The Netherlands: Prepositions and Past Simple
In this prepositions and past simple worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with prepositions, put sentences into the past simple form, answer true and false questions, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Past Simple and Prepositions
For this past simple and prepositions worksheet, students put prepositions into sentences, put sentences into the past simple tense, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Purple Polly Platypus
First graders compare the /p/ sound to the sound of popcorn popping in the microwave and practice making the /p/. They try a tongue twister listening for the /p/ sound for the first time and then clapping when they hear the sound the...
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"Poppy P"
Students engage in a lesson of emerging literacy that focuses on phonemic awareness. The phoneme for the letter "p" is chosen for the lesson and students must acquire the skill of letter recognition also.
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I'm Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot
Students recognize the phoneme /h/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /h/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /h/ with its letter representation and identify...