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Incorporating Artifacts and Guest Speakers into Curriculum Planning

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Artifacts and guest speakers are enriching and exciting for your students.
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My 2011 Resolution: Investigate Mathematics of Calendars and Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Ring in the new year with interdisciplinary units related to the development of calendars and getting fit.
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Home-schooling Chronicles - Unschooling

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Attitudes vary about unschooling, but everyone can learn something from the practice.
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Homeschooling Chronicles - Top 10 Field Trip Tips

For Teachers 1st - 6th
These field trip planning tips can benefit everyone.
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Pyramid of Ideas

For Teachers 2nd - 9th
In this ideas worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer with ideas in a pyramid form. Students complete 5 sections total.
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Key Points

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer with the key points, details, and summary of a story or topic. Students complete 3 sections.
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Q & A Note Taking

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
In this Q & A note taking worksheet, students write the topic, then write questions about the heading of each section and the answers to each questions in a chart. This worksheet is basically a chart, but could be a good way to...
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Vocabulary Definitions

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer with the word, part of speech, and definition or synonym. Students complete 20 sections.
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Double Bubble Chart

For Teachers 1st - 10th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer with the similarities and differences of 2 items. Students complete 10 sections.
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Worksheet
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Guess Who I Am

For Students 3rd - 8th
For this self descriptions worksheet, students complete the sentences about themselves and then others guess who wrote it. Students complete 12 sentences.
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Back To School Bingo Template

For Students 2nd - 8th
In this Back to School bingo worksheet, cards are cut out that describe various facts or situations about students to be used in a back to school bingo game, where students find classmates who match the descriptions on cards. Worksheet...
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Vocabulary Word Cluster

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
In this vocabulary word cluster worksheet, students examine the meaning of 6 words as they list the words and their parts of speech. Students also list synonyms, write sentences, and draw pictures regarding the word meanings.
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Who, What, When and Where

For Students 3rd - 10th
In this topic exploration activity, students use the graphic organizer template to identify who, what, when, and where regarding a teacher-selected topic.
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What is the Big Idea?

For Teachers 1st - 9th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students predict what will happen next in a selected story and draw a picture to accompany the prediction.
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Detail Tree: Graphic Organizer

For Teachers 1st - 6th
In this detail graphic organizer worksheet, students fill in a main topic in the trunk of a tree, then put details in the six clusters of "leaves" on the tree. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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About Me

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
In this about me instructional activity, students fill in short answer questions all about themselves and what they like to do. Students complete 13 questions about themselves.
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Column Venn Diagram

For Teachers 1st - 12th
In this column Venn diagram worksheet, students use this blank three-column graphic organizer to list unique and shared characteristics of two issues or ideas.
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Cornell Note Taker

For Teachers 4th - 12th
In this note taking worksheet, students use the Cornell method for note taking. Students write down their topic, their main points, and evidence or details to support the main points.
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Questions: Graphic Organizer

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
What questions should your pupils ask when examining a topic? Cover who, what, where, when, why, and how with a graphic organizer. Kids will like that the graphic organizer is in the shape of a giant question mark!
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Concrete Detail and Commentary

For Teachers 4th - 12th
In this writing skills worksheet, students practice writing with facts or quotes from a text by following the graphic organizer format. Students write the concrete detail and then list two commentaries for their facts or quotes.
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Inverted Pyramid of Ideas

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students use the inverted pyramid to help them organize ideas for a topic. Students write their ideas in the provided space.
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2 Column Notes

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
In this taking notes worksheet, students use the 2 column graphic organizer to help them take notes while reading. Students write the title and the two columns to organize their thoughts and quotes from the text.
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Alphabet Letters Aa-Zz

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In these alphabet letter worksheets, students color in the uppercase and lowercase letters from Aa through Zz. Students color 26 worksheets.
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3 Column Notes

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
In this note taking worksheet, students complete the 3 column note graphic organizer to help them understand a text and organize their notes about the text.