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Boombox Classroom: Music and Language

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this music and speech worksheet, students find similarities between language and music. Students also tell about their own language. Students also may write the 7 music letters.
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Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book: Comprehension Skills

For Students 2nd - 4th
Your learners are just starting to read books on their own, so this resource is perfect! Cut out the bookmark-size slips of paper for learners to utilize while reading Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book. Each of the five bookmark pages...
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Questioning

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice making predictions by looking at the cover of a book. You can use The Hungry Thing, as suggested here, or any other book you may be reading in class. Use the predictions to talk about good reading strategies. A chart is...
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Sound Changes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Looking for an auditory approach to phoneme manipulation? You'll find everything you need here for an independent practice activity to get youngsters changing initial, medial, and final phonemes to create new words. They begin with a...
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Denver Art Museum

Enticing Travel Brochure

For Teachers K - 5th
Elementary schoolers examine Albert Bierstadt's Wind River Country, and examine the manner in which he created his paintings.  The terrific plan has an outstanding version of the painting embedded in it for viewing. Learners look at...
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Johnny Appleseed or John Chapman: Which Character is Your Favorite?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars study the life of John Chapman and compare it with the fictional character, Johnny Appleseed. Students listen to books about Johnny Appleseed, and watch a video and PowerPoint if available. They make a KWL chart, make an...
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Some or Any?

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this online/interactive grammar worksheet, students read descriptions about using the terms some or any and apply their knowledge to complete sentences with either some or any answers. Students answer 50 questions.
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Active or Passive

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this interactive grammar worksheet, learners read the 22 sentences and identify the passive or active voice from the drop down menu.
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Present Perfect or Simple Past?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this interactive grammar worksheet, students complete each of the ten sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the parenthesis. Students have a choice to use the present perfect or simple past form.
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Coral And Kelp Game Direction- Beginning C Or K

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this initial c or k spelling game, students color and cut out 12 game cards. Each has a picture, with a c or k word with the first letter missing. Detailed instructions and a game board are included.
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Shapes in Art, Shapes in Body

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore body movement.  For this shapes and dance lesson, students demonstrate body movements and positions that resemble simple shapes.  Young scholars read I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait and choose...
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Story Setting - The Art Lesson by Tomi dePaola

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students read the book The Art Lesson by Tomi dePaola and analyze the story. For this setting lesson, students discuss the importance of the setting and how it helps us understand the story. Students answer questions and chart their...
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Using We or Us

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grammar worksheet, students read 10 different sentences and figure out if the sentence should contain the word "we" or "us."
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I or Me?

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
This grammar PowerPoint reinforces the rules of when to use the pronouns, "I" or "me" in a sentence. Each slide gives examples of when to use the correct pronoun and gives practice questions for students to fill in. This PowerPoint is...
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Do I Want or Need?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore wants and needs. In this introductory economics instructional activity, students use a "pinch card" to display whether a familiar item is a "want" or a "need". Students listen to the book Alexander used to be Rich on...
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Spelling Connections Grade 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, students read ten sentences with a scrambled word in bold type within them. Students unscramble the word so it would make sense within the sentence. All words have the "or" spelling pattern.
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English Clubs and Corners

For Teachers K - 3rd
Teachers consider ways to display assignments and engage pupils in clubs. They study how to dedicate classroom space to motivate and inspire learners, as well as to enable them to work as a group in a non-threatening environment. They...
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A Guide to Getting Along: Listening

For Teachers K - 3rd
Here is an effective way to have your charges practice and model important listening skills. After a short review of effective active listening concepts, such as using body language, summarizing what the other person said, and asking...
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What's So Bad or Good About Conflict?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners of all ages discuss how conflict can be negative and positive. First, they create a class bulletin board about conflict, and provide their thoughts and connotations surrounding the word. In a class discussion, they ask questions...
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Ripped Paper Art - Snowmen, Mountains and Evergreens

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discover depth in photographs or paintings by creating a picture from scrap paper.  In this art analysis lesson, students practice creating depth by placing different elements higher or lower on a picture.  Students...
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Write Your Own Folk or Fairy Tale

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils analyze folk and fairy tales. For this language arts lesson, students discuss the elements of a tale determining what the differences are between folk and fairy tales. Pupils then write their own tales using the graphic...
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The Indefinite Article "a" or "an"--Cut and Paste

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, learners learn when to use each article "a" or "an" by first reading the rules, then cutting out small boxes with the articles. Students paste the correct article in front of 12 words, then write 12 of...
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Some or any?

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this some or any worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with either the word some or the word any. Students complete 20 questions.
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Inspirational Pop Art

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars examine visual art by examining Internet sources. In this art identification instructional activity, students discuss the history of art after researching information on the Internet. Young scholars view...