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Earth Day - Grow A Seed Garden

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover how things grow and how they can take better care of the environment in this Earth Day lesson for the elementary classroom. The activity can be accomplished in one day and left in the sun until the "beans" begin growing.
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Kids Astronomy

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this astronomy word scramble worksheet, students examine the 16 letter groupings and use the decoder to help them reveal the 16 astronomy terms listed at the bottom of the worksheet,
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Legend of the Indian Paintbrush

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss the story read to them and explain the legend of the Indian Paintbrush. They study Indian sign language of 4 different topics and create a sentence using the sign lang. they just learned.
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Telling Time

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this telling time worksheet, students cut out forty-two clocks, shuffle the clocks and then put them in sequential order by telling time in fifteen minute increments starting at 1:00am.
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PEBBLE PICTURES

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils paint pebbles to look like people, fish, butterflies, or birds. They glue to a background.
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Cute and Easy Christmas Tree Ornaments (Elementary, Art)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create Christmas tree ornaments.
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July 4th Matching Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this July 4th matching instructional activity, students draw a line from the word on the left to the color clip art picture on the right. They match words such as flag, rocket, firecracker, and hat.
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Whimsical Wooden Santa

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create wooden Santas using small blocks of wood, paint, holiday materials, doll hair, glue, and berry leaves in this Holiday art lesson for the elementary classroom. The lesson includes resource links and a finished example of...
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Zodiac Bookmarks

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Students explore the Chinese culture.  In this cultural lesson, students create bookmarks using the Chinese Zodiac.  Each students uses the zodiac animal from their birth year to make a bookmark. 
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Coffee Can Drum

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create and decorate a drum made from a coffee can.
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Milk Carton Pen Pot

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use a milk carton to create a pen pot. They decorate their milk carton in a creative fashion with pictures from old magazines. They put glue on after they are finished to help protect it.
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Music in Nature

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students research the Incan civilization. In this Incan civilization lesson plan, students study the geography of the Andes mountains and play an Andean siku. Students discuss how the sounds of nature influenced their musical piece.
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My Little Pony Dot-to-Dot

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this dot-to-dot worksheet, students connect the dots from one to eighty to form a sketch of My Little Pony. Students color the pony with appropriate colors.
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Months of the Year

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word search activity, students recognize the months of the year. Students complete the word search by finding the twelve months of the year.
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Learning Phonics Worksheet: Words That Rhyme

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this phonics worksheet, students draw a line from each word on the left to the word that rhymes with it on the right. There are 5 words on the left to match with the 5 words on the right.
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Days of the Week Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word search worksheet, students recognize the days of the week. Students complete a word search by finding the seven days of the week.
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Days of the Week – Word Scramble

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this word scramble worksheet, learners use their problem solving skills to unscramble 7 sets of letters to reveal each of the days of the week.
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Seed Bugs; Stage 2

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine nature by participating in an environmental art activity. In this imaginary creature lesson, students discuss the importance of a habitat when pertaining to wild animals or bugs. Students utilize tree parts which they...
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Too Many Tamales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate Mexican holiday celebrations and compare them to American Christmas holidays. They conduct a Mexican Christmas Scavenger Hunt. The activity uses a streaming video in order to engage students in the main objectives.
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The Leaves in October

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students determine whether or not to save or spend and defend a decision.  For this personal finance lesson, students identify opportunity cost of various spending and saving decisions. Students read a story where two girls share...
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What are You Doing Here?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars discuss different types of environments and climates on Earth. They choose an environment and draw a picture of it, another student create an animal that he/she believes belongs in that particular environment.
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Texture Towns

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore different kinds of communities as well as identifying and discussing the attributes of their own neighborhood. They make choices about what kinds of shapes best create the look of the type of community they wish to...
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Reaching Students through Literacy Centers

For Teachers K - 8th
Continue the celebration of literacy this month by integrating reading centers into the classroom.
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Learning About Japan Through Its Kites--Intermediate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read various readings on two kit making sessions. They locate places and human spatial patterns using a map. Students design in two dimensions using line to create details.