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Landscape Picture Map
Young scholars identify a neighborhood on a Landscape Picture Map. In this geography lesson, students discuss the characteristics of their neighborhood and identify their neighborhood on a Landscape Picture Map. Young scholars use...
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Dream Houses
Students explore different types of homes and how the environment effects the types of houses people construct. In this houses lesson plan, students learn about environmental factors and cultural factors that play in to why people build...
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Build-A-Horseshoe Crab
Students discover many facts about horseshoe crabs. Students identify the main body parts of horseshoe crab. They explore the habits of the horseshoe crab and their importances to the ecosystem. Adaptations for younger students are...
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Vocabulary Building: Final e Rule
In this final e rule worksheet, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Unusual short u
In this short u worksheet, students write 6 words as they are called out, unscramble words and use them in sentences. All words have short u in an "unusual" way.
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Vocabulary Building: ow and ou
In this ow-ou worksheet, students write 6 words as they are called out, unscramble words and use them in sentences. All words have the ow or ou combination.
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Vocabulary Building: Short a
For this short a worksheet, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Short i
In this short i worksheet, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Short e
In this short e learning exercise, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Short u
For this short u worksheet, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Short o
In this short o worksheet, students write words as they are called out, unscramble words, then use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Short o
For this short o worksheet, students write 6 short o words as they are called out, unscramble them and use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Short i
In this short i worksheet, students write 6 short i words as they are called out, unscramble them and use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Short a
In this short a worksheet, students write 6 short a words as they are called out, unscramble them and use the words in sentences.
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Vocabulary Building: Short e
In this short e worksheet, students write 6 short e words as they are called out, unscramble them and use the words in sentences.
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Building Bridges for Young Learners - Self
Young scholars explore self analysis by investigating other cultures. In this personal characteristics instructional activity, students utilize the Internet to read about a child from Niger, and many other young scholars around the...
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La Familia
Young scholars identify at least one country where the Spanish language is spoken, describe similarities and differences between Spanish, Mexican, and Puerto Rican families, and practice speaking the Spanish words for several family...
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Creativity Exercise - Describe the Sky
Scholars stretch their writing muscles with an exercise that asks them to describe the sky using similes and metaphors.
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High Frequency Words
Phonemic awareness might not be a skill all autistic children will understand, but pattern and sight word recognition may prove to be more effective means of building strong reading skills. Use this set of twelve high frequency word...
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Two-Step Problems and Money Concepts
Elementary schoolers solve two-step equations and practice money concepts. They solve multi-step addition and subtraction contextual problems and apply money concepts to real life situations. Pupils use pictures and counters to help them...
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Identifying Author's Purpose
The multi-lesson, 47-page packet contains everything you need to ensure kids can recognize the clues provided to identify the type of text, the intended audience, and the author's purpose in writing the passage.
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Beginning Short Stories - "My Family"
In this short stories activity, students read the basic and advanced short story titled "My Family." Students then answer the 4 comprehension questions and 4 vocabulary questions.
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A Town on the Move
Learners evaluate the moving of buildings, then read a news article about one town relocating building to save their economy. In this economics and current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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Raising Plants
Young scholars investigate the life cycle of plants by growing their own in class. In this botany instructional activity, students practice using plant vocabulary while they grow their own Wisconsin Fast Plants. Young...