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Holiday: Christmas Games and Crafts

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students access a variety of Christmas themed websites. They play online games and send e-mail letters to Santa. They complete word searches and read Christmas stories.
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Bibliotherapy - Prejudice

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read and answer questions based on One Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes. For this tolerance lesson, students record their feelings and reflections during discussion of the book. Students create a dress using their own ideas.
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Economics

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write about a time they have experienced supply and demand affecting price. In this economics lesson, the students define basic economic words, then the teacher introduces a real-life example of supply and demand affecting...
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Action Verbs

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
In this action verbs learning exercise, students fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the action verbs given to them. Students complete 18 sentences.
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Read The Fine Print!

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this warranty reading worksheet, students will read a warranty from a toy company and complete four short answer questions about the guarantee.
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Wanted- Dead or Alive

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify the characteristics of trickster tales. In this literary genres lesson, students read trickster tales from Africa and create a clay model of a trickster character. Students design a "wanted" poster with a...
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Memory Game with a Smile

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students take it in turns to say two letters and then they turn the corresponding cards around to see if the pictures/words on them match. If they do, student who has found the pair wins 1 point.
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Word Search Game

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this word search worksheet, students read six clues and fill in the missing word. Students find the six words in a word search puzzle that has no theme.
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Puzzle Fun for Kids

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete 2 different word puzzles. Students read the clues and insert the answers in the puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Telling Stories Through Creative Drama

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars examine fairy tales. As an introductory activity, students play the statue game. In groups, they write statements that tell the plot of the story. Using props, and without voices, young scholars retell the story by...
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The Alphabet

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students assemble different items onto large poster boards containing each letter of the alphabet. They use either pictures or words for each object. They also play the banana game where they complete a grid for each letter while...
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Pet Mania

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in a simple vocabulary game identifying animals.Students discuss their experiences with their own pets and role play situation between a parent and their child who desperately wants a pet. Students read a text...
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Ingredients of a Mystery

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of mysteries.  In this mystery genre activity, students identify the common characteristics of mystery books and use a story map to identify these characteristics in a given book.  Students also...
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Making Friends

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore how to choose and make friends through character cards that represent their favorite characters. They can drerss as their characters or use the cards as stick puppets to role play their friendly conversations.
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A Fall Festival with Grandma

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a page long story and answer 5 multiple choice comprehension questions. 
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Configuration Station

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 5 words from a word bank. Students fit them into a puzzle, generate sentences, place them in alphabetical order and illustrate them.
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Test Your Vocabulary Skills

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary instructional activity, students answer 20 short answer questions based on the picture dictionary and their knowledge of vocabulary words.
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Beisbol! Latino Baseball Pioneers and Legends

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars explore Latin America by researching the favorite past time, baseball. In this Latin culture lesson, students identify the leaders in the Latin American baseball movement such as Felipe Alou, Jose Mendze, and the great...
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Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All worksheet, students complete six pages of different activities related to the book Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All. Activities include a word search, crossword puzzle, word...
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Passive Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this passive sentences worksheet, students determine passive verbs and identify passive sentences. Students write thirteen answers.
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Great Lakes at Stake

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore conservation of the Great Lakes. In this geography and ecology lesson, students identify the Great Lakes on a map and view a video depicting the history and importance of these lakes. Students work in groups to research...
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Antonyms

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing words with opposite meanings worksheet, students read lists of twelve words and match five pairs of antonyms. Students write 10 answers.
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Simile Bingo

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this simile bingo worksheet, students play bingo with words and pictures on it and fill in the blanks to similes with those words. Students play with 4 players.
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It's A Mystery To Me

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students become both mystery readers and writers. They utilize the Internet to understand the elements of this classic genre; employ critical thinking skills when reading various stories in both print and electronic formats; form groups...