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Speaking: What's Your Problem?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students give advice to other students about what they should and should not be doing when speaking to a group.
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A Weekend With Wendell

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete activities with the story A Weekend With Wendell by Kevin Henkes. In this literature lesson, students listen to the story and answer comprehension questions. They compare this story and its characters to other ones...
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Sitti's Secrets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify geography by analyzing a story in class. In this global culture lesson, students read the book Sitti's Secrets which is based upon a story set in the Middle East. Students compare the cultural characteristics mentioned...
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Write the Number of Syllables in Each Word

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this syllables practice worksheet, students examine 10 multi-syllable words and identify the number of syllables in each one.
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Worksheet 3 Vocabulary Review: Words That Mean the Same

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this synonyms worksheet, learners read 10 sentences and analyze the word in bold type. From two choices, students circle the letter of a word or phrase that means the same.
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Create a Storybook in KidPix

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars create a storybook by using KidPix software. In this technology lesson, students write creative short stories and publish them on KidPix. Young scholars illustrate the stories using Kid Pix tools.
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Group Rehearsal

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study their national and family heritage while working in groups.  For this personal history project, students examine the family shield or crest of the teacher while preparing to create and share their own with the class....
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Exercises on the Past Tense

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this interactive grammar learning exercise, students complete the 20 sentences by selecting the correct form of the verb from the drop down menu.
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Assorted Sentences

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this assorted sentences instructional activity, students read the situation and choose the best response. Students complete 12 multiple choice questions.
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Reading to Learn

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in a lesson that reinforces reading skills. Specifically, this lesson focuses on the skill of summarization. This strategy teaches students how to better comprehend written text.
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Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd
In this Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension learning exercise students will read a passage about the history of the holiday and answer 10 multiple choice questions and 1 short answer question.
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ABC Order: Back to School words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this abc order worksheet, students put back to school words in abc order. Students put 15 back to school words in alphabetical order.
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Christmas Scrambled Sentences

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Christmas sentences worksheet, students use words in 2 sentences to make sentences that make sense. Students complete one 13 word sentence and one 16 word sentence.
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Complete the Story

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this story instructional activity, students fill in the blanks to a story about Christmas with words from a word bank. Students fill in 13 blanks total.
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U.S. President: Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students gather information from a chart. They become familiar with the names of the presidents of the United States. They complete a worksheet imbedded in this plan on the many facts associated with the Presidents.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) (Grades K-3)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine the Brown v. Board of Education case in Topeka, Kansas. They re-enact the courtroom and discuss how school would be different today if this case never existed. They discuss how public education has been affected by this...
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Spook Walk

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together with a partner in which they blindfold. With their partner, they must communicate directions to them that allows them to make it across the spook walk. To end the lesson, they discuss the communication skills they...
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Wade Swayed At the Masquerade

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading words with vowel patterns that change the sound of the vowel. After reviewing the short vowel sound /a/, they are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes the short vowel sound into a long vowel...
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Climbing the Mountain of Fluency!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners work to improve their reading fluency. They read and reread sentence strips to improve their speed and accuracy. They complete timed readings with a partner--one student reads and the other times him using a stopwatch. They...
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Nutty About Peanut Butter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars brainstorm list of lunchtime sandwiches, identify difference between fact and opinion, research facts about peanut butter online, complete Nutty About Peanut Butter worksheet, and create their own fact and opinion...
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Using Conjunctions – Mix & Match Cards 2- Test Your Grammar Skills

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this grammar mix and match worksheet, pupils cut out 30 small rectangular cards and match them to the proper conjunctions. They work with the conjunctions so, because, and, but, and or.
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Synonyms

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this synonyms worksheet, students read 9 sentences and note the highlighted word. Student underline the synonym of that word.
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Suffixes Beginning With Vowels

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this suffixes worksheet, students read what a suffix is and then add the correct suffix to the italicized word in each of the 10 sentences. There are 2 suffixes to choose from at the end of each sentence.
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Learning About Interjections

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this interjections worksheet, students answer 4 facts about interjections and then write 2 original sentences using an interjection in each one.