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Inventors - A Multimedia Presentation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research inventors. For this research project, students select an inventor and research their accomplishments. Then, students create a PowerPoint presentation to help share what they have learned.
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We Thank You, Veteran!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use information from videos, picture books, and relatives' military backgrounds to write a short or extended message of gratitude on a greeting card for local veterans.
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Nottingham, UK City Quiz 2

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this visiting and finding information about the Victoria Shopping Centre in Nottingham, UK worksheet, students read questions and go on a scavenger hunt to discover the answers. Students write 15 answers.
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Writing an Information Paragraph on a Villain

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this villain worksheet, students fill out facts sheets, information planning sheets, and more to write an information paragraph on a villain. Students complete 5 activities.
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Cristiano Ronaldo

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Cristiano Ronaldo activity, students read about the life of the soccer player, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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The Twelve Months: A Slavic Cinderella Variant

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students locate Slavic countries and identify a few characteristics of those countries. They read and/or listen to the Slavic tale, "The Twelve Months," and compare this version with another Cinderella story.
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Technology Rich Native American Unit

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Student groups retell stories from Iroquois storytellers. They role-play Iroquois women, men and children and explain their roles. They read "Knots on a Counting Rope" and make up their own stories. They create timelines. They visit a...
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Shh...It's a Secret!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore codes, decode secret messages, and create codes of their own to use with their friends. They examine the use of gestures, letters, symbols and numbers in codes.
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Worksheet 4. Reading: The First Woman in Space

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this vocabulary review worksheet, students read a brief 4 paragraph selection about the first woman in space and answer 10 multiple choice questions pertaining to it.
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Hugo Chavez

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Hugo Chavez and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Born on a Mountaintop? Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students name tall tale characters and locations, which are based on actual people and places, and describe how they are used in an exaggerated way. Students name created characters and events from tall tales. Students write a tall tale.
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Core Book Guide for The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read and discuss The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss.
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Antonyms

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students encounter words that are antonym pairs with opposite meaning. Students show examples of antonyms to the class. Students increase knowledge of antonym pairs. Students share stories full of antonyms with each other.
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Pass It On: African American Poetry to Inspire Writing

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils read through poems in a book called Pass it On. There are 19 poems from famous African American poets contained in the book. The poems are specialized for children and after the children have learned about the author and about the...
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American Revolution: Who Am I

For Students 4th - 5th
In this American Revolution worksheet, students read 5 paragraphs, each giving clues about a famous person in the Revolutionary War. Students use a word bank to find the answer.
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Using a Dictionary- Definitions - Volume 5, #25

For Students 4th - 5th
In this dictionary worksheet, students use a dictionary to help answer 5 multiple choice questions about the meanings of words. Students are asked the meaning, synonym or antonym of a word in bold type.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Martin Luther King, Jr. crossword puzzle worksheet, students read 15 clues about this civil rights activist. Students fit their answers in the puzzle, which has no word bank.
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Rosa Parks Dies

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read a story called Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks Diesand answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events Rosa Parks lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions, sharing...
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Using Verbs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online interactive grammar worksheet, students respond to 24 multiple choice questions that require them to identify verbs in a reading selection.
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Theatre: Oral Traditions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate cultural traditions. In this multi-cultural instructional activity, students discuss various cultures and research their traditions.
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Hercules Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 8th
For this Hercules crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 15 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Theseus and the Minotaur Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Theseus and the Minotaur crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 12 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Jason and the Argonauts

For Students 4th - 5th
In this character analysis learning exercise, students review eleven different characters after reading a story called "Jason and the Golden Fleece". Students choose a word out of the character box and a word out of the action box in...
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Jason and the Argonauts crossword

For Students 4th - 8th
In this Jason and the Argonauts worksheet, students fill in a crossword that deals with the mythical story of Jason and the Argonauts. Students fill in 47 clues for the crossword.