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Maggie's Earth Adventures Unit

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students practice math, science, Spanish, and grammar skills using computer based activities in this unit of lessons. They experience lessons at different levels while tracking their progress using the attached progress chart.
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The Classic Songs of Paul Simon

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Paul Simon songs learning exercise, students read the word parts of the classic songs by Paul Simon. Students complete the song titles for the fifteen classic songs.
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Adjectives - Comparative and Superlative Forms

For Students 6th - 7th
In this adjective forms worksheet, students read the adjective in the first column and write their comparative and superlative forms.
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Triumph and Disaster

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students engage in a fact file exercise. For this reading comprehension lesson, students read an article, complete a worksheet, and explore suggested websites.
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Communication: Saying No

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read about psychology by identifying uncomfortable teenage situations. In this sexual awareness lesson, students read assigned text which discusses the importance of saying "no" when you are in a hostile or uncomfortable...
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Literature: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine websites about the fourth book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
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The Food Web

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners explore the role that the Arctic hare plays in the Canadian Arctic food web.
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Reading: Chartiy Stops

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students are introduced to the topic of chartiable giving. They examine people who are on tight budgets.
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Integrated Skills and Speaking: Reforming Education

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pupils examine quotes and discuss how education can be reformed. The best ideas are picked and a short presentation further explaining the idea is presented to the class.
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Multicultural Journeys

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discover different cultures in American by working in groups of two to research a selected culture. Students set up e-mail communication with someone from the culture they are researching and keep a journal of all information...
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Key Stage One

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the world of theatre through storytelling and drama whilst exploring the theme of friendship. They discuss what theatre is. Students work in groups, each group focuses on a different activities. They read...
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Spelling Connections: Assessment and Review

For Students 7th - 8th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. There is no obvious connection between the words. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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"Be the Kiwi" - Maori Oral Tradition and Performance

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a story similar to those of the Maori oral tradition.  In this Whale Rider lesson plan, students discuss the way that Maori legends were passed down from generation to generation.  Students choose a land...
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Spell Check - Live!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create vocabulary words and a variety of spelling exercises, using the H.I.P Pocket Change website.
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Helping Children Read

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read books with younger children, incorporating context clues and vocabulary aids as reading strategies to help the younger children learn to read. They discuss the concept of community capital and how this activity relates.
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Alex Schlotsky: "Full Court Miracle"

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners view a film about a young man on a basketball team who is tired of being called a loser. They examine Jewish traditions as the young man in the film relates to his hertitage. They also examine the holiday of Chanukah.
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Daily Routines

For Students 5th - 7th
In this grammar worksheet, students complete sentences about their daily routing by using the correct present simple verb tense. Next, students write the sentences in the order that they happen.
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Conjugate a Verb Today!

For Students 7th - 9th
In this conjugating verbs worksheet, students are given definitions for the infinitive, gerund, and past participle forms.  Present, past, and future tenses are also identified and defined.
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American Music Advocacy - Lesson 7

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify various uses of music in their daily experiences and describe characteristics that make certain music suitable for each use. They explore some of the ways that music study contributes to their lives.
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Thank You For the Get Well Card

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars are read books by various artists. They create activity cards or mini-books that are given to ill children in hospitals. They discover the health care system and share their experiences with afraid children.
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An Opening Time Line Project

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a time line of their life starting at birth and each year after that up to their current age. They write and illustrate one important thing for each year, and place their time lines on poster board.
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De Vacaciones en Bariloche

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students answer simple questions that do not require much analysis. They answer true/false questions. Students answer multiple choice which would be the best meaning of this word. They use graphic organizers to contrast a cheap vs, a...
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He Never Stopped Moaning! --adjectives

For Students 6th - 7th
In this grammar worksheet, students discover that careful choice of adjectives can make a piece of writing more interesting and powerful. Students read a story about a girl and her first date with a hard-to-please boyfriend. Students...
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Test Your Reading Skills - Understanding Maps 2

For Students 6th - 7th
In this map reading learning exercise, students will use their answers from p.62 (another learning exercise) and the map of Melton Park on p. 61 (another learning exercise) to fill in the missing words on the learning exercise.