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Here's an Instant Activity for February 18, 2008

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a spelling activity to practice spelling with suffixes. In this suffixes instructional activity, 5th graders complete an instant spelling activity as well as a worksheet to help them add suffixes to words.
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K12 Reader

5th Grade Master Spelling List

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Here's a spelling program that includes 36 lists of 21 words and 20 suggestions for weekly activities. Each list includes common and proper nouns, sight words, academic vocabulary, and words built on a specific Greek roots.
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The Alamo

The Alamo Crossword Puzzle

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Sort out who's who from the Battle of the Alamo with a helpful crossword puzzle. Complete with 20 clues and names, the resource helps history learners identify the major players in a pivotal moment in American history.
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Breaking News English

More People to Stick to New Year's Resolutions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
What makes a good New Year's resolution? Practice goal-setting and reading comprehension with a set of language arts activities. English learners work on cloze passages, synonym matches, interviewing exercises, and...
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The Alamo

A Lesson in Citizenship

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What does it mean to be an American citizen? Lieutenant Colonel Commander William Barret Travis believed that it meant honor to country first—even above one's own life. Middle and high schoolers read his final letters from the Alamo that...
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Unscramble the Letters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop their spelling skills. In this language arts lesson, students unscramble words and write sentences to accompany each of them.
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Algebra Jeopardy

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students participate in an algebra jeopardy game. In this algebra review activity, students are split into two groups and answer review questions from the Algebra I curriculum. Students use a prepared computer game as a game board.
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Polly and the Shapeshifter

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze the patterns in polygons and relate it to the rate of change. In this algebra lesson, students discuss the relationship between the data and the graph of the data.
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How Groundhog's Garden Grew

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students answer questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy after reading the book, How Groundhog's Garden Grew, by Lynne Cherry.  In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students respond to 6 questions, one per taxonomy level, to...
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Weigh Out the Algebra

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students use manipulative's to see the steps taken when solving linear equations. They solve using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
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Find the Misspelled Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young readers are given twenty groups of words and asked to circle the misspelled word. They are encouraged to sound out the words, specifically focusing on vowel sounds.
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Youth and Children

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the rights that students possess while examining human rights in relation to bullying. They develop ideas and advice for conflict resolution between students.
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Modern Landscapes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners analyze the artistic responses to the changing landscape during the interwar period. In this art analysis instructional activity, students analyze landscape images and consider the ways artists depicted the changing landscape....
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An Introduction to Counting

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students define the counting principle and how it relates to integers. For this algebra lesson, students add and subtract using the addition and multiplication principles. They solve problems using combination and permutations.
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Estimation and Computation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice their estimation skills using blocks. In this math lesson, 2nd graders explain how estimating makes addition easier. They complete a worksheet after the lesson to reinforce new learning.
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My Love And I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music activity for the SSA choir. This activity can be accomplished in under an hour and includes warm-up ideas to begin the class.