Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

The Yearling: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Ever known the feeling of being stuck between a rock and a hard place? Jody, a character in The Yearling, knows this feeling all too well. Nature forces Jody to choose between his beloved pet and his family's food supply. Readers...
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En mi familia

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Read En mi familia and discuss families with your young Spanish learners. Who is in their family? What are the roles of each person there? Does one person generally cook? Youngsters learn the vocabulary for activities that people do in...
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Add and Subtract within 100- Matching Worksheet

For Students 1st - 3rd
There are seven word problems here which test your class's basic addition and subtraction skills. Answers are listed on the right, but they must find the correct one and record the corresponding letter next to the problem. Consider doing...
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Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math problem solving activity, students examine 6 word problems that require them to write multiplication sentences and draw pictures to solve each.
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Owl Family Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How do genetic mutations within a population lead to future variations? Provide your class with the resources to answer this question and more upon completing an activity on natural selection. The entire class participates in a...
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The Royal Family

For Students 3rd
In this British monarchy worksheet, 3rd graders learn about the Royal Family. Students complete 4 short answer, 8 multiple choice, and 1 role play situation involving the activities of the British aristocrats.
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How Much Land?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math word problems worksheet, students solve problems having to do with different percentages of land. Students complete 6 questions.
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Del Corazon

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine family traditions. They develop a list of family traditions, explore an artist website, read a biography about a selected artist, write a description and critique of an art piece, and write a description of a family...
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Spelling Practice (Consonant Sounds k & s)

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling learning exercise, students explore words with the consonants k and s. Students practice their spelling by writing each of the twenty words and playing a game with the syllables of each of the words.
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Home Spelling Practice: Greek Forms: arch, crat, demos, polis

For Students 7th - 8th
In this spelling worksheet, learners learn to spell a list of 20 words. All contain the Greek roots: arch, crat, demos, or polis. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Families: Different and the Same

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners compare varying family structures. In this family structures lesson, students write a book about their family. Learners read The House on Mango Street.
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Home Spelling Practice: Suffix -er

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell 15 words in a list that all have the suffix "-er". Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities to choose from.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 4: Schwa "er", "or"

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling activity, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. All words have the "er" or "or" ending sound. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Home Spelling Practice

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet, students practice their spelling words that include short u words, short vowel words, and short sight words that writers use. Students practice 25 words.
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Learning for Life

Empathy

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
How would it make you feel if...youngsters learn a valuable life skill in considering how their actions affect other people. They evaluate different scenarios and draw pictures of things they could do to make someone feel better.
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Create a Family Crest

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create their own family crest using prior knowledge and Japanese and Native American examples of symbolic art. Lesson extensions include the creation of a school crest or woodblock examples of crests.
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Thanksgiving Word Search

For Students 4th - 6th
In this word search, students identify words that relate to Thanksgiving, such as Thanksgiving, turkey, pilgrim, November and Indians. There are approximately 15 words to find. The word search contains a one page grid that is 15 x 15. ...
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Where are the Words?

For Students 4th - 7th
In this plural noun crossword puzzle worksheet, learners evaluate the singular nouns in the word bank and determine their plural forms. Then students find each plural form in the crossword puzzle and circle in. There are 16 words that...
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Possessives

For Students 4th Standards
A simple activity allows fourth graders to practice spelling words that include apostrophes. All are possessives. Send this home as homework and then give a spelling test at the end of the week.
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8th Grade Spelling: Words from Other Languages

For Students 8th
For this 8th grade home connection spelling practice worksheet, 8th graders examine 20 spelling words that feature words from other languages. Students write the words 1 time each.
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Family Tree Word Problems

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this family tree word problems worksheet, students read a paragraph to solve 4 word problems, then create a problem of their own.
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Interpret Remainders-Word Problems

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this interpret remainders worksheet, students read a word problem at the top of the page and answer 2 questions, then write a problem of their own in which the remainder is the answer to the problem.
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Intermediate Matching - Family Structure

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match the 13 terms in the left-hand column to the 13 appropriate definitions in the right-hand column. All of the words and definitions pertain to family structure.
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Fraction Word Problems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this fraction review learning exercise, students read about adding, subtracting, multiplying, and and dividing fractions, examine some sample problems, and then solve 9 fraction word problems.