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Create Your Island Paradise

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a descriptive essay and map describing their island paradise. They try to evoke the reader's senses: seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. They revise their paragraphs using their partner's feedback.
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How Would You Spend a Million Dollars?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils plan and organize a theme to spend one million dollars. They select a theme, research prices of items on the Internet, organize the information into a spreadsheet, write an introductory paragraph, and create a final project.
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Fossils

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a fossil using an impression made with a shell pressed into clay and filled with plaster of Paris and a mold made out of dough and impressed with a shell. They also will receive a paragraph which contains four...
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Fitness Concepts, Principles, and Benefitws

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design an informative tri-fold fitness pamphlet for a fictitious fitness center that contains a persuasive paragraph encouraging fitness, that is attractive and has the five fitness components.
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Treating Substance Abuse Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an open discussion on the legal, social, and health consequences associated with substance abuse. Working in pairs, students discuss the effects of substance abuse and brainstorm possible solutions. Independently,...
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Say W-W-W-W-Wh-at?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students observe and demonstrate the process of summarizing text. As a class they read a paragraph and answer the five W's. Students then read an online paragraph, and complete a chart online, then in small groups write a short summary.
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Nouns

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students recognize common nouns and proper nouns and use them in proper paragraph form. They get the opportunity to play noun bingo. In addition, diagramming simple and compound noun sentences are undertaken within this lesson.
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How Do You Celebrate?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Investigate the customs of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa with a holiday instructional activity. Pupils use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the customs of each holiday before writing an informative paragraph about one...
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A Morning of Weighing Babies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read sections of "A Morning of Weighing Babies". Individually, they write a paragraph examining the main characters and their actions. After sharing a few writings, they discuss the relationship between the author and the...
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Americas Idols

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of American Idol and the controversy that surrounds the broadcast. They conduct research using a variety of resources and write paragraphs that state opinions about the...
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Using Context--Antonyms

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this antonyms worksheet, students read two short passages and determine which word in each paragraph is an antonym of complete, before, same, against and loser.
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Writing About Contrast- Using Contrast Words

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this writing about contrasts worksheet, students examine two pictures and determine how they are different. They discuss comparative adjectives before writing a paragraph that describes the differences between two restaurant menus.
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Visiting a Zoo

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this reading comprehension activity, students read a paragraph about a family at the zoo. They then answer 5 true and false questions about the reading. Finally, students write a paragraph explaining how Mr. Chow can solve his problem.
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Multistep Problems

For Students 4th
In this multi-step problems worksheet, 4th graders read and analyze the paragraph on the worksheet about types of tools in order to answer four math questions with multiple choice answers.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and choose the ten most important adventures of the novel for a timeline activity. In this Huckleberry Finn lesson plan, 12th graders read the novel and list the adventures. Student...
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Lesson Plan C32: Story Starts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write story starters to begin the writing process. For this creative writing lesson, students examine story starters and review the structure of paragraphs. Students create their own story starters that engage readers by setting...
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Forest Stewardship Library Media Center Resources

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students develop their technology skills by accessing web sites and evaluating information.  In this research lesson students research forestry topics and write a paragraph on the accessed websites.
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Superhero Dad

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a superhero object for their dad. In this Father's day lesson students choose a characteristic valued in their father. They draw a superhero object to represent the characteristic and write a paragraph to explain.
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Fire Safety Spelling / Vocabulary Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this fire safety worksheet, students read paragraphs about fire safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Keeping Little Kids Safe Spelling Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this keeping little kids safe worksheet, students read paragraphs about outside safety, objects, mistakes, and more, and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Gun Safety Spelling Worksheets

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this gun safety learning exercise, students read paragraphs about gun safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Abduction Prevention Spelling Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this abduction prevention worksheet, students read paragraphs about abduction prevention and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Personal Hygiene Regimen

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and describe the importance of maintaining good personal hygiene. Individual students write a paragraph describing their personal hygiene regimen. Products used for personal hygiene are identified. This lesson is...
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In a Nutshell....

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine how to summarize the most important details in a reading passage in order to increase their comprehension. They design a story web using the summarization skills. Before class, they complete a reading assignment prior to...

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