Organizer
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Give 'em a Hand

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, learners use the shape of the hand to find the who, what, where, when, and why for a text. Students write their answers in the fingers.
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Summing It All Up in a Nutshell

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of summarization strategies. They discuss the process of asking the five W questions, and apply then to a passage from the book "Sarah Plain and Tall." Students then finish the chapter from...
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Five Pots

For Students Pre-K - K
In this printing worksheet, students practice writing the number five. Students also color in five flower pots of a variety of sizes.
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Build Mastery: Main Idea

For Teachers K - 4th
Use a graphic organizer to get readers thinking about main ideas as they record the who, what, where, when, and why of a story. Consider modeling this process completely before kids do this independently. They fill in five boxes charting...
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Order Of Operation

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this algebra worksheet, students identify the order of operation and the distributive property. They add, subtract, multiply and divide expressions and equations. There are 10 questions with an answer key.
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Bears' House Vandalized, Witnesses Say Blonde Girl Spotted Fleeing from the Scene

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore journalism. In this expository writing lesson, students read several newspaper articles and note common features. After reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett, students work with a partner to write a news...
PPT
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Newspaper Report

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Discuss the way to write a newspaper article using this presentation. With a series of slides detailing an accident involving a car at a gasoline station, learners are prompted to answer who, what, when, where, and why questions. Use...
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Candy Math Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Few things can motivate children to learn like the promise of a sweet and tasty treat. Given a bag of M&M®s, Skittles®, or other colorful candy, learners first predict the contents of the bag before counting the pieces,...
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
The four worksheets here are provided to introduce your learners to new vocabulary on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Each list contains seven vocabulary words focused on a specfic vowel pair. First the learner hears the word,...
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Vocabulary Building Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
Four weeks of vocabulary words are provided here! Each week has between six and seven vocabulary words for your young learners to master. First they hear each word, and then they get a short definition for each word. The second activity...
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Bears' House Vandalized, Witnesses say Blonde Girl Spotted Fleeing from the Scene!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students approach a familiar story (Goldilocks and the Three Bears) from the perspective of a newspaper reporter. They apply the 5 W's + 1 H (Who, What, When, Where, Why and How).
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Proper Nouns

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Learners read the 19 nouns on the elephant and then circle each noun that is a proper noun. They write 10 additional proper nouns on the lines provided on the second elephant.
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Conservation During Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reaction worksheet, high schoolers are given the details of an experiment where sodium chloride and silver nitrate are mixed in a chemical reaction. Students answer nine questions about the chemical reaction, they...
Unit Plan
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Second Graders Create Their Own Social Studies Book (Part I, The 5Ws of the Constitution)

For Teachers 3rd
Students study the United States Constitution and create a year-long cumulative activity for social studies. In this social studies lesson, students complete activities throughout the year to learn the 5Ws for the United States...
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Middle School Masters of the Web- Video Newsletter

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students develop a school newscast. In this school newscast lesson, students practice interviewing skills, use of video and podcasting equipment, and editing skills. They work in groups to develop a school newscast using digital pictures...
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It's Raining Meatballs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners observe and demonstrate the process of summarization using the book "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. They silently read the story, and as a class discuss the five W's. Students then write a short summary of...
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Numeral Analysis: Rate of Convergence

For Students 11th - 12th
In this rate of convergence worksheet, students use three different methods to compute an order of convergence of a function. This four-page worksheet contains approximately 10 problems, with examples.
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Linear Systems: Graphical Interpretation of Vectors and Linear Systems

For Students Higher Ed
For this interpretation of vectors and linear systems worksheet, students describe the geometric appearance of two vectors. They add the two vectors and sketch the sum as well as the vectors to determine the commutativity of vector...
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Numerical Analysis: Machine Representation of Numbers

For Students 9th - 12th
In this machine representation of a number worksheet, students explore definitions such as floating-point, round-off error, binary representation of a number, mantissa, and sign bit. They identify significant digits and determine how...
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Numerical Analysis: Rates of Convergence

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this rates of convergence worksheet, learners explore examples of linear, superlinear and quadratic convergence of sequences. They solve six problems involving sequence converges. This two-page worksheet contains examples and six...
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WS 7.1.1 Molecular Compounds

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this molecular compounds worksheet, young scholars write the prefixes for the numbers one through ten. They name thirty compounds given their formulas. They write the formulas for twenty six compounds given their names.
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Who, What, Where, When, Why?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creating information questions and answers worksheet, students write who, what, where, when, and why questions write answers in complete sentences, and complete a dialogue. Students write 19 short sentences.
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Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students determine the equation of a line given the slope and the coordinates of one point on the line.  The one page worksheet contains ten free response questions.  Answers are...
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Writing Formulas by Crossing Over

For Students 10th - 11th
In this formulas activity, students use the cross-over rule to determine the formula for compounds of the elements and polyatomic ions given. Students complete 15 problems.