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The Big Blue

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create paper mache globes with balloons. They label the 4 oceans on their balloons with reference to large wall map, classroom globe, and Encarta Virtual Globe CD-ROM projected on large screen TV with Tvator or other...
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Flower Pounding

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners create wall hangings from fresh flowers using a technique called flower pounding. Wall hangings can be used to create a classroom quilt as well. This is an activity that can be adapted for many grade levels.
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English Literature Authors and Their Works

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in completing a worksheet where they have to match the authors to the short story or book that they wrote. They have studied English Literature Authors, so this is an assessment piece type of instructional activity.
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Communication--Conversation

For Students 4th - 6th
In this communication and conversation worksheet, students web out the skills they think people need to have to be able to have successful conversations.
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Ratios

For Students 6th
For this ratios worksheet, 6th graders solve and complete 3 different types of problems. First, they divide each amount shown in the ratio of 2 to 3. Then, students explain why the amounts worked out to be whole numbers.
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Are You a Frog?

For Teachers K
Students listen to the book "Ask Me If I'm a Frog, and compare their anatomy and habits to the anatomy and habits of a frog to identify with the characteristics unique to frogs. They respond to teacher-generated questions by writing...
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Tantalizing Tangrams

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in what is considered to be a model lesson. The lesson focuses upon polygons and basic geometry. The lesson addresses national standards and displays how others should be done.
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State the Facts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students, while silently reading the book, "Mr. Pilling's Pond," by Patricia Nikolina Clark, and "One Good Turn," by Bette Anne Rieth, discuss how to summarize each book. They review the five steps to summarization and write them down.
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Ready, Set, Read! Growing Independence and Fluency

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice reading a selection a number of times in order to increase their reading fluency and comprehension. They listen to a teacher demonstration of both non-fluent and fluent reading to determine the difference. Working...
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Recounts

For Students 6th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, students use the graphic organizer to review the concepts needed in order to write an individual account of a significant event.
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New York State Testing Program: English/Language Arts Listening Selection, Grade 3

For Students 3rd
For this 3rd grade English/Language Arts standardized test practice worksheet, students listen to a fictional story that as their instructor reads it aloud 2 times. No questions accompany the worksheet.
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Who Burned the Peggy Stewart?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students conclude findings from various political and social sources regarding the burning of the Peggy Stewart. Students explore the various opinions of Maryland colonists and strategies used to protest the British tax and policies of...
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Addition Word Problems - Food

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these math word problems worksheets, students complete five different math word problems using simple addition to solve the equations about food.
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How Do Our Attitudes Affect Waste?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a survey to assess typical purchasing practices, to determine the influence of packaging on consumer choices. They also determine whether consumers consider waste disposal and recycling when making purchasing decisions.
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Family Heritage Project

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research their own family history and relate their own personal history to world events. Each student analyzes reasons why people immigrate, by using their own family history. They also explore immigrants' contributions to...
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Origins of US Involvement in WWII

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders view several pictures obtained from a government website using the subtopic, "War" and listen to explanations of the origins of our involvement in wars in the past. They listen to lecture about why nations become involved...
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Probability

For Students 4th - 5th
For this math worksheet, learners take the time to attempt solving the six word problems using the concept of probability. The answers are on page 2.
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Vocabulary Review 38

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary review worksheet, students check a box next to the word that will correctly complete a sentence; more than one correct choice is possible.
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English Novel: Fallen Angels

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils work in literary circles to discuss the novel Fallen Angels.  In this Fallen Angels lesson plan, students find quotations,  make connections, and identify themes as they discuss the novel.  Pupils discuss changes in...
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Past Simple Tense

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this verb tense worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle of past tense verbs, complete sentences, use pictures to write where people were in past situations and put verbs in present or past simple tense.
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Simple Past or Past Continuous

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students focus on the past tense.  Students complete 16 exercises choosing to use either the simple past or past continuous tense and using the interactive key when finished.  
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Investigation 11 - Utah Fish

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine a particular Utah fish and then create a poster that shares what they learned. They access websites imbedded in this plan to aide them in their research.
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Trees!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to the parts of trees through discussion and participation in learning centers with hands on activities that focus on each part.
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Four Seasons Class Mural

For Teachers K
Students create a class mural showing them involved in different activities appropriate for the season they are examining. They describe the season they are examining and activities related to it. They practice using their listening and...