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Reading Comprehension Skills Practice

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage titled, "A family Recipe," then complete 3 short answer and 2 multiple choice questions. An answer key is provided on page 4.
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Where are all those teeth?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the legend of the tooth fairy. They create a tooth necklace out of dough and glitter.
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Multi-Color Leaf Prints

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create multi-color leaf prints. Using different shapes and sizes of leaves, they trace them onto a plate and cut it out after adding the veins. They color it with one color and turn it over to make a print and repeat the...
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String Quartet Instruments

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this string quartet music worksheet, students label pictures of a bow, violin, viola, and a cello after reading the definition of a string quartet. They answer 4 multiple choice questions and can complete an extra credit assignment by...
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Birthday Party Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this birthday vocabulary crossword worksheet, students fill in the puzzle, across and down, by answering 13 clues. They find that each clues tells if the work they should use is a noun or a verb.
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Health Education: Germs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine germs. In this personal health lesson plan, 2nd graders summarize the methods for preventing the spread of germs through food, water, air, and touch.
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Message to Mother

For Teachers 1st
First graders write sentences to their mothers and include them Mother's Day gifts made with paper cups, a balloon and newspaper.
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School-Home Links: Vowel Sounds

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vowel sounds worksheet, students first name the picture and then circle the word that matches. Students say the word aloud and listen for the vowel sound.
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Marching to the Beat of a Different Drum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the American dream. In this contemporary music lesson, students analyze the lyrics of songs by Neil Diamond, Bruce Springsteen, and David Massengill. Students create 3-D representations of the American dream and write...
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Thoreau's Writing Style

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Thoreau's writing style. In this writing style lesson plan, students describe Thoreau's literary style and use the devices he employs in a response to one of his essays.
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Making Words

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders spell words and define homophone.  In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words. 
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Swing and Sway

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research the destructive force of the wind. In this science lesson, students design and build a wind resistant structure. They explain why they chose a particular design and present their structure in class.
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Upcycled Garment or Art Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the importance of recycling waste products. In this art lesson, students research different upcycled fashion designs and accessories. They design their own product and present it in class.
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Rocketing in Math and Sciences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners make a rocket out of paper. They follow the given instructions and test to see if it will fly. They write about the experiment and are given the opportunity to change their varibles to make their rocket work.
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Wheat: Ancient and Ageless

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students label the parts of a wheat plant on a worksheet. In this Egyptian farming instructional activity, students thresh a wheat stem and estimate the amount harvested. Students research Ancient Egypt online.
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Materials 2: Recycled Materials

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to the idea that some materials can be recycled. They will investigate the types of materials that can be reused, as well as potential uses for each type of recyclable material.
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Milkshake coloring

For Students K - 3rd
In this milkshake coloring worksheet, students color a picture of a milkshake. Students color the picture of a glass, with ice cream, and two straws.
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Happy Birthday, Moon Activity Card- Home -School Connection

For Students Pre-K - K
In this "Happy Birthday, Moon" home-school literacy connection worksheet, students cut out a picture of a teddy bear and mountains, which they glue to straws to make stick puppets. They listen to an adult read words on sentence strips,...
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Live Paintings

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research various works of art, write essays, and create live performance art pieces in this 2-day Art, History, and/or Language Arts lesson plan for 7th and 8th grade. The use of a digital camera to capture the "live"...
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Sentence Punctuation

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sentence punctuation worksheet, students put missing capital letters and ending punctuation in sentences then do the same for very short paragraphs.
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Bits and Pieces

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, students will use a collection of objects as the basis for writing a tale about the people who used them.
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Beeswax Flower Candle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "Beeswax flower candles" in this early-elementary classroom Art lesson. Materials needed include foam pieces, straw, a glue gun, clay pots, beeswax, and popsicle sticks. This activity is ideal for the students to create...
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Scarecrow

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students incorporate paper crafting techniques combined with sticks. They use burlap and buttons to give themselves plenty of room for self expression when creating these not so scary scarecrows. They line the finished scarecrows on...
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Puppets 'n' Plays

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers reinforce communication skills, create the puppets, write or improvise dialog for them, and put on a play.