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Show Me the Money: Labor/Management Issues in Professional Baseball
Learners study the baseball players in the past and present and see how the union played a part in lives. In this labor lesson young scholars analyze documents and identify the effects of the different markets on labor salaries.
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Me and My Job Shadow, Part 3
Third graders write a paper summarizing their previous job shadow experience. They describe both the positive and negative aspects of the job they observed and discuss one skill used on the job. Students write thank you letters to the...
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How Long is a Hot Dog? Weight, Weight! Don't tell me!
Primary learners participate in activities that help them explain how different things are measured. They create their own access number chart.
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Give Me Some Expression!
Work to improve oral expression while reading aloud. Young scholars read sentence strips, changing their volume, speed, and tone to match what is written, making the sentence more meaningful. They read an entire story with a partner who...
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"Re-Solutioning": Practice Brings Out Our Best
Seventh graders write scripts for scenarios to be "re-solutioned". One re-solution scenario will be role played for whole class. They also identify what personal responsibility means and who is responsible in taking personal...
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Integrated Skills - Laundry
I hate doing laundry, even if it is an independent living skill that requires me to count money, follow a sequence, and sort clothing by color. Learners with multiple disabilities discuss what laundry is, why they need to do it, and how...
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A Look at Exclusion Through Improvisation
Building a realistic understanding of the trials Jews suffered during WWII isn't always easy. This plan employs student constructed dramatic freeze frame scenes to help build a deeper understanding of Jewish Ghettos, concentration camps,...
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Vacation Values: A Math WebQuest
Fifth graders participate in a Math Web Quest to research two vacation options for their "families" in order to determine the best mathematical value for their family. They gather data, create two comparison graphs based on that data,...
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Surfin' USA Lummi Stick Routine
"Let's go surfin' now, everybody's learning how, come on and safari with me." One of the Beach Boys more famous songs that is bound to get your class up and moving. This dance has basic dance steps and the added dimension of using Lummi...
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Verbs, Mixed Verbs-2
In this foreign language worksheet, students select the best choice from the three given to fill in the blank left in each of ten sentences. Each blank requires students to select a past participle form that is the best fit.
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From One Seed Grow Many Seeds
First graders practice identifying plants by singing a song. In this plant life lesson, 1st graders sing the song "Parts of a Plant" which is based on the anatomy of sunflowers. Students discover agriculture techniques while viewing a...
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Vocabulary: Going to Work-Part 2
In this foreign language worksheet, young scholars read 10 sentences that are phrases a person may use to describe getting to work. They select the best choice from three options to fill in the blank in each sentence.
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Vocabulary; Idioms/Phrasal Verbs Using Names of Animals,-Part 1
For this foreign language worksheet, pupils read ten sentences with missing words. They select the best word to fill in the blank from a list of three that are given. Each sentence contains an idiomatic phrase.
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Give Me the Facts!
Young scholars study how to summarize a reading passage to improve their comprehension. They read a non-fiction passage and use five steps to summarize it while working in groups of three. Next, as class, they decide which group provided...
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Halloween Creative Writing Project
Students write a creative essay from a pumpkin's point of view. They role play that they are pumpkin in a patch and need to convince a visitor to the patch that they are the best choice for a Halloween pumpkin. They focus on using...
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Pronouns: Possessive Pronouns/ Possessive Adjectives 2
In this ESL/ Language Arts worksheet, students read short sentences. Students then choose the best pronoun or adjective to fill in the 10 blanks.
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Vocabulary: To Tell, To Speak, To Say, To Talk Part 1
In this vocabulary worksheet, pupils analyze which verb is appropriate in each sentence, choosing from forms of "tell, speak, say, talk." Example: We --- for three hours. (talked)
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This Is My Home
Learners listen to a read aloud of Mary Ann Hoberman's A House Is a House for Me before discussing the meaning of habitats and the different types of homes that people live in. Next, they pretend to be architects and design a home for...
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Integrating the Nintendo Wii in Adaptive Physical Education
Bring gaming into the classroom as part of a physical education lesson plan. Learners with disabilities participate in various physical activities using the Nintendo Wii. They use the video game system not only to play different sports,...
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What Shape is That?
Each country or group of people has created special places of worship. Children read a story about religious buildings and architecture and then make clay models of the buildings they like the best. The instructional activity has been...
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Grammar Review for Grade 4 (4.5)
In this grammar review for grade 4 (4.5) worksheet, 4th graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about grammar.
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Vocabulary; Grocery Store, Supermarket-Part 1
In this foreign language worksheet, students complete 10 sentences by selecting the correct word to fill in the blank for each sentence. Sentences all relate to vocabulary that would be used in a trip to the supermarket or grocery store.
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Word Problems -- Show Me The Money!
Students are introduced to techniques to help them solve word problems in a more effective way. As a class, they perform the techniques together solving problems involving the concept of money. They review how to write a dollar amount...
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Water Cycle Voice Thread
Learners understand the water cycle through a role playing activity. In this water cycle lesson, students become familiar with the water cycle through a play about the water cycle. Learners illustrate their parts and create a VoiceThread...