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Mira: Activity 10

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the story, Mira and then draw a picture of their favorite weather using the story as a background. They post their pictures around the room and make a tally chart of the number of pictures that were drawn with various...
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Using Adjectives With Be

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adjectives worksheet, students read over 14 sentences and fill in each blank with an appropriate adjective from the list given with the verb form of be.
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Prepositions of Time

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
In this prepositions of time instructional activity, learners complete 15 fill in the blank questions where they complete a sentence with the correct preposition of time.
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Using the Verb- To Be

For Students 5th - 9th
In this verb "to be" worksheet, students use the proper forms of the verb to fill in the blanks in 13 sentences. They see the verbs in a table at the top of the page and may use the verbs more than once.
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Igneous Rock II

For Students 7th - 9th
In this igneous rock activity, students answer 11 fill in the blank questions about the formation of the different types of igneous rock. They complete a chart given 6 rock types in which they indicate how each is formed, the cooling...
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Using the Verb "Be"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this verbs of being worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 13 sentences using a verb of being in the word box. The choices are: to be, is, am, were, was, are.
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Using Adjectives with Be

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this adjectives worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with correct adjectives from a word box, as will as the correct form of the verb "be."
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The Passive With Get

For Students 6th - 8th
In this past participle practice worksheet, students respond to 10 questions that require them to fill in the blanks with the appropriate verbs. Students also write 5 sentences using the passive voice with "get."
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Descriptive Persuasive Texts

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Language Arts worksheet, students read about persuasive writing. Students read an example and complete a chart that organizes the information into facts and opinions.
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ESL: Beaver Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ESL beaver worksheet, students read a chart comparing the American and European beavers, then fill in blanks in text about facts in the chart. 
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The Apple Tree: A Counting Book

For Students Pre-K - K
In this counting book instructional activity, students complete a 21 page book with an apple tree theme. Students read the sentence telling how many apples the tree should have and cut and paste apples to match that number. There is one...
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Rain Forest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover three aspects of the rain forest. They describe the people, animals, and vegetation in the rain forest. They identify the changes the rain forest has gone through and the reasons behind the changes. They choose one...
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Short Stories and Sitcoms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare 19th Century short stories to 20th Century sitcoms. They address seven questions as the watch a sitcom for homework and create a web to use for further comparison.
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Using a Graphic Organizer to Critically Observe Televised News Broadcasts

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students compare two television news broadcasts. They discuss how to organize information when comparing two objects and read and discuss two books to create a Venn diagram to compare both books. After creating the diagram, they view...
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Whittle, Whittle it Down: Summarizing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to the jigsaw method of summarizing text. In groups, they create their own summary and work together as a class to create just one class summary. To end the lesson, they read the class summary and review the...
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Begining Reading: Antonyms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create and play a game called Antonym Match-up. They create twenty cards with ten pairs of antonyms. In pairs, They mix up the cards and compete to see who can match all of the pairs the fastest. A video segment from the...
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Really Useful List of 100 Plural Nouns in English

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts instructional activity, students analyze a list of 100 nouns which do not follow the usual rule of adding an -s to make a plural. Students fill in the blanks of the chart and make irregular plurals. Example: tooth...
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Round to the Nearest Thousand

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this rounding worksheet, learners examine 9 different numbers, write the 2 numbers each number falls between and then round each number to the nearest thousand. Next, students solve 15 fill in the blank problems where they round...
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Calendar Communication

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify days, dates, and month on a calendar. In this calendar lesson, students use a blank calendar page and fill in the days of the month. Students recall what they learned on specific days and record that information as well.
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Using Analogies to Improve Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders analyze the relationships for pairs of words in analogical statements to infer word meanings. In this word meanings lesson, 9th graders complete an analogy pre-assessment, study a chart for using analogies to improve...
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Grade 8: Intermediate-Level Test, Science Written Test 2003

For Students 8th
In this science test activity, learners complete a comprehensive grade eight exam. Students respond to 70 questions, including fill-in-the-blank, short-answer, and chart-and-graph completion.
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It's Alive

For Teachers K
Students identify the differences between a nonliving and living thing. They describe what is needed for any living thing to survive. They create one page for the class book identifying why the object is a living thing.
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Just "Itching" to Read More Fluently!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students access how to decode words for meaning in text. They strive to read fluently with accuracy. Students read more fluently through utilizing one-minute reads of repeated readings, as the more a student rereads a passage, the more...
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Ecosystem Organization

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders engage in a lesson about ecosystems with the intention of looking at how it is organized. They cover the biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem while looking at the seven types of terrestrial biomes. Students write...