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Wild or Tame?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore wild and domestic animals. In this animal activity, students define wild and domestic. Learners are shown pictures of animals and choose if they are wild or domestic. Students name pets and name their wild counterpart....
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Plants vs. Animals

For Teachers K - 1st
  Students discuss the differences they can see between examples of animals and plants.  In this science lesson, students draw or write what they have discussed about the examples.  Students go on a nature walk to look for...
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Too Many Apostrophes

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this apostrophes activity, students read sentences and insert or take out apostrophes that are needed or not needed. Students complete 12 problems.
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Describing Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate different types of pets.  For this pets lesson, students discuss a variety of animals and their habitats. Students complete activities such as pet pictionary, pets as fashion accessories, role playing pet...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Literary Allusion vs. Pop Culture

For Students 8th - 12th
For this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons that feature literary allusion and pop culture. Students respond to 2 talking point questions.
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Self-Esteem Activities Using Puppetry

For Teachers K - 6th
Puppets provide a wonderful way for your students to explore self-esteem and other issues.
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Avoiding Run-ons

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars examine how to avoid run on sentences. They look at the sentences containing run ons and rewrite the sentence on the line the way it should be written. They work independently to gain practice.
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Perfect Present Tense: Verbs

For Students 3rd - 7th
These 10 sentences will give your scholars some practice in the present perfect tense. Each one has a frame with a blank, and the verb is provided in parentheses. Learners conjugate the verb to present perfect to complete the sentences....
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Dad's Fat Hat

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue...
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Abigail Ant

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /a/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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AAA!! The Baby is Crying! AAA!!

For Teachers 1st
First graders take out primary writing paper and review how to form the letter "a". They observe a large picture of a baby crying on the board, discuss it and make the sound a baby makes when it is crying. They listen to some words,...
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Noun Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this noun worksheet, students fill in the blanks to complete sentences, choosing from 3 words next to each sentence, after a brief noun review.
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How to Diamond Poem (2+)

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Ever heard of a "diamond poem" format? Neither had I, until I came across this lesson. Young writers are shown a format which results in a poem that comes out in the shape of a diamond! This is a simple, yet effective lesson.
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Sunken Treasure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Go on a treasure hunt with your language arts class! They read "Treasure Hunt" and "Exploring the Titanic," then create a final product by taking part in an unusual art activity.
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"A Pig is Big"

For Teachers K
Students explore the concept of big, bigger, and biggest. They examine and classify items by size, listen to and discuss the book "A Pig is Big," complete a fill in the blank activity, and create a tri-fold that illustrates two items...
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"Mr. Betts and Mr. Potts"

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the book "Mr. Betts and Mr. Potts" and examine the career of being a veterinarian. They categorize animals based on whether they could be house pets or not, develop a class pet graph, and list the various...
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The Designed World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners study the classification system used in a library. For this sorting and classification lesson, students visit their library and define the classification system in place. Learners discuss the sorting method and then come up with...
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Proverbs & Old Sayings

For Students 4th - 5th
How familiar is your class with proverbs? There are 23 proverbs listed here, and the goal is to name the missing word in each sentence. Find the answer easily by clicking the drop down that says answer. Some of them are easy, and some...
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Reading Comprehension-Grade 2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grade 2 reading comprehension worksheet, students read several short passages, answering 1-3 multiple choice comprehension questions after each. Answers are included.
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Faulty Parallelism

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Practice using parallel structure. Learners correct faulty parallelism in an extensive list of sentences. The faults in each sentence are sometimes subtle, so scholars will need solid background knowledge on parallel structure to catch...
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Full Dolch Word List

For Students K - 3rd
Sight words are listed based on how frequently they are used. There are 250 words on the list. This would be a good, general resource for a teachers of grades 1 - 3. It is useful to know what words your class should know, and how well...
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Not An Ordinary Quiz on Superstitions!

For Students 6th - 8th
Superstitions are always interesting. Use this worksheet as a pre-quiz before studying superstitions or use it as a time-filler when you have a few extra minutes.
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Rub Those Eyes

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words pictures,...
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Waaa... Abby is Unhappy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the letter 'a' and the short /a/ sound. They practice making the /a/ sound and recite tongue twisters with words containing short /a/. They listen to a story and, while listening, identify words from the story that...

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