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Probability
In this math worksheet, students 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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Looking through the Sands of Time: 80's Decade
Learners view the comic "Time sliders" from the Celebrate the Stamp Unit from the 1980's. They discuss what the comic magazine contains. Students listen to a speaker from the post office discuss how stamps are selected. They use...
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Upper Intermediate Review Quiz
In this language arts worksheet, students read 5 sentences which have missing verb phrases. Students choose the best answer to fill in the blank and make the sentence complete. This is intended for ESL students.
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Idioms 1
In this idiom activity, students complete 6 multiple choice questions, selecting the correct idiom. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Adjective Endings: ED/ING
In this adjective worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with correct words, placing the proper ending on an adjective given.
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A Funky Healthy Life Style!
Learners name the five food groups and classify foods according to group. They tell how proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins/minerals, and water help their body. Students discuss how play and exercise can help their body.
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Happy Birthday to Them!
Third graders use a search engine to search the Internet and find the birthdates of the singers listed on the Popular Singers Worksheet. They provide the URL address from which they obtain their information for each singer.
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Sculpture, Hands, and Rodin
Learners explain that Rodin saw hands as able to express the emotions of the entire body. Our hands are important tools and means of expressions. They create a sculpture based on a pantomime they make with their hands.
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Mother Goose Poetry
Students practice technology skills such as open, save, print,
type, font size, font type. They also do graphics, importing,text wrapping.Critical thinking,graphic design, presenting are other skills practiced.
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A Study of Japan with the Haiku of Basho
Sixth graders explore haiku poetry and the works of the Japanese poet Basho. They review characteristics of haiku poetry and other forms of poetry. After they write three or more haiku poems, they illustrate one of them and share with...
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Squigly's Riddlers - Halloween
In this Halloween activity, students use words to fill in clues and use this information to solve each of the four riddles provided.
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Nouns
In this nouns instructional activity, students use the following nouns to complete the sentences: lance, optician, nutmeg, clown, pen, trumpet, eagle, hoe, mechanic, and stetson. Students then make a list of all of the nouns in the...
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The English Club
Students explore the English alphabet. In this English skills instructional activity, students participate in activities to help them learn and retain the English alphabet.
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Test Your Patience: Nonsense Quiz
In this testing patience worksheet, students read through the quiz that doesn't make sense. Students then try to answer the 20 questions to taste their patience.
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Beginning Analogies 10
In this analogies worksheet, students read the pairs of words and select the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair. Students complete 12 examples.
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ESL: Present Continuous Tense
In this present continuous tense worksheet, students look at pictures and choose the correct present continuous tense verb that describes the action, then answer a set of yes/no questions.
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Breaking News English: Women Wash Hands More Often Than Men
In this English worksheet, students read "Women Wash Hands More Often Than Men," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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David Holt: The Roots of Mountain Music
This is a short history of the major influences that have combined to create mountain music, one of which is minstrel music. Provides a good decription of minstrel music in general. Includes names and descriptions of specific songs,...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Features comprehensive biographical details on "the most successful composer of our time", Andrew Lloyd Weber. His play, "The Phantom of the Opera", is the longest running musical in Broadway history and he has won an Oscar, a Golden...
Aaron Shepherd
Aaron's Storybook: Folktales
Many folktale resources are offered here. Texts of stories, "extras" including music and audio files, posters and background information can be found for some stories.
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Famous Singers
Biographical profiles of famous singers in major musical genres. Includes photo and links to snippets of their songs.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Geography: People: Taureg Nomads of the Sahara
Read about the characteristics of the Taureg, a nomadic people who inhabit the Sahara region. Their lifestyle is described and what they do to survive in the extreme heat of the desert.
Starfall
Starfall: Frederic Chopin
From Starfall.com, this site explores Chopin in relation to his works "Little Dog Waltz" and "The Cat's Waltz." A link to his biography is also provided.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Crafts for Kids
Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.