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Parts of Speech: Adjectives
What is an adjective? Read the informational paragraphs before having your elementary learners take the 10-question quiz. Learners distinguish between a group of words to find the adjective. Possessive adjectives and plural adjectives...
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From the Hat’s Point of View
Here is a lesson designed for pre-schoolers and kindergartners that will pique their imaginations. They study images of a very interesting ceremonial hat from China's past called a Summer Official's Hat. These hats were worn by people of...
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The Caterpillar
In this poetry worksheet, students read the poem "The Caterpillar," color the picture, underline the rhyming words and then write the rhyming words on pages two through six.
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Bacteria and their viruses
Students listen and take lecture notes. They quietly watch a video on the bacteria and their viruses while taking notes on the video. They make 2 color drawings on blank paper, one showing a lytic virus and one showing a lysogenic virus.
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Write Your Own Poem
In this writing a poem activity, students read 15 words in a chart and color the ones that rhyme with "old". Students put the rhyming words in pairs, then write a poem using them.
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The Busy Brain
Students explore biology by completing a human body worksheet. In this human brain lesson, students identify the different anatomy within the brain and the functions those pieces form. Students read an article about signals in the brain...
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A Gesture Is Worth a Thousand Words
Students share observations on the nuances of meaning in face to face and online interactions with others. After reading an article, they identify the causes and effects of internet flaming. They create their own comic strips...
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Humpty Dumpty
In this Humpty Dumpty worksheet, students read the nursery rhyme and use word cards to identify the rhyming words. Black-and-white and color cut-outs are provided to tell the nursery rhyme.
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock
In this rhyme worksheet, learners read a nursery rhyme about a clock. Students also color in an illustration and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Sorting Living and Nonliving Objects
Third graders sort and classify objects. In this sorting lesson, 3rd graders sort small objects such as cereal or candy. Then, students classify and sort objects that are living or nonliving.
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The Genome: Controversy for All Times
Students examine the genome and discuss the ethical and moral issues surrounding it. In groups, they discover the differences between ethics and morals and discuss where the concepts of good and bad come from in society. After reading...
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Racism, Gender, Ethnicity, and Aesthetics in the Art of Graffiti
Students describe how graffiti is a part of everyday culture. They develop basic vocabulary terms for thinking and writing about graffiti and make and justify judgments about aesthetics qualities in graffiti art. They compare and...
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La Rana Azul
Who is Blaney? Why is she different from other frogs? Read the passage with your emergent readers, and answer the comprehension questions that follow. Consider reviewing the questions with your learners before they read the text, and...
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Matching Words and Pictures, A to Z
For this matching words and pictures, A to Z worksheet, learners match words to pictures for every letter of the alphabet, printable either in black and white or color version.
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I Have a Star Booklet
In this color words booklet worksheet, learners cut apart, color and assemble a 10 page beginning reader. Students read the sentence on each page that says, "I have a (color word) star." Learners color a picture to match the words.
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Making Words #4
For this word activity worksheet, students read a set of letters, color all consonants yellow, then make as many words as possible.
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Making Words #5
For this making words activity worksheet, students read a set of letters, color all consonants yellow and cut letters out, making as many words as possible.
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Making Words #5
In this making words activity worksheet, students read a set of words, color consonants yellow, then create and list as many words as possible.
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Dolch Number Booklet
Young scholars create a sight word booklet for number words, "one" through "ten." In this sight word lesson, students write and read number vocabulary. Young scholars write Dolch word sentences to create a booklet.
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Which Colored Filter Will Decode a Secret Message?
Students investigate how to create secrete messages through filters. They view pictures with red and green filters and discuss what they observe. They select the color filter that works best to read secret messages. They view pictures...
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The Little Engine That Could
Students read the story The Little Engine That Could and read companion stories, predict in a chart, work with rhyming and word families, and more. For this reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the book.
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Name & Word Wall Activities, Building Blocks: Literacy, Letter Recognition,
Students use the word wall to learn letters, their names, develop print awareness and many other literacy skills.
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Even and Odd Numbers
In this number identification worksheet, 2nd graders read 6 word problems. They indicate whether numbers in the problems are even or odd.
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Word Wall Words
Students use the basic required 200 words by sight in sentences of three to six words, use the words to play bingo and rhyming word activity.