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Science: Bugs and Body Parts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine the function of various insect parts they have observed. Using descriptive words, they explain the insects' characteristics and draw pictures of them. The lesson concludes with students writing short sentences...
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Writing Numbers -Number 10

For Students K - 2nd
In this writing numbers worksheet, students practice writing the number 10, the word "ten" and the phrases "ten cylinders" and "ten cylinders are pink."
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Mandalas : polygons

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create mandalas. For this mandala lesson, 4th graders look at these polygons in nature and man-made forms. They create their own by using tangrams.
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Stained Glass Polygons

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students follow directions to make a stained glass window design of regular and irregular polygons with specific geometric elements. In this geometry lesson plan, students also analyze other classmate's designs.
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Plant Parts

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify plant parts by using different classification methods. In this plant lesson plan students observe and draw different types of leaves then classify them according to species.
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Finding the Animals: A Visual Exploration of Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a thirty-second look, followed by a class discussion about Jan Brueghel's painting The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark. They use description words and sentences to write about their favorite animal in the...
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Translating Patterns

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this worksheet, students examine picture patterns which have blank boxes beneath each picture. Students translate the pattern by coloring the boxes. Example: rose, rose, bird, rose, rose. (red, red, blue, red, red).
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Faces of a Cube

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify and correctly name three-dimensional solids; cones, spheres, and cubes. In this three-dimensional figures lesson, students  build a cube by matching colored square faces to a correct word. Students then...
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Y is for Yarn

For Teachers All
Pupils practice saying the sounds of the letter Y. They create a poster of the letter made out of yarn. They identify the shape and identify other words that start with Y.
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Silly Snake

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice recognizing and sounding out the letter S. They listen to the alphabet song, "Sea Shell," by Amy Lowell, and view a large picture of a snake in the shape of the letter S. Each student points out other objects found in...
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Teaching in the Shared Way of Ghandi and Montessori

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this differentiated lesson, learners incorporate different subjects using the Ghandi and Montessori methods instead of the traditional method used in regular schools. In math they investigate shapes, colors and sizes. In writing they...
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What Does It Take?

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the attributes of circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. They sort shapes that are the same and those that are different into groups.
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Land Reclamation

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students identify the benefits of the process of land reclamation. They discuss examples of reclamation projects, and complete a word puzzle, word find, and energy sentence puzzle.
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THE MEAN INDEX CARD

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students cut an index card to create three similar right triangles and explore the congruencies and proportions that exist. They investigate the properties of lines and concepts of congruency, similarity, tangency and symmetry of...
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Sentence Fragments, Run-ons, and Combining Sentences

For Students 7th - 9th
In this set of grammar worksheets, students identify sentence fragments, revise run-on sentences and fragments, and combine sentences by inserting words and phrases.
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Vocabulary Building - Brainstorming

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students learn new vocabulary words in ways that are fun and enriching. They brainstorm lists of words to be used in sentences, stories, or conversations.
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Dicey Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers role cubes prepared with vocabulary and parts of speech on each side. They collect words and create poems from the words collected. They read their poems to the class.
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Connect the Dots

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice counting to ten. In this coloring worksheet, students learn about the different types of trucks that transport goods by counting to ten and connecting the dots to complete the picture.
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Vowels, Reading Fluency

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice identifying words with the short o vowel sound. They use the strategy will reading a page from The Hare and the Tortoise. They read the passage while focusing on increasing their reading fluency and practice...
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Passing Traits to Offspring

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What makes each one of us unique? Lead your class in this exciting and educational activity as you uncover traits that show how each individual is different from another. Pupils explore facts about DNA technology and predict the...
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Flag Day

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students describe the symbolism, tradition, honor and power that flags bear and explore the stories of Civil War battle flags.
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Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils examine poetry to identify the use of metaphors and similes after the teacher defines what they are. They decide how they can use similes and metaphors to describe different pieces of fruit. Finally, they write poetry about the...
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Learning to Look, Looking to Learn - Sunday Morning

For Students 9th - 12th
Jerome Myers' depiction of the urban landscape in "Sunday Morning" is the focus of a series of activities that asks viewers to examine how an artist uses the elements of a painting to tell a story. The resource packet includes an...
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Symmetry in Relief

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore radial symmetry.  In this 3 dimensional art and geometry lesson, students identify examples of radial symmetry in everyday objects. Students create an imprint using radial symmetry on clay tiles.