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What Can We Do Today?
Students practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages fluently and with expression. They are assessed by their partner, using a fluency...
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Snowshoe Orienteering
Students discuss the history of the snowshoe. They wear snowshoes to experience how Aboriginal people used snowshoes. Students simulate a hunting trip. They walk a course, in snowshoes, collecting information on the course and recording...
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Celebrate You
First graders locate place of birth on a map. They identify their birthdays and place a graphing square with their birthday written on it under the corresponding month. They compare birthdays on the graph. They read "P.B. Bear's Birthday...
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Think of a Number
In this math worksheet, students engage in a mental math activity. Student think a number and follow several computations with that number and always come up with the answer 9. Students discuss why this happens.
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Introduce -s = /s/, -s = /z/ Words
First graders study word endings. In this word endings activity, 1st graders study words that end in /s./ Students study various spelling changes for words that use an /s/ and say the words.
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Spelling Practice
Students clap out synonyms for their spelling words and put their words into alphabetical order. In this spelling lesson plan, students outline words with different colored pencils, and place them in alphabetical order. A challenging...
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What is a Cloud?
Third graders identify a cloud and explore how they form. They create an acrostic poem about clouds.
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Fastest Glacier
Students compare and contrast continental ice sheets and a glacier. They discuss how glaciers form. Students research the average winter and summer temperatures for their area. They predict what might happen to the Greenland...
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Earth's Crust in Motion
In this Earth's crust worksheet, students will review the different ways the crust is moving including soil erosion and earthquakes. Students will complete 6 word scramble/fill in the blank, 3 multiple choice, and 11 short answer questions.
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A Gift for Charlie's Mum-- Ch Words
In this language arts learning exercise, students learn about "ch" words by reading a 1 page story and answering 15 questions. This page is from the UK.
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Soaring Through Space With a Kid Pix Slide Show
First graders create a slide show on Kid Pix about space. In this space lesson plan, 1st graders will explore the earth, sun, moon, and planets. After exploring their motions and locations around the sun, they create a 4 page slide show...
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How Do Satellites Work?
Young scholars model how satellites transmit data by using numbers not images.
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"Bingo Brown and the Language of Love" by Betsy Byars
Students read the book, "Bingo Brown and the Language of Love" and discuss and define credit, loan, interest, and service credit. They complete activity sheets comparing advantages and disadvantages of using cash and credit.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Reading a Graph: Azimuth Range vs. Day in Barrow, Alaska
Students focus on reading and interpreting information from a graph.
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Monster Dictionary
Third graders explore several retrieval strategies to find information in a variety of sources. They organize the information they find and create a Monster Dictionary that includes imaginary monsters and their definitions.
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Making Plans
Third graders recognize that adults often make plans. They realize that plans help you get organized and help you do tasks. They also understand that asking questions and making decisions help us make plans.
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Graphs
Students graph ordered pairs to model the relationship between numbers. After observing the patterns in ordered pairs, they describe the relationship, and create graphs from a data table. Students describe intervals in the graph, and...
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The American West-Knowledge Test
In this American West worksheet, learners complete a 24 questions test about the American West. Answers are included beneath questions on worksheet.
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Presenting Information
High schoolers develop a business card to market them. In this developing a business card to market them lesson, students design a business card to represent them. High schoolers create a logo or graphic design that is...
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Purdue University Owl: Job Search Writing: Cover Letters
The first in a series of guidelines about writing and formatting cover letters.
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University of Wisconsin Madison: Writing Center: Writing Cover Letters
Offers a tutorial on writing a cover letter, including sections on the format, what to include in a cover letter, organization, and questions to guide your writing.
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Employment Spot: Cover Letters
Are you looking for tips to create a super cover letter? Use the cover letter resources to help you get an interview!
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Glencoe: Tips for Writing Cover Letters
Are you ready to apply for your dream job? Explore tips to develop a great cover letter to help you get the job!