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Who am I?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice their writing skills by creating a character sketch of themselves. After viewing portraits, they select one personality trait and put their own picture into the painting of their choice. They include a conversation with...
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We Are Family

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore art and stories that depict families in different cultures. They examine how family members help each other, create traditions, have fun and change or grow. They describe their own families and create a class family...
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Thump Your Thinker

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss how t and h together make one sound and then make the sound while examining the mouth movement associated with it. They listen for the sounds in sentences that are read to them before making words with the Elkonin...
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Putting It Together

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read aloud the book "Courage" by Bernard Waber and discuss the examples that compromise the defintion of courage. They describe another word such as joy and work with a partner or group to brainstorm and write sentences of...
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Community Explorations

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students identify the strengths and weakness in their community. They take a community walk and take pictures of people interacting with the environment and the "green spaces" in their community. They then write a persuasive essay...
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Playground Changes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop both writing and artistic skills as they document changes in their school environment. They observe how the environment of their school playground changes throughout the year by drawing and describing plants, animals,...
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Four Vocabulary and Word Work Worksheets

For Students 4th - 6th
In these vocabulary and word work worksheets, students fill the blanks with proper endings, make adverbs from adjectives, determine incorrect words in sentences, and match pictures with the proper nouns. They complete four pages.
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Your Lymphatic System

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this lymphatic system worksheet, students describe whether they think that the lymphatic system is well-adapted to carrying material through the body in comparison to the circulatory system. Then they design a lymphatic system for an...
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Right Angles

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students learn to recognize a right angle. Students study the picture of the right angle and are asked to draw 3 examples. Students then find and draw 9 examples of right angles in objects around them.
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Lizard and Bullfrog

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science activity, students compare a lizard and an amphibian. They answer several short questions and color in the pictures.
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The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

For Students 5th - 6th
In this literature worksheet, students, after reading each chapter from the book, The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White, describe the setting and write a summary of each chapter read.
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Extremophiles- Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 5th
In this extremophiles non-fiction reading worksheet, students read a two page selection that describes the organisms known as extremophiles. They answer 10 questions based on the selection which include true or false, short answer, and...
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Planet Fact Sheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this space science worksheet, students record facts about one of the planets, which they draw in a box on the page. They write the name, distance from the sun, length of day and year, and number of moons. They describe how the planet...
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The Flea's Sneeze Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners read a book and engage in three different activities. In this lesson plan about repetitive story patterns, students read a story, The Flea's Sneeze, and examine how the story has a rhythmic pattern of rhyming verse that sounds...
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Health Unit Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this ESL vocabulary unit worksheet, students discover or review terms that describe health related topics and then complete 6 multi-step activities using the terms appropriately.
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End Clusters with Penultimate I - A Post Card From Never Never Land

For Students 3rd
In this writing worksheet, 3rd graders fill in a postcard that describes their time in Never Never Land. They include their address and draw a stamp in the proper place on the post card.
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What's In A Name

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write a paragraph about their findings on what their name represents. In this writing lesson plan, 2nd graders will research their name and why they were named that. They will draw a picture that represents them along with...
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Natural Disasters

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine different natural disasters.  In this natural disaster lesson plan students complete a learning exercise that has the students label the pictures of natural disasters and answer questions. 
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Responsibility and Jobs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify community helpers. In this philanthropy lesson, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Students use character traits to describe the main characters and make a list...
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Checklist for Writing a Newspaper Report

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this writing a newspaper report worksheet, students use the checklist as they write a newspaper report. Seven steps are included and described on the checklist.
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Your Favorite Wild Animal

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this research skills worksheet, students select a wild animal and then respond to 5 short answer questions regarding it. In addition, students draw a picture of it and define 6 habitat terms.
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A Look at Geography

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discover geographical places and terms in another language.  In this geographical identification lesson, students utilize their geographical vocabulary to describe to other classmates where they would like to go or where...
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The Clothes Line

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice using clothing related vocabulary in a class game.  In this descriptive words lesson plan, students utilize newly learned vocabulary words to describe what a classmate is wearing.  Students participate in a...
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Daily Routines

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students describe the daily routine of a person using a different language.  In this foreign language vocabulary lesson, students discuss the different items people use to get ready every day and practice using those vocabulary...