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Phonics -- Alphabet Activities for Letters Aa and Ii

For Teachers K
Students practice saying the letters "a" and "i". They examine and identify objects that begin with those letters and sponge paint the letters. They practice with all the letters in the alphabet this way.
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Going Whole Hog

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a game in which they compare fractions and graph the fractions.
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The Sign of the Beaver

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book "The Sign of the Beaver". As a class, they identify the problems in the story and predicting what they think is going to happen next. Individually, they examine the cause and effect relationships and...
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The World of Cinderella Stories

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to traditional and nontraditional Cinderella stories and watch a video entitled "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters." Individually, children draw and illustrate the stories they have heard, create a story sequence, and...
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Review of Adding and Subtracting Integers

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review adding and subtracting of integers. The class makes a number line from -10 to 10 and practice adding and subtracting by "acting out" the math problems. Students play a card game using the number cards from a regular...
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Digging Up Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this dinosaurs worksheet, students read a nonfiction book about dinosaurs and then answer 6 comprehension questions and present an oral presentation.
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Ninja Puppets

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ninja craft worksheet, students follow the directions to cut out and color a ninja pattern to make a puppet. This is in response to the Magic Tree House book Night of the Ninjas.
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Addition: The Raindrop Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners play the Raindrop Game to reinforce math skills. In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students explore the concept of more and less as they play a weather-themed card game.
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Adding Colors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the combination of colors created by the human eye. The lesson highlights the eye's ability to retain the individual colors and add them together to produce a third when the colors are spun.
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Where Do I Belong?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders locate three-digit numbers on a number line and explain their placement in this hands-on activity based on their knowledge of numbers and place value. After the initial demo, 2nd graders stand up and get in the correct...
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Job Safety Vocabulary Review

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners review vocabulary associated with job safety. They identify and explain the role of OSHA and Right To Know. Students play a game to review their job safety vocabulary.
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Human Beings / Human Rights

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students brainstorm and discuss what it means to be "human." They relate human rights to human needs and discuss what a universal right is and read about Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Magellan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify the route of Magellan's voyage. In this map skills instructional activity, students use a globe to identify various coordinates where Magellan traveled.
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Left-Handers Day

For Students 7th - 8th
In this left-handers day activity, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and conduct a...
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Happiness and Well-Being

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore happiness and well-being. In this personal health lesson, students determine whether governments can or should cultivate happiness as they participate in a discussion activity.
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Leaf People

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use fall leaves for art projects. In this art activity, students use leaves to create leaf people. Students take a nature walk in fall and collect leaves. Students make arms and legs and paste them to the leaf.
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ABC Scavenger Map

For Teachers K
Students explore phonetics by participating in a class game. For this alphabet sounds lesson, students collaborate in a ABC's activity where they identify a random letter, the sound it makes, and place it in it's correct spot on a mat....
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Mexican Memory Match

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore memorization by participating in a fun class game. In this Mexican culture lesson, students identify important Mexican symbols and utilize these images to play a memory game. Students match flash cards containing the...
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Outdoor Survival

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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Find Probability

For Students 4th - 6th
In this finding probability worksheet, students use a tree diagram and a grid to discover the probabilities and possible answers. Students answer six problems.
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An Awareness of Light Made Simply Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners with sensory perception issues discover the properties of light through a series of excellent hands on activities. They look at beams of lights in a darkened room; use a kaleidoscope and optical illusions as they experience the...
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Talking Heads

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create an imaginary conversation. In this perseverance lesson, students complete a t-chart about words that describe perseverance and words that describe the opposite of perseverance. Students sketch a "talking heads"...
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Jack-O-Happy

For Students K - 3rd
For this showing feelings worksheet, students read a poem about emotions and draw happy, sad, scared, mad, silly, and glad faces on the pumpkins. Students draw 6 pictures.
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Navigation and Trajectory

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare a creative demonstration of how Earth and Mars revolve around the Sun. In this astronomy lesson plan, students determine the different challenges engineers face when building spacecrafts. They draw possible paths for a...