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Using Primary Sources in the Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Scholars study a historical photograph to make predictions of what happened right after the picture was taken. They research a variety of different topics and use primary sources to answer questions about common food, fashion trends, and...
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Drawing an Elephant-- Grid System

For Students 4th - 5th
In this art worksheet, students learn to draw a detailed picture of an elephant by using a grid system. Students use a grid to position each body part as they recreate the picture on their own grid paper.
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Wreck Detectives

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Junior archaeologists examine types of artifacts from the Bronze Age on the internet. In collaborative groups, they create a story about a ship from this period and then construct a model of the ocean floor after their ship has sunk....
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Great Designs

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this measuring instructional activity, students use a centimeter ruler to measure the perimeter of 3 figures. They then draw 4 shapes in the grid on the page.
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Tenths and Hundredths - Reteach 21.1

For Students 4th - 5th
Learners review explanations and models, use grid paper to draw models to show fractions and decimals, and convert them. Pupils solve sixteen problems.
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Draw Like an Egyptian

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the cultural history of Egypt by illustrating Egyptian figures.  In this art history lesson, students analyze the Egyptian styles of figure drawings and emulate that by creating their own illustrations using an...
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Centimeter Grid

For Students 6th
In this learning tool worksheet, 6th graders will draw or depict information on a blank centimeter grid. There is a space for name and date at the top.
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My Antonia: Magic Squares (Vocabulary Strategy)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Help your pupils discover the power of context clues by teaching the this vocabulary strategy. Designed to go with words from Willa Cather's My Antonia, this exercise focuses on having individuals use their own words to define new...
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Drawing Bugs Game

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore probability by playing a drawing game with dice. After they roll a die, they draw a tree diagram to illustrate each of the possible outcomes.
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Tenths and Hundredths practice 21.1

For Students 4th - 5th
For this identifying tenths and hundredths worksheet, students write fractions and decimals describing models, use grid paper to draw models of fractions and decimals, convert them, and answer word problems. Students answer twenty-two...
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Symmetry (Bug)

For Students 1st - 2nd
Play around with symmetry with this worksheet! Learners examine an image of half of a bug drawn on grid paper and complete the drawing, making the image symmetrical. The bug contains curved lines as well as patterns to copy over to the...
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My Secret Unicorn

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this unicorn activity learning exercise, students complete 6 worksheets all containing unicorn activities. These include: coloring, doing a maze, drawing, completing a word search and a connect the dots activity.
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Geometry Level 3

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
What a wonderful resource! Learners create two-dimensional shapes according to the instructions stated, use the squares to make a triangular prism, a cube, and a pyramid, and identify features of plane shapes, among a myriad of other...
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Quarter-inch Grid

For Students 6th
In this learning tool learning exercise, 6th graders can draw or depict information on a blank quarter-inch grid. There is a space at the top for name and date.
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Inch Grid

For Students 6th
In this learning tool worksheet, 6th graders will draw or depict information on a blank inch grid paper. There is space for name and date at the top.
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Isometric Drawings 2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this isometric drawings worksheet, students analyze the drawing of the structure that can be made with cube blocks. Students use cube blocks to make the structure and then draw three different views on the dotted grid.
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Four Estimating the Area of Small Objects Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
In this estimating area learning exercise, students work with their families to draw four small objects found around their house and estimate the area of each object. 
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Fraction and Decimal Garden

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write fractions and decimals using unifix cube models and grid paper. They draw a garden using grid paper and label each section with the correct fraction and decimal to the tenths. This is a clever way to use manipulatives...
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Block Buster

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a unique and innovative game which will help your charges learn the important skill of proofreading and editing their own writing. The class is divided up into groups, and each group uses actual samples of writing from students...
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Tenths and Hundredths - Homework 21.1

For Students 4th - 5th
Fourth and fifth graders write fractions and decimals to describe models, draw models to show fractions and decimals, convert factions and decimals, and answer a word problem. They write twenty-seven answers.
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Gerunds and Infinitives

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Gerunds and infinitives are the focus of this 24-page grammar packet designed to give language learners opportunities to practice using these parts of speech. Included are exercises, activities, games, and assessments.
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Linear Equations

For Students 8th - 9th
Eighth and ninth graders solve and graph 42 different problems that include writing various equations and graphing them on a grid. First, they create a table for each equation and graph it on a grid locating the x-and y-intercepts. Then,...
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Poetry Class

Writing a Monologue

For Teachers 4th - 9th
The works of Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and Britain's 2009 poet laureate, serve as a model for a writing activity that asks class members to select a character card, brainstorm lists of words, phrases, actions, and items associated...
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Rotations, Reflections, and Translations

For Students 6th - 7th
In this transformations worksheet, students copy the given figures onto grid paper and complete the transformations. Kids then find the pictures that show translations, rotations, and reflections. Students finish with two test prep...