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Reading Strategies for Elementary Students

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students practice using strategies to help them read. They participate in activities that help them sound out words and determining the main idea. They also examine good and bad reading habits.
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Mystery Words - Part Two - School Terms

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students increase their vocabularies with the mystery words activity. For this vocabulary lesson, students solve the mystery words using clues.
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Labor Day Scavenger Hunt

For Students 4th - 6th
It is always meaningful to take a few minutes to reflect on Labor Day at the beginning of the school year. With this resource, elementary classes read about the holiday online, and then complete a reading comprehension worksheet. Simple,...
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Inference

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Making inferences about what you read is an important skill for both elementary, middle, and high school learners. Focusing on events which occurred during World War II, they answer a series of questions related to what we can infer as...
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Science Jeopardy - Virginia Geology

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Unique in content, this Jeopardy-style game quizzes participants on the geology of the state of Virginia. Categories include provinces, east or west, under the surface, once alive, and fun facts. Other than teachers of upper elementary...
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Alice in Fractalland

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Take your class on a field trip to Fractalland where they'll learn all about number and shape patterns. Based on Disney's movie Alice in Wonderland, this resource takes young mathematicians on an adventure as they explore patterns in...
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Exploring 3-D Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Take young mathematicians on an exploration of the world of 3-D geometry with this seven-lesson unit. After first defining the terms perimeter, area, and volume and how they apply to the real world, students continue on...
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Energy Forms and Changes

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Is the ice cooling down the water or is the water melting the ice? Here is a simulation that explores thermal energy transfer with iron, brick, and water. It demonstrates the flow of energy and what happens when each material is either...
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Stitch It Up!

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Ever think about combining the art forms of painting and embroidery? Then this art lesson is right up your alley! Given a piece of white cloth, young artists first create a grayscale painting and then highlight certain...
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The Evolution of Arkansas Elementary Education

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders interview older citizens to discover earlier educational history. They write essays based on their interviews.
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ESOL Families and Schools

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss how the U.S. educational system is similar and different to their native country's educational system. They chart the different educational levels and why parental involvment is so important. They generate a list of...
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Cute and Easy Christmas Tree Ornaments (Elementary, Art)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners create Christmas tree ornaments.
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Button Sort - Cross Reference #607, Literature (Elementary, Mathematics)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write free flowing thoughts and feelings in their journals. They practice observation skills. They write using adjectives to describe an object. They choose a special button from among many unusual buttons.
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ESL Printing Practice

For Students 2nd - 5th
In t his ESL printing worksheet, students trace a passage of text titled, "Maria and Her Son Walk to School." A reference web site for additional resources is given.
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Technology In The Early Elementary Classroom

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the creation of the world and what was created on each specific day. They read the creation of the world from the Bible, watch a video, and sing a song about the Creator. Using Kid Pix software, 1st graders create...
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Cool School Tools

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students outline several objects such as glue bottles, large paint brushes, scissors, etc. They add a few details to each object such as labels, handles, etc. and then draw two vertical lines and two horizontal lines across the page.
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English Exercises: The Second-Term Exam for Primary School

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this language arts assessment worksheet, students complete a 25 question online interactive exam. Included are sentence completion, matching words with topics and vocabulary. Words used on this test are standard in the UK but may be...
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Post-Secondary Checklist

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders answer the question what is next for them and identify how life is going to be different after high school. As a class, they share their life experiences in elementary and middle school and then predict how it might be...
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Race into Reading

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners create a career exploration experience for elementary students. In this career exploration lesson, learners select a career field d to read about to elementary children. Students then present the Career Exploration Day to the...
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Sound; Year 1

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils, on a listening walk around the school and its grounds, make notes/comments on the range and variety of sounds in each environment. They listen to recorded sounds and attempt to recognize them.
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The Schoolyard Safari

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students engage in a instructional activity to find out more information about insects. They collect and observe different insects found on school property. They research the insects once they have been classified. Also a video is used...
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Diversity of Families

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss the word "family" and examine the various types of families, focusing on those of students in the classroom. They create a "School Family Tree" that builds on the diversity of students in the classroom.
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Using A Winogradsky Column to Analyze Microbial Communities

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use easily obtained materials to study ecological succession in a microbiological community. This investigation is appropriate for a variety of age groups. Elementary Students be fascinated by the changes occurring over time...
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Best Practices of Technology Intergration

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students compete in a Lego Robot Competition. In this after school lesson, students design and compete in the Lego Robot Competition. This lesson includes time-lines and guidelines for an after-school club.

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