Penguin Books
The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Young Readers Edition
As the saying goes, you are what you eat. A useful set of lesson plans encourage young readers to take a second look at their eating habits. Pre- and post-reading questions bring in reflective writing and discussion while extension...
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Writing Police Reports: Emergency!
Students practice writing emergency reports. In this emergency reports lesson, students participate in a visit from a police officer or emergency technician. Students then write a historical report based on the fictional account the...
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Child Safety
Explore reading comprehension and child safety in this young adult literacy lesson. High schoolers practice using context clues to figure out word meanings after observing a teacher model this process. They read an article about child...
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Fire Safety Spelling / Vocabulary Worksheet
In this fire safety worksheet, students read the fire safety paragraphs and then practice writing spelling and vocabulary words from the paragraphs. Students write 5 words 4 times.
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Keeping Little Kids Safe Spelling Worksheet
In this keeping little kids safe worksheet, students read paragraphs about medicine, hot water, hazards, and more, and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Those Tear-Me-Apart, Put-Me-Back-Together, Never-Be-the-Same-Again Blues
Students discuss what it might be like to be the new person in a group, choose the correct words for an apology, learn a vivid lesson plan about how unking words can hurt others, and write a paragraph to explain what they learned from...
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The Science of Aging
Students reflect on the lives of older people they know, then research and debate the key issues surrounding scientific experimentation in anti-aging. They write a short story that reflects their own philosophical beliefs on aging and...
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World Food Day
In this World Food Day activity, students complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions,...
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Water Safety Spelling Sheet
In this spelling worksheet, students read several tips about water safety and write the water safety spelling words four times each. There are five words to practice spelling.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Food
After reading two paragraphs about food, students must answer 4 questions about what they have read. This is a great learning exercise to practice reading comprehension, and would be very helpful practice prior to state testing. The...
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Self-esteem Builder
Students recognize and acknowledge each other's strengths as well as becoming more aware of their own through this activity. They write positive comments about each other and turn them into positive paragraphs.
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Water Safety Spelling Worksheets
In this water safety worksheet, students read paragraphs about water safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Water Safety Spelling Worksheets
In this water safety worksheet, students read paragraphs about water safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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An Unfinished Tale...
Challenge your writers to compose a proper ending for the short story "The Talisman." Class members start out by either listening to or reading the first nine paragraphs of the story. The rest is up to them! Encourage kids to resolve the...
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Abduction Prevention Spelling Worksheet
In this abduction prevention worksheet, learners read paragraphs about abduction prevention and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Fire Safety Spelling / Vocabulary Worksheet
In this fire safety worksheet, students read paragraphs about fire safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Fire Safety Spelling / Vocabulary Worksheet
In this fire safety instructional activity, students read paragraphs about fire safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Keeping Little Kids Safe Spelling Worksheet
In this little kids safety worksheet, students read paragraphs about food, water, and more and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 4 words 3 times each.
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Keeping Little Kids Safe Spelling Worksheet
In this keeping little kids safe instructional activity, students read paragraphs about outside safety, objects, mistakes, and more, and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Gun Safety Spelling Worksheets
For this gun safety worksheet, students read paragraphs about gun safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Abduction Prevention Spelling Worksheet
In this abduction prevention worksheet, students read paragraphs about abduction prevention and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 4 words 3 times each.
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Gun Safety Spelling Worksheets
In this gun safety worksheet, students read paragraphs about gun safety and write spelling words taken from each paragraph. Students write 5 words 4 times each.
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Medical Terminology
Pupils analyze specific medical terminology. In this medical terminology lesson, students research medical terminology and write properly grammatical paragraphs on each word including the scientific term, nursing and general...
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Gun Safety Spelling Worksheets
For this spelling worksheet, students practice writing 4 spelling words associated with gun safety 2 times each on the lines provided. Students listen as each of the 4 paragraphs on gun safety are read out loud to them.