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Red Fish-Blue Fish Make a Wish
Students to read and pronounce words correctly. They investigate the letters that stand for phonemes so that spellings map out the phoneme sequence in spoken words. Students attach sounds to appropriate letters. They have some sounds...
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Sharks and Fishes
Students explain the role of the school of fish as the prey and the shark as the predator, as they participate in the game Sharks and Fishes. They demonstrate quick physical movement, and trickery, by sucessfully staying away from the...
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Commercial Salmon Fishing
Learners work with data about commercial fishing ofsalmon in Alaska. Students gather data, graph it, and analyze it.
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Write a Number Sentence
In this number sentences worksheet, students learn to solve the addition and subtraction word problems by writing number sentences for each problem.
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Estimate Sums: Homework
In this estimating sums activity, students round each addend to the nearest ten using the number lines. Students then estimate the sum for each addition problem.
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Have Got -- Five Tasks
In this English learning exercise, learners use forms of have got. Students choose the correct form of have got for several sentences. They also create negative sentences and use short form.
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Numbers and Number Parts to 10
In this counting in groups worksheet, students find the number counts for the separate fish in the fish tank. The total number of animals in the tank equals ten. Students solve six problems.
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/sh/ Sound Work
What letters create the /sh/ sound? Have your elementary learners study the sound, write different words that use the sound in their letter boxes, and read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish! After this mini-lesson, can your...
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Aches and Pains
Being able to distinguish between short and long vowel /a/ sounds is an important skill for young readers. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading...
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Graphs to Represent a Data Set
Here are a some pre-made sets of data that kids can use to practice data analysis. There are 10 survey scenarios written out, and scholars synthesize the results of each into a bar graph. In addition to the graphing, they answer two...
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Graphs that Represent Data Sets
Use these pre-made data sets to introduce kids to bar graphs and data analysis, and then have them take surveys on their own. There are 10 survey scenarios written out here, and scholars synthesize the results of each into a bar graph....
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Shhhhh, She is Sleeping
The sheep on the ship was shocked by the Fish on the Shore! Can you guess which digraph we're studying? Take a look at the /sh/ sound with your young readers. Have them write words with the target sound in letter boxes, and then small...
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Uncountable Nouns
One fish, two fish! There's a noun you can count. But how do you count the water the fish are swimming in? Or the air above the water? Teach your learners about uncountable nouns and how to use them in sentences. This resource...
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Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
Division with decimals is explained using prior knowledge of powers of 10 and how to convert both sides of a division problem using this knowledge. The class works together through reading and setting up an equation for a word problem....
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Food Pyramid Activity
In this food pyramid worksheet, students fill in their choices in each of the food categories and estimate amounts eaten, then write their goals for food and activity for "tomorrow."
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Sharks ~ Taking a Bite Out of the Myth
The first thing to know about this activity is that the commercial fisheries data for the activity no longer seems to be available. That being said, there are fascinating links to other websites, some about the comparative odds of being...
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4-H Entomology Project: Insect Collections
Set your students on an exploration of insects with this resource. Learners can get ideas for experiments, investigations and much more. There are five tips for insect collection.
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How Bear Lost His Tale: Storytelling
For this storytelling lesson, children practice re-telling the story of "How Bear Lost His Tale", review and write out the story sequence, and learn about homophones like tail/tale, sail/sale, etc. Extension activities for various...
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It Matters to Me: Iowa quarter reverse
What matters to your pupils? What values do they hold dear and how does that shape your classroom community? These are some the questions you'll get your class thinking about when they engage in this lesson from the US Mint. They will...
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Why Do You Write?
Ask your learners this question as a quickwrite: why do you write? This prompt can begin a unit on writing and open up a dialogue about the motivations writers have. Tap into your scholars' reasons for writing and make the activity more...
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Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
Students use logical arguments and inductive reasoning to make or disprove conjectures. After observing a teacher led demonstration, students discover that the deductive process narrows facts to a few possible conclusions. In groups,...
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Counting: 1 - 10
For this counting worksheet, learners count the number of objects in each box up to the number 10. Students complete 9 problems total.
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Splash!
Students listen to the book, Splash in the Ocean. Then they use fish counters, fish stickers, numbers and symbols to solve addition story problems.
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Something Fishy
Fourth graders study the Robert Harris works and modern photographs. They compare fishing in the past and the present. They use their knowledge of equivalent fractions to play a version of the game "Go Fish".