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Compare and Contrast with Pink and Say

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a shared reading of the book Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco and character analysis Venn diagram. In this character analysis lesson, 6th graders read the book and work in groups to compare and contrast the two...
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Addition & Subtraction Word Problems

For Students 5th - 8th
In this addition and subtraction word problems worksheet, students examine, analyze and develop a variety of word problems solving skills involving both addition and subtraction.
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Math Who Am I?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math facts review learning exercise, students read the description of each math term and try to guess what the answer is. Students may check their attempts by circling the third letter in the box which gives the answer.
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Observing Capitalization Rules

For Students 4th - 5th
In this capitalization learning exercise, students complete three activities that help them follow the rules for capitalization in their writing.
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Keyboarding-Fractured Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars practice key words based on clues. They are able to generate a numbered list of words. Students use correct keyboarding techniques. They strengthen their practice on the alphabet keys in the end.
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Not Just an Average Class

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work together to find the median, mode, and mean of their first and last names using a numerical code in this fun, interactive lesson. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain...
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Holiday: Christmas Games and Crafts

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students access a variety of Christmas themed websites. They play online games and send e-mail letters to Santa. They complete word searches and read Christmas stories.
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Site Robbers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders interview a Native American and write a newspaper article or letter that expresses concern about robbing archaeological sites.
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Robert Boyle's Informants

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review and discuss the importance of Boyle's informants and how he sometimes relied on information from those with experience of the wider world to substantiate his scientific theories. They complete the worksheet, answering...
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B is for Bowling Green

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify important places in Bowling Green and list facts about those places. They write complete, varied sentences using capitals and punctuation correctly and also use the Writing Process. As a final project, a...
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Simulated Underground Railroad Experience

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners participate in a unit that focuses on the Underground Railroad of the Civil War Period of History. The intent of the unit is realized in the culminating activity of going to many different stations to interact for different...
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Test on Simple Past

For Students 4th - 6th
In this simple past tense worksheet, students write the past forms of irregular verbs given, complete tables and sentences in simple past and fill in blanks with either 'was' or 'were.' 
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Fancy Names

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine various closed and open figures. They decide which letters have closed figures. Then they receive a pre-made name card and decorate every closed figure in their name.
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Helping Each Other, Near and Far

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine their knowledge of the world as a larger place than just their immediate environment. They examine how people in Africa are fighting malaria and other issues. During the lesson plan they listen to a story about the...
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Underground Travelers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars are introduced to new vocabulary associated with the Underground Railroad. Using primary sources, they evaluate the railroad's impact on society in the past and today. They also make a judgment about the morality of the...
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Star Sullivan by Maeve Binchy

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars read, analyze and discuss the novel, "Star Sullivan," by Meave Binchy. They research information about the author, outline the setting to the novel, and complete an extract assignment from Chapter 1 to be turned in on a...
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Collocations-- Nouns

For Students 6th - 7th
In this verb and adjective worksheet, students analyze 14 words in a word bank and select the correct one to complete each sentence. The expressions, word use and spellings may be unfamiliar to students as this is from the UK.
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Who was Charles Darwin?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students trace major developments in the history of evolutionary science. They discuss the connections between major events in world history and major events in the development of evolutionary thought by creating timelines.
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Write Simple Rhymes

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe that rhyming words have different beginnings, but the same endings by viewing examples on the overhead projector. They say the beginnings of the words that go with the correct endings. They then come up one at a...
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Ow Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders write words containing the "ow" sound and use those words to write sentences. In this simple language arts lesson, 1st graders view models of sentences written by their teacher which contain examples of the "ow" sound, then...
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The American Dream

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students expand their knowledge by researching on the Internet the African American civil rights movement and compiling a timeline of events and heroes. In addition to the civil rights timeline, students identify the key historical sites...
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Recorder Ensemble

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to and identify the lines and space of the treble staff and demonstrate how to sight-read to play the recorder. They answer comprehension questions regarding letter names of the musical alphabet and left and right...
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Squigly's Riddler

For Students 4th - 5th
In this secret code puzzle worksheet, students follow the directions on the page to solve 6 words in secret code. Students then fill in the crossword puzzle to find out the answer to a riddle.
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Plotting the Petroleum Plume

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the difference between confining layers and aquifers in a basic water table aquifer scenario. They contour groundwater elevation and petroleum product thickness data.