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Test Your Patience: Nonsense Quiz

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this testing patience worksheet, learners read through the quiz that doesn't make sense. Students then try to answer the 20 questions to taste their patience.
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Paper Mache Caterpillar

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and practice fine motor skills by using scissors and newsprint strips, and balloons to create paper mache caterpillars.
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Brainiac Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners participate in a special game of tag while reinforcing the math skills they have learned.
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Origami

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create paper cranes using the art of Origami from Japan as a basis. This instructional activity includes three instructional activity enrichment activities, a vocabulary list, and ideas for possible origami materials.
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Spelling and Reading

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a instructional activity in order to improve spelling and writing skills. They take words from an assigned list and create their own sentences. They also write a story taken from an illustration.
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A Blessing in Disguise

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars study the history of polio as well as a history of modern medicine, the history of alternative medicine and the role of the scientific method in each of these histories. They review the scientific method and research...
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Cardinals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this cardinals worksheet, students explore facts about cardinals and practice their number reasoning. Students read about cardinals and solve word problems involving cardinals.
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Animal Poetry

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this animal poetry worksheet, students gather information about an animal and follow a sample to write an animal poem. Page has links to additional activities.
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Customary Capacity

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders convert customary units of capacity to make a gallon man out of construction paper. They use the computer to make a tree map of gallons, quarts, pints, and cups to show these conversions.
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The Dinosaur Body

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate how body design affects balance. They make simple models of dinosaur bodies using straws and marshmallows. Before making their models, they discuss the effects of gravity and the importance of balance in body shape.
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Sculptures of the Seven Ages

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students simulate sculptors and clay to help them explain abstract phrases in a soliloquy.
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Fingerprints

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how they are unique from others around them.
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"Prep" Fun

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review prepositions and using them correctly in writing. The students then participate in playground activities and write a paragraph describing what they did using prepositional phrases.
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Physical Education: Movement Activities in Australian Rules Football

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners practice movement activities used in Australian Rules Football. In groups, They practice stealing the football from the other group. Students demonstrate handball skills and breakdowns.
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Butterflies An internet Scavenger Hunt

For Students 4th
In this biology worksheet, 4th graders find the answers to a guided web search looking for the information found on the Internet focused around the subject of butterflies for the 5 problems.
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Zoo Animals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this zoo animals worksheet, students create five new animals and write the zoological descriptions of them following a detailed description on how to complete the assignment. Students practice using Latin words and find the animals...
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Exploring Levers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the parts of a lever system and their functions.  In this simple machines instructional activity students study the different classes of levers and what they are used for. 
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Leprechaun Rhyming Poem

For Students 2nd
In this St. Patrick's Day learning exercise, 2nd graders read a rhyming poem about a leprechaun. They say the word that rhymes at the end of each couplet. They see and possibly color a black line picture of a leprechaun on the second page.
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Bingo Calls

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this bingo calls worksheet, students read the phrases and numbers for the bingo game calls. Students read 70 bingo calls.
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Riddles Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
For this riddle worksheet, students answer 10 riddles. Students may click on an "answer" button for immediate feedback. Worksheet is labeled ESL, but is not exclusive.
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Science Quiz-General Knowledge

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 20 true or false questions covering a variety of general science topics. An answer key is included.
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Posture and Pantomime: Total Body Movement

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students analyze posture and pantomime in an analysis of total body movement. In this body movement lesson, students read a chart of movements and the mood or attitude they convey. Students complete several space and observation...
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Breaking News English: Sex Education Malaysian Style

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English learning exercise, students read "Sex Education Malaysian Style," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 6 true or false questions about the selection.
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Baldwin Library: Live Toys or Anecdotes of Our Four Legged Pets by E. Davenport

For Students 4th - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Live Toys, or, Anecdotes of Our Four-Legged and Other Pets by Emma Davenport (1864), a collection of stories about pets.