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Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Section Two: Why is Biodiversity Important?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Explore soil, genetic traits, natural resources, and pollution in a series of lessons that focus on biodiversity. Kids complete experiments to learn more about the importance of varied genes and organisms in an ecosystem.
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Language Review

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling skills worksheet, students correct misspelled words, identify word families, and determine if the content of a sentence is real or make-believe.
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Grade 3 Language Review

For Students 3rd
In this grade 3 language review worksheet, 3rd graders complete sentences and a simple analogy, determine syllables in words and complete sentences vs. fragments.
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1st Grade Language Review #2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grade 1 language review learning exercise, students fix sentences, circle questions and find words that don't belong in groups. A web site reference for additional activities is given.
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Grade 1 Language Review

For Students 1st
In this grade 1 language review worksheet, 1st graders fix sentences, write capital letters, and make words. A web site reference for additional activities is given.
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Grade 1 Language Review #8

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grade 1 language review instructional activity, students edit sentences, complete sentences choosing correct words, write words for a contraction, and find correctly spelled words.
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Grade 1 Language Review #3

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grade 1 language review worksheet, students circle capital letters, make words, choose words to complete sentences and determine real and make believe.
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Grade 1 Language Review #9

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grade 1 language review learning exercise, students identify sentences, make words, find correctly spelled words, and edit sentences. 
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Grade 1 Language Review #6

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grade one language review learning exercise, students make words, determine correctly spelling words, circle complete sentences, and edit 2 sentences. 
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Language Practice #4-Grades 2/3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language practice worksheet, students correct sentences, make words, and find correctly spelled words
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Language Practice #12 Grades 2-3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language practice worksheet, students write questions, fix sentences, and find words that don't belong in sets.
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Language Practice #3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language practice worksheet, students correct sentences, find rhyming words, make words, and find correctly spelled words
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Language Practice Activities

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language practice activity, students correct sentences, find rhyming words, answer questions, and find correctly spelled words. A web site reference for additional activities is given.
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Language Practice #13: Grades 2-3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language practice worksheet, students make words, write contractions, fix sentences, and find words that mean more than one.
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Language Practice: Grades 2-3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language practice worksheet, students answer 1 comprehension question, write opposites, alphabetize an edit a simple sentence.
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Language Practice #12: Grades 2-3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language practice worksheet, students write contractions, find correctly spelled words, choose words to complete sentences and edit sentences.
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Language Practice #5: Grades 2-3

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language practice worksheet, students find opposites and correctly spelled words, determine real vs. make-believe and edit sentences.
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Language Development: Yours and Humankind's

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm on the evolution of communication with the use of an animated cartoon activity, 'From Caveman to Spaceman.' They discuss their own personal communication development and create a timeline to illustrate how they have...
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Creating Dramatic Monologues from The Grapes of Wrath

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The characters in The Grapes of Wrath come to life through an activity that asks groups to craft a dramatic monologue for a character in John Steinbeck's National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winning novel.  Writers are...
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Grade 1 Language Review #7

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grade 1 language review worksheet, students answer a questions, write words for contractions, circle correctly spelled words and edit sentences. 
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Review Poetry and the Simile and the Metaphor

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners compile a list of the things they look for in a friend. Then they use that information to create a simple poem. Later they illustrate and display their poems.
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Grade 2 Daily Language Review Worksheet

For Students 2nd
In this grammar review instructional activity, 2nd graders read a sentence and answer 2 comprehension question, circle the correct spelling of 2 words, fix 2 sentences, tell if the sentence is real or make believe for 2 sentences, and...
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Franny and Zooey Review Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Salinger's Franny and Zooey. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Free Traceable Alphabet Letter C Worksheet

For Students K - 1st
In this alphabet learning exercise, students trace the upper case letter C seven times and the lower case letter c eight times. Next, students look at three pictures and color the pictures that begin with the letter c.