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How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?
Students examine the works of Noam Chomsky. They collaborate in small groups to read and identify vocabulary words and historical questions. They answer their questions and role-play as emissaries to locate remaining answers. They...
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Pronoun Agreement Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite ten sentences correcting all pronoun errors. Students check their answers when done.
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Get Acquainted with the Great Outdoors
National Parks and Recreation Month offers opportunities to improve health and education.
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Idiomatic Expressions
In this idiomatic expressions worksheet, learners write sentences with the given idiomatic expressions and fill in the blank to sentences with expressions from a word bank. Students complete 17 sentences total.
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ESOL Families and Schools
Students discuss how the U.S. educational system is similar and different to their native country's educational system. They chart the different educational levels and why parental involvment is so important. They generate a list of...
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Suffixes for Nouns and Verbs (Ex's 1-6)
In this grammar activity, students read and discuss general guidelines associated with prefixes and suffixes. Students then complete six exercises associated with adding different types of suffixes.
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Learning
In this learning activity, students fill in the blanks to complete the sentences about learning. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Internet against Insomnia
In this internet against insomnia instructional activity, students read a passage about the internet, answer true and false questions, and find vocabulary words. Students complete 22 problems total.
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Perimeter
In this perimeter worksheet, students, with a partner, problem solve and calculate the answers to twenty word problems and mathematical calculations involving perimeters.
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Enrichment Activities - "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"
Fifth graders read the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." They discuss the various characters in the book, and the different types of conflict that take place within the book. They also research owls and rats to make comparisons...
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Alien Behaviors
Second graders identify human characteristics and classify them as inherited traits or learned traits.
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Patterns In Hexagon Tables
Sixth graders construct a rule about the number of sides found in a pattern of hexagons. In this mathematical problem solving activity, 6th graders observe different hexagon patterns and create a rule about the relationship between the...
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A Teeth Changing Experience
Young scholars research human health by reading an educational story in class. In this oral health lesson, students identify the importance of brushing their teeth and consuming calcium. Young scholars read the book A Teeth Changing...
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Nutrition: Why do we need rice in our diet?
Second graders discover what the Food Guide Pyramid represents. In this health lesson, 2nd graders experience the types of foods represented in each of the groups found in the pyramid. As part of this lesson, students discover one food...
University at Buffalo
Suny at Buffalo: Study Habits and Test Anxiety
Do you study hard, but still fear tests? Here are some tips about how to create a good study environment, and how to recognize, address and overcome test anxiety. Although this site was created with college students in mind, students of...
Other
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Ways to Help Kids Develop Healthy Habits
A study by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation showed parents have significant potential to influence their children's behavior. Help your children learn to make healthier food choices and engage in regular physical...
Other
How to Study: Good Listening in Class
Eight tips on how to improve your listening skills in the classroom so that you gain more from lectures and discussions.
US Department of Education
Usde: Helping Your Students With Homework
Do you need some lesson resources to give your homework assignments a boost? The Department of Education has developed homework resource acitivities to make learning more meaningful.
US Department of Education
Usde: Helping Your Students With Homework
Do you need some lesson resources to give your homework assignments a boost? The Department of Education has developed homework resource acitivities to make learning more meaningful.
Lesson Tutor
Lesson Tutor: Math Review for Act and Sat Tests
The first step in good study habits is to understand the question. The use of common sense, logic and even guessing has a place as well. Here, eight practice questions for the ACT and SAT Tests are provided along with their solutions and...
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California Polytechnic State University: Listening Skill
This site from the California Polytechnic State University provides a concise and well done guide to listening that coveys what the instructor has to say, as well as the tasks of the listener. Good advice, easy to download as a one page...
St. John's College, Oxford University, U.K.
Robert Graves Trust
This comprehensive website is devoted to the study of the English poet-novelist Robert Graves. Includes links to biographical pages that describe Graves's writing habits and show photographs of his study.