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Start Networking!
Class members create their own social networks by collecting signatures before graphing the interactions with their fellow classmates. The degree distribution of the simulated social network is determined by calculating the degree of...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Feeling Faces
A instructional activity help scholars identify emotions through facial expressions. After a friendly puppet reads scholars a poem all about feelings, learners act out how they would feel when a specific action happens to them....
Department of Education (Ireland)
Understanding Influences
"Understanding Influences," a richly detailed, carefully scaffolded unit, asks middle and high school scholars to examine how internal and external factors like friends, media, and society influence their attitudes and...
Listening Library
The Sign of the Beaver
Extend a class reading of the novel The Sign of the Beaver across all subject areas with this literature unit guide. From basic discussion questions and writing prompts, to a research project about tracking animals, this...
Curated OER
How We Are Alike And Different
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the similarities and differences as part of knowing other children. They use examples of different drinks to illustrate the differences or similarities that are present in the student...
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Spanish Parts of Speech (Part 2)
Zoom in on a few parts of speech to strengthen and deepen understanding. Pupils examine nouns, articles, adjectives, and conjunctions in closer detail, looking at more complex grammatical situations. In addition to the informational page...
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Literacy Lesson: Guided Reading
Here is a wonderful lesson designed for young scholars with special needs. This well-thought-out lesson uses Big Books, familiar stories, and has a lot of review learning built into it. The book, The Keeping Quilt is used in the main...
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Personal Narrative Paragraphs: Class Quilt
Begin this activity by asking third graders to bring from home pieces of cloth that represent something important to them. (Have extras for students who need them.) They reflect on important events in their lives, compose narrative...
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How to Write an Essay: Secondary ed.
Whether introducing the structure of expository essays or reviewing the format with your high schoolers, take the time to check out this resource. Examples of seven common forms of introductory paragraphs and six types of conclusions, as...
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Those Tear-Me-Apart, Put-Me-Back-Together, Never-Be-the-Same-Again Blues
Learners discuss what it might be like to be the new person in a group, choose the correct words for an apology, learn a vivid lesson about how unking words can hurt others, and write a paragraph to explain what they learned from the...
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Worksheet 3. Reading: Type A Personality
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the descriptions of a Type A personality. They then answer the 4 questions at the bottom of the page.
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Why the Grinch Stole Christmas
Students write paragraphs highlighting reasons why the Grinch may have stolen Christmas.
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ESL: Advanced/Proficiency Vocabulary
In this ESL word formation worksheet, students complete each sentence using the proper form of the word or words given in bold below the sentence. They fill in 9 blanks in seven sentences.
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The Meaning of Flowers
Students explore the messages sent in bouquets. In this messages lesson, students research the meaning of various flowers by researching online. Students draw a picture of a bouquet with the meanings of the flowers written under it.
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Owning a Dog: Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the five paragraph essay about the effects of children owning a dog. Then they answer 10 questions to indicate comprehension of the selection.
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Congressional Scenarios
In this U.S. government worksheet, students read 12 scenarios pertaining to government intervention and determine what to do as lawmakers in response to each of the scenarios.
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Life Lessons: Imagination
Students look at clouds and find some that are shaped like various items. They also pretend they are animals and make movements and sounds to resemble the animals.
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Determination
Students identify someone they know who has overcome an obstacle in his/her life. They discuss difficult things they have done in their own lives and how one has to overcome obstacles to succeed.
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Oprah: How Friendship Affects Children's Eating Habits
Studies show that friendship plays an important role in a kid's eating behavior. The results of the study showed that overweight children who ate with their overweight friends consumed more food than when they were with thinner children...
ReachOut USA
Reach Out Usa: Friendships and Peer Relationships
ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page has tips for how to deal with friendship issues, bullying, and peer pressure.
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Kids Health: Shyness
Would you sometimes rather be by yourself than with a group of friends? Do you get a little nervous when you meet someone new? It's very probable that you have felt shy before. Some people are just shy in certain situations, other people...
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Kids Health: Somebody in My Friend's Family Died
Death is a very difficult thing to deal with for all of us. If you have a friend who has recently 0lost someone, you may be wondering how you can help. Chances are, that friend is not acting the way she/he normally does and you want to...
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Kids Health: The Scoop on Gossip
We've all probably heard a bit of gossip, a story about someone we know that might embarrass him. Despite whether the information is true or not, the fact that it is being passed on to other people could be harmful for him. It may be fun...
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Good Character: Being Friends
There are certain things you must do in order to be a good friend. Find a list of these things at this website as well as questions and activity ideas that will help you discuss friendship with classmates and family.