Learning for Life
What Is Freedom?
Consider approaching the complex concept of freedom with your youngsters by choosing one of the activities in this resource and acquaint kids with an important life skill that they will continue to explore as they grow into...
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A Bearrific Home Adventure
Students and their families participate in an at home journal activity. In this journal writing lesson, students read the book If You Take a Mouse to School. Students take home a suitcase with a bear and writing elements. Students return...
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Favorite Book Being Read in School - School/Home Links, Book Links
In this literature worksheet, students share their favorite book that they are reading in school with a home reading partner. They write the name of their favorite book, its author, and tell why they like the book so much. They draw a...
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Home Sweet Home
Middle schoolers examine the change in the diversity of animals living in an area before and after development. In order to do this, students need to have access to an area near their school which is undeveloped. A good, "real life" lesson.
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British Headmaster sends pupils home who fail to stand when he enters the classroom
Ninth graders examine an issue in a school in Britain. In this ELL lesson, 9th graders read an article and answer reading comprehension questions. Students write a short story using key words from the article.
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School-Home Links
In this school-home links reading practice worksheet, students, under the guidance of their caregivers, follow the 5 steps to getting out a book and reading it.
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Pest Populations: A Game of Survival
Students identify and classify populations of pests in the home, school and community. They recognize the specific conditions needed for the survival of an organism considered a pest and list tactics for control measures.
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A Design for a Fireplace: Extreme Home Makeover
Pupils examine a relief structure focusing on style, relief, and design. Students discuss and analyze the sculpture Sketch for a Fireplace Overmantel by Francesco Antonio Franzoni. Pupils brainstorm about the current styles of...
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Does Candy Belong in Your School?
Students use the program MediaBlender to create a persuasive presentation about candy being allowed in school vending machines along with healthy snacks. Presentations are geared toward the school board.
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Homophones- School-Home Links
In this homophone worksheet, students and parents read the definition of a homophone at the top of the page. They read a list of homophones and write the correct one in each of 8 sentences. There is a place for both the student and a...
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Create Your School Lunch Menu
Students develop their own school menu with as many healthy choices as possible. They keep a journal of what they eat on one day and then research nutrition. They present their new menu to the judging committee.
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Arthropods At "Home"
Students discover what an arthropod is and how they survive in our world. In this insect lesson, students read the book, A House Is A House For Me, and compare a home for a person with the type of habitat an arthropod lives in....
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Third Grade Works - School-Home Links
In this spelling worksheet, 3rd graders practice spelling 10 familiar words by folding a paper in three columns. They participate in a spelling quiz with an at home partner and rewrite the words that they missed in the quiz. They, along...
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Who and What Questions - School/Home Links, Book Links
In this literacy and literature activity, students choose a book to read with a home learning partner. The write the name and author on the first two lines. They read the book before noting the main character and telling what problem the...
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Reading English School-Home Links
In this literacy worksheet, 1st graders practice reading a story as their home learning partner points to the words. They examine the directionality of reading the English language.
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Directionality of Reading the English Language - School/Home Links
In this literacy worksheet, students working with a home learning partner, read the story, "Numbers." They follow along as the learning partner points to each word as it is read. They repeat each line after it is read to them.
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Sun Friendly Homes
Students design and build a model solar energy home. In this technology lesson, students test the efficiency of their model houses by measuring temperature at regular intervals. They analyze data and share results with the class.
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Back-to-school ESL Ideas
Students share their countries and languages, flags, cultural identity, and pride in home culture.
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The Home Front
Students describe the effects of World War II on the Home Front, including rationing, female employment, and the end of the Great Depression. They interview someone who was at home during World War II and ask them how the war affected...
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School-Home Links: Alphabet
In this school-home links alphabet instructional activity, students and their caregivers practice reading the 26 alphabet letters and practice writing the initials of their first and last names in uppercase letters.
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School-Home Links: Alphabet
In this school-home links lowercase alphabet worksheet, students and their caregivers practice reading the 26 alphabet letters and identify the first letter of the alphabet and the last.
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School-Home Links: Mixed Alphabet
In this school-home links mixed alphabet review worksheet, students point to each of the 36 uppercase and lowercase letters and identify them with a caregiver.
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Identifying and Writing the Letter M and m School/Home Links
In this letter writing and recognition activity, students practice writing the letter M and m three times each after their home learning partner reads the activity to them. They write the names of the M months, and four M items they find...
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School-Home Links: Printing Practice
In this school home links printing practice worksheet, students practice writing the words we, like, and books on the lines provided. In addition, students copy a sentence from a book they are reading.