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Pre-Reading Hamlet with "Hamlet: An Insider’s Guide"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Prove that Gertrude did kill Ophelia from practicing the word inflections activities with these pre-reading strategies for Hamlet. Thespians practice the line, “Is that your sandwich?” as they stress and accent different words, and...
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Paragraph Writing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write paragraphs. In this paragraph lesson, 3rd graders discover the parts of a paragraph as they are compared to the pieces of a sandwich. They write their own paragraph to a foreign pen-pal describing our country. 
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Crystal Set & Letter Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students comprehend the details necessary to create a complete set of directions. They compile their directions into a friendly letter format. Students and teachers are able to follow written directions to complete a task.
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Scrumptious Subs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students distinguish between and convey needed items when speaking to get a desired result.
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Wheeling and Dealing NPS Wheel

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A collection of three worksheets create a "Wheeling and Dealing NPS Wheel" when properly cut out and fastened together, This activity would be perfect when used with any study of how our water sources get polluted.
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Cereals

For Teachers K - 6th
Students watch television commercials, then analyze the nutritional value of the cereals. In this health and nutrition lesson, the teacher shows students several cereal commercials, then the students describe the cereals. Students read...
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Feed Sacks

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss different types of foods that animals eat. After copying down a list of items that pigs eat, students gather the described food and place samples in a zip lock bag. They tell a friend what pigs eat and then share the...
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Shopping List

For Students 4th - 10th
In this food instructional activity, students update a menu to make the food choices healthier and write a shopping list in order to get these items. Students complete 2 activities.
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Teaching Respect

For Students K - 5th
In this respect instructional activity, students read a list of steps about how to be respectful and complete a set of discussion questions based on a referenced video program. Suggestions for related student activities and writing are...
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What's Missing Here? - Necessary Information

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Take your third graders' problem-solving skills to the next level. Six word problems need a solution, but they aren't solvable in their current forms. Learners explain the piece of missing information that they need to solve the word...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore the concept of good nutrition. In this The Very Hungry Caterpillar activity, students read the Eric Carle Story and make a nutritious treat with healthy foods.
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Tzedakah Begins at Home (Private-Religious)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about the eight levels of tzedakah or charitable giving. In this philanthropy lesson plan, students examine the eight levels of charitable giving that were developed by Rabbi Moses Maimonides. They participate in role...
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Nutrients Nutrients We Need

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the six nutrients humans need to maintain good heath. In this ecosystem lesson plan, 2nd graders learn about how plants grow and compare how humans need nutrients from plants to how plants need nutrients from the...
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Total English Elementary: Meet the Greens

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this how much and how many worksheet, students read a 2 paragraph passage about a healthy family and write questions pertaining to the 12 underlined items in the text. Students then fill in a graphic organizer with healthy food...
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Science Journal Writing: Observation, Problem Solving

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students consider the value of keeping a science journal. They make a journal and prepare the first entries.
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Melting the Ice: Energy Transfer

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study thermal energy and energy transfer to sea ice processes. In this energy transfer activity, students make their own ice cream and discuss energy transfer and thermal energy. Students view a radiation overhead and its role...
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Even/Odds Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using a game format, learners review what they know about theoretical probability. As they roll tetrahedron dice, they record their results as odd or even. Afterwards, they discuss their findings.
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Making Formal Requests

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the concept of making formal requests and examples are included in the lesson plan for teacher presentation. They practice using the phrases in a variety of situations and then make presentations for others to...
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Build Mastery: Making Inferences

For Teachers K - 3rd
Do your youngsters realize that they are constantly making inferences? Expose this inner process by bringing out the book they will be reading. Ask scholars what they think the plan is, and explain that their answers are the product of...
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Communication

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Using a unique approach, learners practice communication skills. Placed in groups of two, one person creates a structure using Legos or Knex, and then gives his/her partner instructions for creating a duplicate without allowing them to...
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Topic Sentences

For Students 3rd
Here is a classic worksheet that allows learners to practice identifying topic sentences. They read five different paragraphs about various topics, and underline the topic sentence in each paragraph with a green crayon.
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Can you Follow Me? Conventions

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Use the present tense to create written assignments. Critical thinkers take a passage written in past or future tense and rewrite it in present tense. They then write a set of instructions in present tense.
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Latin Roots spect, sta, vert: True/False Quiz

For Students 8th - 11th
Secondary etymologists assess their mastery of words derived from the Latin roots spect/spec, sta/sist, and vert/vers. Using true/false format, learners agree or disagree with how the words are used in context sentences. Handy for SAT...
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Conditional Sentences type 1

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this conditional sentences worksheet, students complete multiple choice problems where they complete sentences, fill in the blanks to a song, and watch the video to the song. Students complete 3 activities.