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Homeless in America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore society by analyzing current events. In this homeless epidemic activity, students discuss the problem of people who don't have housing and the adverse affects on everyday people. Students identify ways to reduce...
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Tree Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students identify the common trees of Iowa and make observations while creating a key. In this tree hunt lesson, students write a letter to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to receive a pamphlet of Common Trees of Iowa. Students...
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Foods and Nutrition

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study nutrition, healthy choices for food, and ways to prepare food. They review the Food Guide Pyramid and play Nutriend Tic Tac Know to select healthy foods. As a group they make pretzels, Mystery Muffins, soda, and play the...
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Come Fly with Me

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify rhyming words from the book A Fly Went By by matching words written on index card with same endings, eliciting word when prompted by teacher, and by identifying rhyming words in the text.
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Short Vowel Sounds

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students write down all short vowel sounds. They read their spelling words and attach them to each short vowel sound. They practice writing each spelling word under each short vowel sound that they have listed on their paper. They...
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International Curiosity and National Pride

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students look at their own culture and at Bulgarian culture to identify national, local, or ethnic traits. They identify at least three important characteristics of their culture that help make it unique and compose a list of questions...
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School-Home Links: Alphabet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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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Where in the World? Oceans & Continents

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this geography worksheet, students answer 6 questions using a coded map as a reference, then students identify labeled geographic features.
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Proper Nouns

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this proper nouns skills practice worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions that require them to identify proper nouns with the correct capitalization.
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Identity and Equality Properties

For Students 9th
In this Algebra I worksheet, 9th graders identify the property illustrated in the given statement.  The one page interactive worksheet contains a combination of ten multiple choice and free response questions and is self checking.
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Family Folklore

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students complete activities to explore family folklore. In this folklore lesson, students define in writing family folklore, identify aspects of family folklife through discussions of their own traditions. Students identify examples of...
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A Child's Daily Life in South Africa

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to the book, Not So Fast Songololo, and locate South Africa on a map. They identify similarities between the daily life of a child in South Africa and America, and write a letter and draw a picture to a child in South...
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Informational Questioning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars practice writing basic questions to gain information. Working as a class, they identify questions they would ask to gain information about locations, time, and events. After writing their questions, they practice asking...
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Isabelle the Icky Iguana

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the sound and spelling of the short vowel /i/. They identify the short /i/ sound in spoken and written words. The tongue twister "Isabelle iguana is in her igloo," and "Tin Man Fix It," along with Elkonin letter boxes...
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Swish, Swish, Swish

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Beat the Heat

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the concept of vowel digraphs. They identify the digraph /ea/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion, 1st graders apply the rule for identifying and spelling words containing the /ea/...
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Count the Monkeys

For Students 3rd
In this counting monkeys activity, 3rd graders identify and complete 3 different problems that include counting monkeys in a circle diagram. First, they cut out the small circle and place it in the center of the larger circle. Then,...
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Building Words: Iris and Walter 3

For Students K - 2nd
In this early childhood building words learning exercise, students use 9 letter tiles to identify 7 words. Students follow the instructions to identify the words which each have 4 letters.
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Building Words: Iris and Walter 2

For Students K - 2nd
In this early childhood building words worksheet, students use 9 letter tiles to identify 7 words. Students follow the instructions to identify the words which each have 4 letters.
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Building Words: Exploring Space with an Astronaut (3)

For Students K - 2nd
In this early childhood building words worksheet, learners use 9 letter tiles to identify 7 words. Students follow the instructions to identify the words which each have 3 or 4 letters.
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Exponential and Logarithmic Graphs

For Students 11th - 12th
In this algebra activity, students identify the different properties of logarithmic and exponential graphs. They label each graph as having exponential growth or decay. There are 4 matching questions.
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Excellent E!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /e/ sound. They practice making the sound and recite an 'e' tongue twister. They practice writing the letter e and use Elkonin letter boxes to spell e words. In groups, they read stories and identify short /e/...
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Hop on Pop - Short 'o'

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the alphabetic significance of the letter /o/ along with its awareness of phonemes in spoken words. They assess on construction paper the phrase, "We like to hop on top of Pop who's on top of a hot rock" written on it...
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The Little Red Hen

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students analyze a classic children's story by discussing it with their peers.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read The Little Red Hen, and discuss ways the hen takes care of his responsibilities.  Students...