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Real World Math Book
Fourth graders create their own story problem from an idea list and solve it. They draw a picture to help in solving their problem. Students build a diorama to illustrate their story problem. They work in class to solve story problems...
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Student Dictionary
Third graders practice dictionary skills. They use a digital camera and insert pictures from a floppy disk into a document. They play a game in which they are handed an anonymous definition of each other and must find each other in class.
EngageNY
Illustrating Carl Hiaasen’s Perspective of Florida in Flush
Put it in a picture. Scholars complete the worksheet Illustrating a Scene Showing Perspective by completing a drawing to show the perspective they gained about Florida from the text Flush. The whole group carries out a critique of the...
Curated OER
Powers and Roots
Eighth graders determine the square and cube roots of given numbers in this math lesson. They determine the missing number in a sequence. Additionally, they calculate the interior and exterior polygon angles.
PreKinders
Transportation Word Cards
Beep beep! Zoom! Honk honk! Explore the world of transportation with a set of transportation picture word cards. Fifteen cards show trucks, planes, trains, boats, and many more types of transportation, complete with pictures and names.
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Angry Words: What Goes Around Comes Around
Students examine how angry words can effect the people and environment around them and identify ways to cope with angry feelings. They listen to the book Andrew's Angry Words by Dorothea Lachner, and participate in a simulation of how...
Jefferson County Schools
Inside Out Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary words from Francisco Jimenez's autobiographical novel, The Circuit, are featured in a 17-slide PowerPoint presentation that not only provides definitions for the words but also illustrations and photos to provide context.
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Shizuko's Daughter: Concept of Definition Word Map
Help your class use critical thinking when it comes to unfamiliar words. With vocabulary from Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter, kids write the word in the center of a graphic organizer, and find its category, comparisons, examples, and...
K12 Reader
Valentine’s Day Word Search
Planning a Valentine's Day activity? A themed word search will fit right in. Learners locate the listed words amidst heart-adorned letters.
Center for Civic Education
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Power of Words
It is easy to forget the power that written or spoken word can have in effecting change. Using quotations from such inspirational leaders as Maya Angelou, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr., encourage your class members to...
K12 Reader
Valentine’s Day Word Search
Want another puzzle for your Valentine celebration? Check out a colorful word search that features words related to the holiday.
Curated OER
Remembrance of Things Past
Engage critical and social thinking by exploring the value of language and word choice. The class considers the article "The Silence of the Historic Present" and analyzes several presidential speeches. They engage in class discussion,...
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Marking Time
Two narrative excerpts tell the same story from different points of view. In the first excerpt (first person), sequencing words and phrases are bolded and learners write down what the bold type does. The second excerpt is in third...
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A Walk in the Tundra
Discuss the environment of the Arctic tundra using this resource. The focus of this lesson is the story A Walk in the Tundra by Rebecca L. Johnson. The appealing illustrations are bound to captivate your class! After reading the story,...
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Compound Words
In this recognizing compound words worksheet, students draw pictures of the two words and the compound word which they create and write a sentence using each compound word correctly. Students illustrate and write sentences for eight...
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Letter G Words
In this letter G worksheet, learners analyze 10 pictures of common objects. Students color all pictures that illustrate a word that starts with letter G.
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Illustrate a Story Problem
Students choose a math fact or number sentence to illustrate. They then use KidPix to illustrate a story problem for the math fact or number sentence using pictures, stamps, numbers, and symbols.
TED-Ed
Lessons from Auschwitz: The Power of Our Words
Some words are best left unspoken. Words matter, according to Benjamin Zander, conductor, teacher, and lecturer. To illustrate his point, Zander recounts a story told to him by a survivor of Auschwitz. As a result of her experience this...
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Illustrating Student Writing in Grades 1-3
Learners depict story elements in a visual medium, exhibit creativity through the completion of the drawn image, and practice computer skills. They use Microsoft Word to write about who they would like to meet, using Microsoft Paint they...
Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing
Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem
In this roots and the Pythagorean Theorem activity, learners solve 15 different types of problems related to square roots and applying the Pythagorean Theorem. They first determine the square root of each number and then, the cube root....
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Letter W Words
In this letter W worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures of common objects. Students circle all the pictures that illustrate a letter W word.
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Letter D Words
In this letter D worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures of common objects. Students circle all the pictures that illustrate words that start with letter D.
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The Letter U-- Words
In this letter U worksheet, learners analyze 8 pictures of common objects. Students circle any pictures that illustrate letter U words.
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Letter T Words
In this letter T worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures of common objects. Students circle all the pictures that illustrate a letter T word.