New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Adaptations – Designs for Survival
What's the difference between behavioral adaptations and physical adaptations? Learn about the various ways that organisms adapt to their environment with a worksheet about the creatures of the Hudson River.
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Political and Social Impact of World War II
Sixth graders study the life in Jewish ghettos during World War II and learn about tolerance and compassion. In this WWII instructional activity, 6th graders discuss Jewish ghettos but with a mistreatment of the kids with stickers to...
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Catch as Catch Can
Students investigate insects. In this insect analysis lesson, students catch insects using nets they make. They identify the insects they catch and create a chart to show the numbers and varieties. This lesson includes a vocabulary list...
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Journey North
Third graders study butterflies and their migration habits. They track butterfly migration and communicate via e-mail with students in Mexico where the butterflies migrate. They write letters to the students in Mexico, as well.
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Making Three Letter Words
In this three letter words worksheet, students write a letter in each butterfly wing to make a three letter word. The letter on the butterfly body will be the middle letter in each word. Students can create 8 words.
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Making Three Letter Words
In this three letter words learning exercise, students write a letter in each butterfly wing to make a three letter word. Students use the letter on the butterfly body as the middle letter for each word they create.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Visually represent a retelling of the story by writing and illustrating their own Hungry Caterpillar book.Observe and describe the life cycle of a butterfly.Also, observe caterpillars, record growth rates and changes over time.
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Compound Word Search #4
In this compound word search worksheet, students locate 10 words that are hidden in the puzzle. They search for words that include butterfly, grandmother, beehive, blindfold, and tombstone
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Ouch! I have a booboo
First graders recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ spelled ou from the short vowel /u/ spelled u. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Picture/Word Worksheet #4
In this tracing words worksheet, students study the pictures and then trace the matching words: butterfly, motorcycle, banana, plate, bus, and tree.
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Words that Begin with B
In this this tracing words worksheet, students trace the words that begin with the letter B. Students trace the words banana, butterfly, bat, and ball.
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Genki Phonics: B
For this letter B worksheet, 1st graders study the mini arrows to help them learn the uppercase letter B stroke pattern. Students fill in the missing B for the words butterfly, bedroom, and baby.
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Making Sentences in the Right Order
In this sentence construction instructional activity, students complete 6 exercises in which a group of 4 to 5 words is analyzed and put in order to form a complete coherent sentence.
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Walk a Quote: A Lesson Based Upon the Sugihara Story
Tenth graders gather information on the history of anti-Semitism and Judaism. Using texts from a variety of sources, they analyze the role of rescue and resistance in children's books. They discuss the child's point of view and reflect...
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Singular and Plural Nouns
In this singular and plural noun worksheet, students write both forms of words beneath their matching pictures.
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The Little Hungry Caterpillar
Students discuss "The Little Hungry Caterpillar." In this reading comprehension lesson, students make sock caterpillars used in retelling the story so as sequence the events accurately.
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Review of Yes/No Questions
This writing activity instructs students to read a short paragraph about a scientific discovery, then write 5 questions to 5 answers. This activity would be quite useful when teaching students about sentence structure, and different...
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Trace and Color the Snail: Yellow and Green
In this worksheet on coloring and tracing, learners follow directions and trace and color the snail's shell yellow, then color the snail green.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
In this subject and verb agreement worksheet, students review the rules for making a singular and plural subject agree with its verb. Students then complete several activities that help them learn the rules for subject and verb agreement.
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Review of Yes/No Questions
In this yes and no questions worksheet, students read a 2-paragraph news story and then write 5 questions that may be answered with the provided answer statements.
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Idiom Quizzes: Fish, Insects, and Reptiles
In this idiom quiz learning exercise, students match the correct idiom to the phrase in the sentence with the same meaning. Students complete 10 problems.
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A Serious Question
In this creative writing worksheet, students read a poem about a kitten called "A Serious Question" by Carolyn Wells. Students rewrite the poem, filling in the blanks with different words on their own.
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Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination: "Leap, plashless"
Students analyze the poems of Emily Dickinson and write their own nature poem. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Dickinson poetry and analyze the use of imagery, sound, and metaphor. Students write their own nature poem using...
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Illinois Entice Spoken Here
Eighth graders name a prairie animal when their name is called for attendance each day. They read books about Illinois or related topics. At present we have read Illinois, A Rookie Read About Geography Book by Allan Fowler.