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My Colorful Food Chain

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore biology by participating in a dietary habit activity. In this food chain lesson, students discuss their own diets and the animals we feed upon daily. Students create a poster demonstrating the animals that we feed upon...
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Consumerism

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the techniques that companies use to sell their products.  In this consumerism lesson students create an ad for a company and create a handcrafted butterfly. 
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National Wildlife Federation

What's Your Habitat?

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
How are third graders like rabbits? They both live in habitats and require food, water, and shelter to survive! An educational science lesson encourages your learners to think about their own habitats and survival needs, before comparing...
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Adaptations – Designs for Survival

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
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

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the life in Jewish ghettos during World War II and learn about tolerance and compassion. In this WWII lesson, 6th graders discuss Jewish ghettos but with a mistreatment of the kids with stickers to signify the Jewish...
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Catch as Catch Can

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate insects. In this insect analysis instructional activity, students catch insects using nets they make. They identify the insects they catch and create a chart to show the numbers and varieties. This instructional...
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Journey North

For Teachers 3rd
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

For Students 1st - 2nd
For 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

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this three letter words worksheet, 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

For Teachers 1st
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

For Students 4th - 5th
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

For Teachers 1st
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

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
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

For Students K - 1st
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 Students 1st
In this letter B learning exercise, 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

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sentence construction worksheet, learners 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

For Teachers 10th
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

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this singular and plural noun instructional activity, students write both forms of words beneath their matching pictures. 
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The Little Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discuss "The Little Hungry Caterpillar." In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students make sock caterpillars used in retelling the story so as sequence the events accurately.
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Review of Yes/No Questions

For Students 5th - 8th
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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Subject-Verb Agreement

For Students 5th - 6th
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

For Students 5th - 8th
For 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

For Students 4th - 8th
In this idiom quiz worksheet, learners match the correct idiom to the phrase in the sentence with the same meaning. Students complete 10 problems.
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Trace and Color the Snail: Yellow and Green

For Students Pre-K - K
In this worksheet on coloring and tracing, learners follow directions and trace and color the snail's shell yellow, then color the snail green.