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10 Fresh Ideas to Get Your Students Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Here are some enticing writing ideas that will motivate any student.
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K12 Reader

It Circulates

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Information about the human circulatory system is featured in a reading comprehension learning exercise that asks kids to respond to a series of questions based on the provided article
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Charleston School District

Parallel Lines Cut by a Transversal

For Students 8th Standards
Pupils study angle measurements between different types of angles associated with parallel lines and transversals. The independent practice asks pupils to identify the types of angles in a diagram and to determine the measure of...
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James and the Giant Peach Plot Analysis

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
It's all about the plot, main events, and story mapping with this lesson. As the class reads the novel James and the Giant Peach, they create an excitement graph that actually charts key events and moments of excitement. After...
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Yummy Math

How Much Wrapping Paper Can You Save?

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Give the ultimate gift this holiday season: Christmas-themed math skills! Young gift givers calculate the amount of wrapping paper that should be used for a particular wrapping method.
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Mathematics Vision Project

Module 7: Modeling with Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The sky's the limit of what you create when combining functions! The module begins with a review of transformations of parent functions and then moves to combining different function types using addition, subtraction, and...
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Understanding King's Use of Metaphors in the

For Students 7th - 10th
One of the most famous and well-crafted speeches of all time, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, consists of rich metaphors and rhetorical language. Using a provided graphic organizer, students analyze five quotes...
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Science Friday

Wind Power

For Students 6th - 8th
Blow away the competition with a lesson about wind power and turbines. Groups build windmills to test how the size of blades affect the amount of work done. The scholars build a variety of blades and collect data on how each type...
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Council for Economic Education

Balance of Payments (BOP)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Have you ever checked your clothes to see how many nations created them? Pupils take a deeper look at international trade and the balance of payments nations have with one another. They use calculations, simulations, and primary sources...
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Morning Math

For Students K - 1st
Get your morning mathematicians thinking with this set of warm-ups. You can do them all in one day, or separate them and have kids do one each day. They will review past concepts and sharpen newer ones with this assortment of problems...
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Reed Novel Studies

Walk Two Moons: Novel Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Enjoy solving riddles? Perhaps Sal, a character in Walk Two Moons, is the only one capable of understanding a mysterious message left on her doorstep. On a road trip with her grandparent, Sal tries to make sense of the bizarre world...
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Innovative Mobile Apps

Phonics Genius

For Students Pre-K - 5th Standards
Readers at any level who are practicing phonics will benefit from a highly customizable set of features designed for instruction and practice. The extensive library of phonemes and exemplar words covers sounds from the a in cat...
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ABCya

Word BINGO

For Students Pre-K - 4th
Practicing sight words is all fun and games with this app! Users hear, read, and spell words off the Dolch Word List. But that's not all! Players also get to create their own avatar, collect BINGO bugs, view their scores, and more within...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Baseball

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Baseball is an American pastime, super fun to play, and can be made accessible to learners with visual impairments. Instead of taking to the ball field, your class can learn the rules of the game by playing a small three-dimensional...
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Edline

Adding and Subtracting Integers

For Students 1st - 3rd
When should you use a number line to add and subtract integers, and when should you use absolute values? Complete a set of worksheets designed to reinforce adding and subtracting integers with both standard problems and word problems....
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Insurance Zebra

Insurance Curriculum for Middle and High School Teachers

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Liability, deductible, premium ... what do these words mean, and how do they relate to insurance? Scholars complete a pre-test, matching vocabulary activity, and insurance timeline worksheet and become familiar with these terms. Next,...
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How to Take math Lectures Notes

For Students 7th - 12th
In this math worksheet, learners review the steps they were taught, to take correct notes in their math class. This worksheet can be used to teach students the correct process of note taking for just about any subject. There are 6...
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Line up Digits to Subtract

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this subtraction practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they line up digits to solve 6 story problems.
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Right to Equal Opportunity

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the concept of equal opportunity in school. For this equal opportunity lesson, students participate in a discussion about the fairness of certain situations in school. They listen to a story entitled, "Left Out",...
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How Do Astronomers Measure Distances to Stars?

For Students 8th - 9th
In this astronomy worksheet, students participate in an activity using the parallax effect to measure star distances. They record their information in a data table then complete 5 fill in the blank conclusion questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Learning to Interpret a Convention

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about political conventions. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Ode to a Nightingale

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine work of John Keats, specifically Ode to a Nightingale, and write interpretation of it.
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What to Do with a $20 Bill Besides Spend It

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore the concept of anti-counterfeiting measure.  In this economics lesson, students use science equipment to discover anti-counterfeiting designs.  Students then explore other denominations of bills. 
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Lesson Plan 1: Up, Down, Right, Left - Function Families

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students work in small groups to draw the trajectory of several scenarios. They label parts of the resulting parabola (vertex, axis of symmetry). Students complete four stations to explore quadratic functions.

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