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A Letter to Armadillo

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders compose a postcard that includes a short letter, name, address, and postcard design.
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Shortenin' Bread Shuffle

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students learn a line dance that corresponds with the recreational dance curriculum of North Carolina. They respond to directional cues and terms in folk an line dancing.
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Adding and Subtracting Negative Numbers

For Students 6th - 7th
In this positive and negative numbers worksheet, learners solve 50 problems in which positive and negative integers are added and subtracted. There is detailed instruction provided. This page was intended to be an online activity, but...
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Individual Sundial (Cloud/Rain Activity)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students make a simple sundial to examine the changes in shadows over time. In this sundial and shadow lesson, students make a simple sundial out of a manila folder and pencil. They observe how shadows change over time, and relate it to...
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Understanding Slope

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students find and define the slope of a line. In this algebra lesson plan,students differentiate between positive and negative slopes. They define the properties and slopes of vertical and horizontal lines.
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Dribbling, Screening and Defense

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students are introduced to the techniques to dribble and defend themselves in a game of handball. In groups, they play a game and practice being on the offensive and defensive. To end the instructional activity, they participate in...
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Mr. Payne Word Search Puzzle

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, learners study 10 words in a word bank, then locate them in a word search puzzle. The words appear to be related to algebra; the meaning of the title is not known. There is one misspelled word in the word...
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King Cotton

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the manufacturing of cotton. In this cotton and slavery lesson, 5th graders review background information about cotton and slavery. Students examine a real cotton ball and discuss why it was painful to pick....
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Order of Operations and Equations

For Students 6th - 10th
In this order of operations and equations worksheet, students solve problems where they have to solve them in the right order and find and write the correct equations to match the problems. Students complete 34 problems.
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Applied Science- Technology Lab (Circuit Boards)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine electricity. In this electrical conduction instructional activity, students create a quiz board (circuit board). They work in small groups to construct the circuit board and come up with questions/answers for the quiz...
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Metric Measurements of Capacity

For Students 4th
In this metric measurements of capacity worksheet, 4th graders subtract two given metric liquid measures, then use the answers to answer three more questions.
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Freckle Juice

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students analyze a chapter from the assigned book they are reading.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read chapter four from Freckle Juice by Judy Blume, and discuss the main character, Andrew.  Students complete...
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Olympic Volleyball Skills Station Practice

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students review the volleyball pass, set, serve, and volleyball footwork. They pass the ball from 8-10 feet away from the wall and aim for the rings. They pass 5 balls to the wall and no matter if they make it into the hoops or not,...
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Making Puzzles

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create their own puzzles. In this visual arts instructional activity, students follow the provided steps to create their jigsaw puzzles made from card stock.
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Wellington Fault Field Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students take a field trip to Harcourt Park in California to view the results of river erosion and an active fault line. In this science lesson plan, students go to different parts of the park to discuss the results.
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Scarf Toss Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students review how to properly toss a scarf. In groups, they play the game like an ordinary tag game in which the locomotor skill is changed for each game. If they are tagged, they choose a basket and pick one scarf to juggle.
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Plan For The Discuss

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how to hold, rotate, and throw a discuss using the correct teaching progression for discuss. This lesson plan describes how to set up a safe environment for athletes to learn proper grip/realease techniques.
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Word Search #24: Nature

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this word search worksheet, students analyze the letters in a grid and circle all the words about nature. Students write them on the lines. There is no word bank here.
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Twelve Days of Christmas Dancercise

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in a dance routine set to the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. They monitor their heart rate and learn a new song.
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A slope or not a slope? That is the question.

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate concepts related to Cartesian Coordinates. They use a creative game at the beginning of the lesson plan to identify quadrants by passing candy to one another. The rest of the lesson plan is using vocabulary and...
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Free Form Stencil Drawing

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students investigate the use of patterns and how they are used with stencils in order to create personal works of art. They write the story that is created with the repeating of a pattern. The final composition must be made from 3...
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Order of Operations: PEMDAS

For Students 4th - 5th
In this order of operations activity, students solve 10 problems using concepts of PEMDAS. Answers and hints are available on-line; a reference web site for additional resources is given.
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Adding and Subtracting with Tenths

For Students 5th - 8th
In this adding with tenths worksheet, students add and subtract numbers whose decimals go to the tenths place. Students complete 10 problems total.
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Opposite Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Here is a fun instructional activity that will challenge your youngsters. They alphabetize all of the words in the left column, and then they do the same for the words in the right column. When they are finished they'll see that...