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Breathe Life into Reading Worksheets

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Teachers can make reading worksheets exciting and engaging.
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What Kind of Santa Claus You Are.

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students use a photograph analysis sheet to analyze primary sources (photographs) of the Great Depression in small groups. They then write a poem about kids in the Depression Era that reflects their comprehension of the period and...
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This Land Is Our Land

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore land use.  In this land lesson, students examine the use of land and land records.  They create a diagram of a specified piece of land and determine the area of the land.  Middle schoolers discuss...
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Writing Numbers in Scientific and Standard Notation

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students write numbers in scientific and decimal notation.  The two page worksheet contains a combination of seventeen multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are...
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Back to the Farm

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars complete a family tree.  In this farming and ranching lesson plan, students define the term genealogy, learn how to create a family tree, and fill in a family tree with the help of their parents making sure to note if...
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An Enemy of the People Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Basic Questions: What, How, and For Whom?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the various types of economic systems. As a class, they identify the three basic economic questions: what?, How?, and For Whom?. Using capitalism as an economic system, they discuss how each question is answered.
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Creative Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write in their journals at the beginning of class. They create a poster of what they just wrote about in their journals. Pictures are to be labeled and dictionaries are encouraged.
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Dian Fossey

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Dian Fossey and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Buying Power

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners use a magazine article/picture to explain consumer spending and discuss the key elements that influence consumer spending.
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Mixed Verb Tenses (Part 5)

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For this mixed verb tenses worksheet, students, for each sentence, choose the correct form of the verb to make each sentence grammatically correct.
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Better English Lessons: "Pull"

For Students 6th - 10th
In this online interactive English skills worksheet, students respond to 20 multiple choice questions that require them to select the appropriate words to complete the sentences involving phrases using the word "pull." Answers are...
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Do You Smoke Like a Chimney?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this smoking worksheet, students review facts about smoking and the hazards of smoking by answering the 10 questions related to smoking.
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Stock Swaps, Variation 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
If Microsoft wanted to take over Apple, how many shares would they need to break even? This is an ideal task for seventh graders who are studying proportional relationships and applying them to real-world scenarios. Use it as an...
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Comparing and Ordering Greater Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students compare and order greater numbers. In this place value lesson plan, students use a place-value chart to identify which set of numbers has the greatest value.
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Comparing and Ordering Greater Numbers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students line up the digits of the numbers they are comparing in the correct manner. In this comparing numbers instructional activity, students learn to line numbers up correctly on a place value chart before comparing them. Students...
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Clothesline Sleuth

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the make up of fabrics. In this agriculture activity, students examine the cotton and wool crops of the United States and discover how fabrics are created.
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Business: What Are Advertisers Selling?

For Teachers All
Students will search for hidden messages in advertising and the "hidden audience." They gain a greater understanding of the structures of advetising and marketing.
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Shopping in La Redoute Catalogue

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the internet to shop through a mail order catalog in France. As a class, they discuss the type of information they are expected to find and pretend to order a new outfit for a special occasion. They identify five new words...
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Yao Ming

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Yao Ming and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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Capitalization Quiz

For Students 4th - 7th
In this online interactive grammar practice activity, students respond to 11 multiple choice questions regarding capitalization. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Steve Jobs

For Students 4th - 6th
In this famous people learning exercise, students read about the life of Steve Jobs and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to matching, sequencing, writing and spelling activities. An answer key is...
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Working for Water

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners examine the ways that government works to help improve aquatic habitats. In this water habitats instructional activity students view a video and plan a school restoration project. 
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Half-Truths Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about telling half-truths. Students answer 5 multiple choice questions.