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A Special Present

For Teachers K - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to create a special gift. In this special gift lesson, students make a gift for someone using water, Epsom salt, essential oil and food coloring. Students can create a card to go with their present.
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Ordered Pairs on a Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the quadrants and axis of a coordinate plane. For this algebra lesson, 7th graders discover the correct way to graph using the coordinate plane. They discuss the relationship between x and y values, domain and...
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Fingerprint Card

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students create their own identification card to be used in case of emergencies. In this art lesson, students print important information about themselves on a notecard and make a print of one of their fingers by coloring the...
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Easter Flip Card

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this card making worksheet, young scholars color and cut out pictures of crosses and thread them with another picture. Students make 1 card.
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A Chair For My Mother

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create art inspired by literature. For this literature lesson, students read A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams and then design cards and draw gifts they would present to new neighbors.
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Math Christmas Card

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math Christmas card worksheet, students make a Christmas card and complete addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems inside the card. Students complete 4 problems.
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Wrap a Gift

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
With wrapping a gift as the focus, this lesson plan has learners practice vocabulary and formulating descriptions. They wrap and unwrap a gift identifying the objects as they go. This activity could be enhanced to make it a richer...
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You'll Always Be My Champion Father's Day Card

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this making a Father's Day card activity, students cut and paste the card pattern and insert and the write a message. Students cut and paste 6 items.
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Valentine's Day Pop-Up Card

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Valentine's Day learning exercise, students color, cut, fold and paste a picture to make a pop-up card for Valentine's Day. Teachers are also given a brief history of the holiday and the tradition of sending valentines.
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Long Vowel A

For Students K - 3rd
In this long vowel a worksheet, students look at pictures and fill in the consonants to "a-e" words, and use learning cards to review "ai," "ay," and "ei" words. Students have 21 cards to work with.
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Colorado Greats Trading Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research to find information about famous people from Colorado. They copy and save pictures from the Internet, then make a trading card containing important biographical data.
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My Dad Rules Father's Day Card

For Students K - 3rd
In this making a Father's Day card worksheet, students color the jeweled crown and the sign "My Dad Rules". Students color 2 items.
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Guided Reading -- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are read the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" page by page and discuss their favorite types of cookies. They predict what they believe will happen next based on what has already happened in the story. They practice putting...
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Make A Thunderstorm!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a thunderstorm by putting ice cubes and food coloring into a container and observe what happens to the food coloring. In this thunderstorm lesson plan, students discuss the cause and effects of thunderstorms and then...
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Human Graphing Activity

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Take graphing outside and make a giant coordinate plane to plot your human points. Young graphers are each given a coordinate for a particular shape and asked to make the geometrical shapes one by one. Those not plotted are to write down...
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We’re a Family: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 3)

For Teachers K Standards
Teach your English language learners how to talk about their families with three weeks of lessons. Over the course of the thematic unit, learners pick up new vocabulary so that they can talk about families and relationships, clothing,...
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Solving Systems of Equations by Graphing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
With 30 problems, each accompanied by a blank graph, pupils get thorough practice solving systems of equations by graphing and finding the point of intersection. Answers are provided in coordinate form.
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

For Teachers K - 1st
Wow! Here is a most-impressive series of lessons and activities that revolve around the classic story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The purpose of the lessons are to provide an agricultural theme in the reading, writing, and science...
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Expanding Place Value

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Learners explore place value. This incredibly thorough and valuable mathematics lesson, has young scholars make a number wheel to assist in the completion of a Place Value worksheet. Students use manipulatives and a place value mat to...
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Road Blocks to Mental Health

For Teachers 11th - 12th
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fewer than half of adults seek treatment for mental health disorders. Those interested in careers in mental health investigate why this is so by looking at the...
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Poetic Math Greeting Cards

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups; collect data in a survey; depict in tables, charts, or graphs the results of the survey; and make predictions. They use creative writing skills and computer skills to generate a greeting card of their own.
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Number Draw Game A

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this number sense worksheet, students use the digits 9,1, and 7 to make all of the three digit numbers that are possible. They tell how they know when they have found all of the combinations, and how many points they would score if...
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Postcards and Greeting Cards

For Teachers K - 8th
Students become acquainted with traditional American holidays, monuments, sites and attractions through the review of postcards and greetings. They examine the pictures and greeting used in the cards and determine the purpose for sending...
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Kiss and Make Up Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Kiss and Make Up Day worksheet, students complete activities such as read the passage, match the phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice fill in, correct the spelling, put text in correct order,...