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Do Not Do This!

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this do not do this worksheet, students observe street signs and determine their meanings. Students interpret meanings for four multiple choice questions.
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Traffic signs and signals

For Teachers K
Students understand and follow directions based on traffic signs. In this traffic signs lesson plan, students play the game red light green light and are asked why they stop and go according to the colors. They then are introduced to the...
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Home Living / Daily Living: Safety Terms

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Being able to recognize safety signs in your environment is a great start to staying safe. Kids with severe to moderate disabilities work to recognize and identify safety terms and signs. They use flashcards and decreasing prompts to...
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Signs and Their Meanings

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this ESL activity worksheet, students examine 9 popular street signs and then match the signs to the words they represent.
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Bird's-Eye Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students, accompanied by an adult, walk around the neighborhood observing details about streets and buildings. They observe and discuss the meaning of street signs to produce and label an accurate map of their home/school and the nearby...
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Street Safety

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore fire safety rules through a variety of teacher-led activities. In this safety lesson, students choose appropriate felt board pieces as they listen to My Car by Byron Barton. Seat belt and car seat safety, as well as...
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Word Meanings- School-Home Links

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this reading learning exercise, students practice strategies to work our the meaning of unknown words in sentences. They examine how to use nearby words to help them understand unknown words. They, along with at parent, sign the sheet.
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Signs and Symbols to Acquire Language

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students utilize deductive reasoning to decipher unfamiliar words and sounds. They acquire high-frequency words by viewing street signs and playing phonics games. Students This lesson is intended for students acquiring a foreign language.
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Meanings of everyday words and symbols

For Teachers K
Students find the meanings of everyday words and symbols. In this symbol activity, students are broken up into 3 groups: below, at and above grade level. They use cereal boxes, pizza boxes, and granola bar boxes in order to read labels,...
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Bicycle Safety

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
learn the meanings of various signs for pedestrians, cyclists, and in-line skaters.
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Worksheet 4: The Meanings of Signs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this signs and symbols practice worksheet, students fill the blanks in 5 problems with words from the word bank. The problems all pertain to the meanings of signs and symbols.
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What's Your Sign?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice recognition of common street and safety signs and discuss what happens if these signs are ignored.
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Worksheet 1. Do Not Do This!

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this symbols and signs worksheet, students respond to 4 multiple choice questions regarding the meaning of the street signs pictured.
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Signs of Everyday Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how Keith Haring used signs in his artwork and explore signs in everyday life. They list the signs they see during the day, and invent a new way to sign their name as a tag or picture-sign.
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Signs

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students discuss the purpose of various signs posted in their everyday environment and create a personal sign to best represent themselves.
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Signs of Our Times

For Teachers K
Students view photographs of the signs and symbols in their local community. As a class, they note the reason for the signs and write the words on the board. Individually, they complete a worksheet in which they match the symbols with...
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Sign Language 1

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore signs and vocabulary linked to the work of Keith Haring.
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Complete the Story with Homographs

For Students 5th - 6th
Why are homographs so tricky? They have the same spelling, but they have different meanings. After completing this reading passage with the correct words, look at each homograph listed and encourage your class members to find the...
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Willow Tree

Measurement

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Build a basic understanding of units of measure and create a great foundation for your learners. The lesson gives a complete overview of everything measurement, from types of measurement to rounding to conversions — it has it all! 
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Slanted Sentences

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine biased words in news articles, suggest synonyms, then rewrite the sentences to demonstrate how word choice can alter meaning.
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Is a Tough Smoking Law Coming to Your State?

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Students read and discuss a news article about a new anti-smoking law in Hawaii. They answer article comprehension questions, complete a fill-in-the blank activity, discuss laws that ban smoking in small groups, and create a No Smoking...
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Summer Safety Activity: Playing with Environmental Print

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students look at the words, symbols, and signs that surround them. For this early childhood lesson plan, students use observational skills as they note the abundance of letters and signs in their world, then apply this awareness to...
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Understanding the Problems of World Hunger

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the issue of world hunger. They examine hunger on a personal level and explore what it means to be hungry or starving. They discuss the causes of hunger and the effects of hunger on nations.
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Lesson Plan 2: Linear Inequalities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate linear inequalities and the associated symbols. After a teacher demonstration, they translate given phrases into symbols. Students solve and graph solutions to linear inequalities. Using newspapers, they locate...