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Serious Farm: comprehension skills
In this comprehension skills worksheet, students read the book Serious Farm and complete comprehension activities. Students complete activities such as plot, cause and effect, summarizing, drawing conclusions, and compare and contrast.
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The Bee: comprehension skills
In this comprehension skills worksheet, students read the book The Bee and complete comprehension activities. Students complete 5 activities including graphic aids, compare and contrast, sequencing, and cause and effect.
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Watching in the Wild: comprehension skills
In this Comprehension skills worksheet, learners read the book Watching in the Wild and complete comprehension activities. Students complete 3 main idea and details sheets, summarizing, and author's purpose.
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Annie's Gifts - Daily Proofreading
In this daily proofreading worksheet, students correct the sentences on their grammar and punctuation from the story Annie's Gifts. Students correct 5 sentences total.
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Using Correct Verb Forms #26
In this using correct verb forms #26 worksheet, 2nd graders complete 20 sentences with have, has or had as a weekly grammar test.
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Fort Wolters: Texas and Vietnam
In this American History worksheet, 7th graders read and comprehend short answer questions.
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Even and Odd Numbers Closure Activity
In this numbers worksheet, students complete 12 tasks related to even and odd numbers. Students complete 12 different tasks that push them to think critical about the number operations they are performing. THis worksheet would be a great...
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Closure Activity for Square Numbers
In this closure activity for square numbers instructional activity, 9th graders evaluate if numbers are square numbers by determining if it can be modeled by a square (the shape) for 13 tasks.
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The Secrets of Success
In the secrets of success worksheet, students, with a partner, read and discuss three definitions of success. Students state how they would define success.
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Watch This Space!
In this space worksheet, students, with a partner, answer five questions about the universe and read and discuss ten questions regarding astronomy.
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Terrorism
In this terrorism worksheet, students, with a partner, read and discuss fifteen questions regarding terrorism and answer three factual questions for homework.
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No Smoke Without Fire
In this no smoke without fire worksheet, learners, with a partner, read and discuss twelve questions regarding smoking as a health risk and answer three questions for homework.
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Family Matters
In this family matters worksheet, students, with a partner, explore, discuss and complete a variety of activities associated with families and all the responsibilities of one.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Perplexing Parallelograms
In this geometry worksheet, young mathematicians divide a parallelogram into four, by choosing points along a diagonal. Students calculate the area of each parallelogram and look for any patterns that may emerge. The one-page...
Classroom Law Project
How do we hire a President?
What are the job requirements for the office of president of the United States? What attributes should a candidate possess? Are the qualities needed to govern the same as those needed to win? What can an analysis of the...
Project Shine
ESL Health Unit: Describing Pain and Symptoms
Designed for advanced beginning English language learners, this 21-page packet includes listening, speaking, and writing practice exercises related to the theme of visits to the doctor's office.
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Rowan Atkinson: Famous People, ELL Assignment
This 13-page assignment was designed for English language learners. It includes a one-page reading on the comedic actor Rowan Atkinson and 10 activities/exercises that focus on listening and reading comprehension, speaking, vocabulary...
Nosapo
Verbs: Regular, Irregular, Simple Past Tense
Adding -ed to the ends of most verbs can change a sentence to the past tense—but what about verbs like think or draw? Provide class members with practice activities that focus on both regular and irregular verbs in the simple past...
Classroom Law Project
Who are the major candidates and where do they stand?
Who were the candidates in the 2008 US Presidential election and where did they stand on important issues? Use a resource that offers an opportunity to go back in time and examine candidates and issues involved in that election year.
Classroom Law Project
What does the Constitution say about voting? Constitutional Amendments and the Electoral College
As part of a study of voting rights in the US, class members examine Constitutional amendments connected with voting and the role of the Electoral College in the election process.
Classroom Law Project
What are some of today’s voting issues? Voting in Oregon, youth vote, and technology
The youth vote. Rock the Vote. Vote-By-Mail. Electronic voting. Class members investigate issues facing today's voters, and the ways they have adapted over the years to optimize voter turnout.
Charleston School District
Negative Exponents
What happens if the exponent is negative? The resource takes a look at a problem two different ways, with one resulting in a negative exponent. The approach provides an explanation of how to evaluate negative exponents.
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Allele and Phenotype Frequencies in Rock Pocket Mouse Populations
In the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, some tiny creatures show just how quickly natural selection can turn a mutation into an advantageous adaptation. Watch a video about rock pocket mice, who show that one small change can make all...
NASA
Rover Races
Operating a vehicle remotely can be difficult, especially when the vehicle is on another planet. Young engineers get a feel for some of the real-world challenges as they work to program their rovers (blindfolded group members)...