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Book Study: The Polar Express

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
All aboard! Pair a reading of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg with a set of literacy activities. The packet of worksheets includes task cards, sorting activities, a synonym match, comparing and contrasting activities, writing...
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"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" Lesson Ideas

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
There are many creative activities that can be done to extend the learning after reading "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas."
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Christmas Morning Surprise

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students "plant" mints for Christmas. In this Christmas lesson, students "plant" starlight mints in the ground. You switch the mints with candy canes, so when the students come out they think their mints have grown. 
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Magic Reindeer Food

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create reindeer food. In this Christmas holiday lesson, students work as a group to make reindeer food. Students add oatmeal, sugar and glitter together to make the food.
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Interactive Notes-"Electricity"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore electricity.  In this interactive electricity lesson, students create static electricity with balloons, observe the rate at which ice melts to identify conductors and insulators, and create a static charge. ...
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Elves in My Garden

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Perfect for springtime, Christmas, or any other unit in which elves play in the garden, a cloze activity is a great addition to your language arts curriculum. As kids read the story, they fill in the blanks with words from the word bank.
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Complete the Story

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this story worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a story about Christmas with words from a word bank. Students fill in 13 blanks total.
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ESL Comprehension Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL comprehension worksheet, students watch a video, then complete the text of the video, filling in blanks with the appropriate words.
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The Gingerbread Man

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete a variety of activities related to the Jan Brett version of the book "The Gingerbread Man." They compare and contrast two versions of the story, prepare and eat gingerbread cookies, describe their gingerbread man...
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Jan Brett Author Study

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Expose young children to the wonderful works of author and illustrator Jan Brett using a few of her stories such as Armadillo Rodeo, The Mitten, or Daisy Comes Home through a unit study. 
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An Adverb Can Tell When

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
First, suddenly, always. Adverbs that provide additional information about when an action occurred are the focus of this one-page worksheet.
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Prepositions of Time

For Students 4th - 5th
In this prepositions of time online learning exercise, students insert the correct preposition of time in 55 examples. They use drop down menus to choose between in, on, or at. They use drop down menus to insert the proper preposition in...
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Reading Time- Very Hard Times

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comprehension learning exercise, students read a passage about hard times, answer true or false questions, answer short answer questions, write infinitive forms of verbs, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Passing Notes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars demonstrate how to give compliments. In this character education instructional activity, students are given an envelope with strips of paper to write compliments on. Young scholars are asked to give one compliment to each...
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What is April Fool's Day?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore humor by creating their own practical joke. In this April Fool's Day lesson plan, students read different situations in which practical jokes were taken too far. Students discuss their reactions to the jokes and identify...
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Subject Pronouns Worksheet Two

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
How well do your pupils know subject pronouns? Provide some practice with this straightforward worksheet. For 18 sentences, individuals circle the subject pronouns. A brief definition of subject pronouns and a list of subject pronouns...
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Passing Notes

For Teachers 2nd - 9th
Students demonstrate the importance of sharing compliments. In this character education activity, students write compliments on post-it notes to one of their classmates.
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A/An

For Students 3rd
In this grammar worksheet, 3rd graders use the articles a and an. Students complete 18 fill in the blank sentences and 4 short answer questions using the correct word where appropriate.
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English Exercises: Test Exercises 2

For Students 4th - 10th
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 62 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of gerunds, infinitives, questions, conditionals, comparatives, passive voice, reported speech, and...
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Quiz: Weather Lore

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on the weather. Students will respond to ten fill in the blank questions regarding well known weather sayings and phrases.