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Missouri Department of Elementary

The Many Roles I Play in My Community

For Teachers 2nd Standards
Small groups brainstorm their roles in the community. Then, individually, complete a community roles web worksheet. Peers share their completed product and extend the conversation to include the feelings and character traits that go...
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Symbols That Represent Me

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this self-evaluation activity, students write about their personality traits, what they like, and their hobbies and then illustrate symbols to represent their answers. Students complete 2 activities.
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Personality Adjectives

For Students 5th - 8th
For this personality adjectives worksheet, students complete sentences with adjectives, find the opposites to personality traits, and identify personality adjectives that relate to star signs. Students complete 55 questions total.
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Inherited Traits

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners work with a partner to complete an inventory of their traits and compare and discuss their unique qualities. In this biology lesson, students determine percentages for the frequency of observed traits of classmates, compile the...
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What a Character!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Guide your readers to explore character traits. As a class, discuss and record the traits of a commonly-known fairy tale character. Then do the same with the main character in the class novel. Finally, have learners use magazines and...
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"O Captain! My Captain!"

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Who was Walt Whitman, and what link does he have to president Abraham Lincoln?  After Lincoln's assassination, Whitman wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" This poem and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" are the focus of exercises...
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Personality Traits for Entrepreneurs

For Students 11th - 12th
In this business/career worksheet, students select the best multiple choice answer to 14 questions. There are no incorrect answers to this self-assessment worksheet.
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Character... My Foundation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson examining the concept of character and how it is the foundation of lasting human relationships. They examine character traits that are considered positive and then define the differences between...
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All About Me

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine their own personality traits and preferences. They use this information to write an autobiography.
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Ready, Set, Go for Good Health: My Future--Setting Goals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recall significant personal life events and identify future goals
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My Own Cultural Traditions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete a worksheet on personal traditions. In this cultural traditions lesson, students discuss what a cultural tradition is and why they are important to the members of the culture. Students distinguish between cultural...
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Successful Traits of Mentors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners create student-friendly definition for "mentor," identify traits of success that a mentor displays, and describe how to be a mentor to a primary Book Buddy.
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Effective Writing is More Than a Five Paragraph Essay

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Groups become experts in one aspect of the six traits of writing, prepare a PowerPoint presentation, jigsaw, and teach others about their trait. Writers then focus on these traits as they compose a persuasive essay about a person they...
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Successful Traits of Mentors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the traits that mentors share. They brainstorm in order to create a definition of a mentor that is shared in groups while writing in journals. Students also write about the traits needed...
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Me and My Logo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students design their own emblem. In this introduction lesson, students get to know one another by designing an emblem that combines symbols that represent themselves. They express themselves to their classmates. 
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Personalidad 1

For Students 8th - 9th
How do you describe others? Read the five sentences provided, and select the description that fits best. Print the document for your learners since there is no way to check your answers if you complete it online. 
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Human Traits

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils study vocabulary and complete a survey.  In this human traits lesson students collect and analyze data then discuss what they learned. 
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Ready, Set, Go for Good Health: My Future

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recall events from their fast and identify their goals for the future. They brainstorm traits needed to set and reach personal goals. They write a paragraph about what they need to complete their goal.
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Focus on Me

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a "Focus on Me" book of photographs and narrative passages about themselves. They focus on the traits that make each of them special. They become a VIP for a day in order to share the books.
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All About Me Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore psychology by writing about themselves. In this personality lesson, students answer a list of questions that help analyze their own traits and history. Students create a personal "All About Me" book which they share with...
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What Makes a Hero?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify the characteristics of a hero. In this character development and writing lesson plan, students listen to music with a hero theme and discuss the common traits of heroes. Young scholars explore individuals and...
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Your Eyes Saw My Unformed Body: closing lesson

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For those who teach and believe in Intelligent Design, this lesson is perfect. Religion students read and discuss Psalm 139: 1-18, and present their cell representation in class. They then watch a speech by Louie Giglio about the protein...
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Epidemiology 1: What's My Hypothesis?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers demonstrate how descriptive epidemiological clues can be used to make educated guesses as to what might be the cause of a disease.
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Odyssey Worksheet: Step Into the Shoes

For Students 9th - 12th
Step into the shoes (or sandals, perhaps?) of Odysseus, a member of his crew, or another character featured in Homer's enduring classic, The Odyssey. and send a letter back telling the world your side of this great adventure story.