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Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They use letterboxes to spell 'u' words, identify 'u' = /u/ in written words, and play the 'Under the Umbrella' game.
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Writing Descriptions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing worksheet, students use vivid language to write a description of the person in a photograph (a laughing young woman). Students include details about hair and eye color, age, weight and mood.
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Quiz: Weather Phenomena #1

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders focus on the weather. Students respond to ten multiple choice questions about various aspects pertaining to our weather.
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Quiz: Weather Prediction

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 weather prediction.
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Thinking Skills: Connecting shapes

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this thinking skills instructional activity, students draw a line connecting each blue figure without touching any other color. Students connect 4 figures.
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Alphabugs

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students make bugs that feature letters of the alphabet. In this visual arts lesson, students use letters of the alphabet within pictures of bugs that start with the same letter. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included...
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Yy is for Yo-Yo

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing worksheet, learners form the upper and lowercase letter Yy. Students also color in two pictures that begin with the letter.
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Yy is for Yo-yo

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing worksheet, students form 11 upper and lowercase letter Y's. Students color in pictures of words beginning with the letter and write one row of Y's independently.
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The House on Mango Street: List-Group-Label

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Encourage close reading of the text and a focus on how Sandra Cisneros' develops her characters with an activity that asks teams to sort, group, and label character descriptions from The House on Mango Street.
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Christmas Countdown

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a paper chain link out of the red, green and white strips of paper. In this art lesson, students staple or tape the rings. Students also staple a square on each link with the numbers 1-24 written on the squares. Students...
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Pumpkin Exploring

For Teachers K - 5th
Students use their senses to explore the make up of a pumpkin.  In this senses and observation lesson, students cut off the top of a pumpkin, reach their hands inside the pumpkin, discuss the different senses they are experiencing,...
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Bingo Dabber Pictures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make dot pictures using bingo marker dabbers. In this art lesson, students enjoy making dots and creating pictures out of the dots.
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Have Respect

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn the value of respect. In this Clifford the Big Red Dog lesson plan, students read the story, discuss respect, and experience a mini-international festival.
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Rainbow Fish to the Rescue

For Teachers K
Students foster space awareness and cooperation skills.
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Bouncing and Dancing with B and D

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the differences between the letters b and d. They practice seeing the letters and hearing the sounds with words and tongue twisters. They practice letter formation for both letters and listen to the book, The...
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Probability: the Study of Chance

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars experiment to determine if a game is fair, collect data, interpret data, display data, and state and apply the rule for probability. Students use a simple game for this experiment.
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All-Star Eating Habits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a game to identify healthy foods. In this healthy foods lesson, students move around the game board going forward on healthy foods and back on junk foods.
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Hide and Seek Rocket

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students cut out and color their own rocket. They use clues in relation to numbers and words to find hidden rockets. They ask each other questions to determine the exact location.
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Spell Race

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students work on their spelling skills and word recognition skills while using different locomotor movements.
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Who's Who? Worksheet 1

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this who's who worksheet, students cut out sixteen different characters, color each one and choose one to illustrate as a real person.
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Barter vs. Money

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the book, Sheep in a Shop, that leads them to think about making financial decisions, trading, and the barter system. After the book is read aloud, a discussion ensues about some of the things that the sheep...
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Every-Day Edit: Basketball's Beginnings

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about basketball's beginnings. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - Yankee Stadium

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Yankee Stadium. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.
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Every-Day Edit: Fastest Sport in the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this proof reading instructional activity, students read a paragraph about Jai Alai, Arguably "The Fastest Sport in the World." Students locate and correct 10 errors in the paragraph.