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Power Words
Using words can create a power struggle! Using antonyms and synonyms can create a Power Words game! Check out this lesson that teachers your class the difference between the two and how to use a thesaurus.
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Dog Gone Good Note Cards
Students conduct research on a chosen dog breed using the card catalog and the Internet. They create at least three note cards with information about their dog breed.
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Civil War Images: It's in the Cards!
Eighth graders review important figures of the Civil War. For this American Civil War lesson, 8th graders create flash cards of historical figures of the war and use them to review the war.
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Writing A Mission Statement: Part Two
Student's identify one's values. They go over definition and function of mission statements. Students are explained the first steps in identifying one's values. They discuss the etymology of the word "values." Students pair up and...
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Introduce an Irregular Word
Students study language. In this fluency instructional activity, students discover how to say a variety of irregular words (e.g. was). They work as a class or in a small group with the teacher as he or she introduces the words on the...
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How many cards do we need to display the dates of the month on the wall?
Students determine how many number cards are needed to display the dates of the month. In this place value notation lesson plan, students write numbers on blank cards to see how many are needed of each number to makes all the...
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Estimating Solutions to Word Problems
Fourth graders explore number sense by completing word problems in class. In this estimation lesson, 4th graders define terms such as sum, difference, estimate and best. Students complete estimating worksheets based on the concept of...
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Word Problem Practice
In this word problem instructional activity, learners complete a total of 7 problems that cover a variety of concepts including using all 4 operations, fractions and shapes, all at a fairly basic level.
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Write a Number Sentence
In this division worksheet, students answer 2 word problems regarding division by filling in the missing parts division equations.
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Biodiversity Word Walk
Students visit grounds where hidden letters are revealed. Once the hike is finished the jumbled letters are pieced together to spell a single theme word. The word offered here is Diversity, which at nine letters, means nine stops.
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American Sign Language Cards
In this American Sign Language learning exercise, students cut out and study six illustrated cards. Students follow the written directions and picture clues to learn to sign these words: animal, tree, bag, wind, rain, bird.
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Reintroduce an Irregular Word
Students explore language arts by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this irregular word lesson, students must identify irregular words used in class and pronounce them when their teacher refers to one in class. Students...
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And the Number Is (Second Grade)
Second graders create Mystery Numbers. They give the class clues about the name, value, and multiples of the digits which make up the number.
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Solving Word Problems
Students explore the different techniques for solving Word Problems.
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Word Ladders
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students follow Lewis Carroll’s rules to solve Word Ladders. The one page worksheet contains two word ladder problems. Solutions are provided.
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Twin Words
Learners discuss twin words. They examine the use of homophones and create cartoons to illustrate the homophones. Students play "Go Fish" using synonyms, antonyms, or homophones.
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Using Conjunctions-- Mix & Match Cards 1
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to use conjunctions to combine phrases in a complete sentence by cutting apart 30 cards. Students match the first half of the sentence with the last half which begins with a conjunction....
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Desert Similes Bulleting Board Cards
In this language arts and geography instructional activity, students write their favorite similes about the desert on the given cards. They color the desert pictures that will be displayed on a bulletin board.
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M & M Number Practice: 1-20
In this numbers worksheet, students cut out cards with the numbers 1-20 on them to use in an M&M counting game. Students choose a card, then count that many M&M's onto a "counting mat" card that is a picture of an M&M.
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Eehh?" is for Eleven Elephants
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the short /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter E. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short...
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Night by Elie Wiesel Chapter One
High schoolers participate in a layered curriculum unit with varied difficulty activities like this one: Write a brief narrative (300 words) Discuss your answers to the following questions: What do you know about the Holocaust? Where did...
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Fish Pond Rhymes
Young scholars explore the concept of rhyming words. In this rhyme lesson, students match pairs of fish card words that rhyme with one another.
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Little Boy Blue
In this rhyme instructional activity, students read a nursery rhyme about a little boy. Students also color in two illustrations and cut out rhyming words from the story.
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Island Did You Know- Research Recording Cards
In this geography instructional activity, students research information about islands and record it in the two boxes on the recording sheet. They see clip art pictures of islands, and the words, "Did you know..." on the page.