Activity
Florida Center for Reading Research

Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Matching, Medial Match

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Early readers get together and match medial phonemes. They take turns picking picture cards from a pile; they say each word, then determine whether the pair has matching medial sounds.
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Comparison of Snow Cover on Different Continents

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use the Live Access Server (LAS) to form maps and a numerical text file of snow cover for each continent on a particular date. They analyze the data for each map and corresponding text file to determine an estimate of snow cover...
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Equal Shmequal by Virginia Kroll

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read a book and complete exercises to explore the meaning of 'equals.' For this equal numbers lesson, students brainstorm the meaning of equals and read a story about the topic. Students use manipulatives to study balance and...
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Integers on a Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Boogie fever! Explore the concept of integers on coordinate plane. For this integers on a coordinate plane lesson, students graph rational numbers on the coordinate plane and identify coordinates of a point. Students perform a line dance...
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Plotting Coordinates on a Cartesian Plane

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students practice identifying points on a coordinate plane, creating charts, and calculating ratios. In groups, students play a "battleship" game where they determine the location of their own fleet and attempt to find the location of...
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Time Is On the Line

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners observe how to develop a chronological timeline. They construct a timeline, placing six significant events in chronological order, using symbols and pictures to correspond with the events and dates.
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Using Our Senses

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore their five senses and describe what they sense, describe ways the senses affect their lives, and observe the way that a pediatrician uses his/her senses and tools to examine patients.
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Engineering and the Senses: Smell

For Teachers K
Students define the sense of smell. In this smell sense lesson, students review their five senses and define the importance of smell. Students practice smelling and identifying items in bags. Students discuss the importance of smell to...
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Classroom Ecosystems: Windows on our Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students in a special education classroom examine their relationship with the environment. As a class, they examine the concept of a web of life and create their own classroom ecosystem. In groups, they record their observations and...
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Pop Goes the Popcorn

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the phoneme /p/. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then identify words from word cards that contain the phoneme /p/. Students trace and write the letter P, listen to the book...
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Reporter's Notebook

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the geography and history of a major city in Iraq. They write a journal from the perspective of a war correspondent stationed in that city.
Worksheet
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Caterpillar Jumps

For Students K - 1st
In this phonics worksheet, students participate in a class game which reinforces the phonetic sounds and blends. The full color caterpillar pieces on this page are laminated and the head is placed on the carpet with the children sitting...
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Mapping Constellations

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students become familiar with constellations. In this space science instructional activity, the teacher introduces constellations by showing students the star patterns and reading myths. Students, observe the stars nightly, then choose...
Worksheet
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Analytic Geometry

For Students 9th
In this analytic geometry worksheet, 9th graders graph and solve 13 different types of problems that include determining whether equations are linear to matching given equations to their corresponding equation in the second column....
Worksheet
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I'm Learning About Numbers

For Students K - 2nd
In this numbers instructional activity, students learn about the numbers 1-10. Students trace the numbers in both numeral and word form, match the numbers to the corresponding number word, and then practice counting. This packet contains...
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Word Families

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen as they are read a book containing exmaples of word families, they listen for rhyming words. They focus on word families, words that have rhyming sounds and share the same spelling patterns. Pupils work in small...
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Comparison Subtraction Stories

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create stories that model comparison subtraction while using the environmental mats. They suggest situations in which they compare numbers. For example, if one student has 6 nickels and another child has 14 nickels,...
Worksheet
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The Ditionary Trick

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, learners investigate a riddle involving the use of the dictionary and subtraction of three digit numbers.  The one page worksheet contains one problems with an explanation of why the trick...
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Mapping the Canyon

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast topographic maps and bathymetric maps. They investigate how bathymetric maps are made and how to interpret one.
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The Story of Kwanzaa

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Celebrate Kwanzaa with a game of Kalah, also known as Mankala or Owara. Using an egg carton and a set of beans, players take all of the beans out of one of his or her cups and move to the right, dropping one bean into each of the...
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In Our Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students map the ideas, people, and beliefs of a period of history. They analyze influences of historical eras. Students use mapping as a prewriting strategy. They use Inspiration to map the key events, ideas, and personalities of a...
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Renewing a Contract with HBC

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are invited to use the ECO Exploration, the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company, as well as other sources identified, to complete a table (see Student Handout) of words and phrases that describe the duties, responsibilities and...
Worksheet
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Trigonometry in Automobile - Accident Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 12th
In this accident reconstruction worksheet, students use trigonometry and vectors to determine the speeds of automobiles in a car accident.  They compute the speed at which a car skidded before a crash.  This one-page worksheet...
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Cultural Awareness

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders define the term "culture" and all aspects of culture. They spend one week photographing culture in their own lives. They create a poster of the photos and explain why each photo is included.