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Astronomy Day from McDonald Observatory Solar System Scale Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Add a visual aid to your solar system lessons. Enthusiastic astronomers create a model depicting the nine planets and their distance from the sun. 
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Student Learning Questionnaire

For Students 9th - 12th
Although you could use this for any classroom, it was originally designed to be used in a high school advanced placement English course. Five questions about classroom learning and participation are presented. Give this to your class to...
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Making Inferences (7)

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Why did Carla shut the window? Why did Benny feed his puppy? Why did the train blow its whistle? Why did Mom's car have a flat tire? Young readers consider cause and effect relationships in order to draw inferences from four situations...
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Commonly Confused Words Exercise

For Students 4th - 6th
Accept or except? Advice or advise? Eminent or imminent? Which is which witch? In order to select the correct word to complete 20 sentences, learners get out their dictionaries and check the meaning and usage of the commonly confused pairs.
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Comparisons

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comparisons instructional activity, students practice comparing things and working with dialogue. Students have eight sets of dialogue where they choose a word or phrase which best fits the sentence.
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One Square Foot

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify, describe, count, tally, and graph life found in one square foot of land.
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Worksheet 3/7 on Verbs

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this recognizing verb usage in sentences worksheet, students read groups of three sentences with the same subject and predicate but different verbs and identify the sentence that uses the verb correctly. Students write 7 answers.
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Successful Paragraphs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write a five sentence paragraph with varied sentence beginnings. In this paragraph writing lesson plan, students use a teacher modeled procedure. They complete a worksheet about their favorite things, happenings, and places...
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High Frequency Words with Clip Art

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders invent sentences using high frequency words. In this literacy lesson, 2nd graders type simple sentences using high frequency words, and a clip art picture for each sentence.
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The Lion and the Mouse

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences, complete multiple choice questions, answer short answer questions, and more for the story The Lion and the Mouse. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Guided Reading: My Horse

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read patterned sentences. In this guided reading activity, students use one to one matching and picture clues to aid comprehension. Cross-curricular activities are provided.
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Worksheet 5/7 on Verbs

For Students K - 2nd
In this verb usage worksheet, students read sentences with two verbs, present and past tenses, in parenthesis and choose the verbs that fits best in the sentences. Students choose 7 answers.
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Guided Reading: Jump Rope

For Teachers K - 1st
Students blend phonemes to decode words. In this guided reading lesson, students evaluate different comprehension strategies to aid reading.  Students make predictions based on picture clues and use patterned sentences to facilitate...
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The Use of Substitution As a Creative Thinking Tool

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students practice using substitution as a creative way of thinking about writing and try to substitute song lyrics, food items, rhythm movements and more. In this substitution lesson plan, students create a new candy, and create...
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Homonyms- Quiz 28

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the use of homonyms in sentences. Learners read a sentence online and choose the correct homonym from the answer choices. Students click on the answer box to see the correct answer.
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Guided Reading: Shapes Where We Play

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover shapes on a playground. In this guided reading lesson plan, students discover new vocabulary words related to shapes as they read Shapes Where We Play. In small groups, students use picture clues and one to one matching...
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean!

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Christmas activity, students watch a video, put sentences in order, complete multiple choice questions, put words in different forms, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Other Faces of Discrimination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the bullying experienced by those who graduated from one-room school houses to large high schools. In this discrimination instructional activity, students read the 2 provided handouts on the topic and then complete...
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Student Costs Data Table

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners compare and contrast two routes selected for a virtual field trip. They create a data table of educational activities, lodging, and meal costs using Microsoft Excel software.
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Non-Chronological Reports

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Here is a short, ten-slide presentation which gives your students important tips on how to construct a well-written report. Tips include: putting questions into your report to make your readers think, and, how to end the report. Some...
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Noun Openers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this noun worksheet, students circle the person, place, or thing in each sentence. Students complete 7 sentences and then read the nouns used as sentence openers in the second 7 sentences.
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Noun Openers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this noun activity, students read the sentences and then circle the noun that best completes each one. Students then read the second set of sentences that use the nouns as sentence openers.
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Preposition Openers

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this prepositions worksheet, students write a P for prepositions at the end of one of the 3 sentences. Students complete 7 sentences.
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Noun Openers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this nouns worksheet, students write N for nouns for one of the group of three sentences that makes the most sense. Students complete 7 sentences.

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