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Get to Know Birds

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners observe animals in their natural habitats. In this bird identification lesson, students observe birds by watching and listening and report on the sightings they made. Learners also document bird signs such as tracks, nests and...
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Reading Comprehension: Japan

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading for comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about Japanese Kendo and write answers using complete sentences. Students write 3 answers.
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Fabulous Feline

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students discuss problems associated with having a pet. In this pet lesson, students are given sample problems and must find the solutions.  Students complete a pet worksheet. 
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Chess Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discover the game of chess. For this critical thinking lesson, students learn the rules for each chess piece and the game as a whole. Students use critical thinking, problem solving, logic, and reasoning skills to improve their...
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Japanese-American Internment: The Art of Gaman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Japanese-American internment. In this World War II lesson, students view a PowerPoint lecture that features the art of Gaman and determine what the art reveals about the experiences of the interned Japanese-Americans.
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Breaking News English: Heathrow Terminal 5

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Heathrow terminal 5 activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Creating Characters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the methods of effective characterization. In this writing skills lesson, students discuss how emotions, dialogue, actions, and physical descriptions build believable characters. Students then use the methods of...
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Riddles Rule

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine words with multiple meanings. In this homonym lesson, 4th graders identify words that sound the same and define their meanings. Students create riddles using the homonyms they have learned.
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Who Was Charles Darwin?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine how Darwin used the processes of science to support his theory. They distinguish between artificial and natural selection, recognize Darwin's contribution to science. They produce a newspaper describing the times in...
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Creative and Cultural Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study dance as a way to communicate and represent oneself in the world. They perform and articulate movement skills from the "dancer's toolbox". They solve problems in dance using the "dancer's toolbox" composing, witnessing,...
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Will the Real Samuel Adams Please Stand Up

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a "To Tell The Truth" game show activity in order to determine the role of Sam Adams in the Revolutionary events that took place in the Boston area. They ask questions of three students posing as Sam Adams to...
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Phoneme Recognition Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore language arts by completing an in-class phonics activity. In this word structure instructional activity, students utilize the Internet to identify the sounds that different letter combinations make. Students practice...
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Traits Needed for Effective Group Process

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students brainstorm characteristics that are needed to succeed in various occupations. They observe the list and discuss the most-listed traits. The list is left up in the classroom for inspiration.
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Julius Caesar: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
While this online interactive quiz may give you some ideas for basic reading comprehension questions, it includes several mechanical errors and does not require any critical thinking.
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Today's Number

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Using the number of days they have been in school, learners practice fining sums by adding ten, subtracting ten, and determining even and odd numbers. They write equations and build numbers with the fewest number of base ten blocks.
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Famous Authors Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 8th - 9th
Audience, novel, plot, style. Young readers are asked to match words associated with literature to the provided definitions. Might be fun to use as part of a literature review contest.
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Famous Authors Find the Definition Worksheet

For Students Pre-K - 8th
Consider using this learning exercise as a group work exercise early in a novel study unit. Learners must identify the meaning of words associated with narrative literature. An answer key is provided.
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Bulletin Board: Eggshell flowers

For Teachers K
Students "paint" Spring flowers by gluing pieces of dyed, hardboiled eggshells onto outlines of flowers. They display their artwork on a Spring-themed bulletin board.
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Adding "Homeside" to "Schoolside" Learning

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in activities in order to improve their ability to work cooperatively in groups at school as well as with their family at home. They complete the activities at home with their family then discuss the results of the...
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Using Homonyms for Words Beginning with the Letter P

For Students 4th
In this using homonyms for words beginning with the letter P worksheet, 4th graders choose from two words, all beginning with P, to complete ten sentences.
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Commas with Nonessential Elements Exercise 3

For Students 5th - 9th
For this comma exercise worksheet, students must put necessary punctuation in the sentences provided if they are incorrect.
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Personal Qualities

For Students 6th - 7th
In this personal qualities instructional activity, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about individual characteristics.
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Character Ambassadors

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars act as ambassadors. In this character education lesson, students take on the roles of ambassadors of the character traits listed. Young scholars write essays regarding the character traits they select.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion: 28

For Students 4th - 5th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students fill in the blank for the correct word for each sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Click on "show all" to see the rest of the worksheet.

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