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Can I have . . .

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading and matching their pictures worksheet, students read descriptive phrases about capacity and draw lines to their pictures and then use words from the word bank plus rearrange words to create complete sentences. Students...
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Temperature Celsius-Points de repere

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading the temperatures on a thermometer and matching the temperatures with their pictures worksheets, students read the illustrated clues. written in French, and solve. Students write 10 answers.
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What I am Puzzle - 51

For Students 2nd
In this clues instructional activity, 2nd graders read the sentences and solve the clues in order to find what the sentences are describing. Students choose between 2 pictures.
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Adjectives Cloze Exercise

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students insert appropriate adjectives in 14 sentences with missing words. A picture clue at the end of each sentence will help students choose an adjective to put in the blank.
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Alphabet Poems

For Teachers K - 1st
Develop fluency with a variety of works. Help kindergartners use multiple strategies to understand text and decoding. They will create an alphabet poem book on Kid Works 2 to illustrate and write their own poem. In the end, they will...
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Connect the Rhymes

For Students Pre-K - K
Pre-readers benefit from visual context clues like the ones in this rhyme worksheet. There are two sets of objects here, and scholars connect objects on the left with their rhyming counterparts on the right. Each word has the vowel...
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American Museum of Natural History

Fossils

For Students 6th - 12th
Sixteen slides showcase an average day on the job for a paleontologist, Ross MacPhee. Engaging images include world maps and real-world photographs from an archeological dig in Antarctica. A brief description accompanies each slide.
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Writer's Toolbox

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Present the class with a slide show that will give them a great head start in writing expository and narrative texts. The information is highlighted for easy note taking, well organized, and presented in a kid-friendly manner. It...
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Draw a Picture

For Students 4th - 5th
In this problem solving strategies worksheet, students read and analyze the instructions and examples for drawing a picture to solve a math problem. Students solve 1 problem pertaining to students' positions in a line.
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Flat Stanley Guided Reading

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to their teacher read the book, "Flat Stanley". They relate the activities in the book to activities in their own life. They can also create their own pictures of Stanley.
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Language Play

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Introduce your scholars to onomatopoeia and alliteration using a language elements worksheet. They examine six sound words and match them to four pictures. Next, learners read two examples of alliteration and write one of their own. They...
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Anticipatory Set Picture Walk

For Teachers 3rd
The teacher models a Picture Walk by using a "think aloud" method while reading a picture book to the class. On the second day, 3rd graders use a worksheet as a guide for a second picture walk. This time, students complete the "think...
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Vocabulary Practice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary practice learning exercise, students use context clues to determine words or phrases to complete sentences. Students complete fifteen sentences.
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Directed Reading Thinking Activity: "A Raisin in the Sun"

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students predict outcomes of a text. In this comprehension strategy lesson, students read a poem and compare it to the play A Raisin in the Sun. Students discuss their similarities and the power of dreams.
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Reading Is Fundamental

Summer Fun...

For Teachers K - 5th
Extend learning through summer with these activity ideas! Individuals can choose one or all nine of the activities, which range from a summer reading goal to an examination of local insects (with accompanying story prompt). See the...
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Flower Building Long Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Reading can be as lovely as a walk through the garden! Sets of flowers host words that share long vowel sounds, which kids match to the correct flowerpots.
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Identifying Setting Using Evidence from the Text

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Help young readers find the setting in the story. They will review what a setting is with a modeled example by the teacher. After reading The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down by Paul Brett Johnson and completing a practice sheet,...
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Where in the World is Mr. Fultz?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use maps and other geographic resources to learn about their world while problem solving. They read clues each day and use classroom resources to narrow down where the prize is located.
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Lange & Steinbeck: Pictures and Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students look carefully at and analyze a Dorothea Lange photograph and compare it with the migrant experience described in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
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Reading and Activity Suggestions for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about characterization techniques in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  In this Adventures of Tom Sawyeractivity, students write a description of one character through the eyes of another character and identify scenes...
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Folk Tales for ESL Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the folk tale "The Man, The Boy, and The Donkey" (linked in the lesson) and a SMART board, teachers can help pupils access multiple skills. Reading the story allows learners to create a timeline of the sequence of events based on...
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Create a Computer Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will create their own story and read it aloud. In this literacy/technology lesson, 2nd graders use computer software to create their own story, which is read back to them while they write it. Afterward, the student should...
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These Are, Those Are

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this word choice worksheet, learners read 6 incomplete sentences with picture clues. In each blank, students write either "these are" or "those are" to make the sentence correct. No rules or examples are provided.
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SWOOP Reading

For Teachers 1st
First graders read fluently. In this phonics lesson students practice reading strategies for fluency. They write a response in their journal about the book read in class.