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The Lost Property Office
Students participate in a role-play activity to practice literacy skills. They work in pairs to describe an item they have lost, and the partner asks description questions to help locate the lost item.
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Simple Machines, Odd Machine
Learners explore six simple machines and locate them operating in a compound machine. The simple machines are identified at a variety of stations set up in the classroom and continued by identifying the machines in their homes.
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Parts of the House
In this ESL parts of a house vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of items found in a home. Students read the questions about whether they own this item, and answer "yes" or "no" to the question.
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What Colour Is ...
In this color words worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of common food items. Students fill in the blanks in the sentences that begin with the words "What colour is the----?" Students answer the questions and color the pictures...
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Match the Foods
In this ESL food word instructional activity, students analyze 7 pictures that depict food items. Students match the pictures with the words that describe them.
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The Snowy Day Science Lesson
Students listen to the story The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats in order to become interested in the world of snow. In this snow exploration lesson, students scoop up snow to make snowballs, measuring the amount of snow they use so each...
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The Long A Sound: Worksheet 3
Let's learn about the long A sound! Youngsters practice saying the name of each picture listed, and then they unscramble the letters in the boxes provided. They write the word that contains the long A sound on the line. Note: The...
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Discover Science
Students practice scientific research skills. In this lesson plan about science, students gain experience with the following skills: comparison, observation, identification, and data gathering. Students will go from station to station...
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Science Reporter for Where in the World is Science? Project
Young scholars take the role of a science reporter and gather data for a newspaper article. Students create a question sheet. Young scholars receive a copy of the Science Reporter's Journal task sheet. They complete the items on the...
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Nutrition and the Food Pyramid
First graders examine the food pyramid and how healthy food effects the body. They discuss what they ate for breakfast and identify what makes a food healthy. Students analyze the food pyramid, and cut out magazine pictures of food and...
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ESL Body Parts Matching Worksheet
In this ESL body parts matching worksheet, students match a clip art picture of a body part to its name. They match 10 items such as the nose, lips, cheeks, teeth, and tongue.
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Is It Big or Small? Circle the Answer
In this big/small worksheet, students first examine 7 pictures of common objects. Students circle the word "big" or "small" to show the size of the item.
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Christmas List
In this ESL Christmas worksheet, students create a list of gifts they would like to receive. Students illustrate the list and write why they would like to get each item.
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Clothes Matching
In this ESL clothing vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that show common clothing items. Students match these to their names.
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Count and Non-count Nouns- Food
In this grammar activity, students complete 5 lists of count or non-count nouns with the one that belongs from the word bank at the top of the page. They see colorful clip art pictures of fruit, cheese, fish, and pasta.
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Design a Resort: Italian Villa
Students work in a group to design a travel brochure and television commercial for an Italian resort. They role-play having inherited a large sum of money and buying an Italian villa to turn into a resort. Students research geography,...
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Nous Nous Souvenons: French-Canadians
Students research the French-Canadian influence in northern New York. They interview families of French-Canadian descent, research immigration history, visit a French restaurant, write narratives about their experiences interviewing...
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The Tropical Supermarket
Third graders explore the sources of the various foods they eat. They examine how everyone is intricately connected to the ecosystems in which natural resources are produced. Students observe how the lives of people living in those...
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Matter, Matter, Everywhere!
Eighth graders make inquiry about the existence of matter. A definition of the word is needed before students can engage in various activities. The application of knowing about matter is done in the working of experiments.
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Food Choices: A Socio-Cultural Decision
Young scholars discuss their food preferences. Using a flannel board and food models students describe what they would like to eat for dinner. Young scholars compare their selections with their classmates. Students identify the...
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Founders of the Children's Rain Forest (Open Court)
Fifth graders read a narrative nonfiction piece describing the formation of the Students's Rain Forest organization from the SRA/McGraw-Hill Open Court Reading Anthology entitled, Cooperation and Competition. Founders of the Students's...
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Rooms of a House
Language learners create and label the rooms in a house and then add and label images of objects that may be found in each room.
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Investigating Soil
Students investigate soil contents. In this soil lesson, students gather samples of soil and record their findings on a graphic organizer. After analyzing the material in the soil, students illustrate the layers they found.
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Shopping For Groceries
Students communicate to purchase groceries. In this communication instructional activity, students create a photo book showing how to purchase groceries. Students practice communication, vocal noises and making facial expressions to show...