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When Things Start Heating Up
Students explore how and why heat is produced from things that give off light, from machines, or when one thing is rubbed against another. They participate in several hands-on activities designed to help them realize that heat is related...
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A Sense of Place
Students read "Fish Tale: Falling For a Live One" from The New York Times and discuss the methods and techniques the writer uses to create a strong mental image. Students pick a place in their community they wish to write about and...
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People, Places, and Things
Students review art history in the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. In this art history lesson, students discuss art vocabulary emphasizing landscape, portrait, and still life. They visit the museum and create their own pictures.
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QUIZ 1A: Nouns, People, Places, Animals, and Things
In this noun classification worksheet, students 25 nouns in the provided word bank and classify them in a graphic organizer according to common and proper nouns that that name people, places, or things.
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When Things Start Heating Up
Learners develop a clearer understanding of how and why heat is produced from things that give off light, from machines, or when one thing is rubbed against another.
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Hot Stuff
Very young scientists who are learning about solids, liquids, melting, and freezing will use this learning exercise to identify things that would melt if put in a warm place. There are eight objects altogether, and learners place a check...
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The Carlyle House and Gadsby Tavern
Fourth graders identify places and things in Alexandria that probably did not exist when the Carlyle House was first built and identify places and things that probably did exist when the Carlyles lived in the house.
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Choosing the Right Word for the Sentence
Learners select the best word (from four choices) to complete eight sentences. They read a complete sentence and choose the best word to complete subsequent sentences using context as their guide. Theme of the sheet is making things,...
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¿Qué es un sustantivo?
What is a noun? A noun is the same thing in Spanish as it is in English, so your learners should catch on pretty quickly. Give them the chart included here, and have them organize all of the words provided into the appropriate categories...
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Robinson Crusoe Island Adventure
After reading and describing the characters, setting, and plot in The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, class members write original Island Adventure narrative pieces including detailed descriptions of people, places, and things. Afterward,...
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Delaware Alphabet Activity
In this alphabetizing words to the first and second letters worksheet, students read words in a word bank about places and things in Delaware and write them in alphabetical order. Students write 14 answers.
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New Jersey Alphabet Activity
In this writing words in alphabetical order worksheet, students write names of people, places, and things about the state of New Jersey in alphabetical order. Students write 10 answers.
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South Carolina Word Search
In this word search about the state of South Carolina worksheet, students read words in the word bank and find people, places, and things about South Carolina. Students find 9 words.
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Grammar Shots
Scholars take pictures of people, places, and things around the school and glue pictures onto the correct noun categories. They will put together a "grammar shots" portfolio identifying pictures with the correct noun category and write...
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Nonsense Knows
For this poetry lesson, young readers discuss that poems can sometimes have silly words and made up people, places, and things. Students read and listen to silly poems then write a response poem to their favorite.
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Sorting Out Soils
Sift through soil and learn about why it's important for organic processes. After discussing what makes up soil, such as the living organisms and what types of soil have more nutrients, kids sample layers of mulch and deeper soil to...
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Nouns
Young readers practice classifying nouns for people, places and things. They are read a story by their teacher and identify any nouns they remember. They create a chart on the board and place them in their proper category.
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It's a Noun Thing!--Names of Things
In this names of things instructional activity, students participate in a hunt for things as nouns. Students look over a list of 12 words and place an N on the line next to each noun and an X next to each word that is not a noun....
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Things I've Learned Worksheet
In this community worksheet, students consider and summarize what they have learned about their community and "sense of place" by answering 6 short answer questions.
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Am I a Place?--Place Nouns
In this place nouns learning exercise, students look over 12 words and put an N on the line before the word if it is a noun and an X if the word is not a noun. Students write down 3 of their favorite places to go.
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Things to do in a city at night
Students read about things to do in a city at night and answer short questions about it. In this reading lesson plan, students also discuss what to wear, how to be safe, and how to act at a party.
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ESL-Places in Towns
In this ESL vocabulary activity, students match places to sentences, fill in blanks to complete names of places, correct spelling mistakes and complete true/false questions.Questions have multiple components.
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The Fear Place
Students use the strategy turn and talk to discuss inferences they have while reading the book The Fear Place. In this inferences lesson plan, students answer discussion questions and read independently as well.
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Dig Into Soil
Students discuss what is found in soil. In this science instructional activity, students observe the soil outside and write down information in regards to location, vegetation, and topography. Students experiment with the soil and its...