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The Big Blue
Third graders create paper mache globes with balloons. They label the 4 oceans on their balloons with reference to large wall map, classroom globe, and Encarta Virtual Globe CD-ROM projected on large screen TV with Tvator or other...
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Laws of the Jungle
Students build a video game on predator-prey relationship. In this biology activity, students identify the variables that affect this relationship. They write a short description and play each other's game.
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Slavery During the Nineteenth Century
Students research the life and daily activities of a slave during the nineteenth century. They write an essay role playing a slave during this time period.
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American Revolution Tug-of-War
Fifth graders examine the strengths of the colonists and the British. In this American Revolution lesson plan, 5th graders participate in a tug-of-war game that requires them to consider the strengths of the colonists as well as the...
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Blending Bunnies
Students use the short /a/ sound to blend letters and form words. They use enlarged copies of bunnies with different letters written on them. They combine the "bunnies" to spell words with the short /a/ sound, and then read the words...
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Color
In this color worksheet, students, with a partner, explore and discuss a variety of activities associated with a large variety of colors, and how colors are significant to various countries. An interesting writing assignment is at the...
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Homonyms
In this homonyms worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the choice of 2 homonyms. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Email - reading comprehension
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students label pictures, fill in the blanks to sentences, answer yes or no questions, and more having to do with email. Students complete 8 activities.
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Present Simple Or Present Continuous?
In this present simple or present continuous worksheet, students decide which of the correct verbs go in twenty blanks in twenty sentences to make each one grammatically correct.
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Likes and Dislikes
For this likes and dislikes worksheet, students write their levels of liking something next to the activity, fill in the blanks to sentences, and order sentences. Students complete 30 problems total.
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Feudalism
Young scholars have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in...
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Point of View - Sharing a Perspective on Music
Students share their perspective about music. For this music perspective lesson, students complete a music notes handout and watch a segment of a band playing the "St. Louis Blues." Students write a critique of the music they just heard...
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Article Or No Article?
In this article or no article worksheet, learners decide if the blanks in ten sentences should have an "a", "an", "the", or "no article" in each one to make them grammatically correct.
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Color Lotto
In this color word lotto worksheet, students use markers or crayons to color the 10 crayons. Students cut out the color words and match them to the correct crayon. The directions suggest laminating these game parts. Note: The color words...
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Fact and Opinion II: Post Test
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they choose the correct sentences that are either facts or opinions. Students complete 8 problems.
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Sky and Cloud Windows
Students monitor the weather, clouds, and sky. In this weather lesson, students create a sky and cloud window to focus their sky observations. They write observations in a notebook and include the date, time, cloud cover, types of...
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Homonyms
In this homonyms activity, students read the sentences and underline the 2 homonyms in each sentence. Students complete 16 sentences total.
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Fun with Word Shapes
In this word shapes learning exercise, students plug the words into the word shapes that fit above and below the center line. Students complete 3 pages with 16 words each.
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Recognizing Our Similarities and Differences: King Day
Students discover diversity. In this service learning lesson, students read The Sneeches and discuss the benefits of being respectful toward one another.
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Navigating by the Numbers
Students observe how math is important in navigation and engineering. They study how surveyors use math and science to calcute, count, measure, label, and indicate distances on a map. They estimate specific distances.
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Contra Dance
Contra dance was brought to America by French Soldiers after the Revolutionary War. Contra dancing is done in lines, but with partners facing each other. Some moves one partner is moving forward while the other moves backwards. Some...
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Simple, Compound, or Complex?
Check your class's understanding of compound, simple, and complex sentences with a quick and straightforward exercise. Pupils read ten sentences and choose whether each one is a simple, complex, or compound sentence by checking one of...
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ABC...1, 2, 3...Green, Red, Blue...Do You Have a Clue?... IT'S PATTERNS
Second graders view clips from the animated series Math Monsters, and discuss the many ways patterns can be found in the world around us. Following the video portion of the lesson plan, 2nd graders visit a variety of Web sites to assess...
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The Geologists' Dilemma
Students search in groups of five for colored beads that have been scattered over the classroom. They will search for one of our energy resources represented by one color bead to determine that resources are limited.