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The Relationship Between Zen And Haiku Aesthetics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the principles of Haiku as they relate to idealss found in Zen Buddhism in this High School instructional activity. The instructional activity concludes with the creation of individual haikus by each student.
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Collect Your Own Drosophila Lab

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study Drosophila by catching them. They construct catcher-containers to catch Drosophila using fruit as bait. After collection, they examine the flies and collect data to be displayed.
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Spedwards Times

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils research parts of existing newspapers by having a newspaper treasure hunt. Students glue pieces found on poster board with headings. Pupils meet and interview a newspaper reporter. Students create a name and masthead for their...
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The Easter Celebration

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read a short story about Easter. They recognize and point to pictures of the key words (egg, chicken, rabbit, basket, flower). They make an Easter basket and count how many chickens can fit inside. They also practice identifying...
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Flying High in Our Imaginations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners visualize they are any bird they want to be and visually create their surroundings. They share the type of bird they were and the surroundings with their peers. They read a chapter of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and...
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Express Yourself

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading with expression and improved fluency. After discussing how reading with fluency and expression can enhance the text, students listen as their partner reads a story with expression. Individual students read...
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Pretty, Pretty Queen!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify and listen for the beginning sounds of words (specifically p and q). They recognize and comprehend the differences between p=/p/ and q=/kw/. Students practice writing p and q and also looking for them and listening for...
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Great Big House

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders sing and play the song "Great Big House" in the Orff style using soprano and alto glockenspiels, bass xylophones, bass marimbas, triangles, woodblocks, and the singing voice. The lesson includes step-by-step teacher...
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Baby And I Were Baked In A Pie

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read a story and then sing a song while focusing upon the vocabulary. The words are identified as rhyming when singing is done and words are filled in the appropriate blanks. Reading comprehension is increased with the repeating...
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Thanksgiving Word Scramble

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this word scramble worksheet, students unscramble a set of 15 Thanksgiving related words. Answers are included on page 2; a reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Halloween Unscramble And Make a Sentence

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Halloween activity students look at 10 scrambled words. Students decipher the words and then use each in a sentence. There are no graphics.
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Halloween

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this holiday worksheet, students read about Halloween. Students answer 10 questions about the reading and 3 questions about their own related experiences.
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School-Home Links: Spelling Longer Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling activity, students read ten different longer words. Students choose four of the words from the list and write them on the lines and then write a short sentence for each word.
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Autumn Word Search

For Students 1st
In this word search activity, 1st graders locate the words related to Autumn within the word search puzzle. Students locate 10 words.
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Sorting and Classifying Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this sorting and classifying worksheet, students read and analyze 12 words. Students sort these items into two groups of their choosing based on a single characteristic.
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Sorting and Classifying Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
For this sorting and classifying worksheet, students sort 12 more unusual color words into two groups of two based on a classification of their choice.
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Vegetable Twister

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students review vegetables and their nutrient values and production. In this vegetable production worksheet, students read information about the nutrients in vegetables and how they are grown. Students participate in a game of Twister to...
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A Very Special Turkey

For Teachers Pre-K
Students use their hands and create the feathers of a turkey. In this Turkey activity lesson students use construction paper and their hands to create a turkey.
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Fun in the Sun

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students freeze colored water. In this art lesson, students take the blocks of ice out of the freezer, put the blocks into a small pool and watch the ice melt.
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Hide the Acorns

For Teachers Pre-K
Students search for acorns. In this art lesson students imagine they are squirrels finding and storing acorns. The students dig through a water table filled with sand or soil looking for acorns that have been buried.
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Kwanzaa Flash Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students study Kwanzaa. In this art lesson, students compare Kwanzaa with the American holdiay known as Thanksgiving. Students decorate seven cards with the seven lessons of Kwanzaa written on them.
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Mother's Day Bookmark

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a Mother's Day bookmark. In this Mother's Day gift lesson, students get a bookmark and copy a short poem about their mom. They glue a picture of themselves at the top and give it as a gift. 
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Mother's Day Butterfly and Poem

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make butterflies out of paint and an open hand. In this art lesson, students press an open hand with paint on paper spreading the fingers to represent wings.
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Nativity Play

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students participate in a play. In this Christmas lesson, students act out the Nativity. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.

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