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The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students are introduced to "The Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean". They should have been studying the ocean. They have heard and read many books on the topic. This software will bring the ocean to life and provide information to...
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Total English Advanced: Paradise Island 2!

For Students 7th - 10th
In this organizing information learning exercise, students read a 1 paragraph scenario and then fill in a graphic organizer with details about how they think the scenario should unfold.
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Teacher Erase/Color a Rhyme

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this rhyming learning exercise, students fill in 10 blanks to a rhyming poem about a teacher, then color a partially completed drawing of the teacher based on the rhymes in the poem.
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The Little Engine That Could

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students read the story The Little Engine That Could and read companion stories, predict in a chart, work with rhyming and word families, and more. For this reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the book.
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Fish Eyes Sort

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sort, classify and write about what characteristics they used to sort fish counters.
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My First PowerPoint Presentation

For Teachers K - 5th
Student practice locating letters on the computer keyboard while correctly typing, reading and recording a sentence. They work in groups while creating a PowerPoint presentation by having each student insert a sentence.
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Time to Rhyme

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils use phonograms to create pairs of rhyming words. After a discussion of nursery rhymes, students listen to an oral reading of "The Cat In The Hat." Through matching activities, they identify rhyming pairs and create their own...
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Writing a Narrative

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read the short story "Eleven". They write a narrative composition focusing on the use of voice. Students use a computer to create a pre-writing graphic organizer and type their final draft.
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Completing a Piece of Text

For Students 5th - 6th
Here's a worksheet to help advanced ESL learners work on reading comprehension. Students read an article about Google and decide where in the article each of the missing sentences belong.  
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Context Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students develop vocabulary using pre -reading strategies. In this language arts instructional activity, students discuss the intended message from observing a picture. Additionally, students explore guessing the covered word within a text.
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Max's Math Adventures

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these telling time worksheets, students read the rhyming poem about the snowball. Kids keep a log of the activities they do in one hour and how many minutes each activity takes. Students then draw the hour and minute hands on the...
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My Trip to America

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create their own stories about a trip to America, based on an oral reading. Student stories be compiled for a class Thanksgiving book.
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An Immigrant's Journey

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use books, resource CDs, and the Internet to research and collect images of the experiences of immigrants in 1907. They are divided into groups of four to write journal entries for a fictional, yet historically accurate, immigrant.
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Whale of a Web Site

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars compare and contrast differences and likeness of whales/fish and toothed/baleen whales and discuss what they know about whales and what they would like to study about whales. They then describe the characteristics of a...
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Point of View and Mentor Relationships

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders  analyze the role of mentors, point of view, and prejudice using the texts of To Kill a Mockingbird and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. For this literature analysis lesson, 10th graders review Scout's...
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Rhyming

For Teachers K
Students read Peanut Butter and Jelly: A Rhyming Text, discuss rhyming words, and make peanut butter and jelly cake/sandwiches.
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Five Senses and Four Seasons Quilt

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the four seasons and the ways that their five senses give them information about each of the seasons. They work in groups to create a class quilt with one block for each season. Each block should include sensory details...
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Camel Alliterations

For Students 2nd - 4th
Read the examples of funny tongue twisters about camels that begin with the same letter and then have students write 7 camel alliterations of their own and tell which is their favorite. Extensions: They can illustrate all of their...
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Instruments Used in Folk Music

For Students 6th - 12th
In this folk music instruments worksheet, students read about the banjo and the mandolin before they are presented with 2 activities they may complete to learn more about folk music.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Consumer Education

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils, after reviewing an extensive list of vocabulary terms on the board, identify/label food items, how much they cost and the value of using coupons to save money. In addition, they practice reading the labels on the food packaging...
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Journey to Jo'burg

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Journey to Jo'burg worksheet, students read the book Journey to Jo'burg and complete short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Comic and Film Strip Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a funny story and illustrate it in a comic strip. In this comic strip lesson, students study comic strips and determine the plot of each story. Students then write a short story and illustrate it using a comic strip...
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Dr. Seuss's Who's Whoses

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet, students match 8 Dr. Seuss characters to a short description about their personality, this includes Sam-I-Am, Horton, Grinch and others.  
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Animal Report

For Students 5th - 7th
For this animal worksheet, students research the basic characteristics of an animal and then answer eight questions pertaining to their animal. Students identify the environment in which the animal lives, how the animal finds food,...