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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study folktales and their characteristics. After brainstorming what they know about Africa, 2nd graders read a book about mosquitoes. In groups, students develop a graphic organizer about the characteristics of the...
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Basic Uses of Prepositions Resource Page

For Students 6th - 8th
In this basic uses of prepositions resource worksheet, students examine a the wide variety of uses of prepositions. They study prepositions of place, position, direction, time, and manner by reading the examples.
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Close the Compound Connection!

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this nouns worksheet, students read 10 sentences and choose a compound word from the word bank to fill in each blank in each sentence.
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Rainforest Week Brownie Meeting

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students view video and sing a song about the destruction of the rainforest. In this tropical rainforest instructional activity, students (Brownies) will look at the world if there was no rainforest. Students discover the importance of...
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Past Modals: It Must Have Been Terrible!

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts instructional activity, students study the past modal phrase "must have" in response to a situation. Students collaborate in pairs with one person reading a situation and the other choosing the most appropriate...
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Meteor, Meteoroid, Meteorite: What's the Difference?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars explore the difference between a meteor, meteorite and meteoroid. In this space science lesson, students first read information about these space bodies. Young scholars make Comet Cookies and use them to model a meteor...
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The Secret School: chapter 11

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read chapter 11 of The Secret School and answer discussion questions as they read. For this reading lesson plan, 4th graders also write a summary of what they read and complete a crossword puzzle..
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Words In the News Carnival Celebrations

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete vocabulary building and verb tense activities before reading an online article. They complete worksheets and an online quiz before writing a story about a hypothetical situation in which they have money stolen.
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Using Information Resources: Lesson 4

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review a variety of information resources and identify parts of a book. They practice brainstorming and practice skimming. They review all the research resources that are found in the library.
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Let's Roll Robots!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students write a story about robots. In this creative writing lesson, students read a story about robots, make their own robot, and write a story about their robot. In addition, the lesson plan suggests taking photos of the robots to add...
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Making the Family Pet an Educational Experience

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
The family pet can be a way to get students reading, writing, and learning.
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Let's Get Cooking

For Teachers 1st
First graders create food from their cultures and present food and its history with the rest of class. They read "Everybody Cooks Rice" and everyone tastes the meals brought into class. They write a paragraph describing the reason for...
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Main Idea

For Students 4th - 5th
In this main idea worksheet, students read and analyze 4 paragraphs and determine the main idea in each. Students select the main idea from 4 possible choices.
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Family Pictures

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discuss family composition and traditions. After reading Family Pictures, students identify key vocabulary and cognates. Working in pairs, students discuss the people who compose their family and some traditions that are unique...
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Present Continuous Positive and Negative

For Students 4th - 5th
In this present continuous verb instructional activity, students fill in the blank in ten sentences with the present continuous form of the verb at the end of each sentence in parenthesis.
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The Hundred Penny Box

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students analyze the advantages of regular saving and how savings grow with compounding. After reading the story "The Hundred Penny Box", students define the terms "interest," "interest rate," and "compounding." Through several...
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Colonial Life

For Students 4th - 5th
In this colonial life worksheet, students read a 1 page article on colonial life, make a Venn diagram that shows how life for colonial children was different from and similar to theirs and discuss what part of colonial life they liked...
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Kindness Fables

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a fable that is based on kindness. In this fables lesson plan, students read and discuss different fables. Then they discuss kindness, and write their own fables based on the kindness of others.
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Kids Running: Have Fun, Get Faster and Go Farther: Learning Months of the Year.

For Students K - 2nd
In this worksheet on months of the year, students read a short excerpt from Kids Running: Have Fun, Get Faster and Go Farther, then write the month of the year on line provided.
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Spelling Connections: Grade 4 Crossword

For Students 4th - 5th
In this spelling instructional activity, students read the 24 clues and determine the word fits. Students place the words in a crossword puzzle that has no word list.
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Meet the Royal Food Family

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use mini-books, posters, songs, trading cards and sorting activities to explore the five food groups needed for health: vegetables, fruits, grains, milk and meat. They discuss why good nutrition is important.
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A Letter To Aunt Monica

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this spelling worksheet, students read a letter from a woman to her aunt. Students locate the spelling and punctuation errors in the letter.
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Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
In this ESL vocabulary building worksheet, students read 10 sentences that have a word or phrase omitted. Students select the correct answer from 4 similar choices.
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Graduation

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students learn to recite poems and songs that they will recite and sing at their graduation for kindergarten. In this graduation lesson, students memorize and practice 5 poems and songs.