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Appeal for the Meal

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate advertising. In this advertising instructional activity, students read the book Good Lemonade by Frank Asch and identify the advertising practices from the story. Students create ads for snacks using advertising...
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What Building Used to Be There?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how their city has changed and examine building preservation. In this building preservation instructional activity, students listen to a reading of Virginia Lee Burton's, The Little House, before making a time line of...
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Miracles of the Heart

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars watch a movie. In this cultures lesson, students read A World Without Black People and then discuss segregation. Young scholars watch the video Partners of the Heart or Something the Lord Made and then reflect on the...
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Life in Ancient Greece

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore ancient history and everyday life of ancient Greece. Learners will use Internet resources to research the culture of ancient Greece in order to complete worksheets regarding the topic. Topics include home, clothing, marriage,...
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Power of Speech (Private-Religious)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read a story. For this speech lesson, students read Yettle's Feathers and discuss what they learned from this parable. Students discuss how the words we say have an affect on other people.
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Utah Becomes a State—1890

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read about and discuss the geography and statehood of Utah. In this Homestead Act lesson, students read the Homestead Act and discuss its effects. Students analyze a precipitation map and work in pairs to answer discussion...
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Exploring The Everglades

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply basic Internet navigation and computer skills to complete a scavenger hunt about the Everglades, after reading the book, Everglades, by Jean Craighead George.
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Identifying Dinosaurs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate basic information about dinosaurs. They listen to the book, "My Visit To the Dinosaurs," explore various websites, take an online quiz, and play an online dinosaur game.
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Rooftop Sandwich

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners create books showing the main ingredients of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They get creative and see what other ingredients they may like to add to the original sandwich. A book is made and their sandwich is sent home....
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Jeffrey Cannot Wait

For Students 4th - 5th
For this language arts worksheet, students find the answers to multiple choice questions for the 5 problems after reading the short story.
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Tell Me the Tooth

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate the proper teeth brushing technique. In this dental hygiene instructional activity, students read the book I Know Why I Brush My Teeth and invite a dentist into the classroom to demonstrate the proper way to brush...
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Grandfather Tang's Story

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students construct tangram patters. In this geometry instructional activity, students read the book Grandfather Tang's Story and visit various websites to practice covering figures with tangrams. Students attempt to construct animal...
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What's the Weather?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make daily weather observations, record them with appropriate stickers on a chart, and then summarize them at the end of the week in the form of a bar graph.
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So Far From the Bamboo Grove

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read and discuss the book So Far From the Bamboo Grove. They select and reflect on the events that they consider most important in shaping their lives.
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The Butterfly Project: Study and Response to Children's Poetry

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders read various examples of poems of the humans behind the Holocaust and who perished during the event. Focusing on the number of children who died, they collect butterflies for the Holocaust Museum in Houston. They view...
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15 Common Grammar Mistakes in Written and Oral Work

For Students 5th - 12th
In this grammar worksheet, students will read 5 of the 15 most common grammatical mistakes in oral and written language. There are 2 examples of each mistake and 2 examples of how to correct the mistake.
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Making Something from Nothing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to make something out of nothing. In this recycling instructional activity, students discuss the importance of recycling and what effects their choices could have on future generations. Students create something...
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Saving the Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify why trees are important. In this environmental lesson, students read the book The Giving Tree and list reasons why humans need trees. Learners create a storybook to explain why other natural resources are important to...
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Wh Questions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this online interactive grammar learning exercise, learners read a conversation. Students mentally make note of the wh words that should go in each of the blanks and then click to reveal the correct answers.
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BigMama

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this BigMama learning exercise, students read the book BigMama and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 10 questions total.
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Friday and Friends: A Prospectus of the Mexican Family through Children's Literature

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils use literature to examine how the structure of families in Mexico has changed over time. In groups, they examine how their life now relates to their ancestors and the Spanish conquest of the area. As a class, they are read...
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Phonics: Putting 2 Sounds Together

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this phonics worksheet, students practice reading "silly" sentences, circling two letters that make a new sound. Sounds are given at the beginning of the worksheet. Worksheet includes a related "fun" questions and is designed to be...
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Total English Advanced : Imaginary Situations

For Students 4th - 7th
In this modals of deduction practice worksheet, students read 3 imaginary situations and complete the 4 sentence starters that follow each one.
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The Fastest Pig in the West in the Classroom: Rice in China

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore agriculture by reading a children's book in class. In this Chinese culture lesson, students read a chapter from the book The Fastest Pig in the West and identify the importance of rice in China's economy and culture....