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Israel History: The Big Picture

For Teachers 7th - 11th
In this Israel history study guide worksheet, pupils read a brief overview pertaining to the history of Israel from B.C. times to the present.
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Re-Read The Mitten

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students utilize their reading comprehension by analyzing a book with their class. In this children's literature lesson plan, students read the story The Mitten by Jan Brett and discuss the imagery and characters in the story. Students...
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Picture This: People Getting Along Together

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze various mosaic murals by the artist Charles Alston. They view and discuss ways to show a family of people, how art expresses relationships between people, and create a painting that demonstrates how people get along with...
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Alphabet Books

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness by making alphabet books. They identify initial consonant sounds and choose pictures of objects that begin with given letters of the alphabet. Students identify phonemes...
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A Coloring Book From My Friends

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a coloring book based on pictures they pick out. They use Microsoft Paint to create their illustrations. They write sentences at the bottom of each picture.
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What Firemen Read

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars work in groups of three to five to conduct interview on members of the community. Once groups are formed, they draw an occupation from a hat and find a professional to interview from that occupation in their community....
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School-Home Links? Book Links 91

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this setting worksheet, students select a book, note the title and author, read the book with a family member and then draw a picture of the story's setting. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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School-Home Links: Books 2

For Students K - 1st
In this book knowledge worksheet, students use a book from school and learn with a family member how to read and examine the parts of a book. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.
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Frederick Law Olmsted

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore life in New York and the creation of Central Park. After reading a picture book about Frederick Law Olmstead, they discuss the expectations and evolution of New York's Central Park. Next, students describe a park near...
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Memory Book - A Cooperative Learning Experience

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students document sections of their life through pictures, stories, and video to create an English "memory book". They use photographs, video and edited video which includes their history, includes calculated growth, and genetic...
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Draw A Fire-Safety Picture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a mini-storybook of fire-safety pictures to learn about fire hazards in the home. In this fire education instructional activity, students discuss fire safety tips and color the pictures in the storybook. Next, students...
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Upside-Down Books

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read various examples of literature. In groups, they brainstorm a list of views that go against what was in one of the stories. They illustrate the opposite ideas and compile them into a class book. They use each other...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Skills Necessary to Listen, Speak, Read and Write Effectively

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, referring to the alphabet and numbers, practice stating, reading and writing letters and numbers. As they write each letter and number they say each one as well. They find examples of each one in a newspaper or magazine ad.
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Reading Comprehension-Grade 3

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read several short selections at 3rd grade level. Each selection is followed by 1-2 multiple choice questions. An answer key is given at the end of the set. 
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Use Digital Photos of Scary Things to Inspire Poetry Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
There's nothing like a provocative image to inspire a creative writing session. In the language arts lesson presented here, middle schoolers bring in digital photos of scary objects, such as a big spider, or a hornet's nest. The pictures...
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Stone Soup

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Sharing and cooperation are difficult skills for kindergartners to grasp. Using the story Stone Soup and a series of activities, kids learn about the benefits of working together, categorizing and comparing items, and eating...
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How to Say “I Ruff You”

For Students 7th Standards
Who says you need a human to be your valentine on Valentine's Day? Give your dog-loving readers an inspiring perspective on how a sister givdes her brother a valentine from the family dog. They then answer 10 questions thatd involve...
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Tall Tales

For Teachers 4th Standards
Young readers compare and contrast digital and print versions of tall tale text. The resource includes a character analysis in which pupils compare and contrast traits, and make inferences about what the characters do and say. They...
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"Ing" Words as Descriptors

For Teachers K - 4th
This clever lesson has your learners listen to story about bugs, work together to brainstorm list of "ing" words that describe bugs, create t-chart of words, choose words to place in poem template to create class poem about bugs, and use...
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Surprise!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Cover an array of topics such as where we live, different times of day, shapes, the city and the country, what we do for fun, jobs, and games, all while practicing how...
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars investigate storytelling by analyzing images in a book.  In this reading analysis instructional activity, students read and analyze the book Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.  Young scholars...
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Rain

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice oral and silent reading using beginning  comprehension and decoding strategies. In this guided reading lesson, 1st graders take a picture walk and make plot predictions prior to reading the book Rain by Robert...
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Big or Little

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Big or Little, . In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer...
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Observing Weather

For Teachers All
Students investigate the weather by reading children stories.  In this weather observation instructional activity, students read Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and several other stories about weather before they create a KWL...