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Exploring Key Ideas and Details in Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in activities to differentiate fiction from nonfiction.  In this fiction lesson, 3rd graders describe the elements of a fiction story.  Students compare and contrast fiction and non fiction elements....
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Topic Booklets: The Seaside

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this ESL seaside learning exercise, learners assemble the booklet and read about things and people they may see at the seaside. Students then respond to 5 fill in the blank questions, 2 short answer questions, and 4 matching questions...
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Data Handling: Pictogram of Birds

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this pictograph problem solving worksheet, students analyze a pictograph of birds seen each day for a week. They use the information on the graph to solve 6 problems.
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How Harmful Is It?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students complete a form that requires them to make decisions about how severely different types of marine debris affect people, animals, vessels, communities. Results are totaled and analyzed to determine which types of marine debris...
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Holey Clamshells

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze data to make hypotheses and conclusions regarding the predator/prey relationship between moon snail and surf clams.
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Can You See It?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice visualizing elements from a story. While reading the poem "One Inch Tall" aloud, the instructor models what they see as they read the passage. Students draw a picture of a scene from the story "Everything on a...
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Let's Create a Picture

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice using visualization to aid in their reading comprehension. After a read aloud of a selected story, students write a brief summary of the plot accompanied by an illustration of the characters they have visualized.
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CSI Clamshell Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils explore and explain how moon snails eat and where the holes in clamshells come from and then draw conclusion from the data collected. They incorporate math and graphing skills to determine if there is a relationship to a clam's...
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Birds Word Search

For Students 4th - 5th
In this student-made birds word search worksheet, students locate forty-five bird names hidden in a puzzle. They finds words such as buzzard, mockingbird, pelican, sparrow, thrush, and woodpecker.
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Some Or Any

For Students Higher Ed
In this grammar worksheet, students will focus on the usage of the words some and any. Students will complete 12 sentences, choosing the correct word for each.
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Idioms

For Students 5th - 6th
In this idioms worksheet, students read 25 common idioms. Students write the meanings of each idiom. There are no hints or pictures here.
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Science - How are Animals Grouped?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these categorizing animals worksheets, students complete 20 true or false statements about animal groups. Students then classify the animals in the box into the correct column. Students write the letter of the correct answer for the...
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Bird Classification

For Students 4th - 6th
In this bird classification worksheet, students are given a group of birds and then are to determine how they are similar or different from each other. Students read about 14 birds.
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Pirates: Quiz 95

For Students 5th - 10th
For this pirates worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about different pirates of the past. Students answer 12 questions total.
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Oceans - a cause for concern

For Students 5th - 10th
In this oceans worksheet, students click on the links to learn about the problems in the ocean and follow the steps on creating a project to help fix the problem. Students complete 4 steps.
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Word Groups 4

For Students 4th - 8th
In this word groups activity, students put words that are together into a group. Students put 9 problems of words into a group on this activity.
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Reconciliation

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students develop an awareness of issues involved in Reconciliation. They use two different stimuli to approach this theme. Students write definitions/interpretations of Reconciliation.
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Beginning Reader

For Teachers 1st
First graders work in an individual tutoring atmosphere. First the student reads books with the teacher. The student sorts words found in the books using phonetic similarities. Finally, the student writes sentences summarizing the book.
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The Thrill of Big-Wave Surfing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students go on a Wave Scavenger Hunt on the Internet.
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CSI Clamshell Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils explore predator/prey relationships. They research information on moon snails and claims. Students draw conclusions from the data collected. They use math and graphing to determine if there is a relationship to the clam's size and...
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Snap a Picture

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice using visualization to aid in their reading comprehension. While completing a read aloud of a selected poem, the instructor models visualizing images from the poem. Independently, students read a chapter from a...
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Flying High in Our Imaginations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students 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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Vocabulary; Idioms/Phrasal Verbs Using Names of Animals,-Part 1

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students read ten sentences with missing words. They select the best word to fill in the blank from a list of three that are given. Each sentence contains an idiomatic phrase.
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What Happened??

For Students 7th - 10th
In this past modals of deduction worksheet, students read a statement, such as "There is a bird in a locker room" and discuss what may have happened to create this improbable situation. Students us past modals of deduction in their...

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