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Edible Cells

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders construct edible models of a plant cell and an animal cell and state the functions of the organelles. They are to write a short sentence describing the function of each organelle.
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Mystery Masks

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to "Is Your Mama a Llama?" for descriptive words. They make a mask showing features of one animal. They draw a self-portrait and staple their masks onto the self-portrait. They write 3 complete sentences that...
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Amazing Adjectives

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compose sentences that use descriptive adjectives to describe a specific food and day that they both like and dislike. They should really enjoy coming up with words that describe their favorite and least favorite foods!
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read "Green Eggs and Ham" in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and visit a storymaker website. Students create and type a three scene story using characters from Dr. Seuss's books and share their story with the class.
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Jobs

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this jobs word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures that show different careers. Students match the pictures with the sentences that tell about each job.
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Past Tense Test

For Students 5th - 6th
In this past tense verbs worksheet, students listen to ten sentences as they are dictated and listen to the ending sound of the past tense verbs. Students mark the correct ending sound (d, t, id) on a chart. Students write the past tense...
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Revising Character Descriptions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars effectively revise character descriptions.  In this revising character descriptions lesson, students work with a partner to give and receive constructive criticism to improve their character descriptions. 
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Analyzing Unknown Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze affixes and how they affect word meaning. In this language arts instructional activity, students use charts to construct and deconstruct words to find meaning.
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Animal Action

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students construct descriptive sentences. In this cross curricular music and descriptive writing lesson, students listen to classical music and pantomime actions that correspond to the music. Students write descriptive sentences...
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"Tis The Season" Bulletin Board

For Teachers K
Students study the months and seasons by bringing in an item that represent the season the their birthday occurs in. They either write or dictate at least one sentence about the object and how it represents the season. Using their...
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ESL Verbs- How Do You Go To School? Fill in the Blank Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL how do you go to school/verbs worksheet, students fill in 7 blanks with the correct verb and write the corrected sentences on the blank lines beneath the original sentences.
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Technology Literacy Challenge Grant Learning Unit

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore counting and classification. They sort leaves, create graphs, write sentences for the data in the graphs, develop graphs for shapes, favorite animals, birthdays, and participate in a die prediction game.
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Twelve Angry Men

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students assess their understanding of Twelve Angry Men. They create flashcards for vocabulary terms, summarize one of the acts, construct a diorama and complete character wheels. They choose from other activities including creating...
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ESL Winter Picture/Word Matching Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this ESL winter word/picture worksheet, students draw a line to match each picture with the sentence. They examine 7 pictures while completing the matching activity.
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There's A Wasszoom in My Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars read There's A Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss. They create a creature that rhymes with an item found in the classroom. They write a sentence about it and then illustrate it.
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Passive Using "Get"

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL verbs worksheet, students read 15 sentences that have missing verbs. For each sentence, students use the passive form with "get" whenever possible.
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ESL "What Can They Do?" Picture/Word Matching Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL sentence matching worksheet, students examine 10 pictures of people doing things. They match the pictures to the sentence, either a statement or a question, that tells what is happening in the picture.
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Song Lesson Octopus's Garden

For Students 3rd
In this conditional phrases worksheet, 3rd graders list to the song, Octopus's Garden, and list the conditional phrases with would or its contracted form 'd in two columns. This is a full lesson plan.
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Establishing a Point of View in Narratives

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the concept and take the opportunity to both identify and to construct point of view in narratives. Additionally, 4th graders practice identifying and sequencing main events.
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Letter Writing Basics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students construct a letter about a classroom issue as a class. They then write a letter individually that requests information, file a complaint or complement, or write a letter to the editor/legislator.
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Vocabulary Building

For Students 5th - 8th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students choose the correct vocabulary word to complete sentences and match definitions. Students have 24 words with 18 activities each.
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Dynastic Explorations

For Teachers 4th
Students complete a unit of lessons on medieval Chinese dynasties. They examine the impact the Chinese culture has had on their own lives, label maps, conduct research, read stories, create bamboo stick sentences, write poems, and make...
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Multicultural Literature Lesson Plan The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders begin reading "The Lotus Seed" before determining a plant that is a representative of their country or region. They illustrate the plant and write sentences about it and locate the region on a map. Finally, they make a...
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Hints and Extra Problems for Homework 8: Metric Space

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this metric space worksheet, students determine if a function is continuous and find the metric space. This one-page worksheet contains three problems.