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Picture Prompt: Plants
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. Students write using the given word list related to the picture.
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Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be
Students compare and contrast wild and domestic animal needs. In this animal welfare lesson, students read the poem Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be and create a list of wild and domestic animals. Students create a short play or song...
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Art Analysis and Creative Writing
Pupils write an acrostic poem and analyze a work of art. In this art lesson plan, students look at a picture and answer questions about it, write a poem, write about the setting in the painting they saw, and answer short questions about...
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Jesus Chooses His Disciples
Students read passages in the Bible about Jesus and his Disciples and then answer short answer questions about it. In this Jesus and his Disciples lesson plan, students say the Disciples names that they can remember.
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Animals Of The Forest
Students conduct research into the words found to relate to the forests of Wisconsin. They write the words in complete sentences in the correct context. With the writing also includes the oral practice. Students also create their own...
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Successful Summarizers
Students review the concept of silent reading. Through modeling and guided practice, they explore six steps/rules of summarizing. In groups, they read a short book and then, using the summarization rules and skills, write an effective...
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Cool Words to Share
Fifth graders use teacher-selected vocabulary to present a written story to a first grade student. The book include a glossary of terms and illustrations of the terms. This is a great instructional activity for big/little buddies to do...
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Main Idea and Supporting Details
Eighth graders identify the main idea and supporting details in paragraphs. In this language arts lesson, 8th graders review organizational patterns in paragraphs and determine which pattern is best for a given situation. Individually,...
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Writing to Analyze, Comment and Review
In this writing to analyze, comment and review worksheet, students analyze blurbs, comment on the openings and endings of novels, and review a book from their own choosing. Students answer seventy short answer questions.
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Readers Theatre Scripts
Engage and entertain young learners with this collection of readers theatre activities. With over 25 different scripts, a wide range of topics are covered from simple counting and rhyming exercises to adaptions of popular children's...
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Artha
Students explore the concept of artha. In this Hinduism lesson plan, students read, "Seven Ways to Greet a Neighbor," and "Eight Rupees." Students discuss artha in light of the readings completed as part of the lesson plan.
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Locating Words
Students locate various basic sight words in an article or a story. They read the word list/worksheet, and independently locate and circle each word from the list on the article.
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Using Averages to Create Graphs Through Excel
Sixth graders create and use a spreadsheet to make graphs which will be used to analyze Progress Report and Final Report Card grades. They practice finding the mean, median, mode, and range of a data set. Students also incorporate column...
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Sound Tracks Game
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the playing of soundtracke to learn the alphabet, animal sounds, and nursery rhymes. They are given the opportunity of working together or independently listen to the...
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Powerful Words Can Warm the Heart: Art from the Heart
Young scholars explore how artists contribute to the public good. In this art and community lesson plan, students identify a community's needs and wants, identify how characters in a story meet their needs and wants, and identify ways...
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Vacuum that Rug
Students identify the letter and phoneme /n/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /n/ sound through stories and rhymes. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture...
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Picture Prompt: Valentine Mice
In this teacher friendly creative writing worksheet, there is a space for teachers to write and print a word list for students to use with the picture prompt of Valentine mice. Students write 1 story.
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Spelling and Reading
First graders participate in a lesson in order to improve spelling and writing skills. They take words from an assigned list and create their own sentences. They also write a story taken from an illustration.
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Fairytale Cake
Learners recreate characters from the story, "The Fairytale Cake." In this fairy tale characterization lesson plan, students first listen to fairy tales read aloud. They then use play dough and plastic bowls as pretend "cakes and icing",...
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Keys To Our House-the White House
Students explore the history of the White House from four different perspectives: as a symbol, a public and private place, technological advances, and changing needs. They take a virtual tour of the White House and explore its history....
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Ana Finds an Apartment
Because of the topic of this reading comprehension and vocabulary activity, it would probably be best used with adults in an ESL class. The 10 question reading activity, which focuses on vocabulary involving renting an apartment, could...
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A Quest for Author Importance
Class members discover information about an author through a WebQuest and a brochure project.
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Giving with Imagination
Demonstrate gift giving as an act of caring about someone versus gifts for show (or gifts from the purse). Elementary learners practice giving gifts from the heart by creating a poem for someone special to them.
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Spider Web
Create a spider web between two poles and have your class get from one side of the web to the other without touching the web. There are four different suggested levels of play. The rules of each level guide how the players need to get...