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Reading Comprehension: "Greta and the Cat"

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reading comprehension activity, students read a total of 3 short stories, then answer a set of related multiple choice comprehension questions. "Test" can be scored on-line and reset, or printed.
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Verb Tense: Simple Present And Simple Future

For Students 6th - 7th
In this verb tense worksheet, students use context clues to enter the correct form of the verb, either simple present or simple future tense, with hints and answers available.
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ESL: Grammar Revision and Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL grammar revision and practice worksheet, students complete activities choosing correct prepositions of time, active and passive voice verbs, and comparatives, complete reported speech and "say/tell" activities and correct...
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Phonics and Letter ID

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify at least 46 of the 54 upper and lower case letters of the alphabet by name, sound, or example of a word that letter starts.
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Pets: Stuffed Animal Day

For Teachers K
Students bring in their favorite stuffed animals to class, and listen to the book, The Perfect Pet. They develop graphs for their stuffed animals, and create booklets titled, My Pet Book.
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Flowers and a Beautiful World: Earth Day (1st)

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss Earth Day and making the world more beautiful. In this world beautification activity, 1st graders participate in an interactive read aloud of Barbara Clooney's, Miss Rumphius. They talk about how making the world a...
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Setting And Plot

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers engage in study of plot and setting with the reading of many familiar texts. They identify the plot and setting with the help of a worksheet. The teacher works with the class for scaffolding and helps them to recognize...
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Using Milliliters And Liters

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this using milliliters and liters worksheet, students, working with a partner, problem solve and calculate the answers to six word problems.
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Identifying Matter by Sound and Feel

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the physical properties of matter. In this matter lesson, students collaborate as they participate in an activity that requires them to identify objects using their senses of sight and touch.
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Land Use and Lawmaking in California

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson to analyze transcendentalism and analyze photographic essays depicting environmental issues. In this art and history lesson, students read excerpts of Nature by Emerson to identify...
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Mean and Median

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners define mean and median. For this "average" lesson, students calculate the mean and median for a list of given numbers.
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Every Graph Tells A Story

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore linear equations.  For this graphing lesson, 7th graders explore constant rates of change.  Students discover the real-life application of graphs and demonstrate their ability to read graphs and write...
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Topology and Geomery

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners relate topology to polygons. In this geometry lesson, students make the connection between different shapes and topologically equivalent relationships. They use Mobius strips to create and move shapes around.
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Let's Think About... Magnets and Gravity

For Teachers K
Students watch an episode of the PBS show "Jay Jay the Jet Plane," and explore magnets and gravity. They conduct various experiments involving magnets and sand, bean bags, and a fishing pole with magnets.
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Telling Time

For Teachers K
Students practice telling time using five and ten minutes intervals. They use their arms and bodies to show the time while following teacher led instructions. They go through the motions as a whole class.
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Pay Day

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore higher paying and lower paying jobs.
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Artifacts We Don't Dig Up

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students play a game of artifact show and tell using household items.
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"First Day of School - Make a Puzzle"

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a puzzle piece to be included in a class puzzle. They are given one puzzle piece, and they decorate it using symbols/drawings which are personal to them such as hobbies, interests, or self-portrait. The pieces are...
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Work and Rewards

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concept of work. Rewards for working are considered and related to personal recognition and satisfaction.
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Drums and Sound

For Teachers K - 1st
Through discussion, demonstration, and observation of performances by drum groups, students discover how vibrations create sounds. Through exploration students can infer that when drums are struck they make noise due to vibrations.
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What's for Lunch?: New York City Restaurant Menus

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Do you remember the days when a cup of coffee cost five cents? At A.W. Dennett restaurant in 1894, you could buy a five-cent cup of coffee and as well as a five-cent slice of pie to accompany it. The menu from that year is a primary...
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Build-A-Fence Long Vowel Game

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Build your class's knowledge with a vowel game. With a list of code words for each vowel, kids begin to construct fences with the words that share long vowel sounds.
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Images of Children in Dorthea Lange's Photographs

For Teachers K - 5th
Students research the photographs of Dorthea Lange. In this visual art lesson, students look at photographs of children taken by Lange and answer several questions. They write or tell stories to explain what they think is occurring in...
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Dia de la Independencia

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students learn about Mexican Independence Day.  In this Hispanic Heritage lesson, students learn about holidays in Hispanic countries specifically looking at their days of independence.  Students read information about fiestas...