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Teacher Planning Kits for New School Routines | End of Year

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Support your end-of-year instruction with planning kits from PBS. Five planning kits are provided: Special Lessons and Collections; Planning Sheets for Pre-K through 5 and 6-12; Summer Bonus Resources; and Relevant Professional Learning...
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Five Summer Projects to Keep Students Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
With the right projects, summer learning can be fun and motivating.
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A Tribute To Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
How much do your learners know about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? Set up an opportunity for kids to learn about Dr. King while practicing reading fluency with a reader's theater activity. The script is for four voices and includes...
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Seasons: Summer

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this summer words worksheet, students analyze 36 words in a word bank and circle the "summer words". Students then read 10 sentences and from 4 choices, circle the correct word to describe summer.
Worksheet
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Word Search: Summer

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this summer words worksheet, students read 16 words that pertain to the season of summer. Students locate and circle the words in a word search that is in the shape of a watering can.
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What I Did On My Summer Vacation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use the internet to research the location of their summer vacation trip. Given the demographics, they plot the location on a world map. They create a brochure using the information they collected. Using PowerPoint, they develop...
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Great Picture Books to Teach Social Studies for Grade K-3

For Teachers K - 3rd
Every class enjoys reading new books at the beginning of a unit. Use this resource to identify a variety of books for kindergarten to third grade that can be used to complement social studies standards. The books can kindle learners'...
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Log Canoes: A Chesapeake Bay Tradition

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a story about log canoes on the Chesapeake Bay and examine the dialogue between characters. Students use the dialogue between the characters to answer five short answer...
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Hello Summer

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students celebrate the great outdoors and the coming summer break by studying the natural world. In this seasons lesson, students engage in bark rubbing and operate a digital camera to capture outdoor imagery for a collage to help them...
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Squigly's Summer Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts learning exercise, students complete a crossword puzzle pertaining to summer. Students read the 20 clues and fit the answers into a crossword puzzle which has no word bank.
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Seasons--Measurements of Time

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this seasons worksheet, students read a short article on the 4 seasons, put the 4 seasons in correct order 4 times and then draw a summer picture and a winter picture in the 2 boxes provided.
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Word Flowers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this summer words worksheet, students read 29 words in large sunflower shapes that pertain to the season of summer. Each word is on a separate page; there are no directions. These could be flashcards or bulletin board pieces.
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Summer Festivals

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners read about European holidays and then design their own creative festival. For this cultural awareness lesson, students use primary and secondary resources in order to uncover facts and practices that occur during European...
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Start Planning for the Fall Now

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Spend some time reviewing the current school year in order to give yourself a break this summer.
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Chulseok

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a one paragraph text about a festival in Korea called Chulseok. Students answer one multiple choice question.
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Deck the Halls with Literature Trees

For Teachers K - 12th
Reinforce and assess reading comprehension by having your class make a literature tree! After reading a book, pupils make decorations to represent the book's themes, characters, and setting. Materials for decorating can be as diverse and...
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What is a Haiku? How Do You Write a Haiku?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Haiku poetry is explored in this language arts lesson. Yong readers identify the characteristics of haiku and read several examples. Students make connections between their study of Japan and the poetic form of haiku, and they write...
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Knocking Down Fences

For Teachers 3rd
After reading The Other Side and guiding children through a picture walk, third graders investigate evidence of the civil rights movement. In the mini unit, 3rd graders analyze photographs of the past and make connections...
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Weather and Water in Ghana

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils research the rainy and dry season to investigate Africa's weather. In this African weather activity, students use the given websites to research the rainy and dry seasons of Ghana in Africa. Pupils then read stories about life in...
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August Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this August word search worksheet, students locate 16 summer themed words that are hidden in the puzzle. They locate words such as swim, sun, and picnic.
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Reading the Landscape in Children's Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify geographical information about landscapes found in student literature, demonstrate an organizing tool, developed around geographical themes, for the recording of information, and share uses of this approach.
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Taiga

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this taiga worksheet, students read a short article describing what a taiga is and then answer 10 multiple choice, true or false or short answer questions relating to the article.
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Will Smog be a Problem at the Olympic Games?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners locate China on a world map, then read a news article about pollution in Beijing. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion about smog and a vocabulary activity, then students read the...
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Hot Weather, Rain Mean Fewer Pumpkins

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share their knowledge of pumpkins, then read a news article about how hot weather and rain are affecting the pumpkin crop. In this agriculture and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...

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