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Beneficial Bug Scavenger Hunt
Many people think of bugs as annoying pests to be squashed, but most insects and spiders are beneficial, eating the actual pests or pollinating plants. After reviewing some of the common bugs in your area (they may differ from those...
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Water/Agua
Third graders complete water activities including vocabulary, visualization and performing activities. They study water vocabulary words in both English and Spanish. They listen to a read aloud of Jane Yolen's, Letting Swift River Go,...
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ESL-Question Formation
In this ESL question formation worksheet, learners read about subject and object questions, then read statement and write questions for words underlined and match pictures with words from text.
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Work, To Work, Working
In this ESL grammar worksheet, learners read 12 sentences that have a missing word. Students fill in each space with "work." "to work," or "working."
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ESL Holiday Activity-Labor Day
Several resources are provided through this website about Labor Day. Elementary learners read two short paragraphs, then complete matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, spelling word scramble, ordering events, and survey...
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Listening Skills
In this writing worksheet, students fill in six blanks with the prepositions on or in and then listen to fifteen sentences read and circle the words that they hear.
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Antics in Antarctica
In this ESL editing learning exercise, students will focus on error correction and editing. Students will read a short passage correcting any spelling mistakes or omissions from the article.
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Like/Would Like
In this like/would like worksheet, 1st graders read ten sentences and determine which verb, like or would like, completes each of the ten sentences grammatically correct. Students circle each of their choices.
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ESL: Continuous Affirmative/Present Simple
In this ESL verb tense worksheet, students read about simple present and present continuous tense, then use correct verb forms to fill in blanks in sentences.
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Any Answers 2
In this ESL worksheet, students read 10 everyday questions and comments. Students circle the letter of the best answer to each question or comment.
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Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
In this present perfect simple or continuous verb tense worksheet, ESL students read 13 sentences. For each sentence, students choose the best verb form, either present perfect simple or present perfect continuous.
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Prepositions- ESL
In this ESL prepositions worksheet, students read 5 sentences and find the mistakes in preposition use. Students correct each sentence.
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The Future Progressive Tense
In this future progressive tense worksheet, students read the guidelines for the use of this tense. They complete 7 sentences using the correct form of the future progressive tense with "will." They do the same in the next 7 sentences...
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Windy City tries for 2016 Olympics
Students collect background information about costs of hosting Olympics, prepare presentation about Chicago's bid to host 2016 Summer Olympics, debate pros and cons of going to Chicago, and present findings to classmates.
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"Hard Times Come Again No More" : Letters From Arkansas Families in the Great Depression
Through this series of terrific lesson plans, pupils learn about the extent of poverty in the state of Arkansas during the Great Depression. They read documents from the period which describe how hard times were, view an online photo...
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Knocking Down Fences
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 between...
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Food for thought
Cake has to be good for something, right? Different foods are used by our bodies in different ways. Learners will first read about what fats, proteins, fruits, and vegetables do for the human body. They will then put each of food shown...
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Puffin Patrol
Bird diversity and the majestic puffin are the topics of today's lesson. Children discuss and look at images of puffins, and then they use felt to put a puffin body together. After that they talk about what and how puffins eat. They get...
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The Wonderful World of Slugs
Examine a slug? Of course, what else would a 2nd grader do with it? Pupils use clues and go on a slug hunt, read a slug story, or make a cooperative group mural of a slug's habitat. While older learners catalog slugs, go on a slug hunt,...
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Convergence with The Cay: Exploring Geographic Concepts Wrapped in a Story
Here's an awesome unit that uses The Cay as the anchor text. The 16-page packet is loaded with teaching ideas, activities, and suggested adjustments.
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Breaking News English: Arctic Ice May Disappear in a Decade
In this English worksheet, students read " Arctic Ice May Disappear in a Decade," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.
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Good and Bad Emails
In this ESL worksheet, learners read good and bad examples of formal and casual emails. Students cut apart emails into strips and assemble them. There are no logical directions for what to do on these five pages.
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Do You Like Baseball?
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to answer questions about personal preferences according to the degree of like or dislike. Students read 20 questions such as "Do you like fruit juice?" Answer choices are: I love it, Yes,...
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Breaking News English: Indian Heat Wave Kills 200
For this English worksheet, students read " Indian Heat Wave Kills 200," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.