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Wales

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate Wales. In this Wales lesson, students do Internet research for facts about Wales. Students are given a list sentences about Wales and decide if they are true or false. Students listen to an audio file and take...
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Morning Message

For Teachers K - 1st
Students point to words in the morning message as it is read, then illustrate a printed copy of the message. Each page is added to a book of collected morning messages.
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Writing Similes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify and write similes. They define simile and discuss different examples, and with the help of a thesaurus, write original similes that compare the colors of crayons to objects or feelings. Students copy their rough...
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What's the Main Idea?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars summarize a piece of text. After reviewing the correct way to read and summarize, students work in groups to summarize a piece of text assigned by the instructor. They write a summary paragraph using the process outlined...
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Lets Read Faster with Junie

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice a variety of techniques and strategies to assist them in becoming fluent readers. They practice reading with expressiveness and fluency with Junie B. Jones and some "Sneaky Peeky Spying," by Barbara Park. A checklist is...
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The better to eat you, dear!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice various strategies for fluent, expressive reading. After reviewing sentence structure, students choose an appropriate leveled book to read with their partner. They are assessed on their reading fluency and reading...
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Summarizing and Mapping for Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice summarization in order to increase their comprehension of non-fiction text. They read and summarize passages by finding the main ideas in passages from a Social Studies textbook. After silently reading the passage they...
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Cardio-Vascular Endurance

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students in a special education class work to improve their endurance. As a class, they complete the same exercises at the beginning of each class trying to increase the number of reps. They are also introduced to healthy eating habits...
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Tooth Fairy Day

For Students 7th - 8th
In this tooth fairy day worksheet, students read or listen to the passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble the words and sentences, write discussion questions and conduct a survey.
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Elliptical Adverb Clauses

For Students 5th - 7th
In this adverb learning exercise, learners complete the elliptical adverb clauses and tell what they modify. Students complete 5 problems.
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Navaho Rug

For Teachers All
Students wget a chance to enhance their manual dexterity and follow a sequential process. Students gain an appreciation and an understanding of a culture other than their own.
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Communicating at work: Listening strategies and skills

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students play a game of "Gossip" to explain the importance of active listening skills. They learn active listening skills through group discussion, lecture and small group exercises.
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The Rainbow Fish

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen to The Rainbow Fish and select the correct meaning of the story from three examples presented by the teacher. They use a paper sclae to write three descriptive words about themselves.
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Kind Environment News

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, learners answer the questions concerning the forming of a students newsletter. The answers could be extended to a writing assignment.
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"I Wish" and "If Only" Exercise

For Students 5th - 10th
For this English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 16 fill in the blank questions regarding the use of the phrases "I wish" and "if only."
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Archaeology is ...

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students demonstrate the importance of context for learning about ancient people. They assess the importance of preservation of cultural resources. They exchange papers with a student in class. The students with the paper are responsible...
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Vocabulary: Variety and Venture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners work to increase their vocabulary in their written work. They locate definitions and synonyms through a variety of activities. Students create programs that enhance others' studying.
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Goldilock and the Three Bears

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore folktales. They create artwork that represents the setting, charactes, and key events of the story. Working collaboratively, students assemble their own artwork to create a class mural. Working collaboratively,...
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Short Story

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the various elements of a short story. After reading Rudyard Kipling's short story, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," students identify the author's purpose in writing the story as well as the elements that make it a short...
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Let's Retell This Story

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify story grammar elements of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." The elements are recorded on a chart and students use the story grammar elements from the chart to retell the story.
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Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics: Lesson 4

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the concepts of probability while performing data analysis. They apply statistical methods in order to measure or predict some possible outcomes. The information is collected and graphed, 8th graders analyze...
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A Dialogue on HIV/AIDS

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars in an ESL classroom brainstorm what they already know about HIV/AIDS. In groups, they are given slips of paper of a dialogue between two people that is out of order. They put the dialogue into order and answer...
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Storytelling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students compose a story and tell it to the class.  In this storytelling lesson, students work in small groups to create an illustrated story.  Students are given a checklist of elements to include in the...
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Introduce: The Prefix over-

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students generate words with the prefix over-. In this word study lesson plan, students are introduced to the prefix and identify words that contain the prefix over-. Students generate the meaning of the prefix and list various words...