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I Am From Poem

For Students 3rd - 12th
In this poetry worksheet, students create a poem about their memories and upbringing. Students use details and feelings that reflect their life and memories.
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Adjectives: Hairy Apes and Green Cupcakes

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this adjective completion activity, students create sentences with descriptive words of their own. Students fill in a missing adjective in ten sentences. A good, solid activity for young readers.
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Christmas Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students learn about the Christmas season through music, research, and other activities.
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Personification Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Personification poems can get students writing and thinking poetically.
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The Value of Coins

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the Iowa state quarter and discuss things they value. They draw a picture of something they value and then practice identifying the values of coins.
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Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify and label parts of a plant. They will construct a plant from art material and describe the purpose of each part for the plants survival. Students author a book with pictures and words or a story about a plant.
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Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils read poems from the book Runny Babbit and do language arts activities based on the book. In this language arts lesson plan, students read poems from the given book and do activities that include a word finder, rhyming activities,...
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Nature Tribute

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore parts of nature. In this environmental lesson, students discuss how their actions can affect the environment and design a plan to clean up a specified area. Students practice good hygiene during the cleanup project.
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Candy Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete math activities with donated seasonal treats. They estimate, count, sort, name and graph bags of treats. They can eat treats when finished.
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Punctuation Practice

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this punctuation worksheet, learners rewrite and correctly punctuation 8 sentences, then write an original sentences at least 10 words long. Answers are included.
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Decimal Word Problems: Two Step

For Students 5th
In this decimal word problems worksheet, 5th graders solve 6 word problems with addition and subtraction of decimals. This worksheet in interactive and students will receive immediate online feedback.
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The Earth's Rain Forests

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study the importance of the world's rain forests. In this rain forest instructional activity, students read about the role of the rain forests in the world's environment. Learners then write a formal letter to a member of...
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Steps for Taking a Cutting for Your Own Forest at Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study renewable and nonrenewable resources and take a hardwood cutting.  In this hands on activity students learn what rooting hormones are, how they generate roots  and then take their own cutting and root it. 
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Christmas Words - Worksheet

For Teachers K - 4th
Students discover that the words in the given list are out of order and they need to unscramble the letters to form words that relate to Christmas. They then work on the worksheet independently.
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Song Mapping

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore locations on the United States map. In this map skills lesson, students recite the song This Land Is Your Land and locate various places listed in the song on the map.
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Night Hike

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students explore Upham Woods at night and investigate about the special adaptations of nocturnal animals. They identify three nocturnal animals and how they are adapted to the night. Students explain what night vision is and how it works.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Plant Appreciation Day

For Students 7th - 11th
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article about Plant Appreciation Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30 short...
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South Caroline Voices: Lessons from the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students consider voices of the Holocaust. In this human rights lesson plan, students discover several brave individuals who are now honored for their humanitarian efforts during the Holocaust. Students read and engage in class...
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Simple Present and Present Continuous

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this simple present and present continuous instructional activity, students choose the correct words to complete the sentences. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Appreciating Our American Heritage

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students learn about the Chinese culture via literature. They read the poetry of Cathy Song, considering national pride as Americans and Chinese.
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Appreciating Our American Heritage

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders learn about the Chinese culture and how important they feel their heritage and culture are, and to help the American students develop a pride in their own culture as well.
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Jingle Shapes!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars play a movement and freeze activity to jingle bells.
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"EA" Beach

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils are introduced to their new spelling words for the week which have the sound "ea". In groups, they brainstorm a list of other words with the same sound, draw them and write them on a worksheet. They share their new words with...
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Human Beings / Human Rights

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students brainstorm and discuss what it means to be "human." They relate human rights to human needs and discuss what a universal right is and read about Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.