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How Much for Your Name?
Students create different coin combinations for a single amount, practice counting, demonstrate their knowledge of the value of coins and demonstrate their knowledge of coin combinations.
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Blick Liquid Watercolor
Students explore the use of watercolors in the making of paintings that incorporate the use of shapes and overlapping them into new ones. The skills of using positive and negative space is strengthened as they are applied in these...
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Fantastic Fractions
Fourth graders explore and examine through hands-on experience and reasoning the concept of fractions. They solve problems involving multiplication and division of whole numbers and addition and subtraction of simple fractions and decimals.
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National Road to Indiana
Students explore the National Road to Indiana. In this U.S. highway history and primary source research lesson, students read an original journal written by Jane Voorhees Lewis in 1806 describing her trip west on the first federally...
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Kaleidoscope of Color
Students study the history of the invention of the kaleidoscope by Sir David Brewster. They create a kaleidoscope using art supplies.
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Light and Color
Students will see how different colors of lights mix. In this light and color lesson, students watch as flashlights of different colors are shined individually, then together. Students observe that the light travels in straight lines and...
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Vocabulary Building Worksheet
In this vocabulary building worksheet, students matches the word with a definition, and uses definition clues to select the correct word.
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Fraction Action
Learners create fractions using strips of paper and then compare the fractions.
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How do pollutants bioaccumulate and biomagnify?
Learners review the basic concepts of the food chain. In small groups, they research an organism and create a food web. In addition, they study biomagnifications and write a brief essay or make a poster informing others about the...
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Texas History
Students explore the history of Texas. Through researching factual books and folktales, students share their information about Texas. They discuss the Trail of Tears, Davy Crockett, the flags of Texas, and Sam Houston. Students write a...
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Once Upon a Word
Students explore the derivations and usage of common slang terms. Through internet research and discussion, students consider the Latin and Greek roots of contemporary slang terms. Groups complete an etymology chart documenting their...
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Using Counters to Add
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders use circles to write how many there are of two numbers altogether. Then the read a problem and identify what they need to complete it.
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Congruence: Practice
In this congruence activity, students trace figures, measure sides and angles, mark congruent sides and angles, then use a given diagram to answer questions and explain reasoning. Students also answer 2 test prep questions. Houghton...
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Foundations of WWI
Students explore how World War I created a foundation for the United States to become a world power. In this World History activity, students work in small groups to create posters and an oral presentation to share their findings with...
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Story Wheels
Students use a Story Wheel to summarize a novel, practice sequencing skills, visualize story elements and recognize story structure. In groups, they each complete a piece of the story wheel and put it all together. They complete the...
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Tesselations
Seventh graders produce a tessellation of an original design developed using an equilateral triangle, where three unique symmetrical faces rotate throughout their creation.
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Ocean Currents
Fourth graders work in groups to research ocean currents and create posters with their findings. They locate the patterns and names of major ocean currents and identify them on a map. Students also use red pencil to show ocean currents...
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Practicing Addition Strategies
In this math worksheet, students add the numbers 5 and 6 using two different methods. They first count up from six. Students say seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven to get to their answer. The second method is to use doubles. They think five...
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Counting on 1, 2, and 3
In this counting one, two and three worksheet, students, working with a partner, practice answering seven word problems and equations.
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Play Dough Pizza Party
Students review fractions using a visual display. They receive a can of Play Dough and have to complete a worksheet figuring out how to divide up a pizza for a specified number of guests.
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Sand Painted Teepees
Second graders create "Sand Painted teepees" using sand, paper, glue, and information about Native American culture in this 2nd grade Art lesson. The lesson includes a vocabulary list, a materials list, a resource link, and a short...
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Stained Glass Critter
Students investigate the the origination of stained glass in the 12th century cathedrals.
They practice writing their names in cursive symmetrically. Students also practice how to make a stained glass image.
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Let's Celebrate Christmas!
Learners compare and contrast Christmas with a variety of other holidays. They listen to the books "The Light of Christmas" and "Christmas," and generate a list about Christmas using Kidspiration computer software. Students discuss...
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Counting Back 1, 2, and 3
In this counting back one, two and three worksheet, students, with a partner, problem solve and answer six word problems and equations.