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How Much…?

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this how much learning exercise, students complete sentences about how much things are with the words this, that, those, or these. Students complete 8 sentences.
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Spring Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spring vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 20 words pertaining to the season of spring and match them to the correct meanings in another column.
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Misused Verbs: Sit/Sat/Set

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this misused verbs worksheet, students insert the words sit, sat, or set into the sentences. Students complete 10 sentences total on this worksheet.
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Edinburgh Festival Lessons That Teach About Culture And Art

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The Edinburgh Festival provides a way for students to explore lesson plans about opera, theater, and music.
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China

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders are introduced to the many contributions China has made to the world. They research and choose an invention to find information on. They will have to use an internet resource tool to guide them for their presentation of...
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She Ships Shells to the Shore

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new digraph...
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Asian-American History for Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use web technology to access American history and the Asian-American experience. They evaluate journals as historical artifacts, especially the concept of firsthand account vs. history text. Students discuss Asian American...
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Alphabet Review Activities

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice the alphabet using a variety of songs, books and activities.
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Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students view and discuss Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Students interpret works by Miro, Oldenberg, Cornell and de Vlaminck and discuss how they feel when viewing the pieces.
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Scotty T-Rex: Inspiring History All Year Round

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners study changes that occur in geological and historical time. They place themselves in relationship to the universe, the world, Canada, and Saskatchewan.
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A or An

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this word choice worksheet, students read the sentences and select whether to use the article adjective a or an for each sentence. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Alphabetizing Words Beginning with T and U

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils alphabetize words that begin with the letters T and U. In this alphabetizing lesson, students alphabetize the words that begin with T and the words that begin with U.
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There Is/There Are

For Students Higher Ed
In this preposition worksheet, students focus on the differences of "there is" vs "there are." Students complete 12 sentences checking the correct verb form for each phrase.
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The Weather

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students, by incorporating art and science, make the connection between weather and how it affects our everyday lives.
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You Are Where You Live

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore where insects live and how they have adapted to their environment.
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Our Kindergarten Classmates

For Teachers K
Pupils design pictures of themselves and type their names on the pictures using the "Moopies" portion of the Kid Pix Deluxe program. They publish their pictures and create a bulleting board display.
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Art and Science: Weather

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine how weather affects daily life. They draw pictures of themselves wearing clothing appropriate for four different weather conditions. They display their drawings each day according to the weather conditions.
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You Are Where You Live

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe insects in a number of habitats. They recognize which insect characteristics are adaptations to their habitats.
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Uh, Bugs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Pooh's Rumbling Tummy

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Beginning to Read

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the short /u/ sound. They practice making the sound, noticing how their mouths move to make it. They recite tongue twisters with short /u/ words and use letterboxes to spell 'u' words. They identify short /u/ words as...
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Juggling Bugs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the letter 'u'. Through instruction and modeling they explore the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, words that contain the letter, etc. They say tongue twisters with the /u/ sound in them. They listen to...
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Around the World with Bud the Sub

For Teachers 1st
First graders review the recently taught vowel /o/. They then form the sound for /u/ telling whether it is a closed or open vowel sound and repeat it several times together. They practice a /u/ tongue twister saying it together and...
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Read Write Think: Phonics in Context

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for a lesson that teaches students the letter-sound relationship for the short /u/ sound using the book "Umbrella" by Taro Yashima. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...