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Bulleted Lists: punctuating items in vertical lists

For Students 7th - 10th
What is easier to read: a bulleted list or a block of text? Look at different examples with your class and then go over the style guidelines for vertical lists. 
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Lesson Plan 2: Good Novel, Bad Novel

For Teachers 6th - 9th
What are the characteristics of a good piece of writing? What makes a story interesting? Give your pupils a chance to define the qualities of good novels and what they see as the qualities of bad novels. Class members record these...
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.5

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
If you allow the space for your class members to be creative with technology as they make a presentation, they will make you proud with their inventiveness. The resource suggests an open research project for which pupils look up...
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Piece by Piece

For Students 1st - 6th
Put an insect together piece by piece with a fun and artistic puzzle project. To increase small group collaboration, learners use photos of insects cut into one-inch squares to create an enlarged puzzle version of the image. Extension...
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Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphor

For Students 4th - 6th
What is figurative language? Introduce your young learners to the most popular forms of figurative language: the simile and the metaphor. Start by reading "Willow and Ginkgo" by Eve Merriam, and identify where similes are used. Then look...
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Final Consonant Sounds: Review - ft, ld, lt, mp, nd

For Students K - 3rd
These are challenging phonics review sheets. On the first page, learners match the end sounds to the pictures and write a rhyming word for each word. For the second page, pupils choose an end sound to complete a series of incomplete...
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Problem and Solution: By Jove, I Think You've Got It

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Through grand conversation, help scholars identify issues that harm the Earth and find solutions on how to solve them. After voting—on what your class deems the most important problem—stretch writing muscles with a problem-solution...
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Deconstructing an Advertisement

For Students 7th - 12th
Ethos, logos, and pathos. Class members use an inventory analysis to deconstruct the effects of an advertisement. They identify the target audience, the persuasive and color appeals used, as well as the diction, images, and tone.
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The Houdini Box: Compare and Contrast

For Students 6th - 8th
How did Houdini do it? After reading a short passage about magicians and their tricks, readers are asked to compare and contrast some of the illusions these prestidigitators create. 
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ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.5

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
High schoolers know how to use technology, but they often need more training on how to use it effectively for educational or professional purposes. Try out the activities described here to get your pupils thinking about interesting ways...
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Discriminating Phonemes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Develop the fluency of beginning readers one sound at a time with this phonemic awareness instructional activity. Through a series of whole-class instruction, independent practice, and collaborative learning activities,...
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Letter Concepts (M, K, L, T, U, H)

For Students Pre-K - K
In this language arts instructional activity, students learn to recognize the upper case letters M, K, L, T, U and H. Students examine 5 letters in a row and circle the letters that match the first letter in each row.
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Object Grids For Pre-Entry Activities

For Students 6th - 7th
In this Language Arts worksheet, students analyze symbols from Wingdings font. Students answer questions about the symbols and locate specific ones.
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Mirror Trees

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this painting worksheet, students fold a card in half and following the instructions, paint a tree and its mirror image. There are no visual clues on the page; students read each step to follow. This page is from Northern Ireland.
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Painting Sheep

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this painting craft worksheet, students follow the directions to use paint and flour or wallpaper paste to create a sheep. Students use a cardboard "comb" to make whorls in this art project from Northern Ireland.
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Images as Messages

For Students 4th - 10th
Your class watches a video about Chris Jordan, a talented photographer and activist who tries to get an environmental message out by his work. As a cross-curricular project, have your class imitate his style of art with an object that...
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Set the Table

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this visual thinking worksheet, students use the words in the word bank to fill in the blanks in the 7 sentences. The worksheet is about setting the table.
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Assembling the Mural

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this mural art activity, students assemble paintings of landscape and stones they have already completed into a mural. Students follow the directions on this page about the best way to create a mural with several people's paintings.
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Be an Artist: Kangaroo Rat

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students will create the image of a kangaroo rat.
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Be an Artist: Rhinoceros

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students will create the image of a rhinoceros.
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Be an Artist: Chorus Frog

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students will create the image of a chorus frog.
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Be an Artist: Sea Turtle

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students will create the image of a sea turtle.
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Be an Artist: Goose

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students will create the image of a goose.
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Be an Artist: Softshell Turtle

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will use visual clues in a grid to complete an exact image replica. Following the original line segments in each box, students will create the image of a softshell turtle.

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