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Describing Another's Physical Features
Students describe famous people to others that do not know who they are. They complete a worksheet with a list of physical attributes. They are to describe a family member to one of their classmates.
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Vocabulary Building Worksheet
In this vocabulary practice learning exercise, students study six vocabulary words and complete 18 fill in the blanks. Each blank gives a clue describing one of the vocabulary words. Students must write the correct word on the line.
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ESL: Disaster Vocabulary
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read a set of 10 descriptions related to disasters and determine what is being described. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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Describing Another's Physical Features
Students practice describing someone using their physical characteristics and others try to select the person they are describing.
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ESL: Riddle Vocabulary Activity
In this ESL vocabulary worksheet, students read a description of an item, then choose the correct item being described. Page has links to additional activities.
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Getting to Know You
Students explore ways in which they are smart. In this "getting to know you" classroom team building lesson, students discuss various ways people can be smart and describe ways in which they are smart. Students listen to "Smart" from...
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The Royal Family
Students pretend to be King or Queen. In this royal family instructional activity, students draw a family tree and review family vocabulary words. Students identify members of the royal family and take a royal family quiz. Students...
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Soccer
In this soccer worksheet, students read for information and assess reading and vocabulary comprehension. In this multiple choice worksheet, students answer twelve questions.
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Find Someone
Your class will participate in a series of math vocabulary activities to learn about parallel lines. They find people using a math list and connect math words in the context of sentences. They also read the math words in the example...
US Geological Survey
The Water Cycle for Schools: Advanced Ages
Explore the water cycle in an interactive diagram of the process. The diagram shows how water is a moving system and constantly changing forms. The resourc includes vocabulary words that pupils click on in order to discover more about...
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Music of the People - Native American Music
Third graders complete a unit of lessons on the singing, instruments, and dancing of Native Americans. They identify and play various instruments, complete worksheets, define key vocabulary, sing songs, and perform dances.
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Buildings Have Lives, Too: Disasters and Their Effect on People
Students research natural disasters and their lasting effect on both people and the environment. In this environmental science lesson, students complete a group project on a natural disaster of their choosing. Students examine multiple...
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Body Nouns Vocabulary Exercise
In this recognizing body parts and their functions activity, students read statements and choose the noun answers that they describe or define and then translate them. Students answer 20 questions.
Digital History
Representation: By State or by Population
Should representation in the new United States government be based on population? This worksheet illustrates the details of this important quandary through an adaptation of speeches on the topic given at the Constitutional Convention....
English is a Piece of Cake
Emotional Intelligence
How would you describe a great leader? Explore the theme of leadership with a unit that focuses on emotional intelligence, and how great leaders have a strong sense of emotional intelligence.
Teach Engineering
Can You Take the Pressure?
Do not let the pressure get to you. The first activity in a unit of 22 introduces the concept of air pressure. Using background knowledge, the resource gives teachers the information they need to discuss how people measure air pressure...
Compton Unified School District
How Can We Locate Places?
How can we locate places? Maps, of course! Expose second graders to the tools available in maps and discuss how these tools can help people find locations. Students also look at communities, including what makes a community and the...
Columbus City Schools
Heredity: Traits, Genes, Alleles
If you knew people would pay extra for a bald dragon, could you pick which parents you should breed in order to get the highest number? The unit examines heredity and genetics through breeding dragons, mice, dogs, and tries to figure...
American Museum of Natural History
What's This? Breathing
Crazy fact: Some animals can survive months without oxygen. An online resource describes some unique ways animals collect oxygen and even live without it for an extended time. Learners read about these special animals and use pop-up...
American Museum of Natural History
Climate Change
It actually is possible to have too much of a good thing when it comes to climate change. A slide show lesson describes how burning fossil fuels contributes to climate change. Individuals read about the scientific process and the...
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Turn Off the TV
For this vocabulary usage online/interactive worksheet, students fill in the blanks in sentences with vocabulary words from the word bank. Students fill in 10 blanks.
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Where People Live- Neighborhoods
Students use a map. In this neighborhood lesson, students describe a neighborhood, emphasizing the common characteristics between all neighborhoods. Students locate a neighborhood on a landscape picture map and discuss.
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Daily Routines
Students describe the daily routine of a person using a different language. In this foreign language vocabulary instructional activity, students discuss the different items people use to get ready every day and practice using those...
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Pride and Prejudice: List-Group-Label
What words would you use to describe Mr. Darcy? What about Elizabeth? Use vivid vocabulary to create lists of adjectives to describe the characters of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. After kids come up with their own lists of words,...