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An Imaginary Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use their imaginations to write about an imaginary trip. In this creative writing lesson, students write about an imaginary trip. Students brainstorm writing ideas as a class and use past tense words in their...
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What is Matter?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate what matter is and how it changes states.  In this physical properties lesson, students examine the vocabulary database and identify the characteristics of the three phases of matter.  Students perform a...
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Pre-Colonial Native American Groups

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate U.S. history by researching the Internet and taking a test. In this American Indian group lesson, students identify the many specific Native American tribes and their geographic locations. Students research the web...
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Clothing, Shopping, and Musical Instruments.

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this Language Arts worksheet, students discover the definitions to 4 vocabulary lists. The lists are organized by category, such as clothing, shopping, and musical instruments.
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The Wind in the Willows

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this study guide worksheet, students read the book The Wind in the Willows and write summaries, use vocabulary, write questions, and more. Students complete 7 activities.
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Describing Clothes

For Teachers K - 12th
A instructional activity all about clothing and colors, this might be a useful instructional activity for English language learners or introducing descriptive writing. After a short review of colors and clothing vocabulary, learners...
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Caps for Sale/Color Words

For Teachers K
Students read the book "Caps for Sale." Students model reading a sentence and using one color cap and the color word (written in its color). They match the color word (written in its color) to the correct color hat.
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ESL Describing Things- Fill In the Table Worksheet

For Students 8th - 11th
In this ESL describing items activity, students describe 8 items by their shape, color, and the material they are made of. They use a word bank at the bottom of the page to help with the descriptions. They describe items such as a...
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Ask Questions About Household Objects

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL household objects vocabulary worksheet, students examine 2 pictures depicting a telephone and a stool. On the lines provided, students write a question about the household objects.
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Travel- Distances (Advanced)

For Students 6th - 7th
For this ESL transportation vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures that depict modes of transportation. Students read the names of places (store, heli-skiing, the moon, etc.) and match them to the most appropriate way to get...
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ESL Clothing Words Matching Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL clothes matching worksheet, students match 9 clip art pictures of articles of clothing with the word that names them. They match words such as jeans, shoes, shirt, coat, and sweater.
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Rooms in a House

For Students K - 1st
In this ESL word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures of rooms in a house. Students match these pictures with the words that describe them.
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Travel Transportation

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL transportation words instructional activity, learners analyze 7 pictures that depict modes of transportation. Students match the pictures to the words that describe them.
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ESL Clothing Words Matching Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL clothing words matching worksheet, students examine 10 clip art pictures of articles of clothing. They match the pictures to the words that name them.
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Food: What Is It?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL food vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of common foods. From 4 possible choices, students select the word that best answers the question, "What is it?"
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Book Creator

For Teachers K - 12th
Build beautiful books in whatever style you'd like with an intuitive and adaptable app for constructing books. Kids can add images, drawings, text, and audio to make books about any subject. When complete, learners can wrap up the...
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Decoding an Editorial Cartoon

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What advantages do political cartoons have over written editorials? Scholars discuss the topic by exploring editorial cartoons. Working in small groups, pupils analyze an Uncle Sam cartoon and complete a worksheet. As a fun extension,...
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Viral Attack

For Students 4th - 8th
Can you catch the same cold twice? Elementary and middle schoolers learn about what happens when a virus attacks their bodies, and how the immune system never forgets a virus, with an entertaining comic book. The packet includes...
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On-Line Homework Help: An Ethical Dilemma

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use a visual thesaurus and Vocabgrabber to interpret a news article. In this vocabulary building and comprehension lesson, students analyze quotes from the article. Young scholars use the visual thesaurus and Vocabgrabber...
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John Calvin and Calvinism

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore selected Internet sites to discover details about the life of John Calvin. In this Reformation lesson, 9th graders follow the steps in the provided Web Quest to locate and record information about Calvin as well as...
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Tangram Tantrums

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss tangram vocabulary, and act out slide, flip, and turn. They observe tangram puzzles on a web page, and solve their own tangram puzzles.
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To Whom It May Concern

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders produce and peer edit typed rough drafts of the business letters following the guidelines illustrated in the Eight Essential Parts of a business letter and save to disks. They complete the Where's the Math? scavenger hunt...
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Food

For Students K - 1st
For this ESL food vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict common foods. Students match these pictures with the nouns that name them.
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Matching

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this ESL verbs worksheet, learners analyze 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students match these pictures with the verbs that describe them.