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Exploring the Jungles of Rousseau

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the masterworks of Henri Rousseau and accurately interpret masterworks of Rousseau. Students effectively demonstrate visually and orally an understanding of the content of masterworks of Rousseau and thoughtfully reflect...
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The Island of The Blue Eagles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read the book CALL IT COURAGE by Armstrong Sperry. They use the Internet to research and work in groups to write ocean chants. They construct dioramas and build a sea turtle withK'NEX.
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Teacher Erase/Color a Rhyme

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this rhyming worksheet, students fill in 10 blanks to a rhyming poem about a teacher, then color a partially completed drawing of the teacher based on the rhymes in the poem.
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Do You Mean?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine old sayings. In this interpretation lesson, students read and interpret traditional sayings or proverbs. They discuss how these sayings can help improve their lives, behavior or how they treat others.
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Worksheet 9: Which Word Doesn't Belong?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this words that go together worksheet, students analyze a group of four words and determine anything they have in common. Students check the word that does not belong in each group.
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Delicious Descriptive Adjectives

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students write out recipes with different adjectives then share them with the class.
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Health Jeopardy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students test their knowledge on a previously taught health chapter. A jeopardy board is drawn on the chalk or dry erase board. Each column on the board can represent a topic from the health chapter being reviewed.
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Dr. Seuss Field Day

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars engage in activities inspired by Dr. Seuss books.
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POETRY LESSON ON LANGSTON HUGHES AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read the short biographical sketch and selected poems of Langston Hughes, 8th graders examine the hardships historically faced by Black Americans through class discussion, interpretation, and journaling.
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Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils examine the lives of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth. They create a "found" poem using the voices of both brothers and perform the poem for the rest of the class.
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) (Grades K-3)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine the Brown v. Board of Education case in Topeka, Kansas. They re-enact the courtroom and discuss how school would be different today if this case never existed. They discuss how public education has been affected by this...
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At Home On The Range

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the history and domestication of the Bovidae family and their importance to our prairie ecosystem. Using a map of the United States, students located the American Great Plains. They complete worksheets and discuss...
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Social Studies: Population Distribution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a population distribution map of Goodland Island indicating where people live by marking the locations with dots. After reading a written description of the island, they write short paragraphs explaining and justifying...
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At Play with Applique

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Students apply an applique after learning about the process. Students accurately baste the appliques to the background fabric and hold them securely during the needle turn process.
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Whose River Is It?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the world around them through authors, poets, and artists eyes and ears as it relates to them with the river theme. They examine and interpret conditions that might affect the river. Students read books about rivers....
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Flowers

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Students create flowers out of coffee filters, green construction paper, pipe cleaners, scissors, and glue in this quick and easy pre-Kindergarten lesson for Spring time. The lesson is broken down into six short steps with clearly...
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If You Were Katy: Let's Play a Game

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students simulate sound effects from Katy and the Big Snow. They read and discuss Katy and the Big Snow, create sound effects for the objects in the book and practice sounding out beginning sounds for words. After sounding out the words,...
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Race, Language and Separation

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss the idea of separation in today's society. In groups, they examine the laws used in the past with a focus on "separate, but equal". They review the Brown v. Board of Education case and determine if it caused or...
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Jack And Jill

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the reading of "Jack and Jill" with the help of a poster to set the context for class activities like discussion. They read the story and fill in the blanks for the words that are...
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Green Building and Development

For Students 9th - 12th
In this environment worksheet, high schoolers find the solutions to building an environmentally friendly home and they examine the long-terms costs associated with ownership.
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Sentence Completion

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students finish ten sets of unfinished sentences by joining them together with a variety of -ing expressions.
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Verb Usage

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar activity, students choose the correct verb in parentheses that makes twenty sentences grammatically correct.
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That's Not a Verb! Worksheet 2

For Students 4th - 5th
In this verbs worksheet, students analyze 12 words in a list that are nouns, but can also be used as verbs. Students select the correct words to complete 12 sentences.
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Worksheet 9. Which Word Doesn't Belong?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this word group worksheet, students read the 4 words or phrases and check the one that does not belong in the group. There are 12 groups to analyze.