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Introduction to Worm Bin Project
Students observe the decomposing process of the food chain in a worm bin. They observe whether the type of food fed to worms affect the castings given off during the decomposition process. They learn and practice graphing their findings.
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John Carpenter- Student A and Student B
For this ESL vocabulary building worksheet, students collaborate with a partner to fill in the blanks in a story. Each of the 2 stories provided is identical, but with different words omitted. Students read the story together and fill in...
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Present Perfect
In this verb tense worksheet, learners complete a 34 question multiple choice online interactive exercise. Students read each verb phrase and mark if it is past simple or present perfect simple.
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ESL: Verb Forms
In this ESL verb forms learning exercise, students read a letter and fill in correct verbs to complete, then complete 2 multiple choice sentences questions.
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Should We Allow New Mining in the Upper Peninsula?
Students compose an essay taking a position on whether or not a proposed
mine near Marquette, MI should be opened. Students defend their position addressing relevant issues through factual supporting details. Their essay includes an...
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Travels Of A Florida Migrant Child
Middle schoolers discuss the story Amelia's Road by Vickie Leigh Krudwig in this cross-curricular Math lesson for the middle-level classroom. Elements of the social sciences are addressed. Cooperative learning groups are suggested for...
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Capital Letters
In this language arts worksheet, students proofread written work for capitalization errors. Students first read the capitalization rules, then put capital letters where they are needed into the right places in a story.
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Thanksgiving Friends
Students listen to teacher read alouds of books that include facts about Thanksgiving. They discuss what they are thankful for and share this discussion with another class through e-mail.
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Worm Bin Project Data Exchange
Students work collaboratively to exchange data with their peers (groups of students at other schools) about their worm bin project. They discuss differing findings and hypothesize reasons for these differences.
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Post Office Stamps
Students research and analyze how communication has changed over time. They chart communication developments on a timeline, and create commemorative stamps depicting forms of communication.
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Earth Bags
Students discuss the environment and the problems facing our natural resources. They write ways to help the environment on paper grocery bags, illustrate them, and distribute them to grocery stores to be used with customers.
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Academic Achievement
Students investigate how to formulate challenging academic goals. They plan how to reach those goals determining which are long-term and which are short-term goals.
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The Pony Express
Fourth graders reasearch the history of the Pony Express on the internet or they can use books from the school or public library. They write a one-page story which incorporates their research. They share their stories with the class by...
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Chemical Reactions
Learners work in groups to define chemistry vocabulary including the terms reactants, products, exothermic and endothermic. They then combine the group definitions to arrive at a consensus definition for the class. Students also listen...
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From Bolls To Bolts
Students investigate the concept of cotton manufacturing. The skills of setting statements in chronological order is developed. They are shown pictures of products and place them in order. The lesson plan includes background information...
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Selecting Soil Organisms in Compost
Students conduct an experiment to demonstrate that many of the enzyme systems needed to break down society's wastes exist in nature among the decomposers in a compost pile. They culture compost bacteria on starch agar to examine the...
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Selecting Soil Organisms in Compost
Pupils demonstrate that many of the enzyme systems needed to break down--and therefore clean up-society's wastes already exist in nature among the decomposers. They select the best starch-munching organisms by altering the environment in...
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Teaching Voluntary Reading
Students participate in a variety of activities to increase their fluency and read for pleasure. They read books of their choice, participate in author talks and book talks, write book reviews, and select favorite books for a class...
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Chinese Lantern Festival - Social Studies
Students explore the culture and heritage of their own and other groups. They explain ways communities celebrate New Year's. Students explore how and why individuals and groups pass on and sustain their culture and heritage. Pupils...
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When were you selfless today?
Learners, after reading and analyzing the poem, Selflessness of Mind, by Joe Gurknecht, brainstorm and discuss specific recent student acts of selflessness. They develop strategies to tie those acts of selflessness to themselves and...
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Test Your Speaking And Listening Skills: Role Playing- Family
In this speaking and listening worksheet, students improve their oral language skills by collaborating with a classmate in a dialogue. The subject of the dialogue is "my dad's new girlfriend" and would be best suited to older students.
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Writing Activity: A Trip to Sudan
In this writing activity worksheet, students write a report about a real or imaginary trip to Sudan. Students are given a cover page, and suggestions for completing their report.
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Testing Your Speaking and Listening Skills - Role Play - Family
In this role playing worksheet, students role play the language that they would use talking about a parent's divorce and meeting their father's new girlfriend. There are no questions associated with this worksheet.
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Editing Worksheet
In this editing worksheet, students must read a letter and correct verb tense errors. Students must be able to identify correct verb tenses and edit errors.