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Social Studies: Presidential Mock Interviews

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students, working in pairs, conduct mock interviews of American presidents, highlighting personal and political details. They research their chosen president on the Internet prior to their role-playing presentation. Students publish...
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Motivating and Speaking Activities

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students participate in various activities to encourage speaking. They design a board game using the questions, dice and counters. Students are given partial information about a topic. They exchange information with their classmates...
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Music Terms Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this music worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle of fourteen basic music terms about instruments, beats, and performance groups.
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Elementary Progress Test

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL progress test, students complete a 3 part assessment of basic grammar and sentence writing. Students correct errors in 6 sentences, complete 9 questions with the correct question word and write 5 sentences using key words...
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The"Dirt" on Soil

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the three different types of soil and their physical properties.  In this soil lesson students design and implement a model of a water treatment plant. 
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Rhyme Around Baseball

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use word family endings to create rhyming words for that word family. In this rhyming activity, students divide into teams and play a game of word baseball where they create rhyming words for a specific word family.
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Homophones-Grade 3

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders engage in a discussion of homophones with the teacher. In this homophone instructional activity, 3rd graders read "The King Who Rained" and circle homophones used in sentences taken from the book. Students share their work...
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Math: Football Fever Fun

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars compile statistics from high school or other football team and construct a spreadsheet on which to record their findings. Using Chart Wizard to analyze the data, they construct charts and graphs for a visual display of the...
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Global Job Hopping

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine basic trade terms and data about the economies of countries increasingly used as outsources for American jobs.
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Manners Matter

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils demonstrate proper behavior in the classroom and in other social situations. They write journal entries, create posters, invitations, and or multimedia presentations depiciting good manners. Pupils pair up with another students...
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Quiz 5B: Irregular Verbs Group 3

For Students 5th - 6th
In this verbs learning exercise, students write the past tense of 12 irregular verbs. Students then complete 7 sentences by using the past form of those same verbs.
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Spring is in the Air: Yes/No Questions

For Students 2nd - 4th
By writing 5 sentences about spring, students practice creating yes and no questions. The prompts for the questions are difficult to follow. A teacher would have to give students explicit directions.
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Quiz: Irregular Verbs

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this irregular verb worksheet, students write the past tense of given verbs and complete sentences using the past tense form of the same verbs.
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Fraction Popsicle Pop-ups

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students decorate and use popsicle sticks to use as manipulatives to assist with their learning of fractions. They play learning games with their popsicle sticks with a partner.
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Conscience and Public Service

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study conscientious observers (COs) in the Civilian Public Service (CPS) during World War II. They explore how the media sources influence public opinion and policy makers, and complete a writing assignment about the topic.
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Visual Addition

For Students K - 1st
In this math worksheet, students solve 14 addition problems in which visual clues are given. Students look at the pictures and write the addition equation which matches. Students add the numbers.
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Edible Coal Mining

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of bituminous coal and the role it plays within our world.  In this economic and earth science lesson, middle schoolers discover and model the extraction methods with hands-on activities.  Learners...
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Tumbling Dice

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils participate in body weight transfer activities while playing a group game with dice that show the activities.
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Blue Genes: Affect Your Life!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, research, analyze and synthesize information on genetic diseases. After watching a video on genetics, groups perform research on a variety of genetic diseases and present their findings to the class.
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Introduction to Computers and Computer Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and spell the parts of a computer work station. They use commands to indicate an action. They complete a web project assignment to complete the lesson.
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VH1 Driven: Shakira, Lesson 3

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students watch a video about the life of Latin singer/pop star, Shakira and identify the elements that make her music unique. They explore Latin music and dance and research the music and dance of a specific Latin American country.
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Literacy: The Puerto Rican Papers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners in an ESL classroom are introduced to new vocabulary before reading a story in their native language. In groups, they discuss how the tradition of writing stories down became a tradition and answer comprehension questions. To...
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The Sexton and the Compass

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students evaluate how movement patterns create and affect interdependence. They analyze the interactions within and between regions and engage in artistic inquiry, exploration, and discovery in collaboration with others. They design...
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Understanding Place Value

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study place value. After forming teams, they play a game called, "Who Can Line Up the Number." Students observe numbers in expanded form and place representative digits in the correct order.