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Science vs. Science Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students acknowledge the difference between science and science fiction through a compare/contrast activity. They discuss their reading materials together. Students identify characteristics specific to science fiction.
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HOLES UNIT

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students participate in the unit based on the Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar and the Walt Disney Movie "Holes". They use the layered curriculum model of assessment and activities.
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Regroup in Multiplication

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this regrouping in multiplication practice worksheet, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Wise Shoppers

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete several activities to learn about currency and the functions of money. In this money functions lesson, students complete activities to learn what are the functions of money. Students calculate item prices with...
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When Did It Happen in the Story?

For Students 5th - 8th
In this sequencing worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about the sequence of events in 2 stories they read. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Crime Scene: The Case of the Missing Computer Chip

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, in teams, attempt to solve a simulated crime scene.
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Fun With Formatting

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the concept of using a word processing program with the intention of improving formatting skills like centering text. They also highlight different text sections and demonstrate how to save changes made to a document...
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Technology in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students in French class practice using the Internet to research information. After researching a region in France, they used the information to create a PowerPoint presentation. They present their slides to the class and discover the...
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Evolution of Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the evolution of life. They read sections of their text and make a foldable of the key vocabulary terms. They identify two types of butterflies and represent their similarities and differences on a Venn diagram. They...
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Checkbook

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine how to balance a checkbook.  For this economics lesson, students demonstrate that they can balance a checkbook by completing an activity that includes a check register and bank statement.
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Hawthorne: Author and Narrator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read various pieces of literature by Nathaniel Hawthorne to recognize the difference between a narrator and author. Students in small groups report on the narrative point of view represented in a story they have read.
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EARLY GREEK TIMES

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research Athens and Sparta and make a list of what was acceptable and not acceptable for men and women during this time.
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Unnatural Selection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify quotation marks and demonstrate the uses of quotation marks. They rewrite sentences without quotation marks and discuss how the meanings can change without the use of quotation marks. In addition, they make their own...
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Meanings of Addition

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this beginning addition worksheet, students read the information and examples that demonstrate that addition means putting together groups. Students then solve 2 addition problems.
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Anne of Green Gables Activity Sheet and Progress Test

For Students 7th - 10th
In this activity sheet and progress test worksheet, students respond to a total of 25 multiple choice, matching, fill in the blank and short answer questions pertaining to Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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Before, After, Between

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this number order practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that require them to use a number line to solve.
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Reading the Biography

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore the lives of famous Americans. In this biography lesson, students read biographies about famous Americans and keep reading journals as they read about setting, main events, and character sketches.
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Chinese Philosophies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compare Confucianism and Daoism. In this Chinese culture lesson, students listen to a lecture comparing the religious philosophies and take a quiz at the end of the lesson.
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Esperanza Rising

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore foreign cultures by reading a story in class. In this Hispanic history instructional activity, students read the story Radio Man by Arthur Dorros and identify the times discrimination is used in the story. Students...
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A Tour of Rome Fit for an Emperor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students travel to Rome. For this geography skills lesson, students explore famous places in Rome with Google Earth tools. Students research the city of Rome and create touring brochures of the city from the perspectives of past emperors...
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Creating a Story Quilt

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a quilt to represent an important event in their life. For this visual arts lesson, students research Faith Finggold and her quilts. Students use art supplies to create their own quilt and share the symbolic meaning with...
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Printing Press

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate the impact of the printing press on society.  In this printing press lesson, students discuss occupations and industries that have grown up due to the invention of the printing press.  Students work in...
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"The Good Samaritan" Activity

For Students 4th - 5th
In this The Good Samaritan worksheet, students match beginnings and endings of sentences to complete the story, answer short answer questions and complete a word search.
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Square Root Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve problems using square roots. In this algebra lesson plan, students add, subtract, and multiply square roots. They match the correct answer to the root they are solving.