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Combining and Breaking Apart Numbers

For Teachers 1st
First graders read Imogene's Antlers by David Small the create pipe cleaner antlers. Using these as a tool students combine and create number sentences. They continue to work through the framework of a software program.
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Notetaking Procedures

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore notetaking procedures. In this study skills lesson, 6th graders use text organizers to categorize information.  Students select textbook sections and write headings, subheadings, and summary phrases for each...
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Create Your Own Coded Language

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students discover and identify cryptology used in everyday life. They decipher or crack codes. Students create their own secret writing or coded messages, and develop a dictionary of eponyms. They discuss how they have already...
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Microscopes, Telescopes, and Cameras

For Students 7th - 12th
In this lenses worksheet, learners will explain how microscopes work by completing 4 short answer questions. Students will compare refracting telescopes with reflecting telescopes by writing the terms given under the correct column. Then...
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Forces and Pressure

For Students 6th - 12th
In this forces learning exercise, students will review the different types of forces and how forces are measured. This learning exercise has 9 fill in the blank, 1 short answer, and 11 multiple choice questions.
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Electromagnetic Waves

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electromagnetic waves worksheet, students review the different types of electromagnetic waves. Students also compare and contrast light and sound waves. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank, 5 multiple choice, and 6 short...
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Matter in Solution

For Students 7th - 12th
In this solutions worksheet, students review types of solutions, concentration and saturation of solutions, and suspensions and colloids. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank, 7 multiple choice, and 6 short answer questions.
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Machines

For Students 7th - 12th
For this machines worksheet, students review different types of simple machines including pulleys, wedges, levers, and inclined planes. This worksheet has 10 matching, 4 multiple choice, and 8 short answer questions.
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ESL Identifying Foods- What Is It?

For Students 4th
For this ESL food words fill in the blank worksheet, 4th graders examine 7 colorful clip art pictures of different types of food. They write the name of the food item on the blank line under the question, "What is it?"
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Worksheet 9. Conversation Completions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this conversation completion worksheet, students complete the conversations by writing the letter of the correct phrase in the blank in the sentences. There are 8 conversations to complete.
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Vocabulary Building Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match words to definitions, solve riddles and complete fill in the blank sentences. Students do the same activities for 4 sets of 20 words.
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Chapters 5, 6, 7

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read chapters from Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and complete literary response activities. In this chapter analysis lesson, students read chapters 5, 6, and 7 and discuss the highlights. Students practice...
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Out of the Dust: Open Form Poetry

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students write a description of their own life in the same style used in the first poem in Out of the Dust.  For this Out of the Dust lesson, students discuss open form poetry and how the spacing and line breaks create a flow...
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Introduction to Adverbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students categorize a list of words into various categories of their choosing. They notice patterns in the lists and discuss -ly words and adverbs. They practice adding adverbs to sentences.
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Spanish-American War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers view a video called Battling Beyond the Borders about the Spanish-American War. They discuss the role of newspapers in the war and then analyze political cartoons of the time, writing explanatory sentences about them.
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Anglo-Saxon Period: An Introduction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read information about Anglo-Saxon rulers and literary techniques, then complete a worksheet to help them review. Students take notes about the oral tradition, Anglo-Saxon literary terms, and Anglo-Saxon poetry. Pupils create a...
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Gathering, Evaluating, And Organizing Information for a Report

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students gather and organize information for a research report on a topic of their choosing. Each students selects a subject for their research. Using traditional and electronic data they reference four or more appropriate resources...
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Rules For Succeeding At Work

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss and list examples of work ethic and job motivation. Appropriate dress for different job types is discussed as well as proper work etiquette including absenteeism and tardiness. Students create rules for succeeding at...
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French Cheese

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how cheese in France is made. Using the internet, they read articles about the importance of cheese in the French culture. They identify the various French cheeses and locate the areas in France that manufacture...
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The Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use factual information to locate historically significant items in a film clip. They navigate the site searching for the answers to the clues listed on the handout. Students write their answers in complete sentences. Some of...
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Someone is Summarizing

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice summarizing text using James E. Knight's, "Boston Tea Party, Rebellion in the Colonies." They read the story silently before summarizing it using main ideas and supporting details and deciding what type of information...
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Making a Grocery List

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students assess a variety of reading strategies to properly develop a list of grocery words. They draw conclusions about environmental print by matching labels to sentences. Real-life words utilized weekly becomes an asset to the...
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That's Not a Noun!

For Students 5th - 6th
In this nouns and verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 12 sentences with a word from the word bank that is commonly used as a verb, but may also be a noun.
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Matching Places

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL matching places worksheet, students will focus on different types of places. Students will respond to 8 questions by analyzing the photos presented and matching the picture with its proper location.