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Assessment
Fluence Learning

Writing an Opinion: Buddies that Bark or Purr-fect Pets?

For Students 3rd Standards
Which animal is best for you—a dog or cat? Why? Engage third graders in an opinion writing assessment that prompts them to read facts about both pets, and then write and decide which pet is best for them.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Yummy Venn Diagrams

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Develop a list of topic sentences using a Venn diagram. The class compares Ritz cracker to Oreo cookies, create a list of possible topic sentences, then composes an expository paragraph comparing the two food items.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Makes a Cat a Cat?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate the lives of pets by videotaping them.  In this animal life lesson, students videotape a cat and other pets using school cameras in a computer lab.  Young scholars review the footage from the cat and...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Comparative Sentences

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this comparative adjectives activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences about the pictures with comparative adjectives. Students complete 11 problems.
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PPT
Positively Autism

"The Napping House" Vocabulary

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
House, sleeping, bed, granny, child, dog, cat, mouse, flea. Introduce these vocabulary words before a reading of The Napping House.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Comperative and Superlatives

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this comparative and superlative words learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct comparative or superlative words. Students complete 30 multiple choice questions total.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare and contrast wild and domestic animal needs. In this animal welfare lesson, students read the poem Where the Wild Things Shouldn't Be and create a list of wild and domestic animals. Students create a short play or song...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Math: Greater Than, Less Than, Equals

For Students 2nd - 4th
Elementary schoolers learn about using the symbols for greater than, less than and equal to. They answer nine questions using the information they learned. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Gingerbread Man

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the Jan Brett version of the book "The Gingerbread Man." They compare and contrast two versions of the story, prepare and eat gingerbread cookies, describe their gingerbread man...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dogfighting Lesson Two - Bite Prevention and Community

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners discover how to prevent dog bites by completing worksheets and watching a video.  In this animal safety lesson, students view a video called Dogs, Cats and Big Kids, taking notes throughout.  Learners take a quiz...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pizza Fraction Fun

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students solve for fractions using a pizza. In this fraction lesson plan, students listen to a read aloud, decorate pizzas, then cut their pizzas apart to show equivalent fractions. Once their pizzas are cut apart, they share different...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animals in Japan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare and contrast common animals children love and have as pets in Japan and America in this early elementary lesson. The culminating project is an original work of art by each student depicting an animal of their choice.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ratios

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ratios instructional activity, learners write the ratios for 3 number sentences, solve 2 word problems and change 5 ratios to fractional notations.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students conduct hands-on experiments. In this life cycle lesson, students are able to observe a variety of animals as they travel through their life cycle (brine shrimp, mealworms, frog eggs and chicken eggs). Students respond to what...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ASL: Lesson 10

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Focus on learning how to sign cardinal and ordinal numbers, nouns, and lexicalized fingerspelling. Here is lesson 10 of the series on learning ASL. Provided, are multiple links that provide a visual guide to proper signing. Teach your...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Bringing Animal Issues Into the Classroom

For Students 2nd - 9th
An informative worksheet invites learners to compose essays about animals. Some excellent writing prompts are included in this innovative worksheet. Use these ideas with a variety of grade levels.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where is Shirley the Elephant?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young animal lovers engage in a lesson that's all about elephants. They access an elephant sanctuary website and read a story about Shirley the elephant. They perform a series of activities based upon that story, and also study about the...
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Assessment
Science Matters

Post-Assessment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Twenty questions make up an assessment designed to test super scientists' knowledge of ecosystems. Scholars answer multiple-choice and short-answer questions about organisms, food chains, energy flow, and more.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Animal Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars participate in numerous activities to gather information about parts of the life cycle. In this life science lesson, the teacher choose from a number of activities to create or support an interdisciplinary unit about the...
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Activity
Harper Collins

If You Give...Series Teaching Guide

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
If you give teachers a few good ideas, they can really bring a story to life. Included in this resource are dozens of activities to use as your class reads books in the If You Give... series. From holding puppet shows and creating...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coming Home:From the Life of Langston Hughes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to the non-fiction book: COMING HOME: FROM THE LIFE OF LANGSTON HUGHES. They identify examples of metaphors and similies within the book and understand how this figure of speech is used in writing. They then create...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Spelling Plurals

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this spelling plurals worksheet, students study the 5 common rules for spelling plurals. Students fill in a chart in which the singular nouns are made plural. Then students find plurals in their reading books and classify them...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pet Care Adds Up

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars calculate the costs of properly caring for a pet. In this animal welfare lesson, students use pet supply catalogs and websites to gather information about the cost of caring for a pet. Young scholars are divided into...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Is That Cat Fat?

For Students 3rd - 5th
There are over 58 million overweight cats and dogs in the United States alone. In this science project you will determine what percentage of the pets you know are overweight and how their weights compare to weight of pets throughout the...