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Scrambled Letters
In this scrambled letters learning exercise, students unscramble groups of words that are categorized. Students determine fifteen words and write in blank spaces.
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Applications and Writing Functions
In this college level Pre-Calculus activity, students use polynomial and rational functions to solve application word problems. The three page activity contains forty-four problems. Answers are not included.
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Adjective? What's an Adjective?
Mount a variety of pictures (fantasy, rustic, portraits, action) on large sheets of paper and post them around the classroom. Groups rotate from poster to poster, adding adjectives to describe each of the pictures. Writers use these word...
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Alphabet Coloring Page: Letter Bb
In this alphabet coloring activity, students identify the uppercase and lowercase letter Bb. Students color the image and words for the butterfly.
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Letter Y Coloring Page
In this alphabet coloring activity, students identify the uppercase and lowercase letter y. Students color the image and words for the yolk.
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Presidents and the Constitution: George W. Bush and the Case of Bush v. Gore (2000)
Students examine the impact of court decisions. In this Supreme Court lesson, students read the Bush v. Gore case study regarding the presidential election of 2000. Students take notes on the case and respond to discussion questions...
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Shizuko’s Daughter: K-W-L
What would your class like to learn about Japanese culture? Prepare them for a novel unit about Kyoko Mori's Shizuko's Daughter with a KWL chart. After listing what they already know about Japanese culture, they write questions about...
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too #5
The student create a drawing of themselves through the use of multicultural people color crayons. They explain to a teacher what makes them special. Young scholars investigate family types, skin color, eye color, hair color, and favorites.
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Spelling Unit- School Theme
In this school themed spelling unit, students study 12 more difficult words relating to school . Students complete a variety of activities with these words: dictionary work, definitions, scrambled words, and a word hunt.
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Math Crossword Puzzle x 7
Here is a valuable math worksheet. Young mathematicians solve ten multiplication problems and then write the products as words to solve a crossword puzzle. All of the facts are from the seven times family.
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On-Demand Assessment: Writing of an Information Paragraph About How a Bullfrog Survives
Having read and discussed Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle, third graders demonstrate their bullfrog expertise by writing informational paragraphs. Building on the note-taking and paragraph planning from the previous lesson plan, learners...
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Simile and Metaphor
Young poets use word cards to prompt a metaphor poem comparing to very dissimilar items.
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“I Can” Common Core! 1st Grade Writing
"I can" statements are great for wording the Common Core standards in a way everybody will understand. Prime first graders with a writing checklist that addresses eight key expository writing standards taken directly from the Common...
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How do Poets Use Language?
Why do writers choose the language they do? Here's a resource that has the poet himself answer that very question. Joseph Coelho explains why he chose the words and images he used in his poem, "If All the World Were Paper."
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Multiplication PowerPoint
Providing a step-by-step explanation of two-digit multiplication, a list of vocabulary words associated with this concept, and great examples, this resource would be a terrific classroom addition. Besides the set of of simple...
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Exploration of 'pill bugs'
Fifth graders define words. They create a dichotomous key. After carefully examining pill bugs, 5th graders record observations. They compare and contrast habitats of pillbugs.
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Unit 1: Contemporary Fiction - They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems by David Bowles
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles is the focus of a five-week language arts unit unit. Fifth graders listen to various poems and participate in thoughtful discussions, examining vocabulary and learning new words in...
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Explore Chapters 1 - 5
Students preview the novel, "Dragonwings," by Laurence Yep, make connections between the novel previewed and their prior knowledge, other texts, and the world. They utilize graphic representations including charts, graphs, pictures, and...
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Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: On-Demand Informational Writing
Lesson 7 focuses on building academic vocabulary and writing an explanatory letter with supported textual evidence. For the first five minutes of the instructional activity, the educator reminds the class of how to read and refer to the...
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Cell 5 Diffusion and Osmosis
Students distinguish between active and passive transport. Students identify key words associated with active and passive transport. They draw and explain the structure f the cellular membrane. They are able to define phospholipid...
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Who, What, When, Where And Why is He There?
Students examine the process of asking the 5 W questions in order to increase their reading comprehension while reading non-fiction passages. They review silent reading techniques before listening to a teacher read aloud, and discussing...
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Sarah, Plain and Tall - Intro to Literature Circle jobs
Students read a book with each student having a specific job for the class. In this literature lesson, students read Sarah, Plain and Tall over 10 days, dividing up responsibilities for each student to make sure everyone understands the...
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Mathematical Modeling and constant Rate Equations
In this rates learning exercise, students solve five story (word) problems related to rate and time. In two of the problems students are directed to create a graph of the problem.
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'I magic e' Missing Vowels
In this phonics missing vowel activity activity, learners fill in the missing vowels in 30 words in order to form 30 words with the long i sound. Students then read the list of words they have created.