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Trips as Cheap as Chips

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students take part in summer activities. In this field trip opportunities lesson, students may visit California Country Park, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Manchester Art Gallery, the Princess Diana Memorial Playground, or Towneley...
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Valentines Roses

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create bouquets of roses using tissue paper, pipe cleaners, masking tape, paint, and construction paper in this early elementary art lesson plan. A possible extension includes making Vlentine's Day cards to go along with the...
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Fringe My Heart

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars create fringed Valentine's Day hearts in this Art lesson for the elementary school classroom. The lesson includes step-by-step instructions and a materials list. This was created by an 11-year old who loves arts and crafts.
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Olympic Field Day

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars participate in a school-wide "Olympics" complete with opening and closing ceremonies, class competitions, medals and more. Activities can vary depending on age and physical abilities.
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"Once More to the Lake" by E.B. White

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Revisit your own childhood memories of long summers and lakeside fun with E.B. White's essay, "Once More to the Lake." Included here is the actual text as well as a series of short-answer questions that follow. Not only do readers study...
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Total English Elementary: The Riley's Summer Holiday

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension activity, students read a 2 paragraph passage about a family's summer holiday and highlight the use of present continuous verbs as they respond to 9 short answer questions.
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Snow Day

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this seasonal worksheet, pupils complete activities having to do with snow. A word search, a maze, and a short answer question all pertain to snow and winter vocabulary.
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Past Simple Verb Tense - My Summer Holidays!

For Students 4th - 5th
In this past simple verb interactive activity, students fill in 15 blanks in a paragraph about "My Summer Holidays." They fill in the blanks with the past simple verb tense of each verb that is identified in parentheses.
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Life in a One-Room Arkansas Schoolhouse

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students read primary source documents to examine what a typical school day was like in the early 1900s. They discover how African-American children were taught differently than whites. They compare and contrast past school days to...
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Past Tense Verbs- Fill In the Blank

For Students 5th - 8th
In this past tense verbs activity, students fill the blank lines with the correct form of the verb which is given in parentheses at the end of the sentence. They complete 30 examples.
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New Traditions in Our Family

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss the importance of traditions in families. In groups, they share their traditions at certain times of the year. As a class, they read "When This Box is Full" and create a box representing the different seasons. ...
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Homophones in Sentences

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students read the definition of a homophone. They read 20 sentences and circle the homophones in each one.
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Summer Safety Activity: Stop, Drop, and Roll!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice stop, drop and roll. For this fire safety lesson, students learn to stop when the music stops, drop when the music stops, and then roll when the music stops. That can be translated to stop, drop, and roll in case of a...
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Using Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore ways to use technology. They create pictures with Kid Pix software to describe something about themselves. They create pictures os something they did over the summer and write sentences to accompany their pictures. They...
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Arbor Day Challenge: Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Arbor Day crossword puzzle, students use a set of 28 clues given at the bottom of the page to complete the puzzle; clues are related to Arbor Day.
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Preposition of Time

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar activity, learners fill in each blank in eighteen sentences with the appropriate preposition of time that makes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Let's Play Outside!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Here are 14 games for you to bring to summer camp, a neighborhood gathering, or a birthday party!
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Winnie the Pooh discovers seasons

For Students 1st - 3rd
Here is a charming worksheet on the seasons. Young learners watch a video about Winnie the Pooh and seasons which is embedded in the worksheet. They read sentences, fill in the blanks, and identify seasons based on the Winnie the Pooh...
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Reading a Classic Novel

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Charles Dickens offers an excellent example of sensory writing in this reading comprehension learning exercise. Learners read excerpts from the novel Hard Times in which he describes the New England industrial city of Coketown. They...
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Finding the Main Idea

For Students 8th - 9th
Thar she blows! An excerpt from Herman Melville’s Moby Dick provides the text for an exercise in finding the main idea. After recording the main idea of the passage, readers also provide two supporting ideas. An answer key is provided.
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People Management

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed Standards
Introduce your pupils to the invaluable life skill of team and project management. Through worksheets, discussion, and role-playing activities, learners practice using tactful language, explore various management styles, and identify...
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Language Arts

For Teachers 5th
In this literacy worksheet, 5th graders practice putting sentences in order, use words to complete sentences, and rewrite them correctly for the 25 questions.
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Olympic Mascots - and Mash-Ups

For Students 5th - 8th
The Learning Network has formulated a fill-in the blank learning exercise to go along with the New York Times article "Olympic Mascots Inspire Imitations". While the topic is not entirely about physical education, this article could be...
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Clowning Around: Drawing

For Teachers K - 1st
Kids create a clown out of shapes. They work to show emotions while practicing their drawing skills. Pupils use circles, triangles, squares, oil pastels, and their imagination to draw, color, and decorate a sad or happy clown. Tip: Have...