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African-American Folktales

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners are introduced to the characteristics of folktales and their purpose. As a class, they listen to a folktale, answer questions about the characters and share which part they enjoyed the best. In groups, they compare and...
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Somebody's Knocking At My Door

For Teachers K
Students perform animal sounds and movements, demonstrate a steady beat using both feet, and perform portions of the song "Somebody's Knocking At My Door" in this Music lesson for the Kindergarten classroom. State and National Standards...
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A Picture is worth a Thousand Words, But a Word Can be worth a Thousand Pictures!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners examine the process of creating mental images, or visualization, as a tool to increase reading comprehension. They practice visualizing while the teacher reads a passage to them by drawing what they hear focusing on including...
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Super Summarization

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners analyze one way to help in comprehending information from text is summarization. They encounter that summarizing includes instruction on how to delete trivial details and redundancies, place items and events in order, and create...
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B B BEE!!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students recognize phonemes in spoken words and match letters to phonemes. They focus on the letter /b/ and the meaningful representation of the /b/. They read 'The Honeybee and the Robber' by Eric Carle and hold up their bees when...
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Building Blocks Of Comprehension: What Is The Big Idea?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson that is about finding the main idea of a passage of reading. They use a passage while focusing upon the words and defining vocabulary. The students work on fluency and then identify the main idea.
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Vocabulary and Word Work Units

For Students 6th - 8th
In these 4 vocabulary unit worksheets, middle schoolers create compound words, complete word puzzles, finish sentences with the proper words or phrase, and match pictures to the proper word.
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Fears and Phobias 1

For Students 5th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students explore the Greek names for fears and phobias by reading 15 fears and phobias. Students do Internet research to find out the official names. Example: fear of fire (pyrophobia)
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Alphabetical Order

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this alphabetical order learning exercise, students place groups of words in alphabetical order. Each group contains three words and there are 18 groups on the page. An answer sheet is included.
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ESL Animal Name Matching Worksheet

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL animal name matching learning exercise, learners match 10 small clip art pictures of animals with their names. They match animal names such as a dog, a snake, a giraffe, and a butterfly.
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Metaphorical Expressions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this idioms worksheet, students read 12 metaphorical expressions and match them to their meanings in another column. Many feature parts of the body, such as "heavy heart."
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Simpson's Lesson

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In these Simpson's themed worksheets, students will respond to 10 comprehension questions and then synthesize a new ending to an episode of the Simpson's television show.
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Animals, Animals!--Animal Nouns

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this animal nouns worksheet, students participate in a hunt for animals. Students look over a list of 12 words and put an N next to each one that is a noun and a X next to each word that is not a noun. Students write the name of 3 of...
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Verb Review 1 and 2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students fill in the 10 blanks with the correct verb tense of the word in parentheses. The verb could be present or past tense.
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The City and the Country

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this city and country life worksheet, students list the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city compared to living in the country. Students then put 25 words under the column in which they belong: city or country.
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Chapter Thirteen Test: Using Gerunds and Infinitives

For Students 6th - 8th
In this grammar test worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions as they choose the correct gerund or infinitive to complete 10 sentences. Students also read 18 sentences and mark whether or not they are written...
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Plural Nouns

For Students 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, 3rd graders write the correct plural form for each of 18 nouns on the blank lines. They add es if the noun ends in s, x, z, ch, or sh.
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Handwriting: S

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood printing practice worksheet, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter s. Students also practice printing 3 sentences using the letter.
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Where is it?

For Students 2nd
In this location words worksheet, students read 5 sentences describing an animal's location. Students must read the bold location word such as "on" or "next to" and draw a picture of the animal in its place. 
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Total English Advanced: Animals and Their Environment Crossword!

For Students 9th - 12th
In this key vocabulary crossword puzzle learning exercise, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 14 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle.
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Jump-Rope Round-Up

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars engage in group jump rope activities. In this jump rope lesson, students follow directions to play various jump rope games, some with specific songs attached. There are 4 different renditions of jump rope activities...
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Negatives

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this negatives review learning exercise, students practice using negatives appropriately as they answer 14 multiple choice questions.
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Using Irregular Verbs: Lay and Lie

For Students 5th - 6th
In these irregular verbs worksheets, students learn to select the correct form of lay or lie. Students read the sentences and select the correct verb form of lay or lie to complete each sentence.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Ch. 1-3)

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH worksheet, students respond to 14 multiple choice reading comprehension questions regarding chapters 1-3 of the book.