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Information from Book Covers
In this book cover information learning exercise, students choose a book cover to examine and respond to 7 questions regarding the cover.
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Home Spelling Practice: Grade 5: Words That End With "en" or "on"
In this spelling learning exercise, students learn to spell a list of 20 words in a list. All words have the "en" or "on" ending. Students write each word once. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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KFC Lesson Plan 1 - Dirt
Students study soil. In this soil instructional activity, students work at four different centers. They investigate what soil is made of,examine soil components, look at soil erosion, examine the soil in different biomes. They wrap up...
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A Year in Arizona
Fourth graders create a calendar about their state. In this state calendar lesson plan, 4th graders select a state theme and create a calendar based on that theme. Students write paragraphs for each month related to the theme and design...
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U.S. Involvement in Nation-Building Before Iraq
Students analyze U.S. involvement in Iraq. In this foreign policy lesson, students listen to their instructor lecture on America's nation-building policies. Students respond to questions pertaining to nation-building practices.
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Advertisement storyboard
In this advertisement worksheet, 4th graders fill in a cloze passage of advertisements with 17 correct words. They answer 9 questions after looking at an advertisement storyboard.
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Soccer: Dribbling and Tackling
Students explore how to dribble the ball and tackle the players in possession of the ball. A drill for practice is included.
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Star Sullivan by Maeve Binchy
Students read, analyze and discuss the novel, "Star Sullivan," by Meave Binchy. They research information about the author, outline the setting to the novel, and complete an extract assignment from Chapter 1 to be turned in on a specific...
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How To Change Your Life In 7 Steps by John Bird
Students read, analyze and discuss the book, "How To Change Your Life In 7 Steps," by John Bird. They evaluate what the author states as one begins to get started, taking each of the steps one by one, learning to change and how to make...
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Screw It, Let's Do It
Students examine the possible application of the lessons drawn from business life in personal life. They are told that each section of the book has a heading indicationg a lesson Richard Branson has drawn from in his life. Students work...
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Woman Walks into a Bar
Students create an imaginative response to a book title as a way to anticipate what the book is going to be about. They explore the use of humour to make a serious point. Students are asked what they think that statement 'Woman walks...
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Someone Like Me
Students investigate what sort of person the author is. They listen as the teacher use her notes to introduce Tom Holt briefly. Students are asked if anyone has read any of his books. They work in pairs to find more about Tom Holt as a...
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The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope
Students read, analyze and critique the novel, "The Book Boy," by Joanna Trollope. They brainstorm if you can tell a book by its cover, construct a character map, explore cultural differences and investigate how a family hides a family...
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Blackwater by Conn Iggulden
Learners read, analyze, critique and discuss the novel, "Blackwater," by Conn Iggulden. They brainstorm and evaluate what's in a name, follow the clues to solving the mystery and explore what happened next to the main character from this...
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Hell Island by Matthew Reilly
Students read, analyze and discuss the novel, "Hell Island," by Matthew Reilly. They assess the anticipating action, the synopsis, what's in a name, the greater good and the prologue introducing the anticipating action of the novel.
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The Thief by Ruth Rendell
Learners read, examine, critique and discuss the novel, "The Thief," by Ruth Rendell. They explore the creation of the characters in the novel, crime writers and analyze an extract from Chapter 1 to fully assess the overall meaning to...
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Lakes
Students role-play members of an ecosystem. In this lake ecosystems lesson, students simulate various organisms within an ecosystem to discover the impact on the environment.
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Aqueducts
Students explain the different aspects of aqueducts. In this aqueduct lesson students complete an activity and fill out a worksheet.
PBS
Africans in America: Equiano's Autobiography
From a larger site from PBS' Africans in America, blurb about Olaudah Equiano and his autobiography with a link to text of this historical document.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Exploring Patterns & Writing Word Problems
In this lesson, students will listen to the book called The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang, but before reading, students will listen for the "different" way to solve the problem on each page. After reading, students will focus on one page...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Natural History Notebooks
This site from the Canadian Museum of Nature, a natural history museum, provides short information blurbs and fun facts on over 240 different common animals categorized by type (mammals, fish, reptiles, invertebrates, amphibians,...
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Abstract Art: Mark Rothko
This website from Abstract Art presents a blurb on Mark Rothko, an abstract expressionistic painter.
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Abstract Art: Mark Rothko
This website from Abstract Art presents a blurb on Mark Rothko, an abstract expressionistic painter.
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Abstract Art: Mark Rothko
This website from Abstract Art presents a blurb on Mark Rothko, an abstract expressionistic painter.
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