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Monster Fun Learning the Five Senses
Students explore the five senses. In this health lesson, students read the book Brave Little Monster and identify the five senses from the book. Students draw an illustration from the book as a follow-up activity.
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Box It Up
Fifth graders make boxes. In this prisms lesson, 5th graders read the book Counting on Frank and discuss the different things that the boy measures. Students make boxes of various sizes using graph paper and find their volume.
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How Long? How Wide? How Tall? How Deep?
Students estimate the length of given objects. For this measurement lesson, students explore the use of standardized measurement. They also approximate the measurement of given items. Students read stories about measurement and...
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Interactive Notes-"Heat Transfer"
Learners explore heat transfer. In this temperature and molecule behavior instructional activity, students view a PowerPoint while simultaneously performing experiments in which heat transfer is demonstrated. Learners use cold beakers,...
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries
Sixth graders read about Grady, the Silo Cow and analyze the parts of a news story. In this news article lesson, 6th graders discuss writing for different purposes. Students discover the characteristics of a strong headline. Students...
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The Scientific Method
For this scientific method worksheet, students read over the basic steps of the scientific method and then apply those steps to a specific example. This worksheet has 8 short answer questions.
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States of Matter
In this matter activity, learners read a chart that uses water to show the three most common states of matter. Students review the properties of solids. This activity has 2 graphic organizers and 8 fill in the blank questions.
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Understanding Chemical and Physical Reactions
For this chemical and physical reactions worksheet, students read a 2 page science article, answer 10 statements as true or false, give 2 ways a chemical reaction is different from a physical reaction, answer 1 short answer question and...
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Shapes
In this drawing the shapes learning exercise, students read the shape names in each square and draw the geometric shapes. Students draw six shapes.
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Recycling Plastics
For this plastics worksheet, students read about how important it is to recycle plastics and why sorting the recycle materials is important. Students then complete 4 short answer questions.
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Brain Booster: Doubles
In this problem solving instructional activity, students read, solve and illustrate the answers to 2 mathematical word problems involving numbers and doubles.
Fuel the Brain
Skill: Equal Grouping with Leftovers
Learning to complete word problems can be challenging, especially when the answers can contain leftovers. Through reading, solving, and illustrating each problem, your youngster will understand that answers can contain leftovers.
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States of Matter
In this states of matter worksheet, students read about the changes in energy for matter to go from one state to another state. They complete a chart for each state of matter and identify the shape, the volume, its compressibility, the...
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Water Words
In this defining water words worksheet, students read an example of water in a specific state of matter and names of water forms and use them to create definition sentences. Students write 14 sentences.
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Water and Ice
Students perform experiments in pairs to visualize the changes in water during freezing and melting. For this properties of water lesson, students use their senses and inquiry tools to understand the changes in state of water. Suggested...
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Christmas Dinner at Aunt Junie May's House
In this food choices worksheet, learners read situations about being at a Christmas dinner and answer short answer questions about making good food choices. Students complete 6 problems.
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Investigation: Reasoning and Proof
Students explore animal characteristics by creating illustrations. In this animal identification lesson, students read a list of animal descriptions which they draw using crayons or colored pencils. Students view their drawings and...
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Five Senses Lesson Plan
Students listen to The Brave Little Monster, by Ken Baker. In this five senses lesson, students identify the different senses that characters experience in the book they are listening to. They review the senses as a class with hands on...
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Sampling Rocks
Students explore Earth science by identifying types of rocks in their schoolyard. In this geology lesson, students collect a group of rocks from their playground and categorize them based on color, shape and size. Students read the book...
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Stay Well Cards
Students use ice-cube brushes to paint pictures demonstrating ways that they can stay healthy.
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High Frequency and Spelling Words: 25
Using their readers, learners answer questions, compose sentences, fill in the blanks, and compare two stories. Each activity is intended to build high frequency vocabulary and spelling proficiency, and is scheduled for a different day...
ESL Kid Stuff
Numbers 1-20
Language learners engage in a series of games and activities designed to help them recognize and name the numbers from ten to twenty.
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Library of Functions
Join the family picnic and see how all the functions come together in a PowerPoint that highlights their main features. As it includes topics such as domain, range, and intercepts, the slides are a great guide to promote class discussions.
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How Do Plate Tectonics and Ocean Currents Affect Global Climate?
What do plate tectonics and ocean currents have to do with global climate? This fourth installment in a six-part series focuses on how plate tectonics and ocean currents affect global climate, both now and in the past, outlines an...