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Lily's Crossing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to a story, "Lily's Crossing," about life during a World War. After completing worksheets, they compare and contrast characters in the story. Using math skills, students develop a time line of the war, calculate the...
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Texas Word Search

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Texas word search worksheet, students locate and identify 20 state-related words in the word bank within the word search puzzle.
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Women’s History Month- Susan B. Anthony

For Students 7th - 12th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a paragraph about Susan B. Anthony and then respond to 5 short answer questions.
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Making Connections

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate visual imagery to aid reading comprehension. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders discover how visual imagery helps in comprehending a story. Students use a reader's notebook to record connections.
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Mother's Day

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Mother's Day worksheet, students read for information and assess comprehension and vocabulary skills. In this multiple choice worksheet, students answer ten questions.
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Symbols That Represent Me

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this self-evaluation worksheet, students write about their personality traits, what they like, and their hobbies and then illustrate symbols to represent their answers. Students complete 2 activities.
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Recruitment

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze and then draw recruitment posters.  In this Revolutionary War instructional activity, 5th graders analyze recruitment posters and discuss the attitude towards African Americans.  Students analyze primary documents...
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Charlotte's Web

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies instructional activity, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn Diagrams,...
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Frog and Toad Are Friends

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Frog and Toad are Friends. In this reading lesson plan, 2nd graders complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short...
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Incorporating Games Into Classroom Curriculum

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Games are a motivating way to help students practice important skills and reinforce learning.
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Texas Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Texas activity, students complete a crossword puzzle, using 10 clues given at the bottom of the page. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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Lost and Found

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers define depression and examine different factors that cause it.
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Opening Doors to Social Studies with Children's Literature

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use the Decision Tree strategy to brainstorm ideas about two decisions that must be made. They predict what will happen in the rest of the story. Students discuss the time period the story takes place in. They study the...
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Types of Love

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the different types of love. They identify the various types of love and the behaviors associated with each. They determine that love is a relationship which is best expressed by trust, honesty, and respect and that ...
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Judaism

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students brainstorm what they know about Judaism, participate in question and answer session about Judaism and its relation to World War II with guest speaker of Jewish faith, and write journal responses about their feelings on...
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Valentine's Day

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word search learning exercise, students locate 20 words related to Valentine's Day. The word list includes arrow, cards, and celebration.
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Women's History Month--Susan B. Anthony Question Review

For Students 3rd - 5th
This writing learning exercise instructs learners to read a short paragraph about Susan B. Anthony, then write 5 questions to 5 answers. This learning exercise would be quite useful when teaching students about sentence structure, and...
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Problem Solving: Decide How to Write the Quotient

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this quotient worksheet, students solve 2 word problems by answering a set of questions following each one. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Mother's Day: Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading comprehension activity worksheet, students read a 10 paragraph selection entitled "Mother's Day". Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions pertaining to the passage.
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Place Value

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice place value by completing problems that allow them to group 10 items together to create groups of 10 and see what is left over. In this place value lesson plan, 1st graders use cups to put 10 items in them, and...
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Cold War Chronology

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Cold War worksheet, students examine the chronological list of important events between 1945 and 1991. Students then respond to 7 short answer questions based on the chronology.
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Noun-Forming Suffixes

For Students 4th - 6th
In this suffix worksheet, students read about noun-forming suffixes, then write the 14 noun-forming suffixes that appear in a list, write 10 sentences, using some of them and labeling all nouns.
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Dependent Clauses

For Students 4th - 8th
In this editing sentences worksheet, students label the dependent and independent clauses in sentences, the subjects, verbs, and missing punctuation. Students complete this for 15 sentences.
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Friends

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders write descriptively by using various adjectives in describing a friend to an English speaking pen-pal.