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Length World Problems in Units - Guided Lesson Explanation
Rather than a worksheet, this teacher resource is a one-page, scripted answer sheet for a guided lesson on length word problems. First graders are asked to compare the length of a flower and a jar of jam with a number of unit boxes....
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Plant Parts
Little ones identify the parts of a plant and practice following directions at the same time. They color each part of the flowering plant the color indicated on the sheet. Roots are brown, leaves are green, the flower is red, and the...
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Line and Shading = Shape and Form
Students collect natural objects and draw these objects with and without shading.
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Prairie Plant Investigation
Learners carefully observe prairie plants and record their observations in a science journal. They examine the root systems of grasses and flowers and surmise how these plants can grow together on the prairie.
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Addition Word Problems to 20 Independent - Practice Worksheet
First-grade mathematicians are encouraged to draw pictures to help solve ten word problems. Each of the problems will require your young counters to employ counting on strategies. The resource can be used for independent practice or...
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The Gummywolf
Students read a story about "Gummywolf," stopping periodically to answer questions about the progression of the story. Next, they create a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast "Gummywolf" to "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." Students...
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Special Terms Assessment
In this following directions worksheet, 3rd graders do the action indicated in each of eight sentences. Students circle four items, put an x on two items. They draw a box around one item, and draw an arrow from one item to the next.
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Add and Subtract within 100
Practice problem solving with 10 word problems. Learners are encouraged to draw to solve each of these simple addition and subtraction word problems. Note: There are typos and some of the problems are awkwardly worded.
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Visual Depth in Art
Students explain the concept of foreground, middle ground and background in creating a sense of depth in a landscape painting or drawing.
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Survival Strategies and Adaptation in Insects
Third graders investigate insects and their adaptations that help them survive. In this survival strategies lesson, 3rd graders view photographs of insects and discuss the adaptations that each one uses to survive, including camouflage...
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Shapes: Art or Geometry
Budding artists or mathematicians read about,and then draw, two very different shapes. Geometric and organic 2-D shapes are defined. Learners use the definitions to draw examples of each.
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Painting Wild Flowers Using the Colour Wheel
In this color wheel painting worksheet, students follow the directions to create a primary color wheel and paint a wildflower picture. This page is from Northern Ireland.
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Mood in Music
Students portray the mood of a piece of music in a drawing. In this mood in music lesson, students discuss how music creates a mood. Students listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," "The Wreck of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" as well...
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Flowers to Dye For
Students observe biology by completing a plant experiment in class. In this botany lesson, students discuss the anatomy related to a plant and how roots and stems are necessary to its survival. Students utilize food coloring and examine...
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Drawing From Nature
Students observe similarities and differences of natural objects. In this observation lesson, students use a magnifying glass to identify the details of objects.
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Flower or Flour?
Young scholars design a study about homophones by using the Wisconsin quarter. Students analyze personally a Wisconsin quarter first hand. Young scholars bring in various examples of homophones to share with the class.
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El Girasol
Learn a bit about sunflowers through a short reading passage. Then, read the five reading comprehension questions that follow. On the second page, match the Spanish word to its English translation. On the final page, have your learners...
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Plant Diversity
Ginkgo trees existed for more than 350 million years, and, at this time, only one species still remains. While plant diversity generally increases over geologic time, some interesting exceptions occur. Young scientists learn about plant...
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Yellow Days: Studying Vincent van Gogh's Painting
Students examine the painting, "Sunflowers," by Vincent van Gogh noting the use of the yellow color, the wiggly lines, and the "globs" of paint used to create the picture. Pictures are painted using van Gogh's image as a model.
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Challenge: SmileyFace
Two smiley faces are better than one. The interactive lesson challenges pupils to use methods to alter a program to make it more efficient. Individuals use the new code to create multiple smiley faces that speak. The engaging activity is...
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Plant Phenology Data Analysis
Scientists monitor seasonal changes in plants to better understand their responses to climate change, in turn allowing them to make predictions regarding the future. The last activity in the series of six has scholars analyze BudBurst...
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Finish the Picture
Explore positional prepositions as learners follow directions by adding four details to this picture of a fairy. Each instruction includes both an object and its location, so scholars get plenty of review. Consider also allowing them to...
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The Purpose of Each Part of a Plant
Beginning botanists can sketch the parts of a plant in individual boxes, or better yet, they can tape or glue actual plant parts in them. Beside each box are a few sentences with selected words left out. From the word bank at the bottom...
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Writing Lowercase k and f
Here's some visual printing practice with lowercase letters k and f. Emerging writers trace each letter before trying a few freehand in the space provided. Note that there is no dotted middle line here to keep your printers on track as...