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Women in Afghanistan
Learners investigate the role and status of women in Afghanistan. They listen to Laura Bush's radio address, complete a Webquest, explore various websites, answer discussion questions, and read newspaper articles about the status of...
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Could trade replace aid?
Students read and discuss the story "Thirst for Tea Takes Away Childrens' Choices." They work in small groups to role play the roles of shopper, tea picker, and manager of a company that imports and sells teabags. Students write a...
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What Your Signature Means to You and Others
Students discuss significance and value of writing their signatures on various documents, recall times they have signed their names, and demonstrate understanding that signatures are important representations of people, and symbols of...
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Electrophoresis Analogy
High schoolers participate in a simulation of electrophoresis separation of DNA fragments. They link arms to form DNA fragments with each student representing a nucleotide. As they move through an obstacle course they discover how...
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Football Reading Comprehension
In this football facts worksheet, 3rd graders will read a passage about American football and answer eight multiple choice questions about the sport.
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The First Marathon/The Declaration of Independence
These worksheets could be used if you want learners to explore The History of the First Marathon or The Declaration of Independence in a fun and concise manner. Learners view a cartoon and read a few facts about each event before...
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Which Number is Greater?
In this number sense worksheet, students compare three digit numbers and identify the greatest one. Students complete 12 problems.
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Daytona 500
Students use pedometers to help track distance goals while participating in a team scooter race modeled after the Daytona 500.
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Brainstorming for Consensus
Students practice brainstorming ideas about different topics. They discover how to come to a consensus about a given situation, by evaluating their brainstorming ideas.
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Phonetic Skill 4
In these phonetic skills worksheets, students complete several activities that help them learn to recognize phonetic patterns in words. Students complete 6 activities.
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The Joy of Community Field Day
Students engage in community related activities to recognize and thank local merchants. Merchants raise awareness regarding what resources are available in the local and neighboring area for students and their families.
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Getting to Know Our Elected Officials
Fourth graders research an elected official of their choice. They complete a Five-Paragraph Boogie Test worksheets.
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Teachers: Citizenship: Government Central
Students research about the Queen and examine the arguments for and against having a Royal Family. They study the function of a monarchy and hold a debate.
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Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude
Middle schoolers research and chart the shortest course to circumnavigate the globe.
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Escape The Hangman
Seventh graders investigate the concept of probability. They use the game of hangman to create engagement and context for conducting the lesson. They create a spreadsheet with data that is given. Students make predictions based on data.
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Powerful Signatures
Students experience famous historical documents that were initiated and propelled by signatures such as Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution. They create a school amendment using the information gathered.
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Orfeo: Sinfonie e Ritornelli
Students identify the dramatic expression made by performance and how it relates to the content of the story L'Orfeo. They determine the form of orchestra and each instrumental group within the orchestra for this piece.
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This is a test.
multiple resources from various sites. I am, needless to say, frustrated, and don't understand why the programmers say they have tested and do not experience this. I have the problem with both Internet Explorer on a PC and Safari on a...
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: End Punctuation
Resourceful site which includes information about periods, question marks, and exclamation marks. Also provides examples and addresses abbreviation rules for periods.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Question Mark
This site from the Capital Community College contains information regarding the correct and incorrect usage of the question mark. Includes some examples.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Question Mark
Rules and examples for using question marks correctly in sentences.
University of Calgary
Univ. Of Calgary: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamations
This excellent resource provides information about rules, uses, and misuses of these three end marks (period, question mark, exclamation mark). Also, includes examples and short quizzes at the end of each section.
Other
Sta: Punctuation and Capitalization Rules
Use this handy guide for a quick reference to punctuation and capitalization rules. Includes rules for end marks, apostrophes, capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and many more!