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Comparing Creation Stories

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students compare and contrast creation stories in different cultures. They write a creative story and design a visual aid showing what their new civilization would look like.
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Action Words

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover that a verb is a word that expresses an action. Students at this age might find it more accessible to use everyday terminology, such as doing words or action words.
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Sentence or Sentence Fragment

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this sentence and sentence fragment worksheet, students examine 12 groups of words and determine whether each one is a sentence or a sentence fragment.
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Writing Telling Sentences

For Students 2nd
In this writing worksheet, 2nd graders look at a picture about traveling, turn 2 questions into telling sentences and then write 2 telling sentences about the picture.
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Writing Questions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students read 2 sentences and turn each one into a question. They examine a picture of children playing and write 2 questions about the picture.
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Writing Commands

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this imperative sentences learning exercise, students read 2 sentences and then rewrite each of them as commands. Students also write 2 commands regarding the picture on the learning exercise.
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Command Sentences

For Students 2nd
In this recognizing types of sentences worksheet, 2nd graders read 10 sentences and determine if each sentence is a command or not. Students place an X next to each sentence that states a command.
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Organizer
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Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers

For Students 3rd
In this literacy and graphic organizer worksheet, students read a short fable entitled, "The Bear and the Two Travelers." They write two cause and effect relationships in the graphic organizers beneath the paragraph.
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Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this literacy and graphic organizer worksheet, students read a short fable entitled, "The Ant and the Dove." They fill in 2 cause and effect graphic organizers with relationships from the paragraph.
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The Ant and the Grasshopper

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this cause and effect practice activity, students read a brief written piece about an ant and a grasshopper. Students then write a cause and effect on each map.
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Create Your Own Easter Story

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Easter worksheet, students look at a picture of a bunny and a basket full of eggs. Students write an Easter story based on the picture.
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Combining Art and Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners write a story. In this writing and drawing lesson, students select one object and write about events from that object's perspective. Learners draw pictures to go with their story.
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Holiday Cards using Publisher

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a holiday card using technology. In this technology lesson, students use Publisher templates to create a holiday card. Students organize, design, and edit their card.
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Holiday Flier in Publisher

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners use Publisher in this lesson to make a holiday flier. In this technology lesson, students create a holiday flier. Learners choose fonts, use clipart, use grammar and spelling check, and save to their work to a flash drive or...
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Indegenous Cultures Magazine in Publisher

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use Publisher to create their own magazine. In this online magazine lesson, 4th graders follow the instructions to create a magazine using text, pictures, and colors within the Publisher system.
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Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "the Very Hungry Caerpiller" by Eric Carle and create their own caterpillers using the same art techniques found in the book in this excellent early elementary lesson plan. Included with the lesson plan is a vocabulary list...
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Poetry

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students reflect on a news report through poetry. Students write a poem based on this week's news events. Students share poems with each other. Students reflect on a poem of their choosing.
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Adjectives

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are encouraged to think about the adjectives they choose and to steer away from adjectives that have become meaningless through overuse, such as "nice" and "good." They then add meaning and interest to sentences.
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Adventure Stories

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students write an adventure story that contains a title, as many sentences as possible, and a conclusion. On the peer and teacher assessment sheets, the number of sentences required are left blank so that the teacher may determine the...
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Pronoun Party

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students collect pronouns to replace nouns in sentences together and on paper. Students review nouns with each other. Students identify the pronouns in a variety of sentences provided by the teacher. The Pronoun Party continues.
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Drop Everything And Read

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of decoding strategies to read silently. Each student selects a book for silent reading, and observe the teacher modeling silent reading strategies. Students then demonstrate their silent...
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Six Ways To Recall Spelling Words

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice their weekly spelling words. Using six methods of recall, students practice spelling their words orally and using pen and paper. They demonstrate their recall of the spelling words by completing a spelling test at the...
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Thomas Jefferson

For Students 6th
In this American history comprehension worksheet, 6th graders read a selection on Thomas Jefferson and answer 16 short answer comprehension question.
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Organizer
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SQ3R - Graphic Organizer

For Students 5th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students complete an SQ3R sheet. They record the topic or story title before filling in the columns with the Survey, Question , Read, and Retell titles.