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Order of Operations
Eighth graders solve equations according to the order of operations. They discuss reasons for following directions by using an analogy of baking a cake. After practicing PEMDAS, 8th graders create and decorate a poster with their own...
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Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Kit
The National Energy Foundation presents this activity, which instructs students to follow directions to connect a solar electric panel to a buzzer. They charge the solar panel to cause the buzzer to sound. The process is repeated with a...
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You Are Uniquely You; Reflecting and Sharing
Students write a letter as a culminating activity to a service project. In this reflection project, students draw something that occurred during the project and attach words to their drawings. Students pair share to edit their work.
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Seasonal Notepad Gift
Students use technology to create a notepad gift. They practice following directions and helping each other. They share their notepad with the class before giving it to a relative as a gift.
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Fractions--How Low Can You Go?
Learners reduce fractons. In this fractions lesson, students visit a given website and perform directed activities. They reduce fractions to their lowest terms. Learners complete worksheets containing fractions.
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Savoring Halloween with Graveyard Pizza
Pupils find a recipe on the Internet. They read a recipe and prepare a shopping list. They purchase ingredients from a shopping list at a local grocery store. They follow directions and make Graveyard Pizza. They complete a worksheet...
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Identifying Complete and Incomplete Sentences
Young scholars identify complete and incomplete sentences. In this grammar lesson, students are shown examples of incomplete sentences on the board and rewrite them correctly. Young scholars complete a worksheet as a follow-up activity.
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Motor Skills
Students practice and improve their hopping skills. They maneuver through a poly dot maze following directions.
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Origami- Swallow
In this Origami following directions worksheet, student make 15 sequential folds to make a swallow. They make one cut with scissors when forming the tail.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 3, Lesson 16: The ABC of Symmetry
Students follow directions in the ABC of Symmetry to make a butterfly which shows a line of symmetry.
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Everybody Move Who....
Students are placed in a circle seated in a chair. They follow directions from one student who is in the middle of the circle. They discuss how each of them are alike and how they are different.
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Parade of Colors
For this American holidays worksheet, students follow directions to make a wand using construction paper and crepe paper streamers. Background information on Memorial Day and Independence Day is provided for teachers.
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Attributes of Plane Shapes
For this math worksheet, students study a grouping of random geometric shapes including circles, squares, rectangles and triangles. Students follow directions to color all the similar shapes the same color.
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In Arctic Waters
In this reading comprehension and following directions worksheet, students read facts about Arctic waters, the Inuit, Arctic animal adaptations, polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhal, Beluga whales and create a mix-and-match animal...
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Garden Pests & Problems: Toad Town
In this garden pests & problems toad town worksheet, learners read and follow directions for building a home and a pond for a toad to help with insect control in a garden.
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Energy Activities
Students conduct a variety of experiments related to solar energy, heating, cooling, gravity, physical insulation and wind. They consider how the experiments relate to energy and the consumption of energy and then participate in a class...
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Going Places
First graders study directional words such as North, South, East, West, up and down.
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Strategy for Spelling Success Instant Activity
Second graders write to dictated sentences. In this high-use words spelling assessment, 2nd graders respond to three dictated sentences. Following the assessment lesson plan, students self-check the sentences and respond to a question on...
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Hand Built Tea Bowls
Learners follow directions to create clay bowls. In this pottery lesson, students use clay and the pictured tools to follow the directions and create a fire baked tea bowl.
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Missing Instrument Beginning Consonant G Ending Consonant X
For this phonics activity instructional activity, 2nd graders follow directions to color a picture. They color yellow the words that have the same beginning sound as queen and color red the words that have the same ending sound as fox.
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Writing for the Real World: Get Well and Sympathy Card
In this writing worksheet, students follow read about features of a get well/sympathy card, then follow directions to make a card, and choose another occasion and make an appropriate card.
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Let's Find the Missing Piece
In this missing piece activity, pupils follow directions, determining which piece shown was the piece cut out of a picture shown above the "missing piece" choices.
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Mad Libs: In the Jungle!
In this mad lib activity, students follow directions to complete a mad lib paragraph. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
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Halloween Counting Worksheet
In this Halloween counting instructional activity, students follow directions and circle a given number of Halloween related objects in sets. A reference web site is given for additional activities.