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Fraction City

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners calculate equivalent fractions, solve the addition of fractions of like and unlike denominators, and compare fractions using fraction strips. They fold paper strips into equal parts, thirds, sixths, ninths, and twelfths, and...
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App
Key Stage Fun

Squeebles Fractions

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
We are not exactly sure what a Squeeble is, but apparently they love cake and fractions, and your little bakers-turned-mathematicians will also. This app focuses on the basics of fractions including modeling fractions, equivalent...
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Lesson Plan
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There's a Monster in My Closet!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create their own monsters that exist in their imaginary closets and decorate their environment. They then write a short story to describe their illustration using a prompt.
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Lesson Plan
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"Swamp Monsters" by Mary Blount Christian

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Using the book Swamp Monsters by Mary Blount Christian, young readers discuss key vocabulary terms and make predictions about swamp monsters. They complete a Cloze activity, explore past-tense verbs, and categorize vocabulary words.
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Worksheet
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Greek Monsters Crossword

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Greek monsters worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a crossword that deals with monsters in Greek mythology. Students fill in 16 blanks to the crossword.
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Worksheet
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Greek Monsters - Crossword 2

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Greek monsters worksheet, students fill in a crossword that deals with monsters in Greek mythology. Students fill in 19 blanks to the crossword.
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Worksheet
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The Same

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
These monsters are only half-drawn! Challenge scholars to observe the line of symmetry and draw in the other half to reflect the first half. There are six simple monsters in all, and scholars can color them in once finished (encourage...
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Lesson Plan
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The Arts: Monster Transformation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss monsters in both film and literature. They examine the characteristics and methods of killing them. Using pastels on black construction paper, they create half-face/half-monster portraits of themselves. The creations...
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Monster Symmetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders understand what a line of symmetry is and how to draw symmetrically. In this monster symmetry lesson, 3rd graders create an original monster that is symmetrical. Students participate in additional symmetry activities.
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Worksheet
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Hunt the Fact Monster #20

For Students 3rd
In this search engine activity, 3rd graders will need to use factmonster.com to discover answers. Students will respond to 10 short answer and multiple choice questions using the given website.
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

The Important Apostrophe: Their, They’re, and There

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
They're going to be there with their family. Class members practice using and identifying the correct use of they're, there, and their with a skills practice learning exercise. The top half of the learning exercise gives brief background...
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Lesson Plan
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Multiplication Mysteries

For Teachers K - 8th
Arithmetic apprentices practice problem solving and multiplication with a lift-the-flap pair of reproducibles. In this Halloween mathematics lesson, math monsters practice multiplication by making candy corn calculations. They practice...
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Lesson Plan
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Pairing Picture Books with Edith Hamilton's Mythology

For Teachers 7th - 12th
As a before reading strategy, class members select a tale from mythology, examine several picture book versions of the myth, and fill out part of a Venn diagram with observations about the hero in particular and the myth in general.They...
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Lesson Plan
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Write a Space Poem

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners write a variety of space travel poems that will be used to compile a class book and draw their own rocket and half fill it with words associated with space travel and add design and color.
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Lesson Plan
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What's My Ratio?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate ratios of various objects.  In this ratios of various objects lesson plan, students draw pictures on graph paper and then dilate or shrink the image.  Students determine the ratio of their pictures.  Students trade...
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Lesson Plan
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Create a Music Carnival

For Teachers 2nd
This outstanding lesson will encourage your students to combine their knowledge of rhythm, pitch, tone and color with their imaginations to create original compositions about animals. They create a music carnival to "Peter and the Wolf"...
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Is it Alive?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students watch a demonstration using Duco glue and water and try to determine if the "monster" shown is alive. After the demonstration, they discuss what characteristics make an organism "alive". They participate in a card sorting...
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Lesson Plan
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Bouncing Bubbles

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities exploring the joys and science of bubbles. They listen to the book "Bubbles Bubbles" by Mercer Mayer, create a bubble picture using Kid Pix, and explore blowing bubbles. Students experiment...
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Try A Pizza Theme Week

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore all the things they could do with a pizza. They become aware of food groups and nutritional needs, make decorated cardboard pizzas, interact with pizza slices and fractions, create stories to go along with their...
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Lesson Plan
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Carter G. Woodson: Father of Black History Month

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the life and accomplishments of Carter G. Woodson, the father of black history. They read and discuss his educational pursuits and discover he was the second black man in history to receive a doctor's degree. Students...
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Instruments In Action

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read and demonstrate eight measures of four beats. In this music reading lesson, students read and demonstrate through movement their mastery of eight measures of four beats. Students also classify instruments.
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Interactive
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Law/Lore

For Students 5th - 8th
In this law and lore worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students choose either law or lore for 10 sentences.
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Lesson Plan
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Night of the Twister

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use reading strategies for Night of the Twister. In this reading strategies lesson, students name five major catastrophes and books about each. Students complete a vocabulary section, make inferences and predictions, read the...
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Worksheet
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Fourth and Forth

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this fourth and forth worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete the sentence. Students choose either fourth or forth for 3 sentences.