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Any Answers 2
In this ESL worksheet, students read 10 everyday questions and comments. Students circle the letter of the best answer to each question or comment.
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A Letter To Aunt Monica
In this spelling learning exercise, students read a letter from a woman to her aunt. Students locate the spelling and punctuation errors in the letter.
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Oxymorons
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read 100 English oxymorons. They include "absolutely unsure" and "hone hundred and ten percent."
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Touring Delmarva
Learners plan a trip. In this trip planning lesson, students use a map to find where they would like to visit with a pretend family of 4. They get a specific amount of money and time and need to decide where they will stay and what they...
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Complete the Sentences 9-- Intermediate Level
In this language arts worksheet, students read 15 sentences which contain missing words. Choosing from the 4 possibilities given, students complete the sentence with the appropriate word.
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Inventors & Trailblazers
Students are introduced to a groups of African American inventors. In groups, they research the role of each person in improving different industries. They also examine the barriers African Americans faced from the Civil War to the...
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Response to Literature: Feelings About the Book
Students read chapter 17 in the story NUMBER THE STARS and think about the author's purpose for writing the book. They are encouraged to share with the class their personal reactions to the story.
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Handwriting - d
In this handwriting worksheet, students practice writing the letter d. First, they identify the small letter d and various items that begin with the letter d. Then, students read the sentence given, naming all the d words found. Finally,...
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Polite, Neutral, or Rude Language
In this language analysis worksheet, students read the situations of language that use polite, neutral, or rude language. Studetns compare the different responses and if they are appropriate or not.
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Orphan Trains
Students use readings and discussion to investigate the 19th century practice of Orphan Trains - sending U.S. urban orphans from the East to the Midwest in hopes of procuring them a home. They focus on the concept of social trade-offs.
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Understanding URLs
Ninth graders explore the different domain suffixes in the web site address, how to find the author or sponsor of a page to determine authority and accuracy. They determine how currency of a page. Students enter the lab, log onto...
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Ratification & Review
Learners work with their parents to decorate strips of construction paper in primary colors to represent one family member per link on the chain. They sing a gathering song and all share their family chains. They read the story of the...
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Assessing Water Quality in a Local Creek by Sampling Aquatic Macroinvertabrets
Learners experiment collecting macroinvertebrates from a stream and identify the specimens collected and then log in the information into a data table. From the data, they make qualitative and quantitative interpretations of water quality.
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When Can I Use "When"?
In this language arts worksheet, students practice the correct use of "when" with past and future tense verbs. Students read examples of correct usage, them write 10 sentences each for: past continuous verbs, definite future plans and...
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100 Great English Oxymorons - Phrases That Contradict Themselves!
In this oxymoron worksheet, students test their vocabulary skills by reading and identifying the contradiction in each of the given phrases.
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"Pennsylvania Watersheds, Many Ways to the Sea"
Students trace a molecule of water through the water cycle including each of its three loops. They describe why evapotranspiration demands the largest portion of total precipitation falling on a forested watershed.
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The Thin Red Line
Students explore various aspects of the subprime mortgage crisis. Through research and interviews, students, working in groups, research how race played a role in the subprime mortgage crisis and how it has affected their local community.
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Garden-Inspired Quilts
Students create one-of-a-kind quilts inspired by gardens. Finished quilt size is 75" square. Inspiration and design process is the focus of creating these quilts. Lesson focuses mainly on design rather than completion of the quilt.
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Creating a Pond Habitat
Students create a pond habitat inside and outside their classroom. In this pond lesson plan, students create a habitat with animals, water, and plants in order to create a proper pond habitat.
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Colonial North America
Showcase the religion, conflicts, daily life, and politics of Colonial North America. A very well-done presentation highlights all the major colonial groups, social norms, demographics, and political struggles of the time. Perfect for an...
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Survival
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
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Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation
Boost observational skills with an inquiry-based lesson that takes scholars on a virtual field trip. With help from webcams, learners observe animals in a zoo or aquarium. Observations go into a journal and a discussion is held to review...
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Clowning Around: Drawing
Kids create a clown out of shapes. They work to show emotions while practicing their drawing skills. Pupils use circles, triangles, squares, oil pastels, and their imagination to draw, color, and decorate a sad or happy clown. Tip: Have...
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See It, Say It, Move It, Do It!
Learn two new letters a week with this activity! After learning the two target letters, the class will make an alphabet video "performing" each letter. The letter's name, sound, and a motion associated with it will be included in the...