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English Skill Sheet 8
For this spelling skills worksheet, students respond to 4 questions in which they correct misspelled words, identify word families, and select words to finish sentences.
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Daily Upkeep 1
For this math review worksheet, 4th graders read a graph and identify the amount of money earned during a specific week. Then they solve a word problem using multiplication or addition. Finally, students identify which angle shown is...
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SEEDS WE EAT
Students identify seeds humans eat and do not eat. Students make seed collections, using common kitchen foods. Students display seeds from the foods they serve and discuss them with their guests. Students complete activities which...
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Using My Money Wisely
Young scholars discuss the costs and benefits of spending and saving their money. They identify a decision-making process to money decisions. They also examine their opportunity costs.
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John Wanamaker and his "New Kind of Store"
High schoolers study John Wanamaker's department store and its attractions to 19th century consumers. In this Civil War instructional activity high schoolers compare the different styles of shopping pre department stores and evaluate...
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Reno's Dilemma
Students explain proportions as it relates to principle and interest. They use proportions to explain relationships and analyze relationships by identifying patterns.
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FUNdraising Goal
Students decide how much money is needed to help a family in their community. They develop a way to raise funds and follow through with the project. They identify private sources of funds in their community.
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Banking on the Future: Penny Drive
Students study why philanthropy is needed and learn to complete a penny drive. For this philanthropy lesson, students learn the need to invest money for future purposes and identify a cause in the community to hold a penny drive for.
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Critical Consumerism
Students investigate the ways companies target the teenage demographic. In this advertising lesson, students discuss in focus groups what they like to buy. Students also complete a related worksheet.
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Phrasal Verbs Quiz
In this phrasal verbs worksheet, learners identify the phrasal verb, then select the best answer to complete the given sentence that helps define the verb's meaning. There are 10 exercises like this for students to complete.
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Fish Prints
What do a dead fish, conservation, and paint have in common? The answer is a great instructional activity about fish anatomy, fun print making techniques, and unsustainable fishing practices. The class will start by making fish prints...
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Pardon Me, Your Modifier is Dangling
Lost! (or misplaced) a modifier. Last seen dangling at the end of a sentence! Reward offered! To underscore the humor, class members are each given a sample sentence to illustrate (A woman passed by, leading a Springer Spaniel, in a long...
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Kids Born After 1990: Choose the Correct Article
In this the or 0 worksheet, students choose the correct article of the or 0 to complete sentences about kids born after 1990. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Making Decisions
What economic factors can influence personal and financial decisions? In an effort to understand opportunity costs and the time value of money, pupils engage in role-playing activities and discussion, as well as view a PowerPoint...
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Seeking a Balance in International Trade: Pacific Rim Import-Export Transactions Activity
Students role play as members of a company's import-export purchasing department attempting to develop a positive trade balance with a Pacific Rim nation. They create a company and research a trade nation in order to report to their...
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Using Team Games Tournaments
Students apply Team Games Tournaments, a cooperative studying strategy developed at Johns Hopkins University. They utilize the games as an assessment alternative and/or as a review technique.
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Using Team Games Tournaments
Students review the unit on evolution and natural selection by playing a card game. Students take turns drawing a card from the stack and reading the question out aloud. The reader gives an answer. The other students, in turn may pass or...
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Identification and Classification Activities
Explore and understand your world with taxonomy.
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Write Persuasively (Grades 3-5)
Students practice persuasive writing. In this writing lesson plan, students understand that there are different ways to write. Students build a list of words that can be used for persuasion. Students develop statements to use for...
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Language-Grade 4 Basic 2
For this grade 4 language worksheet, 4th graders answer a set of 20 "basic" multiple choice questions. Answers may be submitted and checked on-line.
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Petroglyphs and Pictographs
Fourth graders make necklaces out of petroglyphs that they stamp into clay. In this petroglyphs lesson plan, 4th graders draw designs and explain where they come from as well.
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Great Salt Lake
Fourth graders make an ecosystem that brine shrimp can live in and take data as to what level of salinity the water is, how cold it is, and other data that students may think is important. They also hypothesize and predict the outcomes...
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Grocery Shopping
Students apply budgeting and shopping strategies. They study consumer shopping skills and guidelines to be a better shopper by comparing stores, comparing prices and unit pricing, brands, using coupons and not being fooled with...