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Our Friendship Chain Links Us Together

For Teachers K
Students explore what makes a good friend. They listen to songs, list qualities of a good friend, draw a picture of their friends on a paper link, and create a class paper chain.
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What's Up With My Class

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners collect data about their class and they use Excel spreadsheet to display their tables and graphs about the class. They answer survey questions and collect their data. Students create a graph of their choice to display the...
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Sound It Out!

For Teachers 2nd
Help your class improve their spelling skills. Learners take a test, are given a particular spelling rule to practice, and play a Bingo game. This employs various methods for practicing spelling skills.
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Around the World with Bud the Sub

For Teachers 1st
First graders review the recently taught vowel /o/. They then form the sound for /u/ telling whether it is a closed or open vowel sound and repeat it several times together. They practice a /u/ tongue twister saying it together and...
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Dolch Primer Word Search

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this sight word activity, students find a total of 9 primer level words, all positioned left to right in the puzzle. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Learning Grammar Through Wordplay

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars use wordplay to investigate the grammatical components of a sentence. They read a New York Times article by analyzing the writer's use of nouns and verbs in the article and then constructing original sentences using those...
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Dinoset 2: Counting By 2's And 5's

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice counting by 2's and 5's. They complete five math problems counting by 2's and five math problems counting by 5's. They play a game by typing in a number that belongs in an egg and play By Five's to a 100.
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Perkins School for the Blind

Memory

For Teachers K - 6th
When you are blind, your hands become your eyes, so learning how to discriminate between various objects through touch is a very important skill. Make a memory game by gluing common items onto cardstock. The kids feel, identify, and then...
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Magic Math Work

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this magic math work worksheet, students follow the steps for 2 math puzzles where they pick a number, and perform some computations with it.
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Metamorphosis

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students select organic object and transform it to an inorganic object in five or six steps, and complete value rendered drawings.
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Magic Tricks with Numbers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this magic tricks with numbers worksheet, students learn three tricks involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of simple numbers as a magic trick.
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Come Fly with Me

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify rhyming words from the book A Fly Went By by matching words written on index card with same endings, eliciting word when prompted by teacher, and by identifying rhyming words in the text.
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Animals That Fly or Do Not Fly

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students classify animals according to if they can or cannot fly.
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"Ladybugs and Grasshoppers"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students paricipate in number of activities related to ladybugs and grasshoppers.
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Greek, Latin and Anglo-Saxon Roots to Better Vocabulary

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review the concepts of affixes and roots. They practice common Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon ones which are used to form many words in English. Students develop an awareness of the formation and evolution of words.
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Clap Syllable

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify the number of syllables in a word. They count the beats in a word and realize that one beat -words are shorter than three beat words.
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Fact vs. Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore fact versus opinion in reading material. They listen to sentences and use hand signals to identify if the sentences are facts or opinions. After reading a story, they vote on sentences for facts and opinions and stae a...
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The Farmer Cares for the Land

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify cause and effect relationships in issues relating to agriculture and the environment.
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What Is Mining

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student develop a vocabulary of "mining words" and study about exploring and mining for minerals. They break into groups and are assigned an area at the "mine" to do their "exploration" for the valuable "coal". The coal is represented...
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Math Stars

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study addition math facts up to 20. They have 15 seconds to answer each problem using the number keys on the keyboard to type the answer. They may choose Change Settings to make the game harder or easier. Answering them...
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Arizona: Crossword Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
In this United States history worksheet, students use the 15 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to Arizona.
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Virginia: Crossword Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
In this United States history instructional activity, students use the 15 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate answers pertaining to Virginia.
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Homeschooling Chronicles - How to Start Homeschooling

For Teachers K - 6th
It can be overwhelming when you start homeschooling. These are just a few ideas to get a person started on that journey.
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Celebrate May Day this Spring

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Welcome spring as you explore various traditions for celebrating May Day.