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Which Shoes Are Mine?
Fourth graders write down detailed descriptions of the shoes they are wearing that day. They participate in a relay descriping their shoes as they go.
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Using Pictures in the Classroom
Students review vocabulary by answering questions about an image, drawing the picture and taking notes. They compare their pictures and describe the differences.
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Words In the News Carnival Celebrations
Students complete vocabulary building and verb tense activities before reading an online article. They complete worksheets and an online quiz before writing a story about a hypothetical situation in which they have money stolen.
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Arbor Day
First graders study the importance of trees to our environment. they make their own version of the story by completing the following sentence and then completing an illustration for their writing. "A tree can be ______."
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African American Music
Students investigate a variety of sites to gather relevant information for a
presentation about African American musical forms in this general Music lesson plan for middle school and high school. Resource links are provided to aid...
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Here Kitty, Kitty
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Carry Your Own Load Toad!
Students explore how to spell words with the vowel digraph /oa/. They read and spell words containing the oa digraph. Students read Toad Makes a Road. They clap their hands when they hear the /O/ sound in the story. Students practice...
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Dynamics
Third graders recognize and identify the three types of balance. They analyze and identify the type of balance used in various works of art. Students create a symmetrically balanced work of art. They use a ruler, shape templates, an...
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Badminton
Ninth graders, after exploring the concept that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction, assess the rules of badminton. They study how to keep score in a match,...
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Sports Injury Management
Learners study the acronym TOTAPS in relation to managing sports injuries. They discuss the elements of TOTAPS and how to progress through each step. After discussing TOTAPS, they study how to treat injuries using the RICER method and...
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What Sense Does It Make?
Pupils identify the five senses and their functions and explain what information each sense gives us. They collect information gained through observation and experiences. They practice identifying new vocabulary words from the word wall.
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Searching For The American Dream
Ninth graders explore the meaning of the American dream and how it has been explained in various forms. After reading various immigrant accounts, 9th graders use poetry and writing to explain how different cultures view the American...
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Finish the Sentences 2
In this language arts worksheet, students read the beginning of 15 sentences and give an appropriate ending either in writing or orally. Example: The problem is that _____.
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Information Exchange--General Purpose Template
In this language arts learning exercise, students learn to give concise oral directions as they collaborate with a partner. Students tell their partner to place a number or letter in a particular box on the grid using a prepositional...
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4-H Communication Activity Page (Extension)
As part of the curriculum, learners are expected to practice public speaking. Using this short activity sheet, with 20 questions, learners can explore the world of public speaking.
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What's Your Favorite?
In this favorites instructional activity, students use their interviewing skills as they ask their classmates 13 open-ended questions and record their answers.
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Traditions
Students study the vocabulary of philanthropy and the tradition in their community of altruism. In this philanthropy lesson, students discuss traditions and philanthropy. They create a class dictionary of philanthropy terms and...
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Eggs of the World (World Egg Day)
Young scholars celebrate World Egg Day. In this egg-decorating lesson, students research egg traditions from other countries and then use their findings to decorate an egg in the tradition of the country they studied.
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Australian Aboriginal People: A Fun Introduction
Students read from a book of poems titled, "Ann the Goanna," and discuss the concept of indigenous people with the teacher. Students answer questions about specific poems read, using a final poem titled, "Reconciliation" to discuss the...
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Gingerbread Baby
Students explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Students also make art projects, dramatize the stories,...
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How to write the date
In this date worksheet, students view videos to learn the days and months and then complete a word search, crossword, put them in order, and more. Students complete 8 activities total.
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Fourteen Math Regent Exam Statistics Questions on Scatter Plots and Linear Regression
For this linear regression worksheet, students solve fourteen Math Regent Exam questions regarding scatter plots and linear regression. The solutions are provided.
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Blankety-Blank: Fill Ins
In this blankety-blank worksheet, 5th graders complete 20 sentences by filling in the blanks with any appropriate word.
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Ed/Ing Emotion Adjectives
In this emotion adjective worksheet, students read a situation and see how the writer feels. Each adjective is written with an -ed ending and an -ing ending.