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Character Education: Honesty

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore traits of honest communication. In this character development and communication lesson, students are given 6 simple statements and work as a group to alter the meaning of each statement through body language, facial...
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A Famine Glossary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this history of Ireland worksheet, students match eleven words from a word bank with their definitions. They finish a chart comparing their diet with that of a poor person from Ireland in 1845. Students write answers to 5 essay...
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Basic Food Items

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore healthy eating by defining food vocabulary terms. In this food purchasing lesson, students utilize word/picture cards to participate in a food identification activity among their classmates. Students read a list of food...
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Illustrating Character Traits

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students define character traits. In this character trait lesson, students work in small groups to create an illustrated character trait sheet. They include the trait, a definition, a matching illustration, and use the word in a sentence. 
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Geldof Announces "Live 8" Concerts

For Students Higher Ed
In this ELL/ESL worksheet, students work with a paragraph about the "Live 8" concerts of 2005. They complete activities in which they write lists of famous people, give opinions about "Live 8", complete true and false questions, and...
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Number Prefixes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this vocabulary and word study activity, middle schoolers explore number prefixes as they complete a crossword puzzle. Students may also complete the challenge question at the bottom of the sheet.
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Polygon Perimeters

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice finding the perimeter of shapes.  In this measurement lesson, 4th graders review the meaning of perimeter and work in groups to draw polygons with differing perimeters.  Students share their polygons with the class.
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The Phrasal Verbs of To Give Exercise

For Students 4th - 7th
In this phrasal verbs worksheet, students match 6 phrasal verbs with their meanings and then translate each one on the lines provided. Students then read 13 sentences and choose the phrasal verb at the end of each sentence that completes...
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Comic Strip Context Clues

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create dialogue for a comic strip using context clues to match the text to the pictures. They use comic blanks imbedded in this lesson plan. They write dialogue for each frame. Remind them to use the picture clues when...
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Famous Britons 2

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this research worksheet, learners match 12 famous Britons with the year in which they were born. People include George Orwell, William Shakespeare, and William Wallace.
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Classification of Matter

For Students 7th - 12th
In this matter activity, students compare the different types of matter, including the states of matter. Students review the metric system. This activity has 12 matching, 18 fill in the blank, and 4 short answer questions.
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Alphabet Game

For Teachers K
Students recognize and orally name all of the letters of the alphabet when shown each letter individually. They pronounce words correctly when orally. Students decode words to orally speak the correct pronunciation. Students discuss...
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Ingredients of a Mystery

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of mysteries.  For this mystery genre lesson, students identify the common characteristics of mystery books and use a story map to identify these characteristics in a given book.  Students also discover the...
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What's in a Name?

For Students 7th - 10th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete 6 different activities that regard the word "name".
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Expanding Journal Writing Entries For Beginning Writers

For Teachers 1st
First graders through a variety of strategies assess how to write in journals openly and effectively. Those strategies include integration of technology, story telling, group and team work, performance-based assessment/rubrics, visual...
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English Exercises: Jobs and Professions

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this ESL worksheet, students listen and watch a YouTube clip of an animated song about jobs. Students complete 100 exercises in an online quiz. Included are: matching jobs with pictures, a word search, and fill in the blank.
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Water - the (Nearly) Universal Solvent

For Students 9th - 12th
In this water worksheet, learners explore the reasons why water is considered a universal solvent. Students compare different ways to change the dissolving rate of a solute. This worksheet has 11 fill in the blank and 8 matching questions.
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Acceleration and Average Speed

For Students 9th - 12th
In this speed worksheet, students calculate acceleration and deceleration and compare speed with velocity. Students complete 6 matching, 8 fill in the blank, and 6 word problems.
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Naming III-Identifying Problems Chemical Compound Names

For Students 9th - 12th
In this naming chemical compounds learning exercise, students are given 9 lettered statements that they use to match with 10 statements about compounds. Students also review the rules for naming compounds by filling in 25 blanks to...
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Phone English Exercise

For Students 9th - 12th
Don't hang up! Give me a call back! The specialized vocabulary used on the phone in a business setting is the focus of an exercise that asks learners to match the meaning of phone words or phrases. An answer key is provided.
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The Silent "e"

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this silent "e" worksheet, students look at twelve words, say them to themselves and hear the sound that the vowel makes in each word. Students then write down their own meaning for the word or match from the definition bank provided...
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Australian English Slang Terms-- Part 1

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
In this language arts and geography worksheet, students read 15 slang phrases from Australia and match them to their meanings. Example: a barbie (a barbecue)
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Antonyms

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students encounter words that are antonym pairs with opposite meaning. Students show examples of antonyms to the class. Students increase knowledge of antonym pairs. Students share stories full of antonyms with each other.
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Idioms in Spoken or Written Sentences

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts learning exercise, learners discover idioms and their meanings. Students match 10 common idioms with their meaning keywords from a word bank. Example: He's over the hill. (too old)