Poetry4kids
Evoking the Senses in a Poem
Budding poets choose a topic for a sensory-filled poem. Authors describe that topic using detailed language based on the five senses. Then, switch the senses to create a fanciful poem intended to add a touch of fun to the objective.
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They Glow!
Would you believe marine animals can make their own light? An online resource describes the process of bioluminescence and how animals in the ocean use it to survive. The lesson features a catchy tune that describes the behavior of ocean...
American Museum of Natural History
They Glow!
Let there be light! An interactive online lesson describes the process of bioluminescence and how ocean species use it to their advantage. The lesson highlights several specific species as well as provides vocabulary support with...
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Under the Sea - KWL Chart
Students create a KWL chart to start the discussion on ocean animals. They practice sorting the animals into their different classifications. They use indexes, table of contents and glossary to find information.
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Jelly Bean Math Activities
Using jelly beans as math manipulatives can be a tasty way to introduce and reinforce math concepts. Regardless of the time of year, candy can be used to excite learners and facilitate a wide variety of mathematical concepts.
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What is an Appositive?
Appositives, those tricky little words and phrases that provide more information about nouns, are the subject of a series of worksheets linked to this resource.
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Commas 101: The Basics
Clear up common questions about commas with this handy resource! Useful as a reference page as well as a grammar activity, it presents six different rules for comma usage, including fanboys, lists, and parenthetical words and phrases. A...
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Friendship
Second graders write books about friends starting with page starters that are provided.
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I've got me and I'm glad!
Third graders read the book aloud in a group, then discuss the story about how Camilla Cream tries to fit in with the group by denying her true feelings. As a result, she succeeds in drawing negative attention to herself.
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Quiz 6A: Using the Article "The" or No Article
In this articles instructional activity, students complete 12 sentences by inserting either the article "the" or indicating that no article is necessary.
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Complete the Story
For this story worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a story about going to bed with words from a word bank. Students fill in 14 blanks total.
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Nouns on the Farm
In this early childhood nouns worksheet, students practice using nouns as they complete 10 sentences with a noun or nouns from the word bank.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
In this subject and verb agreement activity, students review the rules for making a singular and plural subject agree with its verb. Students then complete several activities that help them learn the rules for subject and verb agreement.
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Class Time Capsule
Students record and graph information about themselves and the class. They put the information in a time capsule that they reopen at the end of the year.
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Journal Writing Ideas
Students choose a topic from a list to write a journal entry about. In this journal writing instructional activity, students use one of the ideas included in the comprehensive list of ideas when they cannot think of a topic to write...
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Future Time with "will"
In this future time with "will" worksheet, students identify word meanings in a word bank and use them to complete future tense sentences. Students fill in the blank for six sentences.
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Future Time With "Will"
In this expressing future time worksheet, students complete 10 sentences with a word from the word bank. All sentences express future time with the word "will" and a verb.
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All About Me
Pupils explore self through the completion of a creative technology project. In this self-discovery lesson, students create a 25 frame movie about themselves. Pupils incorporate images from the web and audio files.
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Bats at the Beach Activity
In this bats worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about bats to find the answers and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 5 questions total.
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Most Common Words List 6
In this frequently used words activity, students read the 14 words in a list of common sight words. Students read a story and circle these words. Students unscramble the letters in 14 sight words and then use them to fill in the blanks...
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Commas
In this commas worksheet, students read sentences and circle the commas and insert commas into sentences that need them. Students complete 12 questions.
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Spring Lesson Plans
Students complete activities for spring such as counting petals, tracing spring words, and going on nature walks. In this spring lesson plan, students also read spring stories.
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Verb Practice
In this verb worksheet, students rewrite sentences using have or has, circle main verbs and underline helping verbs and choose correct helping verbs to complete sentences.
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The Verb "to be"
In this "to be" worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the correct form of the verb "to be". Students complete 10 sentences total.