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Knife River: Early Village Life on the Plains

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students discover the complex culture and trading economy of the Hidatsa and Mandan tribes in North Dakota during the 18th century, as seen by anthropologists and artists.
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Fall Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create descriptive autumn similes and write them on fall-themed paper. They first write the autumn simile, and then arrange the plants around the border of the paper. They use natural plants which must be pressed.
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Indigenous People

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine what foods are indigenous to America and how Western European expansion impacted indigenous communities. They identify indigenous foods that they themselves eat, and label maps and identify ethnic groups in the Americas.
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Halloween Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students rotate through Halloween named stations in the gym using their throwing and striking skills.
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Be A Food Explorer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read about and discuss the origin of many different fruits and vegetables. Students complete surveys, sample a variety of new foods and write about their reactions. They commit to trying at least three new foods.
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Zigzag Seeds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe the effects of gravity on seeds. Students place seeds in various orientations and record their growth to determine how gravity affects the seeds' growth.
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The Relationship Between Zen And Haiku Aesthetics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the principles of Haiku as they relate to idealss found in Zen Buddhism in this High School lesson. The lesson concludes with the creation of individual haikus by each student.
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Collect Your Own Drosophila Lab

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study Drosophila by catching them. They construct catcher-containers to catch Drosophila using fruit as bait. After collection, they examine the flies and collect data to be displayed.
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Spedwards Times

For Teachers K - 1st
Students research parts of existing newspapers by having a newspaper treasure hunt. Students glue pieces found on poster board with headings. Students meet and interview a newspaper reporter. Students create a name and masthead for...
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The Easter Celebration

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read a short story about Easter. They recognize and point to pictures of the key words (egg, chicken, rabbit, basket, flower). They make an Easter basket and count how many chickens can fit inside. They also practice identifying...
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Flying High in Our Imaginations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students visualize they are any bird they want to be and visually create their surroundings. They share the type of bird they were and the surroundings with their peers. They read a chapter of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and...
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Express Yourself

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading with expression and improved fluency. After discussing how reading with fluency and expression can enhance the text, students listen as their partner reads a story with expression. Individual students read...
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Observing and Discovering Using Our Senses

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders decide if it is possible to identify something using only the senses of taste, smell and hearing. They listen to a CD of animal sounds with their eyes closed and attempt to identify the animal. Next, they smell an air...
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Pretty, Pretty Queen!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify and listen for the beginning sounds of words (specifically p and q). They recognize and comprehend the differences between p=/p/ and q=/kw/. Students practice writing p and q and also looking for them and listening for...
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Great Big House

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders sing and play the song "Great Big House" in the Orff style using soprano and alto glockenspiels, bass xylophones, bass marimbas, triangles, woodblocks, and the singing voice. The lesson includes step-by-step teacher...
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Baby And I Were Baked In A Pie

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars read a story and then sing a song while focusing upon the vocabulary. The words are identified as rhyming when singing is done and words are filled in the appropriate blanks. Reading comprehension is increased with the...
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Thanksgiving Word Scramble

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this word scramble worksheet, learners unscramble a set of 15 Thanksgiving related words. Answers are included on page 2; a reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Halloween Unscramble And Make a Sentence

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Halloween worksheet students look at 10 scrambled words. Students decipher the words and then use each in a sentence. There are no graphics.
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Halloween

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this holiday worksheet, learners read about Halloween. Students answer 10 questions about the reading and 3 questions about their own related experiences.
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Halloween Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts learning exercise, students find 12 words in a word search. All pertain to Halloween. There is a witch graphic on the page.
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School-Home Links: Spelling Longer Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling worksheet, learners read ten different longer words. Students choose four of the words from the list and write them on the lines and then write a short sentence for each word.
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Orange Flip Book

For Students K - 1st
In this color recognition activity, learners cut out the pictures of things that are orange. Students color the pictures and then paste them into the sentences.
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Vegetables Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these vegetable word search worksheets, students enhance their vocabulary by finding the vegetable terms in the six different word searches.
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Autumn Word Search

For Students 1st
In this word search worksheet, 1st graders locate the words related to Autumn within the word search puzzle. Students locate 10 words.

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