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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stiochiometry: Quantifying Changes in the Environment

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners examine stoichiometry. In this chemical reaction and mole lesson, students complete an experiment based on readiness levels to explore that changes are quantified in chemical reactions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Is It Big or Small?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word and picture matching worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures and then match them to the phrases that describes them. Students then fill in the blank to answer if the object is "big" or "small."
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Worksheet
Curated OER

1876-1920 Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this literacy worksheet, middle schoolers look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

MIA Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy instructional activity, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Big or Small?

For Teachers K - 1st
In this Big or Small worksheet, students cut out 6 pictures of words that begin with the letter B. Then, students glue the pictures according to their size in a box labeled "small" or "big."
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News Word

Hanukkah

For Students 3rd - 8th
How much does your class know about the Jewish Festival of Lights? Young learners practice Hanukkah vocabulary, including latkes, Judea, sufganiot, and gimel, in a series of word puzzles.
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Worksheet
Read Works

Trading Pumpkins

For Students 7th Standards
Can you imagine a pumpkin patch without pumpkins? Learners read how Tammy's family solves their problem in a cooperative way, followed by a set of 10 reading comprehension questions.
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Handout
Wordoful.com

List of Idioms and Phrases

For Students K - 12th
Good idioms are a dime a dozen. A 19-page list is only a drop in the bucket when it comes to figurative language and idiomatic phrases. So don't get a chip on your shoulder and dive in; learning what idioms really mean is a...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Explaining Fraction Equivalence with Picture

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Visual models are a great tool for demonstrating the concept of equivalent fractions. Given two pictures, young mathematicians first identify each fraction and then write an explanation for why they are equivalent. Use as a guided...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Football a Big Success in Small Alaska City

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners read about the creation of a football program at a small-town school in Alaska. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a map and vocabulary activity, then students read the news report and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How Big is Big?

For Students 2nd - 4th
The blue whale is the focus of this life science worksheet. Students read an excellent selection on the blue whale, and answer ten comprehension questions. Then, students are divided into two groups. Each group has to estimate how big 85...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Four Dead in Indian "Diamond" Hunt

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students first read an article about rumors of diamonds being washed ashore in India. Students complete all or some of the 100 exercises and activities pertaining to the article. Included are vocabulary,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Measuring Calories in Food

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners measure the amount of calories in food. In this food energy lesson, students discuss what a calorie is, how our bodies use a calorie, and how many we need. Then, learners use a calorimeter to calculate the amount of energy in a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Itchy Ritchy

For Teachers K - 1st
Itchy Ritchy can help your learners remember the /i/ sound! First teach young learners the fun tongue twister illustrating the target sound, and have them identify the target sound in other words. Use the reading Tim and the Top to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Language Arts: Racing for Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students improve fluency through drills to increase quickness and smoothness. In pairs, they practice reading sentences out loud, each time increasing their fluency. Finally, students play a game of timed readings using a stop watch to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Using the Present Progressive

For Students 3rd - 4th
What is the present progressive, and how does it change a verb's meaning? There are eight sentences on this worksheet, and each contains a verb already in the present progressive. The pupil studies the bolded word (in present progressive...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

March Answer Key

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this Easter worksheet, students read a letter to their parents. The 10 words in italics can also be removed in order to create a fill-in-the blank exercise.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

"Little House in the Big Woods" Chapter 1- Vocabulary Words

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this vocabulary word list worksheet, students study a list of 12 words from chapter 1 of "Little House in the Big Woods." There are no directions given with this worksheet.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Little House in the Big Woods Vocabulary: Chapter 7

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Little House in the Big Woods worksheet, students write the number of the correct vocabulary word on the line before its provided definition. All five words can be found in Chapter 7 of Little House in the Big Woods.
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

Order of Adjectives: Circle the Correct One

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Which comes first in an adjective phrase: a word denoting a noun's quality, or a word describing a noun's function? If your elementary grammarians don't know the answer, have them review ten pairs of adjective phrases and circle the one...
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Lesson Plan
University of Colorado

Looking Inside Planets

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Researchers use scientific data to understand what is inside each of the planets. The first in a series of six, this lesson builds off of that concept by having pupils use a data table to create their own scale models of the interiors of...
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University of Colorado

Looking Inside Planets

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
All of the gas giant's atmospheres consist of hydrogen and helium, the same gases that make up all stars. The third in a series of 22, the activity challenges pupils to make scale models of the interiors of planets in order to...
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Lesson Plan
Maine Math & Science Alliance

Earth as a System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Ecosystem, human body system, weather system. We hear the word system a lot, but what does it really mean? In the activity, pairs or groups of learners discuss how a bicycle is a system and then analyze objects in their classroom and...
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App
Innovative Mobile Apps

Action Words

For Students Pre-K - 8th
From asking to yelling, this app teaches action verbs through images. Users listen to each word and tap the picture that corresponds with that verb. Just touch the screen to get started!