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The Sun
In this earth science learning exercise, 3rd graders go outside on a day that has both sun and clouds. They explain, without looking at the sun, how they can tell when the sun is hidden by clouds. They look at pictures that show the sun...
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The Bullying of Malvolio
High schoolers explore Malvolio's behavior and treatment in Twelfth Night. In this literature lesson, students examine the characteristics of a bully. They then work in groups and analyze scenes to determine whether Malvolio fits the...
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A.M. and P.M.
In this ordering and time lesson, 1st graders review the meaning of A.M. and P.M. and discuss what they do during the day. Students chart their responses and then make a book of their daily activities.
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Summer Sky Tour
Learners explore space science by participating in a constellation identification activity. In this astronomy lesson, students view star charts based on the different seasons and define a list of astronomy related terms. Learners...
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Max's Math Adventures
In these telling time worksheets, students read the rhyming poem about the snowball. Students keep a log of the activities they do in one hour and how many minutes each activity takes. Students then draw the hour and minute hands on the...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Cycles in Nature Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology
A read-aloud anthology offers stories all about nature's life cycles. Over three weeks, second graders listen to and discuss tales about the cycles of daytime, nighttime, seasons, plants, trees, frogs, butterflies, and water. Following...
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Night Hike
Students explore Upham Woods at night and investigate about the special adaptations of nocturnal animals. They identify three nocturnal animals and how they are adapted to the night. Students explain what night vision is and how it works.
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Exploring the Night Sky: Fall/Winter
Students explain how moon phases occur. They explain three ways that the night sky has been used through history. Students locate some of the constellations in the night sky. They discuss stories and myths surrounding stars.
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Spelling Words for Mystery of the Night Song
In this spelling words for Mystery of the Night Song worksheet, 1st graders write 8 high frequency words, 10 spelling words, fill in 6 sentences and answer 6 comprehension questions from a story, over 4 days with parental guidance.
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Night and Day Talk
Students practice writing and saying the letter O. They examine pictures and discuss what is going on in them depending on the time of day. They write about what they do during the day and night.
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"Green Holiday Night" or "Green Family Night"
Students examine alternatives to wasteful, non-environmental holiday season and general gift-giving practices and discuss ideas for saving energy in holiday celebrations and day-to-day practices.
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Prepositions of Address And Time
In this grammar worksheet, students study and learn the use of prepositions "on, at, in, by from, until, during, for" to show position in time or place. Students put correct prepositions in 20 sentences.
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Guy Fawkes Day
In this ESL worksheet, students read and listen to a brief history and celebration of Guy Fawkes Day in Britain. Students answer twelve questions related to the story. One worksheet has story and questions. Another worksheet has just...
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Present Time and Past Time
In this verb tenses learning exercise, students complete a 30 question multiple choice test on present time and past time verbs. Students choose the letter of the best possible answer from 4 choices.
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Prepositions of Place and Time
In this prepositions worksheet, learners choose a preposition of time and place to complete each sentence. Some sentences may not need prepositions.
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Earth's Rotation
Fourth graders investigate the Earth's rotation. In this Earth's rotation lesson, 4th graders realize that the rotation of Earth causes the days and nights on Earth. Students break into groups and use a flashlight and a sphere to...
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VAN GOGH LESSON
Second graders create their own versions of Starry Night and practice the use of expressive style. They discuss the lines, colors and shapes used by van Gogh in his work.
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Night and Day
Learners will learn that the time of day and weather in an outdoor setting will affect one's perception of color by creating two impressionistic paintings showing two different times of day using the Blending Mode feature in Photoshop.
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Using Time Expressions
In this sentence writing instructional activity, students practice their sentence building skills. Students put together words to make complete sentences. There are ten items in all to complete.
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Past Time Words Quiz 4A
Cut this worksheet in two to have two short quizzes for your class. Either use this as a PDN (Please Do Now) at the beginning of class, or use it as a formal assessment. Each half-sheet provides the learner with 11 sentences to conjugate...
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Truth Be Told
Encourage your middle and high schoolers to share their memories of a recent event. After reading a New York Times article, they discuss Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night. They write their own memoir about a significant event that affected...
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What We Eat, Where We Sleep: Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories
This is not just a New York Time article to read, this is a set of amazing activity ideas all related to the slide shows "Breaking Bread Everywhere" and "Where Children Sleep." Your class can view each show, read about what they mean...
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Jonas Salk: He Led the Battle Against Polio
Do you know who Jonas Salk is? Print these pages and have your middle and high schoolers read his biography in Time magazine. The reading itself is short, and it is followed with a key date chart, three reading questions, two connection...
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Mask of the Black God
Finally, an astronomy activity for the high schooler! Explorers are able to read star maps for finding objects in the night sky by determining celestial coordinates. In particular, they locate the Pleiades and read about a Navajo legend...