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Writing
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Intermediate Making a Formal Argument: Giving and Receiving

For Students 5th - 7th
Give your middle school writers the opportunity to form an opinion and provide strong supporting details. Writers will respond to the statement "It is better to give than to receive." This is a particularly good assignment to use if your...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

First Grade Skills Unit 7

For Teachers 1st Standards
The last unit in the series by Core Knowledge focuses on alternative spellings, nouns, verbs, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, using commas in a series, constructing sentences, and following the writing process while writing...
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What's Cooking

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice following and writing directions through the use of simple recipes. First they write directions for creating an ice cream sundae. Then they make the sundaes using the recipe written by their classmates.
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Worksheet
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How to Get to...

For Students K - 1st
In this neighborhood worksheet, students look at a map of a neighborhood and give directions to each place. Places include a school, hospital, and post office.
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Lesson Plan
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Finding Your Way

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students work in small groups to practice basic map skills. They take turns giving directions and tracing a path from one location to different destinations on the map.
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Expository Writing in Math

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils engage in an activity where one partner reads directions while the other follows those directions to complete a math task (such as bisecting an angle). As a reflection, they examine products to see what information the best...
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How Often? Where is it?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by completing vocabulary worksheets. In this directions lesson, students identify terms and vocabulary words which assist in finding locations and giving directions. Students complete a worksheet about the...
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Factual Writing: Instructions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students write step-by-step instructions for tasks. In this factual writing lesson, students complete an online activity. Each group also writes directions for completing a task. A worksheet is available for more practice.
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Giving Directions

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore communication by participating in language description activities. In this directions lesson, students practice using communicative terms and prepositions of places to direct a classmate to an exact location. Students...
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Philanthropy in A Christmas Carol

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore philanthropy in literature. In this cross curriculum literacy and character development lesson, students read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and note charitable acts described in the story. Middle schoolers...
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Spend, Save, Invest or Donate

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of philanthropy. In this personal finance lesson, students consider economic choices and why people donate to causes. Learners investigate the processes of borrowing money and investing money in the lesson as...
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Sequential Directions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate how to give clear directions when drawing a map to a specific location. In this map skills lesson, students create a map to a location, such as their school, and write down clear directions to the destination.
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Follow Directions and Draw

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice and explain the importance of giving and listening to clear and concise directions.
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Writing and Following Instructions

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars follow directions to put on a jacket. In this following directions lesson, students are given flawed instructions for putting on a jacket and must adjust them so the job can be completed.
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Cooking Up Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study fractions through recipes. They rewrite recipes multiplying and changing numbers. They research the Internet for recipes and rewrite fractions to indicate a particular serving. They rewrite directions to change the numbers...
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Compass Rose Directions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and places in the classroom, school, and community. They draw a setting map of "Little Red Riding Hood." Students give five steps of cardinal or...
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Drawing Dictation

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Scholars give drawing dictations to practice using prepositions of place correctly. They work in groups, taking turn dictating and drawing. Learners then receive a picture they have not seen and write directions to accompany the image.
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MYSTERY PICTURES (Following Oral Directions)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students draw pictures while following simple instructions. They discuss the importance of following directions explicitly. They discuss the differences between each child's work. They follow a second set of directions.
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Treasure Map

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this writing worksheet, young scholars find a treasure by following the correct path on the map. Students write directions telling exactly how to get there. A list of sequential words is provided to help young scholars write...
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Going Places Module 15

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this going places module 15 worksheet, student answer 7 questions about the names of places, write 7 descriptions of these places, then write direction from one place to another.
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Transportation Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars practice using transportation vocabulary in a foreign language.  In this language arts lesson, students utilize the vocabulary terms for locations in order to give directions and find a specific place.  Young scholars...
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Individualized Lesson for Student C

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils explain how to solve an algebraic word problem using correct grammar and punctuation.  In this math and writing lesson, students are given a word problem and must write down  directions to solve it. 
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PPT
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Grids

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This fun presentation includes instructions for a grid game, where the child must follow directions to uncover the hidden treasure. They make Mr. Smiley move up, down, right, and left on the grid until he's reached the designated...
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Worksheet
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Roaming Robot

For Students Pre-K - K
Look up! Turn left! This activity on giving and following verbal directions will excite your learners. A "finder" leaves the room while you and the class hides an object. When they return, students must use words on the cue cards...