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Get the facts about the US-led Operations known as Desert Shield and Desert Storm! We simplify the language so your students will understand the events that occurred shortly after Iraqs invasion of Kuwait, when the United States and other countries sent military forces to the region to defend countries which felt threatened by Saddam Hussein. In 1991, following the failure of Iraqi forces to withdraw from Kuwait, the Coalition began Operation Desert Storm  the freeing of Kuwait and the destruction of Iraqs capability to wage war. Students will learn about the background of the region, the origins of the conflict, and the parties involved. Packed with reading passages, student activities, color mini posters and fun exercises, this resource can be used effectively for whole class, small group and independent work. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Our Great Summer Olympic activities look at eight different sporting events including: Artistic Gymnastics, Baseball, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Sailing, Swimming, and Triathlon. Students study information about the sporting events as they read the content in newspaper column format. Students practise using a variety of reading, writing, research, and language arts skills as they complete the exciting activities. Included are optional activities that provide teachers with flexibility. The two major projects are Summer Olympic Games Research Scavenger Hunt and Promote an Olympic Sport. This Sports lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Our unit focuses on the lives of the pioneers, on the children's present day community, and what the community will look like in the future. The resource begins with a set of lesson plans for the teacher. Details are provided for the activities that the children participate in during each lesson. Then, a student booklet in which children record their research findings and the conclusions they draw from the information they collect is provided. The student booklets are the children's notebooks and are used to help them prepare for the unit test. The resource ends with a number of activities used throughout the lessons of the unit. This Social Studies unit provides a teacher and student section with a variety of lessons, activities, crossword, word search, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Favourite Storybook Activities For Spring

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You will find activities that complement some favourite storybooks for spring. The hands-on activities are easy to colour and assemble from the provided patterns. Each storybook has at least one activity to complement it. The storybooks listed in this resource are easy to find in soft cover at any quality children's bookstore. They are also available at most local libraries and in many school libraries. In the classroom, storybooks are explored for a variety of reasons: to study the interesting illustrations, the repetitive text, the narrative styles and so on. The purpose of this resource is to promote literacy and the shared reading experience. This Holidays lesson provides a teacher and student section with activities, word search, draw and colour to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Minerals, Rocks, Volcanoes & Earthquakes

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Earth Science at its greatest. Students explore the fascinating world of geology, learning everything from the causes of earthquakes and volcanoes to how to make a fossil. Student notes give students most of the knowledge-based material in the unit. The activities and worksheets included follow closely with the material in the notes. Optional activities adds flexibility to the unit and suggests assignments that can be coordinated with the main lesson topics, used as enrichment, or used at the end of the unit as fun, culminating activities. This Earth Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search, final exam and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Storytelling props for your classroom for years to come! Add some fun to story time with our adaptations of popular nursery stories and songs. You will find pictures and text for three stories and two songs. The provided pictures are easy to colour and assemble for storytelling. As you tell the story, place the pictures  for all to see  on a flannel or magnet board. Then, let the children retell the story using the pictures. Stories include: The Magic Perogy Pot, The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread Man, The Farmer In The Dell, and Eensie Weensie Spider. Also included are "How to Assemble" and "Telling the Stories". This Nursery Rhymes lesson provides a teacher and student section with big book, illustrations, and text to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Included in Hands on Classification! are pictures that you've been searching for in magazines. These classification activities are for the beginning Kindergarten student. They are an introduction to manipulative activities. Most of the activities or work-jobs in Hands on Classification! can be made into file folders and are easily stored. The instructions indicate colouring the pictures, but they will look equally attractive photocopied onto coloured bond paper and mounted onto coloured letter size files or Bristol board. Your students will have fun colouring the provided images. This Chants & Classifications lesson provides a teacher and student section with activities, drawings, and cut-outs to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Skinnybones is about a young boy named Alex, who challenges the class bully to a game of baseball in the hopes of proving his worth not only to others, but to himself. During the course of the novel, Alex discovers that maybe his strengths lie somewhere other than athletics. Our unit provides teachers with a highly structured format for teaching language arts as students develop a love for reading longer materials like novels. Various areas such as reading comprehension, vocabulary development, spelling, grammar, and writing are all entwined in this integrated approach eliminating the need for teaching these skills separately. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, crossword, word scrabble, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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The legends of native peoples from around the world are a rich source of literature and oral tradition. Our unit contains ten lessons, each featuring a legend from one of the world's native groups. Creative Task Cards have been developed for independent learning. Included in this resource are suggested teaching strategies, themes, answers, reader's theatre scripts, and follow-up activities including: Comprehension Questions, Fun With Words, Investigations, Creative Writing and Art Activities. This Theatre & Folktales lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of scripts, creative writing activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Data Analysis & Probability - Drill Sheets

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For grades 6-8, our resource meets the data analysis & probability concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages your students to review the concepts in unique ways. Each drill sheet contains warm-up and timed drill activities for the student to practice data analysis & probability concepts. The pages of this resource contain a variety of content and levels of difficulty so as to provide students with different learning opportunities. Included in our resource are activities to help students learn how to collect, organize, analyze, interpret, and predict data probabilities. The drill sheets offer space for reflection and the opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.

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In this Literature KitTM, we divide the novel by chapters or sections and feature reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. In every chapter, we include Before You Read and After You Read questions. The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn. The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts. Also included are writing tasks, graphic organizers, comprehension quiz, word search, and crossword to further develop students' critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. About the Novel: Marty Preston is a typical boy who has a big heart. One day he comes across a stray beagle, whom Marty soon discovers is being abused and his heart goes out to him. As a result, Marty tries to hide the dog from its owner Judd Travers. In order for him to secretly care for the dog he must lie to his parents, steal food, and build a pen for the puppy he names Shiloh. Meanwhile, Shiloh gets attacked by the neighbors big German Shepard and Marty now has to face reality, his parents and Judd Travers. This is a story of a determined boy whose love for an abused dog makes readers question the laws and regulations against animals. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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We each live in one of the thousands of communities in Canada, all having similarities and differences. Through story, chants, and hands-on activities, students will discover the geographical vastness of Canada and the diversity of its people. While discovering their creativity, students will learn about the symbolism behind the tartan and that the provinces and territories each have an official tartan. Students will discover the maple leaf and the beaver as significant symbols of our country. The stories and activities are easy to assemble and the chants are designed for young readers to enjoy. This Canada lesson provides a teacher and student section with reading passages, activities, rebus poems and match games to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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In this Literature KitTM, we divide the novel by chapters or sections and feature reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. In every chapter, we include Before You Read and After You Read questions. The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn. The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts. Also included are writing tasks, graphic organizers, comprehension quiz, word search, and crossword to further develop students' critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. About the Novel: Criss Cross is a Newbery Medal winning story about several teenage characters living in a small town of Seldem in the 1970s. The story intersects between several characters, each with their own issues and each one trying to discover who they are as individuals. There is the shy, introspective Debbie; the multitalented Lenny; the nerdy, guitar-playing Hector; and the brainy, all-together sister of Hector, Rowanne. Criss Cross is a story that deals with first love, the importance of communication among friends and family, self-identity, and coming-of-age. Each character is portrayed in a refreshingly unique and poignant manner, creating a novel that is both humorous and thought-provoking throughout. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Charlie & The Great Glass Elevator (Novel Study)

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Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator is about the continuing adventures of Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka, and starts where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off. Charlie, Mr. Wonka, Charlie's parents and his grandparents set off on a fantastic but frightening journey into space. The purpose of this trip is to return to Earth with great speed and force in order to create a huge hole in the Chocolate Factory roof. Entering a space hotel, teasing a U.S. President, battling the dreaded vermicious knids, saving a shuttle and its occupants, and traveling to Minusland are some of the adventures the crew of the Glass Elevator experience. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, crossword, word search, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Offer your young readers the opportunity to share their thoughts about their literacy experiences. Our valuable and easy-to-use resource provides a wide variety of skill-based worksheets and a selection of purposeful hands-on activities. Each worksheet focuses on one of the following skills: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Each of the six skills are Based on Blooms Taxonomy. Also included is a detailed implementation guide, student assessment rubric, word puzzles and comprehension quiz. The six color graphic organizers will assist the introduction of the skill focus and in guiding your students through the thought process to complete an introductory sheet. These materials may supplement your present reading program or be used for independent student work. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Santa Surfs the Net is a theme based, complete Christmas concert for students in grades PK-8. It is designed to include every student in the school while dividing the work load equally among the staff through the component system. Each Component is a unit in itself and can be rehearsed as a separate classroom unit, thus greatly reducing the time needed to prepare this production. Each component includes a description of the characters, props, costumes, and stage directions. The component feature allows teachers to add or delete items to suit their particular school size. This Holidays concert provides production notes, list of characters, costumes, props and stage set, as well as complete scripts, designed to increase students reading comprehension in a highly creative manner.

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Data Analysis & Probability - Task Sheets

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For grades 6-8, our resource meets the data analysis & probability concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages your students to learn and review the concepts in unique ways. Each task sheet is organized around a central problem taken from real-life experiences of the students. The pages of this resource contain a variety of content and levels of difficulty so as to provide students with different learning opportunities. Included in our resource are activities to help students learn how to collect, organize, analyze, interpret, and predict data probabilities. The task sheets offer space for reflection and the opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are assessment and standards rubrics, review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.

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Data Analysis & Probability - Task Sheets

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For grades PK-2, our resource meets the data analysis & probability concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages your students to learn and review the concepts in unique ways. Each task sheet is organized around a central problem taken from real-life experiences of the students. The pages of this resource contain a variety of content and levels of difficulty so as to provide students with different learning opportunities. Included in our resource are activities to help students learn how to collect, organize, analyze, interpret, and predict data probabilities. The task sheets offer space for reflection and the opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are assessment and standards rubrics, review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.

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Teach your young writers the Figurative Language tools that will help them increase their vocabulary and enable the readers of their works to better visualize their story, poem or narrative verse. As well, help your students become proficient in discovering the figure of speech while reading. We extensively cover: metaphor (one thing is said to be something else), alliteration (repeats two or more initial sounds in one sentence), personification (occurs when we give a non-human thing, human qualities, like actions, thoughts, feelings and habits), and simile (compares two unlike things using the words like, as or than). This Chants & Classifications lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, student reviews, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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A Canadian unit on the season of Autumn. Students will learn about Canada and reinforce skills like reading, math, and critical and creative thinking. Students will learn about Canada from material designed at a level they can understand. Activities include: poetry, creative writing, hands-on activities, word search, Canada songs, rebus story, interactive big book, storytelling, and big book activity. Also included are story-based activities for "Jen and the Great One" by Peter Eyvindson. This Canada lesson provides a teacher and student section with reading passages, activities, rebus poems and word search to create a well-rounded lesson plan.