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GCSE Poetry Lesson: ‘First Date -She and First Date - He’ by Wendy Cope teaching resource preview

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GCSE Poetry Lesson: ‘First Date -She and First Date - He’ by Wendy Cope

A GCSE English Literature poetry-analysis PowerPoint lesson guiding students through close reading of 'First Date -She and First Date - He' by Wendy Cope, covering author/poet context, first reading and annotation, tone and language analysis, structure questions, and an academic PETAL-paragraph writing task. The lesson frames the poem around the nerves…

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File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Level: 9–12

Russia Style Bookmarks teaching resource preview

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Russia Style Bookmarks

Bring world cultures to life in your classroom with this set of Russia-inspired bookmarks. These 12 vibrant designs feature unique Russian architecture, patterns, objects, and scenery. Print these high-quality bookmarks on cardstock or laminate them for durability. Supplement your social studies, reading, and art lessons using these visual aids. Have…

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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 2 Sample: On the Coaster (PPT) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 2 Sample: On the Coaster (PPT)

A short fiction reading-comprehension lesson built around the passage "On the Coaster": students read the story then complete post-reading activities to check understanding and build vocabulary/writing skills.

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File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Length: 25 pages
Level: 4–5

Florida (FAST) Pack of 3 ELA Tests for Grade 10 teaching resource preview

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Florida (FAST) Pack of 3 ELA Tests for Grade 10

A set of three full-length Florida FAST ELA reading practice tests for Grade 10 (105 questions total), aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. Standards, for repeated test-prep practice.

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File: PDF
Level: 10

Eye to Eye How Animals See the World teaching resource preview

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Eye to Eye How Animals See the World

A homeschool/co-op-friendly lesson plan built around the picture book 'Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World' by Steve Jenkins, guiding a child through discussion, reading, drawing, and video activities to learn about different animal eye designs and functions, then create and present a model of an animal's eye.

File: PDF
Length: 7 pages
Level: 3–6

Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 1 Sample: Ola the Rabbit (PPT) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 1 Sample: Ola the Rabbit (PPT)

A short fiction reading-comprehension lesson built around the passage "Ola the Rabbit": students read the story then complete post-reading activities to check understanding and build vocabulary/writing skills.

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File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Length: 22 slides
Level: 4–5

SAMPLE Grade 5 Vocabulary (McGraw-Hill Wonders) Week 1 of Units 1-6 teaching resource preview

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SAMPLE Grade 5 Vocabulary (McGraw-Hill Wonders) Week 1 of Units 1-6

Vocabulary practice and assessment set covering the 'Words to Know' from week 1 of each of units 1-6 in the McGraw-Hill Reading Wonders Grade 5 curriculum.

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File: Multiple File Types
Level: 5

Literacy Worksheets: The body teaching resource preview

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Literacy Worksheets: The body

Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills using human body-parts terminology (nose, ear, arm, eye, back, stomach, cheek, shoulder, finger, face/head, hair, tongue, lip, tooth, thumb, foot, leg, neck, knee, hand).

File: PDF
Level: 3–5

Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 2 Sample: What a Smell (Forms) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 2 Sample: What a Smell (Forms)

Instructions/preview document for the Google Forms sample of the 'What a Smell' (stink bug) reading-comprehension lesson: explains the self-grading Forms format and previews teacher/student/response views.

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File: Google Forms
Level: 4–5

Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample: Baseball Boy (Forms) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample: Baseball Boy (Forms)

This specific downloadable file is a feature-tour PDF explaining how the Google Forms version of the 'Baseball Boy' reading comprehension lesson works (self-grading forms with individual color schemes/cover images); it is not the lesson content itself.

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File: Google Forms
Level: 4–5

Science Reading Passages on Plant Parts and Ecosystems (PPT) teaching resource preview

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Science Reading Passages on Plant Parts and Ecosystems (PPT)

Seven PowerPoint reading-passage lessons teaching life-science topics spanning classification, plant biology, and animal/ecosystem concepts.

File: Microsoft PowerPoint
Level: 5–7

Voting Rights Reading Packet teaching resource preview

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Voting Rights Reading Packet

A 5th-grade social studies reading packet on U.S. voting-rights amendments (15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, 26th) that teaches which groups gained voting rights and when, through an informative passage, a matching activity, and a writing task.

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File: PDF
Level: 5

Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 5 - Sea Animals (PDF) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 5 - Sea Animals (PDF)

Nonfiction reading comprehension lessons about sea animals (stingray, electric eel, whale shark, sharks, ocean habitat, jellyfish), each followed by post-reading activities

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File: PDF
Level: 4–5

Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 5 - Sea Animals (Word) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 5 - Sea Animals (Word)

Nonfiction reading comprehension lessons about sea animals (stingray, electric eel, whale shark, sharks, ocean habitat, jellyfish), each followed by post-reading activities

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File: Microsoft Word
Level: 4–5

Learn Vowel Digraphs, Soft C And Soft G: Zoggy At The Gym teaching resource preview

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Learn Vowel Digraphs, Soft C And Soft G: Zoggy At The Gym

An illustrated phonics story ('Zoggy At The Gym') from the Guinea Pig Education Zoggy series, teaching ou/ow sounds (about, shout, colour, humour), other ow/aw words (frown, scowl, rainbow, awkward, yawn), and soft c/soft g (patience, notice, exercise, gym, gingerly) through a story about an alien disguising himself in a gym.

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K, 1–2

Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection Activity Sheets teaching resource preview

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Biodiversity & Ecosystem Protection Activity Sheets

Phase 1 of a three-phase biodiversity and ecosystem protection resource: an educator's comprehensive theoretical guide covering biodiversity tiers, ecosystem interconnectedness, and threats, intended to prepare teachers to lead accompanying student activities.

File: PDF
Level: 3–8

Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 3 Sample: Funland (Slides) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 3 Sample: Funland (Slides)

Reading Comprehension Passages Fiction Set 3 Sample Overview No prep reading comprehension lessons, with enjoyable stories and topics. Each lesson has a blend of post-reading activities. Mixed questions to check overall understanding. Vocabulary activities, plus a writing section. Lessons also contain a bonus extension exercise at the end. Some you may…

File: Google Slide
Length: 2 pages
Level: 4–5

Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample: Baseball Boy (Docs) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 5 Sample: Baseball Boy (Docs)

This specific downloadable file is a feature-tour PDF explaining how the Google Docs version of the 'Baseball Boy' reading comprehension lesson works (fillable boxes for student answers); it is not the lesson content itself.

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File: Google Docs
Level: 4–5

David Bowie - Reading Comprehension Worksheet & Lesson Plan teaching resource preview

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David Bowie - Reading Comprehension Worksheet & Lesson Plan

An ESL/ELA reading comprehension and listening lesson built around a biographical text about musician David Bowie, paired with a teacher lesson plan.

File: PDF
Level: 9–12

Grade 4 ELA Volume 1 teaching resource preview

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Grade 4 ELA Volume 1

Provide grade-4 ELA instruction and practice on four sentence types, writing complete sentences, comma usage, and homonyms through explanatory pages, guided exercises, and an end-of-topic quiz.

File: PDF
Level: 4

Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 1 Sample: Ola the Rabbit (PDF) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Fiction Set 1 Sample: Ola the Rabbit (PDF)

A single-lesson PDF sample (a free/sample slice of a larger Fiction Set 1 - Animals series) built around a short first-person story, 'Ola the Rabbit,' about a family rescuing and raising an orphaned baby rabbit, with comprehension questions, sentence-matching and synonym exercises, a perspective-writing prompt, a fill-in-the-blank extension activity, and…

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File: PDF
Level: 4–5

ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheet - Sleep Hygiene teaching resource preview

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ESL Reading Comprehension + Writing Activity Worksheet - Sleep Hygiene

A one-page nonfiction reading passage about sleep hygiene and sleeping habits, paired with comprehension, vocabulary, and true/false questions and one or more opinion/argumentative essay writing prompts, for ESL/EFL reading and writing practice.

File: PDF
Level: 7–12

SWIMMING: Word Games with Puzzles | Crossword Wordsearch Anagram teaching resource preview

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SWIMMING: Word Games with Puzzles | Crossword Wordsearch Anagram

A multi-format swimming-themed vocabulary word games pack (anagram, crossword, matching, word wheel, word search) for practicing reading, spelling, and word recognition of swimming-related terms.

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File: PDF

Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 5 - Sea Animals (Slides) teaching resource preview

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Reading Comprehension Nonfiction Set 5 - Sea Animals (Slides)

unknown from opened evidence; seller states it is a set of nonfiction reading comprehension lessons on sea animals with post-reading activities, delivered as Google Slides

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File: Google Slide
Level: 4–5