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The Boy Who Cried Wolf Part 1 Worksheet
The Boy Who Cried Wolf Part 1 Worksheet

The Boy Who Cried Wolf Part 1 Worksheet

Storytime can be your kid's favorite part of the day. Ask them what their favorite stories are, then read the text in the printout. Read along with them, making sure they understand each word. At the end, go over the questions and have them check the correct answers.
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Tornados Worksheet
Tornados Worksheet

Tornados Worksheet

Kids love learning about natural weather events, especially tornadoes. This worksheet is perfect for teaching facts and critical thinking skills. Children will read statements and decide whether they are true or false. This will help them gain knowledge while developing their reading and analysis skills.
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Context Clues and Homophones Worksheet
Context Clues and Homophones Worksheet

Context Clues and Homophones Worksheet

Make sure kids understand what homophones are (words that sound the same, different spellings, meanings). Give examples and look at the printout. Read each sentence and sound out words. Help them pick the right one and circle it.
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Plant Care Worksheet
Plant Care Worksheet

Plant Care Worksheet

Encourage your children to read by helping them practice. Print out the worksheet and read the text with them. Help them understand the words and find the main idea. This will improve their reading skills and prepare them for school.
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Nature Word Search Worksheet
Nature Word Search Worksheet

Nature Word Search Worksheet

Unscramble science vocabulary words and find them in this fun worksheet! Use the pictures as clues if you get stumped; you can also write down the words for reference. Solve the puzzle when you're done to finish!
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Adjectives in Sentences Worksheet
Adjectives in Sentences Worksheet

Adjectives in Sentences Worksheet

Our learners can find it hard to use writing to add detail, but adjectives can help. With this fun worksheet, kids can identify adjectives that describe food and drink. Guide them through each sentence, discussing the words and having them choose the one that gives information about the food/drink.
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Adjectives: At The Zoo Worksheet
Adjectives: At The Zoo Worksheet

Adjectives: At The Zoo Worksheet

Take your kids to the zoo and ask them about their favorite activities and animals. This worksheet is a great way for kids to learn about adjectives. Explain that adjectives describe nouns like people or animals (e.g. big, tall, dark). Look at the printout with your kids and help them circle words that describe the animals in the picture.
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Adverb Shells Worksheet
Adverb Shells Worksheet

Adverb Shells Worksheet

Help your kids understand adverbs by giving them an example with an adverb. Ask them to point it out. Adverbs often end with –ly. Give them a worksheet to circle adverbs in a picture. This way, they'll easily identify them in a sentence.
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Adverbs That Tell Where Worksheet
Adverbs That Tell Where Worksheet

Adverbs That Tell Where Worksheet

Help your kids identify adverbs with a fun worksheet. Read the words aloud and ask them to circle the adverbs showing 'where.' Give them easy examples, like 'the girl stood over there.' See if they can create their own examples. This activity makes learning adverbs fun!
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The Vikings Worksheet
The Vikings Worksheet

The Vikings Worksheet

This free worksheet introduces kids to the Vikings. They explore Europe looking for treasures, raiding, farming, settling, trading, and ruling 793AD-1066AD. With multiple-choice questions and colorful pictures, they'll learn and have fun!
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The Middle Ages Worksheet
The Middle Ages Worksheet

The Middle Ages Worksheet

History can be made exciting with this PDF! It encourages kids to compare and contrast the Middle Ages. They'll explore what people lived in, ate and wore back then, then compare those characteristics to modern day. Kids can check boxes next to pictures that represent the Middle Ages to complete the activity.
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Egyptian Kings and Queens Worksheet
Egyptian Kings and Queens Worksheet

Egyptian Kings and Queens Worksheet

Want to help your child brush up on world history lessons? Kids Academy offers a fun social studies worksheet on Ancient Egyptian rulers. From King Tut to Queen Cleopatra, they'll learn about famous Egyptian rulers not found in modern times. The activity includes a brief description followed by true/false questions. Give it a try and see just how much your child knows!
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Action! Worksheet
Action! Worksheet

Action! Worksheet

Most English words are borrowed, and prefixes and suffixes are added to change the meaning. A popular prefix is 'act', from the Greek root meaning 'to do'. With your kids, look at the words in this worksheet and circle those with the root 'act'.
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How Meaningful! Worksheet
How Meaningful! Worksheet

How Meaningful! Worksheet

'Meaningful' is used to describe something that carries importance to someone else. For example, calling friends on their birthdays. The suffix -ful can also be added to other words to create new meanings; try this with your kids and help them check the correct suffix to complete the sentence.
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Breaking Apart Words Worksheet
Breaking Apart Words Worksheet

Breaking Apart Words Worksheet

Break words into syllables to make them easier to say correctly. Say each word carefully aloud and get kids to circle the correctly broken apart word in the pair to show the syllables. This worksheet has four words to practice with.
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Synonyms or Antonyms: Assessment Worksheet
Synonyms or Antonyms: Assessment Worksheet

Synonyms or Antonyms: Assessment Worksheet

Test your child's knowledge with this fun worksheet! Ask them to read the words and select if they are synonyms or antonyms - e.g. 'happy' is a synonym and 'bad' is an antonym. For an extra challenge, ask them to provide two synonyms and two antonyms for each word.
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Antonyms: Prometheus Worksheet
Antonyms: Prometheus Worksheet

Antonyms: Prometheus Worksheet

Antonyms are words with opposite meanings to another. For example, the antonyms of 'good' are 'bad', 'poor' and 'wicked'. Ask your child to give you antonyms for 'Prometheus', which relates to fire. Invite your kids to trace the lines to the fireplace if the words are antonyms, helping the people in the tracing sheet get warm.
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Adjectives Worksheet
Adjectives Worksheet

Adjectives Worksheet

Adjectives are words that describe a noun. Examples include "beautiful" and "good". Ask your students to use these adjectives in a sentence and have them identify the adjectives in five sentences on a worksheet. Point out that adjectives are essential to understand, and have them check their answers.
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Medals: Al Spelling Worksheet
Medals: Al Spelling Worksheet

Medals: Al Spelling Worksheet

Have your students list common words ending with -al. See how many they can give and spell. Give examples of your own, assisting with spelling. Now review the words in the worksheet. Guide students to trace the line for each word ending with -al. 80 words
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Rhyming Words Worksheet
Rhyming Words Worksheet

Rhyming Words Worksheet

Does your child know about rhyming words? Get them interested in poetry and explain that these words have similar sounds when pronounced. Read the words on each sailboat to your child and ask them to identify the rhyming pairs. Guide them to check the sailboats.
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Synonyms: The Tortoise and Hare Worksheet
Synonyms: The Tortoise and Hare Worksheet

Synonyms: The Tortoise and Hare Worksheet

Help your kids identify words with similar meanings with this worksheet featuring a colourful picture of the Tortoise and the Hare. Show them how to check the boxes of animals with words that have similar meaning, then let them find more on their own. They'll love the challenge and you'll appreciate the educational value.
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The New Teacher Worksheet
The New Teacher Worksheet

The New Teacher Worksheet

Encourage your kids to write their own short story before doing this exercise. It's about Rosa and Miguel on their first day of school, meeting their teacher. Read the story aloud and ask them to focus on Rosa's feelings. Then, help them circle the correct picture for the question.
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Rhymes in Poems Worksheet
Rhymes in Poems Worksheet

Rhymes in Poems Worksheet

Poems are lovely works of literature; some with rhymes, and some without. This poem for kids is full of rhymes and tells the tale of a sheep. Read it aloud to your kids, then help them circle the rhyming words.
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Rhyming Check Worksheet
Rhyming Check Worksheet

Rhyming Check Worksheet

Help your child read the words on each leaf of a worksheet. Make sure they know that spellings can be misleading and tricky. When finished, ask them to identify the leaves with three rhyming words. This exercise helps their pronunciation skills and encourages critical thinking.
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