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Floating Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans

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Summer Vacation Bulletin Board

Float For It

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Fractions

Floating Fractions

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Short Readers
     Floating on the Wind (Short Reader; Grade 1-2 Readability)
     Floating on the Wind (Short Reader; Grade 1-2 Readability)

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Reading Comprehensions
     Anthemius' Floating Byzantine Dome (Grades 2-4)
     The Mystery of the Floating Boy (Grades 2-4)
     Floating Cubes (Grades 3-4)
     What Makes Your Boat Float? (Grades 4-6)
     Density: Sink or Float? (Grades 5-8)
     How Does Your Boat Float? (Grades 6-8)

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Finish the Story
     The Parade Float (Grade 3-4)
     Floating on the Ocean (Grade 4-6)
     The Most Fantastical Mardi Gras Float (Grade 5-6)

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Read and Color Books

Purple Everywhere

A Surprise at the Dentist's Office (June 2)

Up, Up, and Away! (April 12)

Stacy's Surprise Goes Pop! (March 23)

Butterscotch Pudding in Space (September 19)

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Reading Comprehension Lesson Ideas

Miscellaneous (no assigned grade level)      Colors of Autumn      Moon Talk (Grades 1-2)      Honoring the Dogs (Grades 3-5)      A Long Way from Home — A Story of the Spanish American War, Part 2      An E-mail from Charlie Cloud      An Odd Fish, the Seahorse      Armadillos: Mammals with Armor      Blue-Footed Boobies      Broad Stripes and Bright Stars — Song for a Flag      Candle and Soap Maker      Clouds and Weather      Crocodiles and Alligators      Dialysis      Don't Bathe in the Holy River, Bapu!      Dreamboat - A Fifties Story, Part 2      Dreamboat - A Fifties Story, Part 3      Edgar's Adventure      Finding Champ      Flamingos      Food Webs      Frogs      Ghost Ships of Lake Ontario, Part 3      Going West      Greenland Sharks      Hot Air Balloons      How Are Ocean Waves Made?      How Ocean Waves Move      Isis and Osiris      It Glows in the Dark!      Jacanas      Keith and the Otter Brothers      Kobuk Valley National Park      Lisa Plans a Party      Look, but Don't Touch!      Lynetta's Loon      Mariachi Festival      Not Again!      Now You See Them, Now You Don't - The Lost Colony, Part 1      One Star-Spangled Banner, Please! (Could You Super-Size That?)      Operation: Destroy the Earth      Pan Gu Created The Sky and Earth      Petrified Forest National Park      Pop!      Raging Tsunami      Roads, Canals, and Railways      Saturn      Sea Otters and Manatees      Simon Says      Simon Says, Part 1      Simon Says, Part 2      Storm Chasers and Spotters      The Buddha in the Rice Field      The Halifax Explosion      The Inuit      The Montgolfier Brothers and the Hot Air Balloon      The Mystery of the Big Balloon      The Oregon Trail      The Seahorse Dance      The Space Ghost, Part 3      There's Nothing "Ho-Hum" About the Himalayas      These Old Planets      Tidal Pool      Tides and Sea Life      Tides and Sea Life      Walrus      Walrus      Wendy's World- Visitors from Japan      What a Day!      What Are Earthquakes?      What Are Glaciers?      What Does Your Nose Know?      What Is Inside the Earth?      Your Blood      ~NAME0s~ Day: A Lesson in Courtesy (Grades 6-8)      A Cup of Old Hickory — The Battle of New Orleans III      All About Apples: A Brief History of Apples      Amazing Water      America's New Year Celebration: The Tournament of Roses      Amoeba      And Not a Drop to Drink      Annie Edson Taylor: Queen of the Mist      Aquatic Plants      Around the World Without Stopping      Art Mystery, Part 5 - A Letter and an Answer      Buoys      Byzantine Architecture      Clouds and Precipitation      Cnidarians      Dandelions      Defeat of the Spanish Armada      Earth's Lithosphere      Egg-citing Osmosis      Elian Gonzalez      Eureka! Density!      Farmers and Ranchers      Flat Tops - How Aircraft Carriers Took Over the Seas      Folded Mountains      Formation of the Earth      Fungi - Friends or Foes?      Glaciers      Grandma Tetrazzini's Noodle Heaven      Grandparents' Cottage      Gravity      How Can You Play Polo in the Water?      How Did the Continents Form?      How Do Hot Air Balloons Work?      How Do Jellyfish Move?      How Do Submarines Work?      How Does a Canoe Work?      How Does a Kite Work?      How Does a Parasail Work?      How Does a Submarine Work?      How Does Animal Camouflage Work?      Is Pluto a Planet?      Isostacy      Jellies      Kingdom: Monera (Archaebacteria and Eubacteria)      Krill      Leonardo da Vinci's Robots      Life During the Mesozoic Era      Matter - Introduction      Melting Glaciers      Mr. Pool and the Hot Tub Mystery      Mucus, Boogers, and Snot - How GROSS!      Ocean Subdivisions      Organizing Your Brainstorming      Our Summer Visitor      Parabatics - Skydiving with Flair      Pictures in the Stars, Legends in the Sky      Planet X Becomes Pluto      Plant Cells: Cells With Walls      Plate Boundaries - Earth's Bumper Cars      Ready, Set - The Space Race Begins      Roads, Canals, and Railways      Sacred River, Dirty River      Sailing, Sailing, Over the Bounding Main      Saliha's Story: The Year of Sanitation      Sea-Floor Spreading      Sense of Smell      Skywriting      Socrates      Thanksgiving Day Parade      The "Mosquito Fleet" - WWII PT Boats      The Albatross      The Aztecs, Part 2      The Christmas Tree Ship Disaster      The Exxon Valdez Brings Danger to the Environment      The Greeks: Masters of Invention, Part 1      The Journey of a Stream      The Layered Earth      The Liberty Bell      The Liberty Bell      The Lost Titanic Is Found      The Navigator's Tools      The New Ocean      The Petrified Forest      The Presidential Inauguration      The Respiratory System      The Unsinkable Titanic      The Wild World of Water Polo      USS Constitution      Water Skis      What Happens on Inauguration Day?      What Is a Foreclosure?      What Is Impressionism?      What Is Shinto?      What is Taoism?      Whatever Happened to Pluto? Dr. Mike E. Brown, The Planet Hunter      Where Do Volcanoes Occur?      Whitewater Rafting and Kayaking (Grades 9-12)      Edna Ferber      First Fauna Fossils      Gadgets, Gizmos, and the Great Unknown      Hipparchus      International Year of Sanitation: Saliha's Story      Magnetism      Mineral Super Store      Not Your Average Rock      Plate Tectonics      Say "Uncle!" — The Strange End of the War of 1812      Space Stations      The Rose Bowl Game: "The Granddaddy of Them All"      The Wet Treatment, Part 2 Geography (no assigned grade level)      A Little Planning Makes All the Difference (Grades 3-5)      How an Owl Stopped The Lumberjacks      Iceland - Geography      Jordan - Geography      Quebec Theme - Bonhomme and the Winter Carnival      Quebec Theme - Polar Bears      The Day I Touched a Lobster!      The Roaring Rapids      Tournament of Roses Parade (Grades 6-8)      Additional Project - "A Giant Conestoga Wagon" or "The Wagon Stops Here!"      Brazil - Traditions and Daily Life      New Hampshire: A Small State with a Big History

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Finish the Story
     Seeing the World (Grade 2-3)
     St. Pat's Parade (Grade 2-3)
     At the Balloon Rally (Grade 2-4)
     Sailing into Danger (Grade 3-4)
     An Olympic Dream (Grade 3-4)
     Minchin and Minuet Go to Mardi Gras (Grade 3-4)
     Minchin's King Cake (Grade 3-4)
     Up, Up, and Away (Grade 3-5)
     Adventure in the Clouds (Grade 3-5)
     A Tale of Two Raindrops (Grade 3-5)
     A Growing Goldfish! (Grade 3-5)
     A Magic Ride (Grade 3-5)
     The Frogs and the Fish (Grade 3-5)
     Fourth of July Surprise (Grade 3-6)
     The Magic Library Card (Grade 3-6)
     Sailing, Sailing (Grade 3-6)
     The Bus Stop Dilemma (Grade 3-6)
     Felicia's Fantastic Invention (Grade 3-6)
     A Lucky Find (Grade 3-6)
     Snowflake Magic (Grade 4-5)
     A Teddy Bear Picnic (Grade 4-5)
     A New Holiday to Celebrate (Grade 4-6)
     Icy Adventure (Grade 6-8)
     Flag Day (Grade 6-8)
     Chinese New Year (Grade 6-8)

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Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays
     The Pine Tree Problem (Grades 1-3)
     Penguins of Antarctica: All About Adelies (Grades 2-3)
     The Snow Is Falling! (Grades 2-3)
     The Wonderful World of Whales (Grades 2-3)
     Antarctica: Life in a Frozen Land (Grades 2-4)
     Setting the Table (Grades 2-4)
     Time for the Show... (Grade 3)
     All About Mardi Gras (Grades 3-4)
     Life in the Amazing and Unique Everglades (Grades 3-5)
     King Sejong and His Alphabet: A Korean Tale (Grades 4-5)
     Question Mark Seeks Answers about Presidential Inaugurations (Grades 5-7)

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Reluctant Reader Books
     Attack on the High Seas (Grade 2-3)
     Dream a Little Dream...What Does it Mean? (Grade 3-4)
     Hooray for Halloween! (Grade 3-4)
     Oil in the Gulf (Grade 3-4)
     Worst Case Scenario Survival Guide: Quicksand (Grade 3-4)
     Ocean Habitat (Grade 3-5)
     There Once Was a Creature That Swallowed Another (Grade 3-5)
     Joey Roo and Something New (Grade 3-6)
     The Big Prize (Grade 3-6)
     Weird Earth Sayings (Grade 3-6)
     The Ghost at Cave-in-Rock (Grade 4)
     A Trip to the International Space Station (Grade 4-5)
     Amazing Sharks (Grade 4-5)
     Ants (Grade 4-5)
     Extreme Floods (Grade 4-5)
     Glaciers (Grade 4-5)
     How I Survived the Pirate Attack (Grade 4-5)
     Military Machines (Grade 4-5)
     Out-of-This-World Facts About Astronauts and Life in Outer Space (Grade 4-5)
     The Titanic: The "Unsinkable Ship" that Sank (Grade 4-5)
     The Magic in Room 127: Isabella's Story (Grade 4-5)
     Worst Case Scenario Survival Guide: Lost at Sea (Grade 4-5)
     T Is for Thanksgiving (Grade 4-6)
     Underwater Adventure, Book One (Grade 4-6)
     WA is for Washington (Grade 4-6)
     Zephyr's Choice, Book 2: The Escape (Grade 5)
     Amazing Spiders (Grade 5-6)
     Wet and Wild Water Slides (Grade 5-6)
     Nessie and Friends: Famous Lake Monsters (Grade 5-8)
     Stonehenge (Grade 5-8)

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