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Wheels Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans

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Read and Color

The Big Wheel: G.W. Ferris, Jr. and the Ferris wheel

A Hotel on Wheels

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Writing a Fairy-tale Activity Center

Our Fairy-tale Ferris Wheel

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Very Quick Readers
     The Wheels on the Bus Need a Driver! (Very Quick Reader; Grade 2-4 Readability)
     Simple Machines: The Wheel and Axle (Very Quick Reader; Grade 3-4 Readability)

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Reading Comprehensions
     A Colorful Donut - The Color Wheel (Grades 2-4)
     A Cycle without Wheels (Grades 3-4)
     Lever, Wheel and Axle, and Pulley (Grades 5-7)
     Inventors of the Wheel (Grades 6-7)
     Rails across America - UP Deals with Grasshoppers and Hell on Wheels (Grades 7-9)

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Finish the Story
     The Big Wheel Is in a Wheelchair (Grade 3-6)
     Wheels of His Own (Grade 6-8)

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Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays
     Feet and Hooves and Wheels and Wings (Grades 1-3)

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Read and Color Books

Matt's Red, White, and Blue Ribbon

Steve's Perfect Ride (February 16)

Fruity Secrets

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Reading Comprehension Lesson Ideas

Biographies (Grades 6-8)      Abebe Bikila      Ferdinand Porsche      Teenage Queen, Part 2 - Marie Antoinette Daily Themes (Grades 3-5)      Around and Around      Blocks for All Ages      I Love Trains      Papa Russo      Rolling Along      Seeds of Love (Grades 6-8)      Don't Dessert Me!      Our Daily Bread Miscellaneous (no assigned grade level)      Driven To Dream      Inventions to Overcome Disabilities (Grades 1-2)      Paramedics      The Shape of Things      Waldo Worm's Watercolor (Grades 3-5)      "Shikata Ga Nai" - That's Just the Way It Is, Part 1      A Fairy Treat (National Cotton Candy Day)      A House with Growing Pains — The Story of the White House, Part 2      A Very Special Christmas Gift      Amanda's Special Salad      Arches and Concrete in Ancient Rome      Bicycles      Bicycles: Riding Out In The Open      Birthday Present      Cars      Catch Some ZZZZ's      Chugga, Chugga, Choo, Choo! All About Trains      Dealing with High Pressure to Achieve      Do You Have the Map?      Forces Around Us      Freddy and the Freight Train      Fun and Games in Ancient Egypt      Going to a Party      Going West      How Machines Affect Our Lives      How the Colonists Traveled      Humor - The Power of Humor      Industrial Revolution      Jake and Jackie Go Shopping      Lost Treasures      Mesopotamia 101      Oil for the Temple, Part 2      River Bank Mystery (Part 1/3)      Roads, Canals, and Railways      Seeing Stars — The Battle of Fort McHenry, Part 2      Simple Machines: The Pulley      Snow and the Number Six      Snowboarding      Soap and Popsicle Stick Art      Social Classes in Colonial America      Taylor Finds Her Smile      The Dreams of Heroes (part 3)      The Girl in the Wheelchair      The Oregon Trail      The Smile That Traveled Around the World      Throwing a Pot!      Traditional Pots      Trains      Wagon Trains      Water Power      Welcome to Inuit, Part 1      Welcome to Inuit, Part 3      Why Save the Rainforests?      You Like Him Best!, Part 1      ~NAME0s~ Story: An Attitude of Gratitude (Grades 6-8)      "Lucky Lindy" Takes the Prize, Part 3      "Meet Me at the Fair"      A Not So Smooth Run      A Train without a Ticket?      African Praise Poetry      Air Navigation, Part 2      Along Came the Engine (Part 1)      Asoka      Avi      Backpack Safety      Beep! Beep! Here Comes the Jeep!      Ben Franklin: Founding Father and Inventor      Coal Mining      Colonial Woodworkers      Color Mixing      Complex Machines      Cool Your Engines?      Cultural Casualties of War      Denali National Park      Draft Law and Riots      Driving Back Through History      Echinoderms      Eleanor Roosevelt - From Wallflower to Activist      Emergency? Call 911!      Even Leonardo Made Mistakes      Friction      Hazardous Duty - Bombers of WWII and their Crews      How a Bicycle Works      How Do Airbags Work?      How Does a Cable Car Work?      How Does a Zamboni Work?      How Does an Escalator Work?      How Does Paint Work?      Immigrant Children at Work      Isle Royale National Park      It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Sugar Glider!      Jet Reaction, Part 1      Jim Crow Laws      Kangaroo Rats      Leonardo da Vinci - Military Engineer      Leonardo da Vinci - Music Maker      Leonardo da Vinci's Drawings      Leonardo da Vinci's Robots      Life on the Unemployment Line - Riding the Rails      Life with a Hamster      Life with a Hedgehog      Living on a Reservation: Shawn's Story      Machines for the Industrial Revolution      MarkTwain "Roughing It"      Metal Birds, Part 1      Mission - Automatic Transmission      Mission - Manual Transmission      Mountain Biking and Unicycling      Moving the Wounded      Native American Pottery      Resourcefulness      River Patterns      Robert Newton Peck      Rugged Roman Architecture      Samuel Slater and the Spinning Machine      Science and Technology in Ancient India      Shawn's Story: Living on a Reservation      Sidewalk Surfing      Simple Machines      Sit-Ins      Skateboarding      Snow and the Number Six      Steam Power      Symmetry in Animals      Telling Time in the Renaissance      Thangkas      The Campaign for the 2008 Presidential Election      The Greeks: Masters of Invention, Part 1      The iPhone Arrives      The New War Horse - Tanks in WWII      The Piston Push      The Prairie Schooner, AKA the Covered Wagon      The Pumpkinfest at Thompson's Farm      The RV Project      The Secret of the Code Breakers, Part 1      The Spelling Bee      The Truck That Did Everything But Bake a Cake      Tires      Unicellular Organisms      Weapons of Siege      What Are Simple Machines?      What Is Buddhism?      What Is Color Theory?      What Is Fauvism?      What Is Pottery?      What Is Sculpture?      What Is Tibetan Buddhism?      What Makes a Plane Fly?      What's That Part?      Wild, Wild Dress - Men      Women's Life on the Great Plains      Working in the Lowell Mills      Yaw Turn! (Grades 9-12)      "Aye, Captain!" — Old Ironsides' Captain William Bainbridge      Ankylosaurus      Civilian Families in the South      Cyrus McCormick      Fighting For Their Livelihoods — Labor Wars of the 1890s      Fighting For Their Livelihoods-Labor Wars of the 1890s      Jeb-Rails West      Just When Math Got Organized, Chaos Popped Up!      Leaders in Crisis - Franklin D. Roosevelt      Lord Dunmore's War      Money and Measurement - Babylonian Mathematics      William "Boss" Tweed - Adventures in Justice Stories (Grades 1-2)      A Dog For Jennie      Arthur's Dreams      Pet Day (Grades 3-5)      Another Neighborhood (Grades 6-8)      Field Trip! Animals (Grades 6-8)      Gigantic Guinea Pigs!      Mice Geography (no assigned grade level)      Ancient Egypt - Arts      Iraq      Iraq      Mexico (Grades 3-5)      1893 – The Year of the Fair      Let's Build a Maryland Community      The Space Needle (Grades 6-8)      Additional Project - "A Giant Conestoga Wagon" or "The Wagon Stops Here!"      Smoky Mountains      Statehood through the Eyes of Native Animals

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Finish the Story
     Tidal Cave (Grade 2-3)
     Mousetrap (Grade 4-6)
     Keep an Eye on That Leprechaun (Grade 6-8)

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What Would You Do?
     If You Traveled West in a Prairie Schooner (Grade 3-6)
     Should You Take This Deal? (Grade 9-12)

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Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays
     Thumbling: The Tale of a Tiny Boy (Grades 3-4)

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Reluctant Reader Books
     Oh Man, Stan! (Grade 2-3)
     Crazy Cars: Wild and Wacky Rides (Grade 3-4)
     Life on a Tour Bus (Grade 3-4)
     Spiders (Grade 3-4)
     All-Terrain Vehicles (Grade 3-5)
     How a Bicycle Works (Grade 3-5)
     Shaun White: Action Sport Superstar (Grade 4-5)
     The Crazy Crashes of NASCAR (Grade 4-5)
     Tony Stewart (Grade 4-5)
     Dog Mushing (Grade 4-6)
     KS is for Kansas (Grade 4-6)
     MN is for Minnesota (Grade 4-6)
     Monster Trucks (Grade 4-6)
     Motorcycles (Grade 4-6)
     SC is for South Carolina (Grade 4-6)
     Types of Video Games (Grade 4-6)
     WY is for Wyoming (Grade 4-6)
     El Camino de la Muerte: The Road of Death (Grade 5-8)
     The World of Skateboarding (Grade 5-8)

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