worksheet

or work sheet

[ wurk-sheet ]

/ ˈwɜrkˌʃit /

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noun

a sheet of paper on which work schedules, working time, special instructions, etc., are recorded.

a piece or scrap of paper on which problems, ideas, or the like, are set down in tentative form.

Accounting. a sheet of paper on which is printed a series of columns and into which tentative figures are entered as a preliminary step in preparing the adjusted or final statement.

Digital Technology. a page or section of a workbook, usually in a spreadsheet application.

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Origin of worksheet

First recorded in 1920–25; work + sheet

Words nearby worksheet

work rules, works, worksafe, works council, work-sharing, worksheet, workshop, workshopper, workshy, worksite, work song

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How to use worksheet in a sentence

“Families have told me they’re afraid to go to the school district to get things like worksheets, learning supplies and the free meals the school district has been handing out since the pandemic started,” Perng said.
As schools reopen, Asian American students are missing from classrooms|Moriah Balingit, Hannah Natanson, Yutao Chen|March 4, 2021|Washington Post
Teaching virtually isn’t just giving kids a video to watch and a worksheet to do.
Teacher: What’s missing from calls for summer school to stem ‘learning loss’|Valerie Strauss|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
Getting the SBA to forgive Round 1 loans demanded that borrowers fill out three forms and a worksheet, supported by five pages of instructions, and submit potentially dozens of documents.
Round 2 of PPP loans could be open to even more fraud|Geoffrey Colvin|January 13, 2021|Fortune
The students were to fill out the worksheet and share it with Jackson.
Distance learning is straining parent-teacher relationships|Ashley Fetters|November 12, 2020|Washington Post

Initially, teachers made worksheets for each grade level, which parents had to pick up at school.
The Students Left Behind by Remote Learning|by Alec MacGillis|September 28, 2020|ProPublica
The teacher who created the worksheet admitted “extremely poor judgment,” and will apologize to the students in the class.
D.C. Public Schools Hides Teacher Who Told Students to Compare Bush to Hitler|Asawin Suebsaeng|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As long as you're this far, come on in the office and make out your worksheet.
The Tunnel Under The World|Frederik Pohl
But he got interested in making the marks on the paper, when Jason helped him color the worksheet.
Baartock|Lewis Roth

British Dictionary definitions for worksheet

worksheet

/ (ˈwɜːkˌʃiːt) /

noun

a sheet of paper used for the preliminary or rough draft of a problem, design, etc

a piece of paper recording work being planned or already in progress

a sheet of paper containing exercises to be completed by a pupil or student

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