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Stimulating Narrative Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create an art project and write a process paper  as a response to literature.  In this literature response instructional activity, students listen to Lynn Ehlert's, Snowballs before decorating a construction paper snowman. They...
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Presidential Picture

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students create miniature portraits of George Washington using a primary source image, watercolor pencils, colored pencils and white drawing paper. This Art lesson can be used as an introductory lesson on George Washington in a U.S....
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Measuring Beads

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students compare the weight of the students's favorite soft toys directly and then indirectly using beads.
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The Lansing Old Stars Trading Card Collection

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study about the first people that came to the Lansing area. After reading a series of stories students have gained an examineing of how people in the 1800s and 1900s dressed. They design trading cards to portray their settler...
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Some Days Are Like That!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in an activity of reading a story and have a discussion about the story to measure comprehension. The use of a graphic organizer helps student retention because it is brain compatible for students.
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"The Three Billy Goats Gruff:" Retelling the Story

For Teachers K - 2nd
Youngsters retell the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. They write a sentence for speech bubbles for a character in the story, identify the phrases that can be used for retelling a story, and in small groups write a sentence for the...
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Narrative Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
A perfect nonfiction writing activity for the beginning of the year, the Life Line helps you get to know your pupils better and helps the children get to know one another. Later in the year the Star of the Week writing activity...
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The Great Kapok Tree..

For Teachers K - 4th
Students predict what each animal in the story read says and then compare them. They pretend that a tree was cut down and write a new ending for the story. Students explain why the story is not true and create a Venn Diagram comparing...
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Using the Landscape Picture Map to Develop Social Studies Skills

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Enhance your class' geography skills using this resource. Explore a variety of concepts including production and distribution, and people and the environment. Learners make predictions and identify locations on maps. This is a creative...
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Daisy the Dinosaur

For Students K - 6th
Have you ever wanted to tell a tyrannosuarus rex what to do? Here's your chance! Introduce youngsters to the world of computer programming with an easy and adorable game in which a dinosaur follows your every command.
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Confucius Say... China Old

For Teachers 2nd
Students locate China on the map. In this Chinese geography, history and culture lesson, students read literature about China. Students participate in paper making, silk making and lantern making activities.
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Improvisational Setting - "Where are You?"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore setting through improvisations.  In this theatre lesson, 2nd graders perform a variety of improvisations in different settings and chart how they established the setting in the different environments. 
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Comparing Key Ideas and Details in Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners recognize the differences between fiction and nonfiction texts. In this genre study lesson, students discuss what nonfiction means and write the definition. Learners listen to a read aloud and vote whether the text is fiction or...
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Bearing the Torch: A Study of Ancient Greece

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research Ancient Greece. In this Ancient Greece lesson plan, 2nd graders survey the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Greece. Students discover stories of Greek mythology and explore the beginning of the...
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"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" Lesson Ideas

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
There are many creative activities that can be done to extend the learning after reading "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas."
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Something From Nothing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to story Joseph Had A Little Overcoat to explore people from another culture and how one item can be used to make other items; students use scraps of fabric and other knickknacks to create pictures or toys.
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Levers - Weight Lifters

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate how levers help to lift heavy loads. They view and discuss examples of levers, explore various websites, experiment with the levers brought to the class, and watch the video for the book "Mike Mulligan and His Steam...
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Measure

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are asked what activities or things that they do each day. They are then asked do you do that in the morning, afternoon, or night? Students are then asked which of those things do you do first, second, third, and etc.
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify the cause and effect in the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. In this cause and effect activity, students listen to the story If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and discuss what the cause and effect is. As a follow-up,...
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What is That Smell?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify various scents by using their sense of smell. In this five senses lesson, students smell items such as popcorn, mint, and lemon and identify the scents by only using their sense of smell.
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Friendly Neighbors

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars review the days of the week and the meaning of unconditional kindness. In this days of the week and kindness lesson, students participate in a reading of Libba Moore Gray's Miss Tizzy. They talk about the days of the week...
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Writing a Storybook

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by creating their own stories in class. In this book making activity, students read the story City Pig in class and create storyboard illustrations in order to analyze the story. Students utilize these...
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Rain Forest Research

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the Rain Forest. In this research lesson, 2nd graders go online to gather information about Rain Forest animals. Students print and use the information to write about the many parts of the Rain Forest. Students are...
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Shadow Puppets

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students examine the role of shadow puppets. They create their own puppet and put on a play.

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