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A World of Animals: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 10)
Animals are the theme of this series of English language development lessons. Scholars take part in grand conversations about woodland, jungle, and grassland animals. They also go on picture walks, read poems and high frequency words,...
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Bob Book Worksheet Pack
Practice fundamental reading and number skills with a packet of worksheets for early readers. Pupils find sight words, trace letters, and complete number sequences.
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Vegetable Faces: A Guiseppe Archimboldo Portrait Study
Students create drawings of vegetable faces.In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various vegetables, which they use as models to create drawings. Students experiment with the vegetable drawings by adding faces to their...
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Red Poppy Lesson Plan
Young scholars discover the beautiful artwork of Irmgard Lucht as they listen to The Red Poppy and discover the details of her work. In this details lesson, students view pictures of Georgia O'Keefe and Irmgard Lucht to fnd the details...
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Refrigerator to Renoir: Ten Great Art Lessons on the Net
Every learner can be an artist with a series of activities designed to access their creativity. With reference links and instructional ideas, this art resource is sure to enrich your class and bring new ideas to even your most reluctant...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Polar, The Titanic Bear
Students read Polar, The Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Stone Spedden. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding this true story of a toy bear that survived the sinking of the Titanic. Included are reading, art,...
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Finding Math In The World Of Art
Learners explore the use of Math in the world of Art. In this mathematics and visual art lesson, they design a picture using math digits that are camouflaged into a pictures. Additional cross curriculum activities are embedded in the plan.
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Social Studies: Getting to Know You
Students in kindergarten and college students engage in dialogue designed to help them get to know each other. They meet at three discussion centers, where the students express what makes them happy, how they are seen, and how they are...
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Activity Plan 4-5: Riddles by the Bagful!
Young scholars write a riddle to be included in a class riddle book. In this creative-thinking lesson, the teacher will introduce children to riddles, then guide children through the process of writing and illustrating their own riddles...
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x-rays - the Letter X
Students demonstrate the ability to draw vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines, recognize the difference between inside and outside, and create a picture of themselves.
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My Favorite Things
Students create a body portraits to depict their favorite things. In this self-expression lesson plan, students use drawings, paintings, and magazine clippings to fill in their life-size body portraits with pictures representing their...
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Dolphins
Students explore sea life. In this cross curriculum fine arts, science, and P.E. "dolphins" lesson, students sing songs and play games about dolphins, perform water experiments, create mosaics, and use their five senses to explore sand...
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Insects
Students observe and identify insects in their local. They record their observations by drawing a picture of the insect and writing a description.
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Objects of Adornment
Students examine the portrait of two historical princesses. In this art history lesson, students define the term "adornment" and discuss the characteristics of each painting. Students compare and contrast the objects worn by women. As a...
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Activity Plan 3-4: Dreamy Rhymes
Students write a story about an animal using rhyme. In this literacy lesson plan, the teacher shares different versions of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" with the class and that becomes the basis for the creation of a picture and story for...
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Word Family Jamboree
Students explore rhyming words, beginning and ending sounds. In this word family lesson, students identify beginning and ending sounds. Students draw pictures of words and use phonetic spellings to write stories. Students use Dr. Seuss...
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How Far Can a Butterfly Fly
Students draw a picture of their favorite insect and describe. Students make a paper art project ladybug and write a story about it. Students map areas where certain insects are more prevalent. Students count dots on ladybugs and record.
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Language Arts: Phonemes and Short Vowels
Learners identify the short u vowel sound and recognize phonemes in spoken words. By orally practicing tongue twisters, they recognize how to pronounce the sounds. In a written assessment, students examine pictures, name the objects,...
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Fall Cubism Collage
Fall is an amazing season and leaves are fantastic subjects for artists to examine. Young artists use leaves to create fall collages using the rubbing technique.
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Families
Students draw a picture of their families and discuss how each is different. In this families lesson plan, students discuss how each family is uniquely different and special in their own way.
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Movement Adventure
Students discover movement and pantomime techniques in this adventurous story telling experience for kindergarten. Assessment is done through a short question and answer session and students drawing the "adventure".
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Handprint Ghosts
Students create handprint ghosts using construction paper, paints, crayons, paper plates, and paper towels in this Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. An ideal craft activity for the classroom before the Halloween holiday.
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Blessing Boxes
Students create "Blessing Boxes" to show what they are thankful for in this Art lesson ideal for the Thanksgiving holiday. The materials needed include empty (and clean) milk cartons, brown construction paper, and magic markers.
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Egg-sceptional
Students design colored Easter eggs in this simple Art lesson for the elementary classroom. The dye is created using almost boiling water and should be done by the teacher. This lesson is ideal for the spring-time months and includes...