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The Magic Pot
In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students use the book "The Magic Pot," to explore many concepts including; story elements, sequencing, and phonics. Students also practice making doubles using coins and "magic pots." This very...
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Fourth graders participate in a play to work on seeing events from a different perspective. Some of them are reporters, some cameramen and women, and others are interviewed. They put themselves in the shoes of the people in the book...
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Story Starters
Sixth graders examine the pictures on a chart and relate to their own experiences. In this story starters writing lesson plan, 6th graders explore the pictures presented by the teacher and then create an original story based on the...
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The Lorax
Third graders, while working in groups, identify five sets of words that rhyme in order to write and illustrate a storybook using rhyming words through a journal entry. They assess proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation in their...
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Preventing And Solving Conflicts
Third graders examine how to accept choices others make, about their belongings and how to prevent conflicts. They determine positive ways to solve conflicts in firm and positive ways through role play activities. In small groups, they...
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Haring Mural
Students create a class mural emphasizing color and lines. In this mural lesson plan, students first study the work of Keith Haring before they create their mural.
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The Magic Pot
Students read the story The Magic Pot and complete language arts based activities based on the story. In this language arts lesson plan, students discuss, listen, observe, and complete language worksheets.
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Alien Math
First graders identify combinations and patterns in this lesson. They manipulate an alien picture with 10 arms - 5 red and 5 blue. They use an individual alien picture to identify as many combinations as possible. Students compare...
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Time Capsule and Other End Of The Year Activities
Students develop hand/eye coordination and fine motor skills as they use scissors and other materials to make a time capsule. In this time capsule lesson, students use paper, scissors, glue, and other materials to develop these skills.
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Let's Create a Picture
Students practice using visualization to aid in their reading comprehension. After a read aloud of a selected story, students write a brief summary of the plot accompanied by an illustration of the characters they have visualized.
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Summer Safety Activity: Playing with Environmental Print
Students look at the words, symbols, and signs that surround them. In this early childhood lesson plan, students use observational skills as they note the abundance of letters and signs in their world, then apply this awareness to block...
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Mother's Day Activities
Students create portraits, short stories, hugging hands, and more crafts for Mother's Day. In this Mother's Day lesson plan, students also create flower pots and answer short answer questions.
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Clay Alphabet Sculpture Scenes
Students sculpt clay letters. In this Keith Haring art lesson, students view a video interview of the artist, design their own clay sculpture, and display during a class "gallery walk".
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Letter Writing Accuracy, Rainbow Writing
Learners will practice writing each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet. In this letter wriitng practice instructional activity, students observe the teacher write each letter on a dry erase board, then practice until each letter...
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ESL: Do, Does, Doesn't and Don't
In this ESL language learning exercise, students complete a conversation about science project supplies by filling in blanks with either do, does, doesn't or don't.
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What Comes From Corn
Learners name and examine various items that are made from corn. Students compare ears of corn to Indian corn, and cook several items made from corn. Learners create a popcorn picture and illustrate a book.
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Tape Toes & Rubberband Hands
Young scholars learn the proper form for throwing. Correct hand placement is demonstrated as imaginary and then real objects are thrown at a target. Tape is placed on one shoe and referred to as the tape toe to get the student in...
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Growing and Changing
Third graders discuss how their major life roles change as they get older and fill out a worksheet.
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"First Day of School - Make a Puzzle"
Third graders create a puzzle piece to be included in a class puzzle. They are given one puzzle piece, and they decorate it using symbols/drawings which are personal to them such as hobbies, interests, or self-portrait. The pieces are...
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Slithering Snake
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for S. They practice writing the letter S and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /s/. They associate the phoneme /s/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Van Gogh in the First Grade
First graders design projects based on work of Van Gogh. In this Van Gogh arts lesson, 1st graders review and and model artwork prior to creating their own landscape project in watercolor.