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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Fourth graders research and write an author report on Roald Dahl, including books written by him, birthplace, family life, and other information on his writing. Students read aloud chapters in the book. Students create a newspaper...
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Summer Fun Activity: Dream Vacations
Students can turn the block area into a travel agency. In this early childhood problem solving lesson, students use creative-thinking and language skills as they design a play environment.
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Sports and Hobbies Pelmanism Game
Students find similarities between games to collect cards. In this memory game, students collect cards with similarities and share them including the verbs "to go" or "to play" in their sentences if possible.
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Probably Passage (Predicting)
Third graders practice predicting. In this prediction lesson, 3rd graders read a worksheet and they predict where 15 words will fit into the story. After they read the story, they discuss the similarities and differences between their...
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Cooking Lesson
Fourth graders taste different flavors on their popcorn. In this taste bud lesson, 4th graders make predictions about taste and dip popcorn into four different flavors. They record how the flavors tasted - sweet, salty, bitter, or sour.
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Drawing Figures
Third graders draw shapes that are congruent. In this congruency lesson, 3rd graders use grid paper to draw letters and figures and their congruent partners. They complete a worksheet while working in a whole class setting with the...
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Pop-A-Top Math Game
Students play pop-a-top math game to practice solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.
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Recreating A Mission
Learners role-play a satellite recovery mission. They explain and appreciate the complexity and planning involved in carrying out a shuttle mission.
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My Autobiography Activity
Second graders tell others about themselves. In this autobiography lesson plan, 2nd graders respond to questions about themselves and then create pictures that reveal their personalities.
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Predicting Our Way to the Top
Fourth graders make predictions. For this prediction lesson students enter quotes into their journal as they read. They write down quotes from each chapter that they feel make predictions about the story.
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Weather
Students participate in a variety of mini-lessons including experiments, literature readings, physical education components, music, data gathering and recording and more to expose them to several themes of weather; i.e. water cycle,...
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Name & Word Wall Activities, Building Blocks: Literacy, Letter Recognition,
Students use the word wall to learn letters, their names, develop print awareness and many other literacy skills.
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Brochure of African Countries
Students research a country in Africa and present the information they found and the brochure they designed to the class while their peers take notes to use as a study guide for the exam.
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2105
Students read excerpts from Jon Scieszka's novel, 2095, prior to presenting their vision of the future in a creative project accompanied by written explanation. They design a museum exhibit which shows a scene from a science fiction book...
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Black and White to Colour
Pupils explore two processes: the filmmaking process and the process of converting a work of fiction to a film, The English Patient." They study World War II history in locations depicted in The English Patient: North Africa and Italy....
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Enzyme Grabbers
Students perform simple experiments to show properties of enzymes through studying how apple sauce can turn into apple juice and experimenting with papaya seeds. Students witness how enzymes speed up reactions through witnessing the...
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Class Book: My Favorite Valentine
Students create a class book for Valentine's Day. In this holiday instructional activity, students draw a picture and write a few sentences about their favorite valentine. Students put their pictures together to create a class book.
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Graphic Organizers Aid Comprehension
Students create story webs to aid comprehension of ecosystems. In this reading strategies activity, students discover the importance of organizing information while reading a nonfiction text. Students produce story webs to communicate...
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Rain Formation
First graders investigate the different water formations by conducting an experiment. In this water properties activity, 1st graders examine jars filled with ice, rain water, air and snow in their class. Students predict what will...
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Letter to a Leprechaun
Students write a persuasive writing paper telling a Leprechaun why they should share their gold with the student. In this persuasive writing lesson plan, students write about what they would do with their pot of gold.
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Guiding Your Curriculum with the Help of Essential Questions
Teachers can plan a unit of study using essential questions as the driving force behind student learning.
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The Media
High schoolers identify various forms of media used in a political campaign and compare the different formats as vehicles for distributing political messages. They analyze the effectiveness of candidate's uses of different media.
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Evaporation and Condensation
Students explore how temperature affects the processes of evaporation and condensation.
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"Q" Letter Ideas
Students participate in activities that begin with the letter q. They also expand their vocabulary.