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Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete activity sheets that coordinate with the story, "Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express." In this post-reading activity, students complete reproducibles including a maze, a naming activity, and a story prompt.
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Faces Bingo

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a classroom letter-sound recognition bulletin board. They post each letter of the alphabet on the board, and place photos and written name cards of each student with the corresponding letter of their name.
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Gee O Me Tree

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students follow multiple-step oral directions and review geometric shapes.
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List Poetry

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a list poem using the letters of their names. They describe themselves in the poems, present them and publish a class poetry book.
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Frogs

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this frogs worksheet, students read and study the 5 main characteristics that all frogs have. Students color a large picture of a frog.
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List Frog Facts

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this frogs worksheet, students study and color a picture of a frog. On the blank lines below the picture, students write some of the things they have learned about frogs.
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Quick as a Cricket

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore similes through Quick as a Cricket. In this similes lesson plan, students investigate what a simile is and recognize them when they see them. Students write similes about themselves and illustrate them. 
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Sharing Our Strengths

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, students appreciate their own unique talents-and that of others-by presenting an interest, talent, or hobby.
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Capital Letters: Proper Nouns

For Students 1st - 3rd
Elementary schoolers write the names of five friends in a box, capitalizing their names. They think of five places they have been and write them using correct capitalization. Everyone writes the day and month as well as their birthday...
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Investigating Fingerprints

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe that each individual possesses a unique set of fingerprints. The Magic School Bus series of books, "Inside the Human Body," is used in conjunction with this lesson.
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Make Sense of Nature

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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All of Me

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils draw pictures showing some of the different aspects of their lives, and share the pictures with classmates.
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Vinegar Experiment

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders mix vinegar with different substances and explore the reaction. They record data from the experiment. Students examine chemical change, reaction, physical change and physical reaction.
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Mirror, Mirror

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how their bodies are similar and different from others after reading the book, In the Mirror.
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Using Planning Time Effectively

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Effective time management strategies for your planning time.
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Reflectional Symmetry And Rotational Symmetry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study reflectional symmetry and rotational symmetry. They go outside and explore symmetry in the environment. They come back inside and make symmetrical masks that represent their way of life.
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Create and Locate Your Own Business

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students simulate the creation of their own business. Using the internet and database exploration, they research community profiles and select a business. Pupils define the target market and investigate a business location. In...
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Labor, Choice, and Sales Tax

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students consider the idea of earning and spending money. In this money management lesson plan, students discuss the concept of saving and spending money through the reading of a story and by completing several activities that involve...
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Bridge Building

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Bridge the gaps in your knowledge of bridges. Individuals learn about bridge types by building models. The activity introduces beam bridges, arch bridges, truss bridges, and suspension bridges.
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Now That's Using Your Head!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Explore linear measurement. Scholars will measure the circumference of their head and the distance they can jump. Information is recorded, averages are calculated, and a data table is completed. They then determine possible relationships...
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Bounce into Speedy Reading: Growing Fluency and Independence

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Increased reading comprehension begins with decoding and automatically recognizing words, which is the focus of this instruction. Using their choice of six different Winnie the Pooh stories, partners practice a variety of strategies for...
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All The 4s Again

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
How fast can your learners go through their 4 times tables? Three columns of multiplication problems await your speedy learners, multiplying 4 by numbers 1 though 10. The times table for 4 is available at the top of the page for quick...
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Now That's a Problem!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Help learners improve multiplication skills by skip counting and creating their own multiplication word problems. They will begin by practicing skip counting and then illustrate word problems using a software program. Pixie is a software...
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Icky "I"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...