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Music - Lesson 16 - Songs
First graders determine that Spanish is the language spoken in Mexico before singing a number of Mexicans songs. They make maracas to use while singing Mexican songs. They sing the song, "La Cucaracha," in English realizing that it is a...
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Acceptance Through Patchwork
Students are asked to look at differences in people and accept those differences but to examine that people are more alike than different. The lesson has the central focus of investigating diversity.
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Go Native!
Students explore the five Native American regions. They compare and contrast the dwellings, clothing, and tools of the Native American groups. Students research one group of Native Americans. They build totem poles, pueblos, weave...
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Brussel Sprout Bunny
Students create miniature "brussel sprout" bunnies using clay pots, brussel sprouts, mini poms, Easter grass, and fake silk flowers. This lesson is intended for the upper-elementary classroom during the Spring season (March or earl April...
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Love Birds
Students create birds using construction paper, pencils, scissors, glue, and heart shapes in this Art instructional activity for the elementary classroom. The instructional activity could be used for a Valentine's Day activity or for a...
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Shamrock Man
Students create "Shamrock Men" using construction paper, pre-cut patterns, glue, and scissors in this lesson plan that celebrates St. Patrick's Day. The lesson plan was originally create for a Special Education class but could be...
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Classroom Animals & Pets - Insects & Company - Butterflies
Students examine the life cycle of a butterfly. They place caterpillars in a cage and observe their change to a butterfly. Students discover how much a caterpillar eats and annotate growth information.
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Simile And Metaphor
Students engage in a instructional activity about metaphor and simile while using them in different contexts. They are asked to share some samples that are designed by them to other members of the class. Students practice writing them...
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Ecosystem Organization
Eighth graders engage in a lesson about ecosystems with the intention of looking at how it is organized. They cover the biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem while looking at the seven types of terrestrial biomes. Students write...
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Genes and Inheritance
Students explore genes and inheritance. After listening to a story describing a rare genetic disease, students discuss inheritance and how living things pass on traits to their children. In groups students, students decipher code...
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Graphs Review
Seventh graders review different types of graphs such as bar graphs, line graphs, box & whisker plots. As a class, they read a story and construct graphs to solve the data in the story. Students play "Graph Jeopardy" which requires...
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Unknown Vocabulary
Students develop the vocabulary necessary to make their reading meaningful. After creating pre-reading activities, students a list of unknown vocabulary related to their reading selection. They complete vocabulary and context...
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The Conquistadors
Eighth graders identify conquistadors and discover how they were funded. After gathering information on Cortez and Pizarro, 8th graders create a Venn Diagram to compare the two conquistadors. They examine characteristics of the Spanish...
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Lesson Plan 3
Ninth graders read the story, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," and create a characterization chart to define the stock characters in the main story. They predict whether Walter Mitty will be a static character or a dynamic character....
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Lucy's Literacy Legacy
learners examine three local public arts portraits of Lucy Stone. They study her role in the women's rights movement through comparative readings, Internet research, and children's literature. In addition, they gather and organize...
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Practice with Using Different Tenses
In this grammar worksheet, learners choose the appropriate choice of words to complete ten sentences and then combine four sets if sentences so that the second sentence becomes a when clause.
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Complete the Sentences
In this sentence completing learning exercise, learners read 11 sentences and fill in the blanks with a vocabulary word from the word bank. There is no apparent connection between the words.
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QUIZ - TENSES, PLURAL AND POSSESSIVE NOUNS
In this plural and possessive noun quiz learning exercise, learners fill in 10 blanks in 10 sentences with the correct singular or plural possessive noun, complete a graphic organizer with 5 plural forms of nouns, and fill in blanks in 9...
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Problem Solving: Find an Average
In this finding the average word problem worksheet, students problem solve and explain why the average is reasonable or not reasonable. Students solve six problems.
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Word Choice: Whoever and Whomever
In these word choice worksheets, students read the sentences and complete each sentence with one of the choices of whoever or whomever.
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Mistakes That English Native Speakers Make 4
In this common English mistakes worksheet, students read 20 sentences and identify the mistakes in each. Students then categorize the mistakes as apostrophe, articles, capital letters, clumsy style, commas, extra or missing words, or...
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Loggerhead Turtle Fun Facts
Students study loggerhead turtles and learn facts about reptiles. In this turtles lesson, students read information about loggerhead turtles and study their various sections and characteristics. Students then make their own sea turtle.
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QUIZ – TENSES, PLURAL AND POSSESSIVE NOUNS
In this singular and plural possessive forms instructional activity, students fill in the blanks in 24 sentences with the correct singular or possessive verb forms.
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QUIZ – TENSES, PLURAL AND POSSESSIVE NOUNS
In this tenses, plurals, and possessive nouns quiz worksheet, students respond to 19 fill in the blank and 5 graphic organizer questions.