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Picture Collage Book Report: Voltaire's Candide
Here's an alternative to a traditional book report for your class to demonstrate that they understand and can articulate the main character's evolution and the social themes presented in Voltaire's satirical novel Candide. Your young...
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The Color Purple: K-W-H-L Strategy
Learners can chart what they know, what they would like to know, how they plan to learn, and what they have learned from Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Using questions about women's rights, kids study the themes of the novel and think...
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Escribir para Educar
Aligned with the Common Core writing standards, this resource has Spanish language learners create a question, write an explanatory paragraph, and identify the main points. You can either suggest an overarching question for your class to...
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Topic Report Learning Organizer
If you'd like to quickly access a simple graphic organizer designed for a class to divide and conquer a larger subject, then check out this resource. Assign class members to study a specific topic within a historical theme or event, and...
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Idea Generator
Second graders listen to a story about gift giving and letter writing and generate a class list of presents they have received.
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Robert Munsch: Author Study
Students study Robert Munsch's style of writing. In this literature lesson, students read many of Robert Munsch's books, write a list of the characteristics found in his books, and write or orally tell a story using some of these...
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Developing Flags
Students examine why having a symbol such as a flag is important for countries. In this flag lesson, students break into groups and create their own flag to represent their group dynamic.
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No Title
Fourth graders, after brainstorming a list of things good friends do for each other, apply prereading strategies to the book, "Be A Friend to Trees," and create similes and metaphors utilizing content ideas. They also sketch an...
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Entrepreneurs
Students explore becoming entrepreneurs. For this career exploration lesson, students work in small groups to begin a new business that they will "build" from scratch as they learn what it takes to create a successful business by using...
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For Sale! Part 1
Middle schoolers create a new document in a graphic organizer. They add main ideas to their document and reorder the items. They share their organizer with the class.
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Students communicate and express ideas through drawings that represent the stated ideas. They use a pattern book after listening to the story, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?"
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I've Got News For You!
Students explore their hometown newspaper for ideas. They create their own classroom newspaper.
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Prescribing Beauty
Students explore self image. In this personal health lesson, students watch "Prescribing Beauty," and discuss what beauty is. Students develop beauty questionnaires and complete them.
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Forests Need People
For this forests and people lesson, 3rd graders brainstorm what forests are used for, discuss forest habitats, and how human interventions have affected trees and animals that depend on the forest environment. Students read the books,...
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Volunteering Requires Freedom of Choice
Young scholars explore ways to volunteer. In this volunteerism and philanthropy lesson, students brainstorm how the early Americans benefited from philanthropy, then discuss how others benefit from our philanthropy and how we choose ways...
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The "Ad" Survey-What Makes a Print Ad Convincing?
Students develop opinions from a variety of materials, recognize and analyze bias, propaganda and stereotypes, and evaluate effectiveness of print advertisements.
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Trash Inventions
Second graders develop a plan to recycle trash. In this environmental science lesson, 2nd graders sketch their invention and construct it. They present the final product in class.
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Paper Mache - Identity
Students identify characteristics of art of Ken Parker, create hand sculptures inspired by Ken Parker's work, develop skills related to working with paper mache, and create abstract versions of their hands.
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Spanish Phrase Picture Dictionary
Students illustrate Spanish phrases. In this Spanish language development lesson plan, students work in pairs to illustrate phrases, then copy the phrase in Spanish and English. The class uses the illustrations to create a dictionary.
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Making a Travel Brochure
Third graders research the cities in Florida and discuss information about that city. In this travel brochure lesson, 3rd graders develop a list of attractions, slogan, and find facts about the city they are studying. Students work on...
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How Can Poetry Make People Think and Care?
Can beautiful words change the world? Literary scholars discover how to paint their visions of change using poetry in a series of three workshops. Each independent topic gives participants a chance to examine their feelings about...
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Why Do Americans Not Vote in Elections?
In an age of inflamed politics, who votes, who doesn't vote, and why are the questions everyone is trying to answer. Pupils listen to scholars, journalists and data crunchers on voting statistics to make their own conclusions. A chart...
Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning
Reading Activity
Ready to integrate technology into your ELL instruction? Check out this reading lesson that has language learners using the Internet and apps, joining online book clubs, and creating blogs. A fine model of what can be done.
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Community Helpers
Kindergartners learn who community helpers are and what contributions they make for the community. They will hear a story outlining various community helpers, their jobs, and tools, create a graphic organizer connecting community...
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