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Building Bridges for Young Learners -- Community
Learners compare and contrast communities.They explore factors that influence how people live, the roles of adults and children, and the interaction of people who live and work within a community. The lesson focuses on the country of...
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Getting Parents On Your Side
Strong ties between parents and teachers produce a learning environment that benefits everyone.
Peace Corps
Community
What is a community? Find out with a lesson that sheds light onto the different types of communities—school, local, and global. Scholars read informational text detailing the life of a young girl from Cape Verde and take part in a...
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Different People/Different Times
Learners read and compare two selections by two different authors with the theme man vs. nature. They complete a literary analysis paper comparing and contrasting the author's treatment of the topic with emphasis on setting, historical...
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Special Education Plan
Special needs students practice completing everyday tasks such as organizing a day plan, reading a clock and completing simple math problems. They define the proper learning techniques for their disorder and utilize props in...
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The Hat
Honing reading and communication skills through the theme of farm animals is the focus of this activity. Students read a book about Scandinavian farm animals and complete prediction journal activities. They complete a worksheet about the...
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Growing in Communities, Kids on the Grow
Students participate in an after school program that promotes concern for others, recognizing differences, accepting differences, leadership roles, mentoring, self-responsibility and personal safety. They explore the diversity of their...
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Children's Accountability for Their Crimes
Students participate in a round-table discussion about the juvenile justice system and investigate the 'age of accountability' debate. They write a persuasive essay supporting or refuting the punishment received by the children discussed...
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Practice Your Escape Plan
Students practice escaping from a fire. In this fire safety lesson plan, students listen to the smoke alarm and discuss what it tells them to do. Students learn what to do when the alarm goes off during the day. ...
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Kindergarten Exploration Tubs
Students identify their names as a symbol for themselves. They describe characteristics of organisms. They utilize tools to gather data and compare size.
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Off to Work We Go!
Learners create a book about The Great Depression in West Virginia. In this West Virginia history lesson plan, students visit the West Virginia State Museum, answer questions about West Virginia history, and create a book entitled...
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Parenting - Discipline and Guidance
Young scholars learn the meaning/purpose of discipline and the various parenting types leading to obedience or self-discipline.
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Squid Dissection
First graders participate in dissecting a squid. They identify and locate specific parts of a squid with teacher guidance. They draw a picture of what their squid looked like and label specific parts.
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Self Management Quiz
In this self management worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions about how children self manage themselves. Students complete 10 questions and 1 short answer question.
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Nutrition for Young Children
Young scholars examine the dietary guidelines for young children. In this healthy diet lesson students examine the issues surrounding the children's diets.
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Teaching Juveniles How to Plan for The Future
Students in a special education class discover ways to effectively plan for the future. In groups, they research the programs and services available to them to discover the opportunities that await them. They read different sections of...
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Inside the Egg, Hatching Chickens
Pupils conduct an egg candling activity to show the life inside a fertile egg. Students discuss the needs the egg has of the hen, as well as similarities and differences between plants and animals. Pupils complete a life cycle wheel...
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Building Our Community
Second graders examine the different relationships within communities. They discover the need for rules and organization. They identify their role in the local community as well.
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Population Dynamics
Students investigate the causes and consequences of population growth and the envrionmental factors that contribute to it. They discuss what they think the world's population will be in 2050.
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Describing Nests
Students observe bird nests. For this observation level, students explore bird nests using their five senses. Students compare and contrast bird nests while hypothesizing about the need birds have to construct the nest.
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Parenting - Discipline and Guidance
Learners explain the role of discipline and guidance in their own lives and become better able to appropriately guide and discipline young Students.
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Third graders explore their culture in comparison to Japanese culture by reading the book, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. They identify islands of Japan, create a Venn diagram comparing Japanese culture to American culture, and...
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How To Be Healthy Campaign
In this marketing campaign activity, students follow directions on how to create a marketing campaign on being healthy. Students follow 6 sets of directions.
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Breakfast of Champions
Second graders classify foods using the food pyramid and write about the foods they eat. They distinguish between healthy and junk food and make healthy choices for their meals. They listen to the story "No Peas for Nellie" and discuss...