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Follow the Leader Throw and Catch
Students perform various throwing and catching activities to music with a partner, with one partner as the leader, and the other copying the movements.
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Slings
Students take three shots at the designated target using a slingshot. They strive to keep all of the shots close to the target or to improve with each shot; by getting closer each time.
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Teaching, Engaging, and Inspiring Extraverted Intuitives
Why flipping Blooms Taxonomy is more effective in predominantly- intuitive classrooms.
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Every-Day Edit: Alexander Graham Bell
In this everyday editing instructional activity, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Alexander Graham Bell. The 10 errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Playing with Puns
Students examine the wit of characters in two plays. For this drama lesson, students read The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary L. Blackwood and Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. Students analyze the puns used in both plays and write essays that...
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Cooperative Learning Lesson Plans
Cooperative learning activities can help students feel like they are active members of a classroom community.
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Accessories
Pupils are introduced to the types of accessories available in fashion. In groups, they are given a piece of clothing and are to accessorize it properly. As a class, they use this same reasoning and apply it to an interior room. To end...
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House Dimensions
Fourth graders measure the perimeters of several different rooms. They convert the measurements using ratios that allow them to draw the rooms to scale on paper. They draw the dimensions of a house to scale. They measure length to the...
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Color Schemes
Students are given a paint chip and are to divide themselves according to the color they have. After watching a PowerPoint, they are given a bag of jelly beans in which they create three different color schemes. To end the lesson, they...
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Picturing The Past
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the interpretation of images. people. They look at photographs and derive stories from them and tell the personal significance to others in class discussion. The...
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Ordinal Numbers Riddle
Students create a riddle that resembles a real life situation using ordinal numbers. In this ordinal numbers lesson plan, students come up with clues and brainstorm how they could use ordinal numbers as a class.
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The Letter Race
Students practice identifying the letters in the alphabet. They use this activity in phyical education class and run to each letter when they identify it correctly. They also state the name of different objects throughout the room.
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Pathways to the Future
Students draw a pathway and create a movement phrase along that same path using specific movement vocabulary. The phrases are performed in class and rubrics are used for assessment. Meets State standards for the arts.
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Great Women Thinkers
Young scholars visit the Mary Baker Eddy museum. They discover the great women thinkers of the past. They make notes and observations during their visit and share them with the class.
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Give Me Five A Day!
Students engage in a lesson lead by the teacher to discover the diet plan of increasing the consumption of fruits and vegetables. They conduct discussions in class with each other, at home with parents, and in the community if possible.
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Katie Kangaroo's Leap of Courage
Students are introduced to the concept of courage. As a class, they read a book about Katie Kangaroo and her leap of courage and discuss how they can be couragous in their own life. They complete a worksheet and share their responses...
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Database Detectives Solve a Mystery ~ Part 2
Students work together to solve a classroom mystery. They collect and organize their information into databases. They educate the school on how databases benefit life in a democracy.
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Interior Design: Poster Board Lines
Observe different types of lines and apply skills to create posters demonstrating line directions. Discern the four different types of lines and the ambience each creates in a room. In groups, explain each line poster.
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Living Labels
Young scholars, after being introduced to and researching the wildlife diversity in Arizona, practice developing questioning skills while identifying the identity of an unknown animal based upon clues provided by classmates. They are...
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Whose Business Is It?
Students read articles in The Times Business Day section and share their opinions on the articles. They search through the Business Day section of The Times to find items to complete a scavenger hunt. They summarize a teacher selected...
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Cubby Bear's Big Responsibility
Students continue their examination of character by being introduced to the concept of responsibility. As a class, they are read a story and identify when the main character was being responsible. They share wha they are responsible...
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Number Stories (Part 4): Presentation
Students observe a model classroom where children are using clip art to add to a number story. After viewing the video, students discuss methods of teaching technology skills. They explore how the room arrangement affects the students...
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One Song, Many Voices
Students discuss the purpose and meaning of the song "One Song, Many Voices" and how the music expresses the composer's message. Students sing, conduct, and analyze two different songs during the lesson in a choir setting. This lesson is...
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Art: Drawing Ducks in Their Natural Habitats
Sixth graders explore various waterfowl species and discover how duck stamps are used. After researching specific types of birds for a stamp competition, they draw the birds in various natural settings. Before sending the submissions,...