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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Effective Telephone Communication
Students identify and incorporate how to use a telephone book, a calling card and analyze their telephone bill and pay their telephone bill while reviewing the vocabulary list on the board. In addition, basic utilities are covered in...
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Color in 3-D: A Nature Design Project
Students view a film about Hans Hofman and consider his use of color and layering. They experiment with the concept of 'push and pull' by using warm and cool color schemes in a tracing of leaves and shapes. Students view their work using...
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Renaissance and Reformation Chapter Test
This is a traditional textbook chapter test on the Renaissance and Reformation, complete with eight multiple choice questions, six fill-in-the-blank, and a 10-question matching section identifying key individuals and terms from the...
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Easy Bias-Covered Curves
Students watch a demonstration on how to make easy-bias covered curves. Using that information, they practice making their own with different types of materials. They share their creations with the class to end the lesson.
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Native American Trivia Book
Fourth graders research information about the Eastern Woodland Indians for a class trivia book. They Save, proofread, and print out their trivia sheet and design a cover page for the book.
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Literature Review
High schoolers review for a literature exam by answering knowledge question, interpretation questions and judgement questions about a novel or story they have just read.
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Big, Medium, or Small
Students make a math book. In this early childhood math lesson plan, students develop language, observation, and math skills as they explore the sizes of objects and use cameras to take pictures for their own math booklet based on...
Peter Bunzl
Cogheart and Moonlocket
Peter Bunzi takes readers to the Victorian era with two stories, Coghaert and Moonlocket. Accompany the literary time warp with a companion packet that offers a plethora of exercises. Learning opportunities include activities for before,...
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North Carolina Historical Sites
Eighth graders design and create a tourist brochure for North Carolina historical sites. They research North Carolina, find and scan pictures for their brochure, use ClarisWorks to form the text, print, display and use constructive...
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Fluency is the Key!
A field trip to the library begins this lesson where children select their own books to practice fluent silent reading. They then practice their writing by creating a new ending to the story they chose before receiving a mini-lesson on...
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Kites are Slow, Reading is Fast
Speed read with your third, fourth, and fifth graders. Learners pair up and work together to improve their oral fluency. Use the technique of covering up unknown words to isolate the vowel and decode the word. There's a sheet included to...
Harvard University
The Nouns of Geometry
Socratic questioning to teach Euclidean geometry? "The Nouns of Geometry," followed by "The Verbs of Geometry," and the misfit, "A Beginner's Story - The Equilateral Triangle" are designed to encourage learners to explore various topics...
Lycoming College
An Author Study of Jan Brett
Jan Brett, the author of many beloved children's books, is well worth a study. Try out this winter-themed unit, which covers areas of language arts as well as art, math, science, and social studies.
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Reading With Expression
Reading with fluency and expression is an important skill for beginning readers to develop. They discuss what it means to read with expression and observe the teacher reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears without any interest or...
David Suits
“Wild Readers” Decoding Skills Lesson Plan
Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating phonemes and...
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Dalai Lama
Sixth graders use skills and knowledge that they gained from their Tibet unit to formulate a final product of their Tibet journey. This study covers topics such as Tibet's geographical location, religious beliefs, customs, dress, and way...
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Edible and Medicinal Plants: Field Trip Guide
Though it's designed to guide a field trip to the New York Botanical Garden, you could take resource like this one to a local park, wilderness area, school garden, or even a weedy empty lot. Middle schoolers identify plant parts and...
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Immigration: Creating Change
Students explore how immigration has changed the culture of America. After identifying the foods and diets of Europeans and Native cultures, students create a map indicating where foods came from. Students design a restaurant menu,...
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Perception and Observation
Students use common and unusual objects to make observations of details, design, and functionality. They describe and draw each object while working in small groups. The differences between observation and perception is covered as part...
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Possessive Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives
An interactive, online worksheet, designed with drop down menus and blank fields, provides 24 pronoun-related exercises for pupils to complete. The resource could be adapted for a paper and pencil exercise. Appropriate for upper...
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Books: Writing a Blurb
Students write a blurb for different audiences. Students encounter different forms and functions of the use of blurbs. Students write an original blurb to share with the class.
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Bound For Oregon
Students find 20 words that are new to them. They write the definition and drawing or symbol to help them remember the meaning of the word. Students use the context of the word from the book to help figure out the meaning of the word.
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New York State Testing Program: Mathematics Book 1, Grade 4 2004
In this 4th grade math standardized test practice learning exercise, students solve 20 multiple choice math problems based on New York academic standards.
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Families and Communities
Here is a week-long lesson on the roles of family members designed for first graders. In it, learners share stories of their families, listen to books about families read to them by their teacher, complete homework assignments and...