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Mr. Popper's Penguin's
Fourth graders locate Antarctica and recognize it as the setting of Mr. Popper's Penguins. In this Mr. Popper's Penguins lesson, 4th graders understand the financial decisions made by Mr. Popper. Students discuss wise spending. Students...
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Publisher Brochures
Students create brochures on subjects they are studying in Publisher. In this nonfiction writing activity, students use Publisher to create a brochure telling all the main ideas of a topic they are studying. Students use text boxes,...
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Read a Map ... It's a Snap!
Students are introduced to map and globe skills. They use grids and are able to construct their own simple maps of familiar places. Students are able to define a map, globe, and symbol and use the direction words north, south, east,...
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Konnecting Simple Machines and K'Nex
Students study and identify different types of simple machines and how they work. They design a simple machine.
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So You Think You're Tough
Fourth graders learn how to classify animals. For this invertebrates lesson, 4th graders discuss how we classify thinks into groups and move into a discussion about classifying animals. Students learn about the differences between...
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Giraffe Riff Raff
Learners study the effects of wildlife conservation and relocation. In this conservation lesson plan students view video on the preservation of the giraffe populations and discuss the impact that humans have had on them.
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Concentration
Students recognize sets of food pictures. In this food concentration instructional activity, students match food names and models. Students who name the most correctly win the game.
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Long Live the Sharks and Rays
Students study shark and ray adaptations that have helped their survival. In this animal adaptations instructional activity students view a video and work in groups to research specific types of sharks and rays.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Students identify lightning words from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to complete definition and synonym activities. In this word study lesson, students discuss lighting words and read a Mark Twain quote. Students then read specific...
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International Curiosity and National Pride
Learners investigate the national, local, and ethnic traits of the Bulgarian culture. They discuss patriotic American songs, analyze a map, play a '20 Questions' game about Bulgaria, read a letter, and identify American culture...
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Home Spelling Practice Review Unit 5
In this spelling review learning exercise, 1st graders read the four lists of short a and short e words and play a Clues game. Students complete 2 activities.
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Career Challenge Puzzle
In this awareness of career choice activity, students find 42 careers in a word search puzzle. The careers span a range of skill and education levels.
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'I magic e' Missing Vowels
In this phonics missing vowel activity worksheet, students fill in the missing vowels in 30 words in order to form 30 words with the long i sound. Students then read the list of words they have created.
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'Ee' Words Missing Vowels
In this phonics missing vowel activity worksheet, students fill in the missing vowels in 30 words in order to form 30 words with "ee". Students then read the list of words they have created.
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'Y' (Long e) Missing Vowels
For this phonics missing vowel activity worksheet, learners fill in the missing vowels in 16 words in order to form 16 words with the long e sound. Students then read the list of words they have created.
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'Ea' Missing Vowels
In this phonics missing vowel activity instructional activity, students fill in the missing vowels in 30 words in order to form 30 words with the "ea". Students then read the list of words they have created.
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Concept: Superstition
Students identify the role of superstition in their own lives, in society, and in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. In this superstition lesson plan, students discuss urban legends and listen to a related song to introduce the...
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OLYMPIC SHADOW BOXES
Students acquaint themselves with little-used library resources/reference materials and create shadow boxes to be displayed in the Media Center based on the research they've done regarding the Winter Olympics.
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Two Digit Addition
In this math worksheet, pupils practice working out problems with the operation of addition without the need for regrouping.
English Linx
Commas Worksheet (Part 1)
One of the basic rules of commas is that they are similar to pauses that occur in speech. This is what this instructional activity practices. The basic rules of commas will have to be reviewed before the page can be issued, but when it...
iCivics
Win the White House
Here is a unique and engaging approach to learning about the steps a presidential candidate must take during a campaign. Learners role play the part of a candidate in this online interactive, taking part in a presidential...
Northern Ireland Curriculum
Festivals: Learning for Life and Work
How do different communities celebrate special occasions? After researching celebrations in their countries, class members investigate other festivals like those associated with Ramadan, Diwali, Chinese New Year, Halloween, Easter,...
Lerner Publishing
Living or Nonliving
It's alive! Or is it? Through a series of shared readings, whole class activities, and independent exercises children explore the difference between living and non-living things, creating a pair of printable books...
Museum of the Moving Image
Developing Critical Analysis
To gain an understanding of how images and sounds are used to influence viewers, class members analyze these features in Presidential campaign commercials from 1952-2012.