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Read with Speed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through various techniques. After reviewing decoding and rereading as good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a teacher selected text. They complete a timed reading drill and...
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Children of the Earth and Sky

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the culture and traditions of Native Americans. After reading "Children of the Earth and Sky," students discuss the lives of Native American children in relation to their own. They create replicas of Hopi...
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Here's An Instant Activity for April 7, 2003

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice their spelling skills with soft syllable endings. In this spelling lesson plan, 5th graders complete soft syllable interaction activity with their teacher. Students then write 16 le-ending and ly-ending word pairs...
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4 X 4 (Not a Jeep!)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups of 4, complete a puzzle by matching terms and definitions.
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Feeding Red

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, rereading and reading with expression, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with the instructor,...
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Telling Our Own Stories

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Explore online profiles and social media with your middle and high school classes. Use blogs to inspire your class to craft a well-written, thoughtful response to a prompt you give.  A few example prompts are given. 
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Sentence Auction

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in a sentence auction activity. Groups of students attempt to purchase as many correct sentences as possible. Each group has $3,000 to spend. The winning group is the one who has bought the most correct sentences.
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Tread Lightly: Where We Stand

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the concept of ecological footprints. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students calculate their ecological footprints and consider how to reduce them.
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Mobile Phones

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Investigate how mobile phones impact their lives through this technology lesson that has learners discuss the history of the cell phone and research how cell phones are being used in third world countries. Students create a blog for new...
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What's Wrong - Intensive Reading

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the different types of reading and when to use each type. They read passages and try to find the mistake in each sentence.
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Integrating Past Continuous

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students recognize the situations in which the use of the past continuous would be beneficial in writing. They focus on the use of the past continuous as a descriptive tense when something important occurred.
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Sentence Match

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concept of equivalency. In this math instructional activity, 5th graders write their own word problems and pair them to appropriate algebraic number sentences.
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Learning Online

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use online tutorials. In this online learning activity, students explore online learning websites and use tutorials to learn about a topic of their choice.
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ESL Activities: Our Paths to Australia - 15 September 2004

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students identify their own feelings about coming to a new country. Students understand vocabulary associated with emotions. Students recognise that their emotions are not unusual amongst people with similar experiences .
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Investigating Sources-Artifacts

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss artifacts. In this social science lesson, students realize that artifacts can help one in determining about the person the artifacts belonged to. Students will be put into small groups and will look at objects from a box...