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Hop To It!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore grasshoppers. In this grasshoppers instructional activity, students measure the jumping distance of live grasshoppers. Students then record the jumping distance of people in their group. Students record the...
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Illustrated Children's Books

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students create their own illustrated book. In this illustration activity, students review books given the Caldecott award. They create their own illustrations for a book and digitally scan them to a computer to make their pages. 
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Creepy Crawlies

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate various insects through different activities. They read the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. They recite nursery rhymes and play Bingo with pictures of insects. They consider insect-related poems...
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Egg Carton Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create "egg carton caterpillars" using egg cartons, glue, and basic art supplies in this excellent Art, Science, and Language Arts lesson on caterpillars and butterflies. The caterpillars are displayed for two weeks and then...
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Turkey Color Page

For Teachers Pre-K
Students work on an art project. In this following directions lesson, students must listen carefully and follow the teacher's instructions in order to make a picture of a turkey.
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Fall vs. Spring

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners compare and contrast the seasons of fall and spring. In this fall and spring lesson plan, students learn the differences between fall and spring through books and pictures, identify the differences, draw their own pictures, and...
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Ladybugs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners listen to the book, The Grouchy Ladybug, and discuss what they know about ladybugs. They observe live ladybugs, write down what they see, and write a short story about ladybugs.
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The Very Busy Spider

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars describe what they believe a spider looks like and listen to a story about spiders. They make their own spider and spider web. They share their creation with the class to finish the lesson.
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Story Quilts-For the Classroom

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a classroom story quilt. In this literacy lesson, students recall events from a text and illustrate their favorite part of the story on a quilt piece. The quilt is sewn together to form a classroom quilt.
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Taking Care of Nature (Religious)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how they can help care for the earth. In this environmental protection lesson, students discuss how God created the earth and what will happen if they fail to care for the earth properly. Students grow their own...
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What's in the Water?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine how pollutants can affect ocean animals. In this pollution activity, students read a story about the ocean floor, think about what would happen to the plants and animals if the ocean became dirty or polluted, and...
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Time To Celebrate

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read the book The Secret Birthday Message and review how the boy had to follow directions in order to find his present. In this following directions lesson plan, students list the set of directions and then write their own...
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Independent Investigation

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students classify objects. In this math lesson, students sort and classify objects based on their characteristics. Students identify characteristics of objects.
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Colors of Wildlife

For Teachers K
Students observe wildlife animals. In this wildlife lesson, students cut out three different animals from a wildlife magazine. Then they compare the animals, verbally stating their similarities and differences.
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The Very Busy Spider-Pattern

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore two- and three-dimensional shapes.  In this very busy spider lesson, students read the story and then create a spider web pattern of their own. The webs must use a symmetrical pattern.  Additional activities...
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Story Quilts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create story quilts. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read a book and create a paper quilt square to display illustrations and events from the text.
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It's About the Author

For Teachers Pre-K
Students develop print awareness. In this literature lesson plan, students memorize and recite nursery rhymes and listen to stories of Maurice Sendak and Ezra Jack Keats. Students draw pictures to illustrate read aloud books and dictate...
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Using Words to Work Things Out

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students study conflict resolution. In this conflict resolution lesson, students read a book about anger and watch a puppet skit about how to handle conflicts. Students create their own puppet skit about conflict resolution.
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The Little Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discuss "The Little Hungry Caterpillar." In this reading comprehension lesson, students make sock caterpillars used in retelling the story so as sequence the events accurately.
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The Very Busy Spider Art Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students listen to the story The Very Busy Spider  and participate in an art activity related to the book. In this story inspired art lesson, students use a Very Busy Spider printable and cut out the spider's body  and connect...
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Water Unit

For Teachers K
Pupils explore ways to conserve water. After discussing water, its uses, and importance, students perform an experiment to discover how much water can be used when using a sponge. After creating water artwork, pupils determine how the...
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Give and Take

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to the differences between goods and services. In groups, they discover whether a given occupation offers a good, service or both. To end the lesson, they pick one occupation that interest them, draws a...
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Reading Pattern Books

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate pattern books. In this literature lesson, students read the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? and use echo and choral reading strategies. Students identify the pattern in the text and write about the...
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Learning the Sense of Smell

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn about the sense of smell and the nose.  In this senses lesson, students read The Honey Bee and the Robber, discuss how a bee uses its sense of small and get an introduction on what they sense of smell is. ...

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