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Punch in the Stomach

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners recognize the short vowel U in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /u/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Alphabets And More Alphabets

For Teachers K
Students identify and phonetically pronounce the letters in the alphabet. They participate in a letter identification game, and play musical letters. Students then listen to the book "Alphabet Family" and discuss their favorite words...
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What words sound like rice?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students experiment with sounds of words. In this word comparison activity, students complete a series of games to assist them in hearing and sounding out the letters in the word rice.  Students use this information to find or think of...
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Write to Move

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write for their classmates in order to enjoy some physical fun. Students select a category in which they can create some locomotive skills to match the chosen category. Students write a paper explaining how to complete the...
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Young Readers

For Teachers Pre-K
Students experience early readers. In this early childhood introduction to literacy, students are read a story (four book options) then complete associated, simple activities. Activities include ideas such as coloring pages, simple...
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Hats off to you!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students learn about cultures through hats. Students complete "hat" writings, puzzles, and language games around the theme.
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The Cat Ate My Apple

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the phoneme for the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through a variety of activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter...
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Musical Chairs Review Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review material by playing musical chairs. They identify shapes, colors and vocabulary. They give the definition of the new vocabulary words while playing the game as well.
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Shakespeare's Words

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore monologues of Shakespeare and the structure of the Globe Theatre. They participate in a Shakespeare phrase guessing game, examine a diagram of the Globe Theatre, and read and discuss monologues from Shakespeare.
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Poetic Reflections

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Poetry is a wonderful way to explore language, express topical understanding, and incite creative thinking. After a trip to the local natural history museum (or zoo), learners write an acrostic or a cinquain poem describing one of their...
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The Climate Challenge Game

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore climate change, its impacts and possible solutions. They play a television-style quiz challenge game. Students discuss the topics pertaining to global, local, and personal solutions to climate changes.
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Stink-O-Rama

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars participate in activities that require them to follow clues. In this clues lesson, students do different activities that involve looking and thinking about clues to get them to their answer.
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Prefix-Suffix Rummy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students correctly build new words by adding a prefix and/or suffix to existing base words.
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Spelling Bingo

For Teachers K - 5th
Students write one word in each box on the BINGO card. One student stands and teacher randomly calls out one word from the list to the standing student to spell. If student spells it correctly, the class covers the word on their cards. ...
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Grandma Thinks It's Cake Baking Weather

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of Patricia Polacco's book "Thunder Cake" to explain how daily life has changed over the past 150 years.
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Health Education: Self-Control

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify healthy methods of self-control. In this health lesson plan, 3rd graders take control of their own actions as they take part in a creative activity in which they learn healthy ways to monitor and control themselves.
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Which Shoes Are Mine?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write down detailed descriptions of the shoes they are wearing that day. They participate in a relay descriping their shoes as they go.
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Shaping Up!

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergartners are introduced to basic shapes. Learners spend 45 minutes a day in geometry centers carrying out the activities outlined in this ambitious plan. There are games, hands-on activities, interactive websites, art projects,...
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Beautiful Bovine

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Looking for a fun and interactive way to explore bovine biology? Learners read a brief informational text (included for printing) before participating in several cross-curricular activities. First, grab their attention with a hilarious...
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Sentence Auctions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students proofread sentence to determine which are grammatically correct and which contain errors. They bid on grammatically correct sentences and try to buy as many possible. Points are awarded for purchased sentences that contain no...
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Holes - Chapters 1 - 5

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read Chapters 15 and 16 of "Holes," and complete 18 multiple choice questions. This worksheet is a nice compliment to the chapters, and would be an excellent homework assignment. An...
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Counseling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
As a group, students read a book about being bullied and losing their friends. They answer questions after reading and discuss them. They learn better ways to handle the situation.
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Adventure and Escape

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils are exposed to literature that is focused on the theme of adventure and escapism. They are encouraged to enjoy the story and remember times of play with significant others.
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B B BEE!!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students recognize phonemes in spoken words and match letters to phonemes. They focus on the letter /b/ and the meaningful representation of the /b/. They read 'The Honeybee and the Robber' by Eric Carle and hold up their bees when...