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Lift Off with Rockets!
Students obtain information concerning rockets and the use of them in space, create their own rocket on the computer with the graphic choices on the website www.goobo.com, and write descriptive words or phrases to describe their rockets.
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The Four Seasons
Students who are special needs and early elementary students study facts about the four seasons. They listen to read aloud books about each season before completing associated graphic organizers. They illustrate pocket books to hold all...
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"Where in the World is my School?"
Students learn new vocabulary and discuss what GPS is and does. They locate their school using the equipment.
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Radial Design Mandala
Students design original radial art designs.In this radial design activity, students use compasses and a nature inspired idea to create radial art. Students understand the use of symmetry, balance and design shapes in continual patterns....
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What's the Point? A Lesson on Point of View
Fourth graders read the book, Good Dog by Alexandra Day. In this writing lesson, 4th graders re-write the story from a chosen character's point of view. This lesson can be used with many other wordless picture books.
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Creating Family Trees
Pupils make presentations about families. They make family trees and present orally to the class.
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The Island of The Blue Eagles
Sixth graders read the book CALL IT COURAGE by Armstrong Sperry. They use the Internet to research and work in groups to write ocean chants. They construct dioramas and build a sea turtle withK'NEX.
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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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Beginning Consonants
In this early childhood beginning consonants worksheet, students say the name of the first picture in each row, listening to the beginning sound. Students then say the name of the other 3 pictures in the row and circle the picture that...
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What information do we want to find out about a real-life millennium superhero?
Fourth graders come up with interview questions for heroes. In this hero lesson, 4th graders discuss what information would be important to include in a report on a superhero. They write their questions in the database program on...
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Cause and Effect with the Treasure of Green Lake
Students, after reading the book, "Holes," answer questions about the story's plot, make decisions about game play that involve cause and effect relationships and utilize problem-solving skills and hand-eye coordination to navigate a...
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American Government Worksheet 1
In this American government worksheet, learners respond to 12 true/false, 11 alphabetical order, 15 fill in the appropriate articles, 15 matching, and 1 cryptogram about the structure of the American government.
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Lesson One: Characterizing Philanthropic People
Familiarize your class with philanthropy and involve individuals in philanthropic activities. First, determine the traits of philanthropic people. Class members attach sticky notes with character traits written on them to each side of at...
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Mix It Up Grammar!
Students review the parts of speech to begin the lesson. Using computers, they listen to instructions from their teacher and write the word under the categories respresenting the different parts of speech. Using the same word, they find...
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Mass Manipulation
Students make a chart of the media's manipulation techniques and examples of them while watching and listening to a video tape of past news events.
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Get the Joke!
Students explore humor through word context and inference used in everyday language.
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Author Study
Students work collaboratively to create PowerPoint presentations on an author of their choice. This lesson is written for a first and third grade joint project with students pairing up across grade levels.
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SATP Basic Parts of an Informative Essay
Students identify the elements of an informative essay. Through a teacher led discussion, students explore the basic parts of a five paragraph essay and , using a hamburger as an analogy, students label the pieces. They discuss the...
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November Word Scramble
In this November word search, students study 15 words pertaining to fall and the month of November. Students unscramble the words, without the use of a word bank.
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Cookie Word Search Puzzle
In this word search activity, 2nd graders find the name of 9 cookie types hidden in a circular shaped puzzle. They find the words that are found in a word box at the top of the page which include oatmeal, molasses, pumpkin, and gingerbread.
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What is Brazil's history?
Students research Brazil's history and note the changes that take place over time in Brazil's history. They analyze reasons for changes in Brazil's history and compare and contrast Brazil's history with that of the United States in...
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Lost Worlds
Students, while using the strategy of identifying the main idea and supporting details, explore the three nonfiction selections of the lost worlds of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains, Great Zimbabwe, and Anasazi. In addition,...
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Organizing Ideas
Eighth graders investigate varous writing skills as part of larger course of study. The lesson plan is essentially a rough guide for conducting a class for writing. The main focus of the plan is organizing ideas using various strategies...