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Writing: Teacher Appreciation Week
Students celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week by writing letters to former teachers. They brainstorm ideas and memories to include in their letters.
they include special greetings and random thoughts of kindness.
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Spanish Body Parts
Students practice the Spanish vocabulary for greetings, classroom commands and body parts. They demonstrate the use of Spanish vocabulary to identify colors.
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Holidays Around the World
Young scholars use the internet to gather information about holidays around the world. They create a calendar with all of the holidays outlined and calculate the percentages of countries who celebrate each one. They design a greeting...
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Star for a Day Name Fun
High schoolers practice introductions in a foreign language. In this foreign language lesson, students get a card with a star that they have to pretend to be. They walk around the room introducing themselves and asking other's names in a...
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How To: Friendly Letter Writing
Second graders investigate the proper mechanics of a letter by writing to fictional characters. For this friendly letter lesson, 2nd graders read the book Stars in the Darkness, analyzing the story and characters with classmates....
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Holidays
Students compare the holidays celebrated in the Middle Ages to those celebrated in American culture today. In this cultural tradition lesson, students read Internet-linked articles about holidays of the Middle Ages. Students create...
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Dog Gone
Learners write friendly letters. In this language arts lesson, students discuss the parts of a friendly letter. Learners compose a friendly letter. Students share their letters with small groups and draw a picture to go with the letter.
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Sharing Love
Students explore the expansion of love. They read a story about showing love and sing a song. Students draw a picture describing love. In a group activity, students participate in a "Greetings Dance." Students may bring pictures of...
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Animal Research Paragraph
Students investigate animals. In this animal research instructional activity, students choose an animal to research online and record facts from at least 3 types of resources. Students complete a webbing tool, write a paragraph, and use...
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Emailing Colonial Pen Pals
Fifth graders write emails to a friend imagining they are traveling to colonial America. In this emailing penpals lesson, 5th graders discuss appropriate language and topics in email communication, use correct format and write...
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A Cloe Reading of Shakespeare On Your Feet
Students act outeach word in a Shakespearean speech. In this reading technique lesson, students learn passages from Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew reading using their bodies to act out each word. Students...
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Trail Mix
Fifth graders solve a math word problem using previous knowledge of fractions and basic addition in this short lesson for the 5th grade classroom. The lesson can be used as practice for state and national tests that require problem...
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Community Culture Trunk
Second graders examine the similiarities and differences between the various cultures represented in their class. After being read a story about immigration, they identify things they would have to bring with them if they were moving to...
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Our Friends in the East
Students explore Chinese New Year. In this Chinese culture lesson, students visit websites to research the traditions and culture of China as they relate to Chinese New Year.
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Demystifying Stereotypes and Understanding Contemporary Cultures
Fourth graders compare and contrast folk songs from different cultures. In this music lesson, 4th graders listen to and list the attributes of selected Japanese and American folk songs. Students discover the customs, foods, and culture...
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Parts of Speech: Nouns
Second graders discuss nouns. In this language arts lesson, 2nd graders discuss nouns and pronouns. Students identify various types of nouns on a worksheet. Students play "Popcorn" Nouns.
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Stories Of Seasons
Students listen to the story "Henry and Mudge Under The Yellow Moon," and write their own story based on a season. In this writing lesson plan, kindergarteners are assisted in "writing" their story by an older student or the teacher....
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Talk to Me
Students investigate communication techniques using variations in the tone of the voice, facial expressions, and gestures. The image of Helen Keller which appears on the reverse side of the Alabama quarter forms the basis of the lesson's...
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"How Divine Is My Proportion?"
Eighth graders explore the concept of the divine proportion/golden ratio. In this Fibonacci Sequence exploratory lesson, 8th graders measure the length and width of various objects to see which items have a divine proportion. Students...
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The Golden Rectangle
Students explore the concept of the golden ratio. In this golden ratio lesson plan, students measure objects to determine if their measurements fit the golden ratio. Students calculate the average measurements of the class.
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The Verbal Sketch
Students use perspective observation sketches to understand verbal description. In this subjective writing lesson, students practice writing subjective conversations using the cartoon worksheets.
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Contribution to the Beautification of Parma
First graders participate in beautification project in their local area. In this community service lesson, 1st graders plan and prepare a flower planting project for a low income area of their city. They practice arranging flowers in...
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Winnie the Pooh Loves to Read, Too
Second graders engage in a lesson which provides a purpose for reading, writing, and technology. It also instills a sense of pride in students as they create birthday cards for a reading project in the community called, "Happy Birthday,...
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Letter Writing With the Jolly Postman
Students need to know how to write a greeting letter.