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Harry Potter: Upper Grades Activity
Students interpret symbols and metaphors from Harry Potter that refer to real-life political and social issues.
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Geo-Town
Second graders use a checklist to construct a Geo-Town map including a compass rose, a map key, and a paragraph about a walk around Geo-Town, using appropriate geometric and directional vocabulary to identify the two-dimensional figures...
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Open Your Mouth and Say Ahh!
Students identify and hear distinct sounds in spoken and written language. Then they develop a connection between phonemes and their letter symbols which is a key factor in the success of learning how to read and write. Students also...
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Naming Roads
Students investigate the aspects of a historic map of roads and trails in the Southeastern United States. They explore reasons for giving roads certain names and decide on names for other roads themselves.
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Bonkers About Beads
Students explore written communication of different cultures, practice identifying letters of the alphabet, and recognize and create patterns with beaded letters.
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"For The Birds" [part II]
Students examine how Chinese and Japanese artists used different kinds of birds
as representations of ideas that were important in both cultures and create their own birds using the technique of origami.
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The Iddy Biddy Igloo
Students identify and recognize the short vowel /i/ in spoken and written words. They identify the short /i/ sound and its letter symbol. They say a tongue twister emphasizing the short /i/ sound, and identify the words with /i/ in the...
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Doctor Check-Up
Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Say What?
Students explore phonemes in spoken words. They discuss the /e/ (short e) correspondence. Students read "Red Gets Fed." They learn a meaningful letter symbol for the /e/. Students identify /e/ sound in both spoken and written words.
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Vowels
In this grammar worksheet, students read ten sentences where the vowel is missing in some of the words. They put the correct vowel in the space to make each sentence make sense. Students also identify whether each word is a short or long...
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Life After Death
Young scholars explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about death and the afterlife by observing and interpreting the design and illustration of a mummy case.
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Paper Making and Stories
Learners create a handmade paper using pre-soaked paper pulp and a screen. They then decorate the paper using water color paint and brushes in a style that expresses ideas from a reading of, "Miss Rumphius" by Barbara Cooney.
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The Fat Cat
Young scholars explore phonemes. They identify that a=/a/. Students recognize /a/ in spoken words by learning a meaningful representation and a letter symbol. Young scholars practice finding /a/ in a variety of words. Students read a...
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Things That Make You Say Aaaa!
Young scholars discuss how to identify the a=/a/ in spoken words. They discuss a meaningful representation for the sound and a letter symbol. They identify the /a/ sound in words. Students read a story and blink their eyes when they hear...
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Storybooks and Games
Students explore stories, games and coloring pages on an interactive website. In this pre-reading activity, students have free access to stories, coloring pages and simple games at the Lil' Fingers website.
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Reading And Responding: Lesson 15 Nonfiction
Eighth graders examine a nonfiction selection in a teacher led lesson. They examine the author's purpose for writing the selection and identify the difference between fact and opinion. The compare and contrast expository and narrative...
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Celebrating Nature: The Landscape
Eighth graders identify and explore the painting style of Fauve artists. They examine the works of Matisse and Derain. Students discuss the non-traditional use of color in Fauve paintings. They create a landscape painting representing...
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Making Instant Whip (Recipe)
In this language arts worksheet, learners practice sequencing, finding action words and following directions as they make Instant Whip ( a dessert). Students cut picture cards and sequence the steps, then read the recipe and make the...
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Huichol Yarn Painting
Sixth graders study the Huichol Indians and the art of yarn painting. They create their own yarn paintings in the Huichol style.
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Nebraska: Using Pictures
Students create a scrapbook about Nebraska history focusing on Post Office murals. They choose their favorite murals and write a story to go along with the mural. In groups, students present their murals to the class and visit the...
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Model Lesson Plans
Ninth graders study how to identify and analyze the use of figurative language used in selected poems, short stories or other pieces of prose chosen by the teacher. These pieces of literature represent at least two pieces by one writer...
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I Hear an "A"
Young scholars explore the long "a" sound. Using the Michigan quarter reverse design, students say the words aloud to discover the long "a" sound. Young scholars read given words and identify the long "a."
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Sailing Vessel Installations
Learners identify the parts of sailing vessels. They view pictures of sailing vessels and discuss the purpose of each part. Students build their own installation in class. They share experiences and ideas based on the sailing vessel.
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Platter
Students identify the many cultures whose artistic traditions contributed to the art of viceregal Mexico and specifically to this piece of art. They discuss the many influences on the life and society of viceregal Mexico and note the...