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The Great Depression and Now: The Migrant Worker Experience
Students identify the concerns of people caught in desperate times during the Great Depression. They make connections between The Grapes of Wrath and historical images from the Great Depression. Students make connections between the...
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Breaking Through Reading Roadblocks!
Students apply reading strategies to interpret a map, a diagram, a scientific chart, and a historical text. In small groups, they examine and analyze various documents. They present their findings to the class.
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Story Elements
Eighth graders identify six story elements (setting, characters, character traits, plot, resolution, and point of view) and create short stories utilizing all six elements. They are introduced to story elements as the things that make up...
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Similar And Different
Learners take part in a lesson that is composed of team building activities. They work in small groups in order to interview others to find information to point out similarities or differences. Students then take part in class discussion...
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Sharing Beauty Through Song
Young scholars perform a song for their school community. In this music lesson, students sing the philanthropic song See Me Beautiful by Red Grammar and reflect upon the lyrics. Young scholars perform the song for their school community.
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Reduce and Respect!
Students examine how to reduce trash to help the environment. In this environment instructional activity, students listen to the story, The Wartville Wizard, before thinking about how they can reduce trash. They decide why it is...
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My friend Luisa
In this completing sentences worksheet, 2nd graders complete the sentences by matching the correct word beginnings for the sentences. Students match 10 sentences to 10 beginnings.
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Grammar, Vocabulary, and Idioms
In this complete the sentences worksheet, students choose the appropriate word or words to go in the blank. Students complete this for 10 sentences.
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Grammar, Vocabulary, and Idioms
For this grammar worksheet, learners fill in an appropriate word in the blanks of sentences that they come up with on their own. Students come up with 10 words on their own.
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Suitable words
In this suitable words worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a paragraph about photocopies with suitable words. Students fill in 10 blanks.
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Finding Fractions
Students identify and solve problems using fractions. In this algebra lesson, students compare fractions and simplify with 80% accuracy. They manipulate fraction on the smart board through simplification.
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Solar System: Let's Take a Trip
Third graders consider outer space. In this introductory solar system lesson, 3rd graders complete a KWL chart and listen to the story The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System, by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen. They will contribute...
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International Email Connections
Students are matched with international students and communicate through email. They concentrate on sentence structure, spelling, details, and composition in their communication.
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Alphabet Books
Students work with a partner from a different grade level to brainstorm, draft, edit, illustrate and publish alphabet-themed books. They take turns reading the books to each other and conference with a teacher to review their work.
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ICT Activity 3
Students use KidPix to draw pictures, they are shown how to select and use different tools. They become aware of to use the keyboard to enter text. Students comprehend that their work can be saved and retrieved. They are introduced to...
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Should Kids Vote?
Students develop critical analysis skills important to evaluate democratic structures. They increase their knowledge of the characteristics of voters and voting impact on the Electoral System.
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The English Club
Students explore the English alphabet. In this English skills lesson, students participate in activities to help them learn and retain the English alphabet.
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The Cream Cake Mystery-Seeing Patterns
Young scholars read a rhyme together. They are asked to identify the first missing word of the rhyme. Students are asked if they agree with the word. They then use their mouse and select and place the remining words. Young scholars...
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Cinderbank
Fourth graders identify major components of a "Cinderella" story in order to create a database.
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What's Your Name?
First graders type their first and last names proficiently on the keyboard.
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Inter / Intra Personal Lesson Plan
Middle schoolers identify the causes of the American Civil War. Using the internet and print sources, they read about the causes and personal backgrounds of those who participated in the war. They choose a character from the time...
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What's Hatching in Kindergarten?
Students identify oviparous animals. They brainstorm a list of animals that lay eggs, read "Chickens Aren't The Only Ones" by Ruth Heller and then add to the list. Students complete a booklet that shows an egg and an oviparous animal.
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Money Madness
Second graders review coins and their values. In this coin recognition lesson, 2nd graders review the coin values as they read 'Smart' by Shel Silverstein. Students use class computer demonstrations to identify the coin's names, worth,...
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Principles of Ecology
In this ecology worksheet, students will fill in a graphic organizer showing the relationship organisms have with their environments and with each other. This includes biotic and abiotic factors, tropic levels, and ecological pyramids....