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“Father of the CD” Dies
Students read and discuss an article pertaining to the invention of the CD as a life-changing product. In this ESL lesson, students complete a chart with a partner ranking various tech companies. Students answer true and...
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In the Wild
Third graders examine the concept of ecology and how animals are suited to their habitats. In this animal adaptation lesson, 3rd graders identify a variety of plants and animal species that live in a Beech forest.Students create a food...
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Farm Life
Students identify features and characteristics of a farm. Students recall events from the book, Tanya's Reunion. Students visit a local farm. Students sing the song Old MacDonald had a Farm and Farmer in the Dell while on the way to...
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Weather and the Water Cycle
Second graders discover the causes of different types of weather. They draw pictures of the water cycle steps and answer worksheet questions. Students observe teacher-conducted demonstrations exemplifying condensation and evaporation.
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Up We Go
First graders examine the use of number lines in problem solving situations in this series of lessons. They participate in activities in which they move forward and backward on number line on the playground before doing paper and pencil...
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ESL Actions- Matching Worksheet
In this ESL actions/verbs matching instructional activity, students match 10 words to the picture that shows the action. They see words such as walk, dance, swim, and play.
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Do Something Beautiful
Students recognize philanthropy in literature. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book Something Beautiful by Sharon Wyeth and discuss how the character performed acts of philanthropy. Students write a reflection in a journal.
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Persistent Drop of Water
Seventh graders investigate the meaning of personal persistence. In this personal persistence lesson plan, 7th graders fill in a Frayer Method graphic organizer after participating in a discussion of the formation of the Grand Canyon....
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One Grain at a Time
Students investigate deserts. In this geography lesson, students create a KWL chart about deserts and research information on deserts by using reference books. Students record the characteristics of deserts and the wildlife which lives...
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Who Is Family? Analyzing Family Photos
Students examine families through photography. For this interdisciplinary lesson, students examine photographs of families and discuss the attributes of families. Students select family photographs to analyze in writing.
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Where Food Grows
Students identify how vegetable plants grow. In this plant lesson plan, students brainstorm different fruits and vegetables and read the book Growing Vegetable Soup. Students visit a garden and observe how vegetables grow.
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Kindness Feels Good/Reading Kindness Books
Students complete acts of kindness. In this kindness and compassion lesson, students read books about acts of kindness and complete various activities each month to show kindness.
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Reading Freedom on the Menu
Students apply specific reading strategies to answer questions about the selection Freedom on the Menu. In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students read a selection called Freedom on the Menu and use specific reading strategies...
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Help, I'm a Prisoner in the Library
Fourth graders complete activities with the book Help, I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Eth. In this reading ideas instructional activity, 4th graders are broken into tiers based on their reading ability and complete different...
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Medieval Newspaper
Sixth graders create a Medieval newspaper. In this history lesson students work in groups to write portions of a Medieval newspaper. The articles are compiled to complete a newspaper. Extra or additional articles are also assigned to...
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Through the Forest and Home Again: Maps Help Us Find Our Ways
Students read Little Red Riding Hood, focusing on her path home to Grandma's house. In this language arts and geography lesson, students perform a reader's theater, re-creating the walk home and possible routes that could have been...
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Petrified Forest National Park
Poetry Soup, a reading and writing unit constructed by the Petrified Forest National Park, will have scholars hungry to learn about nature. The cross-content unit contains topics related to history, science, and language arts. Content...
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Reading Our Neighborhood
Students explore their environment and what they can read. For this lesson about signs, letters, and pictures in the neighborhood, students will observe what they see around them. Students walk around and take pictures of different...
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Organism Detectives
First graders take a nature walk and search for organisms. They use magnifying glasses to see things that live on or near the surface of the Earth in land, air, and water.
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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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Art Shoes
Sixth graders construct a collage using found objects over the surface of a shoe creating an object of art. They use a digital camera to document the process of making the shoes. They create images of "art shoes walking" with the...
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Introduction to the Federal System of Government
Eleventh graders participate in a gallery walk activity to identify past Canadian Prime Minister.
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Machines 'R' Us
Students increase their vocabulary and knowledge base while learning about different types of machines. In this machine activity, students glue pictures of the machines they like onto paper and share their collages with classmates.
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Types of Transportation
Students study different types of transportation including specialized trucks. For this transportation lesson, students look at a landscape picture map (not included) and identify all of the modes of transportation they see. They see...