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First Amendment: Bill of Rights
Twelfth graders explore the First Amendment and the rights that are protected by the First Amendment. They discuss how the First Amendment is important to their daily lives. Students research the amendment and complete a concept map.
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The Insect Files
Students are provided with a physical description of the insect, in words and graphics, including body parts, special adaptations, color, and so on. They explore and report on all four elements of an insect's habitat: food, water,...
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Acting on the Farm
Second graders are assigned reading and acting parts by drawing out pieces of paper with an animal. They find their group by making the sound of the animal once everyone has drawn a paper. They then read and choose parts within their...
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Reading Comprehension
First graders listen and read along as a story is read to them. They discuss what they read when finished with the text. Students discuss the story vocabulary and the word meanings. They practice decoding unknown words and complete a...
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Wisconsin Through the Ages
Fourth graders research Wisconsin explorers. They analyze sources for information related to a Wisconsin explorer or missionary. They create a rough draft and edit and type a final draft including a profile of their explorer and...
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Revolutionary Newspaper
Fifth graders write a newspaper article about an important event or cause of the Revolutionary War. In small groups they participate in a jigsaw activity, and return to their original group to report on their new information. Students...
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Making Decisions Based on Best Information
Fourth graders are introduced to the techniques to determine if the information they gathered was the best available. In groups, they discuss how having the best information can help them make important decisions. They also participate...
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Quilting Connections
Students research online an influential woman, then create on the computer a quilt block with text and graphics. Quilt blocks are then printed and combined to form a quilt of connections.
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Find the Oldest
Students track down their town's oldest standing man-made landmark. By learning more about the oldest structure in their area (whether it's a church, store, graveyard, bridge, etc.), they discover interesting details about their town's...
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Weather Wise
Students investigate weather and how to forecast it. They discuss the three types of clouds and the kind of weather they bring. After setting up a database, they reearch weather-related websites to check cloud conditions and weather...
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Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People
Fifth graders explore poems of African Americans. They research a famous African American, write a report, create a timeline of events in African American history, create a map of the New World, and research Molly Walsh. After...
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Recording Treasure
Students participate in a garage sale. They will weigh the items sold. They will calculate the total weight of items sold and donated to an agency.
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Sink or Float?
Students predict and explore to discover which objects sink or float in fresh and salt water, predict how salt affect objects, write predictions on T chart, discuss difference between man-made and natural waters, and graph results.
Crayola
Crayola: Big as Life Book Report (Lesson Plan)
This is a fun idea to display your students' book reports, and encourage reading at the same time! In this online lesson, children use special markers to actually draw their book report on the windows of the library or classroom. Also...
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Big Book Activities: What Will the Weather Be Like Today?
In this K-2 activity, the teacher uses guided reading strategies and creative activities to make a big book come alive to her learners.
Read Works
Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 1: Adding to Sorted Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to sort items into existing categories using the book My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy.
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Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 2: Sorting Into Predetermined Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to sort items into existing categories using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy.
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Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 3: Creating Groups and Sorting
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to sort items into student created categories using the book My Big Truck Book by Roger Priddy.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Should Our Gardens Grow?
In this lesson, students will learn about types of land use by humans and evaluate the ways land is used in their local community. They will also consider the environmental effects of the different types of land use. Students will assume...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 2.md How Big Is a Foot?
For this lesson plan students will determine how big a foot is using a book, tools, and attached worksheets.
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach young scholars to use visual, meaning, and structure clues separately and together to determine the meaning of unknown words....
Scholastic
Scholastic: All About Me & the School Experience Unit
Great idea for the beginning of the year. Uses the book Clifford's First School Day by Norman Bridwell as the starting place for students to make their own book about going to school.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Class Book Ideas: Story Frames
This site discusses how story frames are a great way to support emergent writers in the classroom. Lots of story prompts and writing frames to use in a K-2 classroom.