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Spelling Connections: Assessment and Review

For Students 7th - 8th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. There is no obvious connection between the words. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Children's Books Teach Diversity, Respect

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners compare aspects of children's books that teach diversity and respect. They examine universal values such as courage and bravery, respect and apathy. They create a final project based on their ability to recognize the values in...
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State Parks: A Spanish Vocabulary Lesson

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a PowerPoint about state parks using Spanish vocabulary. In this Spanish lesson, 9th graders work in groups to research about area recreational facilities. Students use information collected on-line to create and...
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Virtue Or Vice?

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create triptychs, pictures in three panels side by side, of certain themes displayed in the painting "Don Quixote" by Jean-Baptiste Camile Carot. Student evaluations are accomplished through participation during in-class...
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Growing Poems

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students write garden inspired poetry. For this poetry lesson plan, students go out into the garden and write poems about how they feel, what they see, and what is going on in the garden.
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Fighting Fire With Satire

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider satire in the news by exploring various sources of "fake news," and then creating their own political satire in the form of a skit, news article, or cartoon.
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Appreciating the Men of Ballet from Dance in America: Born to be Wild: The Leading Men of the American Ballet Theatre

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the role of men in the American Ballet Theatre. In this ballet lesson, students watch segments of the Great Performances video "Dance in America: Born to be Wild: The Leading Men of the American Ballet Theatre." Students...
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The Poetics of Hip Hop

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers consider the role of rhythm, form, diction, and sound in poetry. In this integrated arts lesson, students discuss the attributes of poetry as they analyze Shakespearean sonnets, hip hop music lyrics, and poems by Nikki...
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Wolf Fact Cards

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write a non-chronological report about wolves. They read and discuss wolf fact cards in small groups, complete a KWL chart, observe the teacher model the steps of writing a report, and conduct research and write an original...
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Third Grade Ecuadorian Rainforest

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the Ecuadorian Rainforest. For this writing and research lesson students utilize several information sources to learn about the Ecuadorian Rainforest. Students also summarize and paraphrase information learned...
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Equadorian Rainforest: The Tropical Supermarket

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the concept of sustainable agricultural practices through cocoa farming and the lives of the people who are the producers. Students watch a slide show and read a story which helps them understand the origins of chocolate,...
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How can we keep our forests intact and have chocolate too?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders recognize the need to sustain crops in the rainforest. In this rainforest instructional activity, 4th graders consider the use of products from the rainforest.  Students discuss how people of different points of view...
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Mammal Morphology - Bats, People, and Other

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this physical characteristics learning exercise, students compare bats and humans by putting a + sign in the chart for whether or not bats and humans have the same characteristics. Students do this for 17 characteristics and answer 3...
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Transforming Triangles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders graph translations (slides) and reflections (flips) on a coordinate plane. They visualize and identify geometric shapes after applying transformations on a coordinate plane. Finally, 6th graders write a paragraph telling...
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Using Greek and Latin Roots to Help Students Learn Vocabulary in Science Classes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
You can help students confidently approach science vocabulary by teaching them about Greek and Latin roots.
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Geometry Gymnastics

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners identify shapes and manipulate 2 and 3 dimensional objects. They view objects from different perspectives and review relative positions (near, far, between). They sing a shape song.
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Conventions and Proofreading

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars explore and apply their proofreading skills in order to prepare their project essays for peer editing and final drafting. They refine their final project essays by identifying and correcting spelling and grammatical errors.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Communicate Effectively on Health and Nutrition Topics

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, after encountering an intense vocabulary list of health and nutritional terms, examine basic health care requests and issues that might come up in every day situations.
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Common/Proper Nouns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students sort word card into two categories (common and proper nouns). They copy the class charts. Students create a table in Word including the headings, common noun and proper noun. They put the correct words onto their chart and add a...
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Let's Go to the Farm

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore corresponding letters of the alphabet with the corresponding phonemes using farm animals. They create a classroom word wall of the items they saw on a trip to the farm or zoo. Students create pictures to go along with...
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How Can We Keep Our Forests Intact and Have Our Chocolate Too?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore various methods of growing and harvesting rainforest foods in order to sustain its biodiversity. They discuss the various uses for trees from several viewpoints. Students research chocolate demand and land use...
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Zulu King, Zulu King

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students listen to story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, brainstorm everything they know about Mardi Gras, create pages relating to Mardi Gras for class book, type information on computer, play slide show, and take turns reading their books.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Concepts of Time and Money

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students identify different denominations of United States currency and symbols associated with money and reading prices. In addition, in pairs they identify examples of currency from newspapers and magazines.
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Ecuadorian Rainforest: If the Forests Could Talk

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the delicate balance the must be maintained in a rainforest ecosystem. In this ecosystems lesson, 3rd graders learn about the importance of "little things" such as bugs or a certain plant in the rainforest. This...