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Meeting Our Daily Needs
Students investigate the concept of basic needs. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students define the term "philanthropy" and brainstorm ways to help others who don't get their basic needs met. Students analyze and sort acts...
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Domino Adding
Students practice adding numbers to twelve. In this computation lesson, students construct paper domino patterns and play games in which they use the the dots on the dominoes to make addition problems.
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Tissue Paper Flowers For Valentines Day
Students make a Valentine's Day gift. In this gift giving instructional activity, students make a bouquet of flowers out of tissue paper to give to a love one.
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A Pocket for Corduroy
Young scholars listen to the story "A Pocket for Corduroy" and choose 3, Tier Two vocabulary words. In this "A Pocket for Corduroy lesson plan, students listen to specific words from story. Young scholars then define the meaning of the...
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Medical Scene Investigators
Students investigate physical, psychological and societal implications of various medical problems. Using internet technology and videos, students gather information on a medical problem. They compare/contrast viewpoints that may...
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Writing Original Adventures About Imaginary Sidekicks
Students explore storytelling by conceptualizing a story with classmates. For this publishing lesson, students identify the idea development process and discuss word choice when writing a story. Students utilize a graphic organizer to...
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Community Arts Projects
Youngsters learn about community through exploration of their own neighborhood.In this instructional activity about community, students create a community in their classroom. Students think about what their community looks like by making...
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Children Respond to Haring's Work
Students respond to a Keith Haring exhibit at a local museum. In this art criticism lesson, students create a postcard to send to the museum, sharing what they learned on their field trip.
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Yes, Thank You!
Learners explore public signage and create positive message signs. In this social interactions lesson, students explore their own neighborhoods for examples of positive, negative, and neutral signage and use this knowledge to create...
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ABC Fun and Letter of the Week Activities
Learners explore the alphabet. In this language arts lesson plan, students develop their fine motor skills as they participate in activities that require them to identify the letters of the alphabet.
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Chinese Folktales
Young scholars examine Chinese folktales. In this literature and philanthropy instructional activity, students read Chinese folktales and analyze their literary elements. Young scholars consider the effects of generosity in the tales and...
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Loggerhead Turtle Fun Facts
Students study loggerhead turtles and learn facts about reptiles. In this turtles lesson, students read information about loggerhead turtles and study their various sections and characteristics. Students then make their own sea turtle.
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Read a Transportation Story
Eighth graders research the career of Arctic transportation. In this arctic transportation instructional activity, 8th graders read a book about Arctic truck travel and review the historical aspects of transporting goods in the Arctic....
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My Favorite Thing to Do
Students realize that a paragraph is a short piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Every story, essay, article, or book is like a patchwork quilt made of little paragraphs stitched together
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Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't
Learners explore the book, "Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't" by Lauren Child. In this early childhood literacy lesson, students complete extension activities after reading the story. Activities include connect the dots, matching game,...
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Valentine's Day Booklet
Students create a Valentine's Day booklet. In this creating a book lesson plan, students write and illustrate their own book describing love.
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Learning About Safety with Clifford
Students explore discussing stories with their children. They read and discuss Clifford's Sports Day and identify connections between the book and their daily lives. They simulate discussing the book with their children and note...
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Standing Woman
Students explore a Japanese science fiction story that deals with the dangers of technology, failed attempts at utopia, mind control, and loss of loved ones through the reading of Yasutaka Tsutaka's "Standing Woman."
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Animals in Japan
Pupils compare and contrast common animals children love and have as pets in Japan and America in this early elementary lesson. The culminating project is an original work of art by each student depicting an animal of their choice.
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People Making a Difference
Students research the idea of basic needs, study philanthropists in their community, and think about ways to help others receive basic needs. In this needs and philanthropy lesson, students brainstorm about basic needs. Students use...
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Open Wide
First graders make the sound of /o/ relating it to the sound they make when the doctor asks them to open their mouth and say "ahhhh". They think of different words that contain the /o/ and identify it as it is used in a sentence and...
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Mmmm, Good!
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter M. They trace and write the letter M, and identify words on word cards that contain the letter M. Students also participate in a Letter M Hunt in their classroom, and...
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Dear Mr. Henshaw
Students read Dear Mr. Henshaw. For this language arts lesson, students answer Mr. Henshaw's ten questions using detailed paragraphs. Students create a lunch box alarm.
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Exploring Habitats
Students analyze the difference between the human habitat and the different habitats of animals in the six lessons of this unit. The students' imaginations and literature are used to explore important aspects of the living environments...