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Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin

Lesson 10 - Compound Words

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Individually, words have power, but when added together, they can take on a whole other level of meaning. Readers learn about compound words in the 10th of 17 lessons of the Word Recognition and Fluency series. A script provides guidance...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Journey to Deep Sea Vents

For Students 6th - 12th
Take a deep dive into oceanography. The online interactive allows for learners to board a submersible to dive to the bottom of the ocean to investigate sea vents. On the way down, individuals see different marine life at different...
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St. Patrick's Day Writing: If I Found a Pot of Gold...

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This St. Patrick's Day, young writers imagine they found a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. After a class discussion and brainstorming, scholars compose a narrative essay making sure they incorporate transitions and at least three...
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Literary Terms

For Teachers 7th
"Is that your final answer?" Challenge and thrill your class with this language arts game, which is based on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." The game covers literary terms such as point of view, alliteration, and protagonist, and is...
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Winter Clothing

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
After listening to a reading of The Snowy Day, by Era Jack Keats, language learners use a SMART board and drag the appropriate vocabulary word to the correct clothing article. They then record and illustrate the new vocabulary words in...
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PPT
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Connective Blockbusters

For Teachers 4th - 5th
A very clever language arts game awaits your class in this short language arts presentation. Connective words and phrases such as: so, however, unless, until, as well, and even though are on a game board. Pupils must make up a sentence...
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Great Expectations!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a game that focuses on appropriate and inappropriate behavior for second grade. They draw a game card and read it out loud, and students discuss and identify the behavior as appropriate or inappropriate....
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Wetland Pictionary

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create a game for reviewing vocabulary. They make cards with definitions of the words. Then the cards are used to play the game of Pictionary or a modified game. The teacher could have the students generate their own game in...
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Talking Trash

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Define vocabulary related to global waste. Creative thinkers review and illustrate terms for the Global Garbage Picture Dictionary. They play a vocabulary game in which co-operative skills among players in encouraged. A great way to...
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Have a Heart!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers assume the role of a doctor, detective, and decision maker. They research the function of the heart, the diseases associated with the heart, and lifestyle choices that are heart healthy. Information gathered will be placed...
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An Innovative Book Report Idea for "Island of the Blue Dolphins"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students can create a board game to show their understanding of the book "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell.
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Follow the Directions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to a confusing poem about baseball. In this clear writing lesson plan, students write a set of directions for a game.  Students rewrite their directions until they are clearly understood.   Students make a game and write...
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Worksheet
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Comprehension Questions for The Best Way to Play

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this comprehension questions for The Best Way to Play worksheet, students read the book, then answer 11 comprehension questions about the story about video games written by Bill Cosby.
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Revision Race

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a board game that revises key vocabulary, grammar and topics that gives students the chance to practice extended turns. They interact with a game board, dice and four colored counters as they are divided into groups.
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Interactive
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New Year's Day Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Three, two, one—Happy New Year! Ring in the magical moment between old and new years with an interactive crossword puzzle. Pupils read clues to guess words such as millennium, countdown, and fireworks.
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Dilworth Elementary Character Education Respect (September)

For Students K - 5th Standards
R-e-s-p-e-c-t, find out what it means to your class! After a grand conversation about what is, and how one can show respect, scholars take part in a plethora of activity choices such as role playing, a game of Simon Says, wood working,...
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Parts of a Tree

For Teachers 1st Standards
Discover the parts of a tree and so much more with a packet of activities covering a range of subjects. First graders label practice pages, test their measuring and addition skills, explore books, dance, build 3-D trees, play games, give...
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Playing Dirty

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider the effects of video games on students. In this current events lesson plan, students visit selected websites to study video game ratings, their effects on children, and the violence in the games.
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Needs and Wants

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the difference between needs and wants. In this consumption instructional activity, students illustrate their needs and wants and discuss their own reasons for buying things. They also discuss the connection between...
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Cha-Ching!

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students play the Pinky's Create a Card game for practice. Students create a class store where they experiment in the roles as vendor and consumer. Students use play money to buy and sell various products, while keeping track of spending...
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Problem Solving

For Teachers K
Students identify problem solving strategies and demonstrate the ability to make choices using those strategies. In this problem solving lesson plan, students are introduced to vocabulary and strategies by playing a hula hoop game, then...
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Wateropoly: Life in the Desert

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore water properties by participating in a drought related board game. In this water conservation lesson plan, students play a game titled "wateropoly" which is based on the classic board game Monopoly. Students utilize...
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Flight of the Imagination

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the success of video games by reading an online article. They work in groups to design settings, storylines, characters and technical features for their own fantasy video games. Finally, they write scripts for previews of...
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When Turtle Grew Feathers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the Choctaw Native American tribe.  In this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students locate where the Choctaw Indians lived on a United States map.  Students listen to When Turtle Grew Feathers and...