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Taking Care of a Baby

For Teachers K - 2nd
Caring for a newborn is harder than it looks! Elementary pupils learn more about taking care of babies with an age-appropriate lesson that addresses how babies grow inside their mothers, what they need to grow, and how members of the...
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Organizer
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"The Mitten" Activity Card- Family Activity

For Students Pre-K - K
In this literature worksheet, students listen as a family member reads "The Mitten" to them. They cut out the pictures of the white mitten and the animals which they cut out, to sequence the story.
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Family Lesson Plan

For Teachers K
Kindergarteners discuss families with this resource. They talk about human families, explaining how they grow and change, and focus on vocabulary words. Then, they talk about animal families, discuss the vocabulary involved, and match...
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Career Investigators - Jobs of Family Members

For Teachers K
Students investigate the concept of a job and how they can differ for each household. They examine a tool box filled with different tools and identify the types of jobs could be done with them. Then the teacher conducts a class discussion.
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The Wyeth Family of Artists

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners work in expert teams to research the life and work of N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and James Wyeth. N.C.'s daughters, Carolyn and Henriette, were also artists. Their visual images of work in print or on the Internet are...
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Worksheet
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Family Activity - Color by Numbers: Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Students 6th - 8th
Learners solve four short answer problems. They determine the number of each color of candy or paper clip in a bag, and calculate the fractional, decimal, and percentage representation of the color compared to the total number of items.
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Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Relationship with Nature

For Teachers K - 2nd
After a class discussion that focuses on kinship and extended family, young learners explore how Native Americans have lived in clans and other forms of extended family divisions. Pupils also see how Native Americans relate to the...
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Worksheet
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Little House in the Big Woods

For Students 3rd - 4th
Strengthen your learners' relationship with Laura Ingalls Wilder's classic novel of a pioneer family with these materials. Multiple choice comprehension questions and a set of reflection prompts are provided for each pair of chapters in...
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Lesson Plan
Seattle & King County Family-Planning Program

Gender Roles

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Class members identify gender-specific roles and expectations in American society today by surveying adults, examining modern entertainment, and researching historical figures.
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Lesson Plan
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Exploring Countries and Cultures

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders choose a country associated with a family member and research its location, government, language, economy, history, holidays, foods, sports, and famous people. They write to inform using this data and draw a map identifying...
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Lesson Plan
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Living in the Past

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together to research a time when their family came to America. They each take on the role of a member of the family and research their lives. They are to make the presentation to the class.
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Portfolios To Be Proud Of

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Class members can create their own personal websites while collecting and celebrating their writing.
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Lesson Plan
PwC Financial Literacy

Finanacial Responsibility and Decision Making: Personal Information and Identity Theft

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers look into the very real, and scary, practice of identity theft. They discover the main techniques used by people who steal other people's identity. Learners produce an identity theft tip sheet and share their tips...
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Unit Plan
New York City Department of Education

Grade K Literacy in Social Studies: Thinking About Families

For Teachers K Standards
Family is a wonderful subject for little learners to get excited about. Family is also the theme for a social studies unit that uses literacy standards throughout. The guide outlines approximately three weeks of instruction and breaks...
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West Liberty Community School District

Exploring European Countries

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Your class members will each explore a European country of their choice and report back to the class using a creative PowerPoint or Prezi. They will not only include a basic introduction to the country, but also what they discovered...
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Lesson Plan
Forest Foundation

The Web of Life

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Producers, herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, decomposers. To begin a study of the forest ecosystem, learners examine the connections among the members of ecological communities.
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Mexic-Arte Museum

El Dia de los Muertos

For Students 1st - 8th
Celebrate the traditional Mexican holiday El Dia de los Muertos! Explore the intricate history behind the traditions, compare other cultural rituals honoring the dead, and create sugar skulls. Learners read informational text on Aztec...
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Lesson Plan
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Members Only

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the advantages and disadvantages of private communities and the lives led by their residents. They design ideal planned communities for people featured in other Class Matters articles.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Sonic Patterns: Exploring Poetic Techniques Through Close Reading

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Robert Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays" serves as the anchor text in a five-part lesson that takes the mystery out of poetry analysis by modeling explicit strategies for pupils to employ to conduct a close reading of a poem. After...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Department of Archives and History

Dueling Telegrams: 1963 Verbal Power Play Between Wallace and JFK

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Information, inferences, and innuendos. Text and subtext. Class members examine telegrams exchanged between President John F. Kennedy and Alabama Governor George Wallace, studying both what is stated and what is implied by the diction...
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Activity
Harper Collins

Beverly Cleary Memory Game

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Where is Henry Huggins? Class members craft playing cards for a memory game. One side features a description or an illustration of a memorable scene, the title of the book and the names of major characters, or a description about the...
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Worksheet
Prestwick House

Divergent

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Veronica Roth's popular young adult novel shows a vivid dystopian system in an action-packed, thrilling storyline. Revisit Divergent with a crossword puzzle that features characters, plot, and important quotes from the book.
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Grandparents Day: Make a Grand Connection!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Help your class celebrate National Grandparents Day by engaging in these special family activities!
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Activity
Pleasantville Public School

Summer Reading Project

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Summer means sun, fun, and a good book! Boost scholars' enthusiasm and proficiency in reading with a summer project of their choice—a book jacket, collage, or shoe box diorama. A variety of titles and authors from every genre offers...