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Writing
Elementary School Counseling

I Know what to Do When I Am…

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
How should we handle ourselves when we are mad/sad/happy/scared? Help youngsters understand unique emotions and plan specific actions they can take the next time they encounter feelings unexpectedly.
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Novelinks

Running Out of Time: Anticipation Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Get your class ready to read with this anticipatory set for Running Out of Time. Small groups each consider one thought-provoking statement. After each group comes to a consensus, the whole class participates in sharing ideas and voting...
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Novelinks

The Giver: Biopoem

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
The characters in Lois Lowry's The Giver are rich and complex as they weave their way through the plot. Examine the character traits of one chosen person with a biopoem, which enables learners to follow a poetic format in writing a...
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Activity
Novelinks

The Color of Water: Family History Assignment

For Teachers 7th - 12th
To conclude their study of James McBride's The Color of Water, class members create their own memoir, focusing on a family member who help shape their life.
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Math Worksheets 4 Kids

Percent into Decimal

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Young business entrepreneurs will need to know how to calculate interest rates before making millions. Empower their knowledge with a worksheet on converting percents into decimals.
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Novelinks

The Little Prince: Response to Art Exercise

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Depending on your perspective, solitude can be lovely or very, very lonely. Kids take a look at the simple landscape illustrated in Antoine de Saint Éxupery's The Little Prince, and write a short journal entry about their perception of...
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Unit Plan
New York City Department of Education

Colonial America and The American Revolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How did the founding of the American colonies lead to a revolution? Use the essential question and sample activities to guide learners through a series of history lessons. Additionally, the packet includes effective strategies to...
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Polk County Education

Winter Survival/Hike

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Hibernation isn't just about staying fed, it's about staying warm. Young environmentalists explore the importance of staying warm in the wilderness with a short lesson about surviving in the wild. Using gelatin to represent warm-blooded...
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Activity
Curated OER

The Old Man and the Sea: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What do you imagine when you think of the sea? Put on some ocean sounds, close your eyes, and listen to a guided meditation based on the imagery from The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. After class members listen to the...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Self-Concept: Self-Esteem

For Students 6th - 12th
Most teenagers struggle with self-image and self-esteem. Guide them through these stormy waters with a series of activities focused on positive messages, true friendship and support, and self-concept. 
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Virginia Department of Education

Evidence of Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What an impression fossils make! In this activity, aspiring paleontologists view fossils and construct a timeline to further understand how the lack of natural adaptation caused historical organisms to become extinct. While they should...
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Lesson Plan
Civil War Trust

Civil War Newspaper

For Teachers 8th Standards
One photograph can represent so much more than the images on the film. Eighth graders select a photograph from the Civil War era and conduct additional research based on the subject matter from the picture. Once they complete the...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Literature Study Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Yo-ho-ho, Treasure Island can be lots of fun with the aid of a resource that guides readers' exploration of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of buccaneers and buried gold. It's the glory of the read that will turn your pupils' heads.
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University of Georgia

Would Your Cat Eat This Stuff?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Processed foods use inorganic compounds for flavoring and preservation. This take-home laboratory challenges scholars to find 20 different compounds identified on the labels of foods to list on their data collection sheet. The activity...
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Channel Islands Film

Telling Your Own Story

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
After watching and discussing a video on the Voyage of Cabrillo, individuals craft their own origin story and design and build an artifact they feel best represents their history.
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Lesson Plan
NASA

Catch a Piece of the Sun

For Students 9th - 12th
What does the sun mean to you? Learners have many different interests that may have connections to the sun. Whether its solar radiation, solar flares, or solar storms, there are connections to daily interests that may surprise your...
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Writing
Curated OER

30 Writing Prompts for National Poetry Month

For Students 6th - 10th Standards
A collection of writing prompts are so fun, you'll want to finish them yourself! Learners practice narrative prose and poetry skills with prompts that twist traditional structure, provide wild vocabulary, and encourage pupils to...
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University of Rhode Island

Success Through Self Awareness

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Knowing yourself is the first step to a successful life! Introduce scholars to the value of self awareness through an eight-part personal development unit. A series of hands-on activities provides participants with insight into their...
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Curated OER

Teen Business Plan

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use Microsoft Office to design documents associated with a teen based business. In this business plan instructional activity, students develop a business plan for a teen business. They use Microsoft Office to develop a...
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Curated OER

Geography and Culture in South Carolina

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore South Carolina. In this cultural heritage lesson plan, students investigate the topography of South Carolina using maps. Students are engaged in identifying the different regions of the state and examine the cultural...
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Curated OER

Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Upper graders access the Microsoft Word program and create patterns by utilizing certain keys on the keyboard. They create picket fences, smiley faces, and hearts. It seems that this lesson has as much to do with keyboarding skills as it...
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Curated OER

The Sun's habitable Zone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the average surface temperature of planets. They use the Planet Temperature Calculator to find the average temperature. Students explore how the distance from the sun affects the Earth's average surface temperature. They...
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Curated OER

Human Body Board Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research a system of the body. They write questions and answers on game cards using Microsoft Word. Students play the game they created using a game board template from Word.
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Curated OER

Building Arrays Using Excel Spreadsheets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars create arrays using Microsoft Excel. In this technology-based math lesson plan, students expand their knowledge of multiplication by creating arrays on the computer using a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel.

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