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Busting the Tobacco Ads.

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders recognize that tobacco companies target young people with their advertisements. In this tobacco lesson, 5th graders understand why tobacco companies target youth. Students define the word adbuster and create adbusters to...
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Mammals

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this mammals and carnivores worksheet, students classify ten pictures of mammals into the Order Rodentia, Order Artiodactyla, or Order Carnivora. Students then classify eight carnivores into the following scientific families: Ursidae,...
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CDs: Creating Direction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars articulate a direction about prejudice through text and images via a CD album cover. In this prejudice lesson, students view images for prejudice from various sources. Young scholars brainstorm words that contribute to the...
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Little Engine That Could Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students read The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper and create the trains featured in the story. In this reading comprehension activity, students create cardboard trains resembling The Little Engine That Could, painting them...
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Descriptive Writing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Student create descriptive writing pieces through the use of a picture book.  In this descriptive writing lesson, students investigate images to emphasize the details in their writing.
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Responding to Open-Ended Questions using RASP

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn how to answer questions correctly.  In this writing lesson, students learn the acronym RASP and view model responses for each part of the writing strategy.  Students practice using the RASP model to answer questions.
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Jack Be Nimble

For Teachers K
Students recite the poem "Jack Be Nimble". In this poetry lesson, students read the poem and discuss other action words to use instead of jump. They rewrite the poem using their own name and a new action word. 
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Very Hungry Caterpillar Play-Doh

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore the concept of retelling a story.  In this retelling instructional activity, students use Play-Doh to create models of the objects in Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  Students use these models to to retell the...
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Where the Red Fern Grows Vocabulary Slides

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars identify vocabulary words in Where the Red Fern Grows. In this vocabulary lesson, students view an included PowerPoint presentation on vocabulary words from each chapter in the novel. Young scholars identify and use the...
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Going on a Lion Hunt

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a canteen and binoculars before reading, Going on a Lion Hunt.  In this reading lesson, students reenact the story they have just heard by using the props they have created.   
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Reader's Theatre for The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in reader's theatre. In this compare and contrast instructional activity, students read the book The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza. This instructional activity promotes fluency and expression. Students also read the...
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Advertising Adjectives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create advertisements using comparative adjectives. In this grammar activity, students brainstorm various products for which they would like to create an advertising campaign. Students use comparative adjectives in their...
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Online Reading Logs

For Teachers Pre-K - 7th
Students record book reading and practice spelling and vocabulary on this free online reading-log site.  In this lesson, students work online to complete reading logs. Students are assigned 30 minutes a night in reading.
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It's a Secret! Writing Prompt

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students write the ending to <i>It's a Secret</i> by John Burningham.  In this creative writing activity, students are read the first two pages of <i>It's a Secret</i> and they continue writing what they think the...
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Scrambled Eggs Super!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of rhyming words.  In this rhyming word lesson, students decorate eggs and place words inside the eggs.  Students use the eggs to play a rhyming word concentration game. 
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Diary of a Wombat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners create a diary entry from an animal's point of view. In this creative writing lesson, students read the book Diary of a Wombat and conduct brief research on an animal of their choice. Learners create a diary entry based upon...
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Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate classifying animals. For this animal classification lesson, students choose three animals that use camouflage and list three facts about that animal. Students create a story about the animal, present it to the...
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Coffee Ground Dinosaur Fossil Prints

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students create fossils to understand how scientists learn about dinosaurs.  In this dinosaur lesson, students mix ingredients to make dough and put in objects that can make impressions. Students let fossil dry overnight. students then...
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Life Science 2c- From Parents to Young -Traits Bulletin Board

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize what traits are inherited. In this inherited traits bulletin board lesson, students complete a chart showing what traits they have inherited and from whom.
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CD Snowman

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners design and produce snowmen.  For this winter lesson, students use CD's to create 3 dimensional snowmen.  Learners discuss the senses of sight and touch as well as compare their craft snowmen to a real snowman.
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Ocean Poster

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students discover ocean life by creating a mural.  For this ocean biology lesson, students utilize a computer to find images of the ocean that can be used to create a collage.  Students discuss the different images and how the ocean is...
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The Snowman

For Teachers K - 1st
Students view the wordless book The Snowman.  In this Snowman book lesson, students discuss the events in the pictures of the book.  Students write a sentence with illustration to respond to the book.  Students paint CD's and create a...
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Body Systems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this body systems lesson, students work in small groups conduct research to become an 'expert' on one of the 7 body systems. Students present their findings to the class via power point, poster, or song.
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Bear Hunt Obstacle Course

For Teachers Pre-K
Students complete an obstacle course.  In this following directions lesson plan, students read the book Going on a Bear Hunt.  Students learn how to maneuver through the obstacle course, walk through the obstacle course and then discuss...

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