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New Year's Topics
Students work in small groups to dialogue about New Years topics. In this research instructional activity, students answer questions with the opinions about the new year, then choose a topic to research and report their findings to the...
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Japanese Tanka
Students compare and contrast the two forms of poetry. They are concerned with practicing the styles of both in order to reproduce their own creative work. Research is done to look for the backgrounds of both styles and how they emerged.
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African-American Autobiography for the Middle School Student
Young scholars are introduced to the characteristics of an autobiography. For each author, they research their life and works and discuss why it reflects different time periods of African-Americans. In groups, they brainstorm...
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The Roots of The Modern Day African Americans And The Suggested Motivation For A Bright Future (Actual Experiences of Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass And Joseph Sengbe (Cinque))
Fifth graders examine the roots of African American pride and accomplishments. Individually, they are assigned an African country for them to research. In groups, they discover the life and works of Frederick Douglass, Booker T....
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Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt
Students define vocabulary words prior to reading "The Most Dangerous Game" in this interactive language arts lesson that effectively integrates technology. This lesson requires internet access, a mobile computer lab, and an instant...
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Loving Literature
First graders, after having "Are You My Mother?" by P.D. Eastman read to them, participate in group discussions or independentally work to analyze a spreadsheet to identify essential elements in the story and graph their data. In...
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Go For The Gold!
Third graders read fiction and nonfiction works for comprehension. Using the internet, 3rd graders participate in a WebQuest. They compare and contrast the Olympics in ancient Greece to the modern day Olympics. Afterwards, students...
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Listening to Gather Evidence in a Reading Selection
Fourth graders explore an Ethiopian folktale, "Fire on the Mountain." In this literature lesson plan, 4th graders evaluate and record the evidence, as well as make predictions about what they think will happen. Students evaluate other...
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THE FARMER CARES FOR THE LAND
Students will identify cause and effect relationships in issues relating to Agriculture and the environment.Ask students to describe what farmers do. Then ask students to define the word "environmentalist." Ask students if they have...
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Bank On It! Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this language arts instructional activity, students read a non-fiction article about Martin Luther King, Jr. They fill in blanks in the story with words from a word bank.
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Vowels and Consonants Maze
In this language arts activity, students learn to recognize vowels and consonants by coloring only the consonants in a maze. Students help the frog find his way home by coloring a path with the consonant letters and leaving the vowel...
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Fill-Them-In Fairy Tale
In this language arts worksheet, students personalize their own fairy tale by filling in blanks with their own words in a 3 page story. Students read the context clues and decide which words they wish to insert in the fairy tale which is...
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Costume Party Word Scramble
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 15 scrambled words which pertain to Halloween. Students decipher each word and write it correctly. Answers are provided at the bottom of the page.
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A Spooky Campfire Fill-Them-in Tale
In this language arts worksheet, learners create a spooky campfire story by filling in 20 blanks in a story. Students may choose whatever word they like but must follow directions to provide a noun, adjective or verb.
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas Fill-Them-in Tale
In this language arts worksheet, students fill in missing words to create their own version of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas." There are 20 blanks for students to fill in according to the part of speech specified: noun, verb or...
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Trick-or-Treating Fill-Them-in Tale for Halloween
In this language arts worksheet, students fill in 20 missing words to create a Halloween story. Students may use any words they like but must choose a word according to the specified part of speech.
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Haunted Halloween Word Search
For this language arts worksheet, students analyze 13 words in a word bank that pertain to Halloween. Students find these words in a word search puzzle that is decorated in a Halloween theme.
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The Business of Design
Students visit the Design for the Other 90% exhibition. In this design lesson, student learn how to design for the population of the world that is poor or impoverished. In addition, students read New York Times articles and watch videos...
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Health Education: An Integrated Approach; A Day Without Sight
Fourth graders hypothesize about the difficulties they may encounter if they did not have their sense of sight, in order to establish a sense of empathy for the disabled. In this instructional activity on senses, 4th graders record all...
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Reading Comprehension
Eighth graders choose a product to purchase and research it in Consumer Reports. In this consumer report lesson, 8th graders work in tiered learning groups to research a product using Consumer Reports. Students complete comprehension...
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (Kansas) (Grades K-3)
Pupils examine the Brown v. Board of Education case in Topeka, Kansas. They re-enact the courtroom and discuss how school would be different today if this case never existed. They discuss how public education has been affected by this...
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African-American Folktales
Students are introduced to the characteristics of folktales and their purpose. As a class, they listen to a folktale, answer questions about the characters and share which part they enjoyed the best. In groups, they compare and...
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Local History Project: Create a Tourism Brochure
Students create a Chamber of Commerce tourism brochure for their community . They work in small groups to research historical sites, community events and natural attractions. After each group completes their topic they are peer edited...
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Mixing Colors With Beams
Student learn about color changes through the use of light beams. In this color mixing lesson, students discover the difference between mixing colors with light and mixing colors with paint. Students gain understanding of how the eye works.