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The Weekly News, Part 1
Fifth graders explore things that happen in their schools. In this journalism lesson, 5th graders use the writing process to prioritize their collected information. Students write a weekly article for a classroom news report.
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Growing and Graphing
Students visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...
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A Shapely Activity
Fifth graders explore polygons in various shape activities. In this polygons instructional activity, 5th graders discuss and identify polygons by their number of sides. Students sort ceramic tiles by the number of sides on each piece....
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Write a Rap Song
Students compose lyrics for a rap song. For this music lesson, students choose a topic, such as "Our School," and use rhyming words to compose a rap song. Students perform the song for their classmates.
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Rules and Consequences in the Classroom
Students study rules and consequences as well as learn positive, healthy behaviors in and out of the classroom. In this behavior lesson, students discuss behaviors that got them into trouble at home. Students name trouble behaviors at...
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The Integration of Science and Math Through Ecosystems
Learners use the disciplines of math and science to examine ecosystems. In groups, they calculate the amount of supplies they would need to live in the classroom for one day, a week and a year. Using this information, they apply it to...
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Anthropology and Sociology
Students examine the combined subjects of anthropology and sociology and explain how the disciplines would study the same issue. On poster board, they locate or draw pictures related to the two subjects. Once this is completed, students...
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Rangoli - An Art of India
Students respond to image of a rangoli, identify viewing context for selected rangoli image and how this affects viewer's ability to understand the artwork, investigate cultural values and purposes of rangoli art, and design and make a...
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I Can Manage Myself (ICMM) Club
Students who have disruptively talked or created a disturbance during a instructional activity then write an essay about respect. They read an explanation of what respect looks like in the classroom and copy an explanation about why...
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Designing Another Juilliard
Ninth graders explore the characteristics for a top notch school. In this Social Studies lesson, 9th graders create their own fictional school that promotes excellence in a discipline of their choice. Students read Frank...
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Festival Hosanna
Students sing and perform the song "Festival Hosanna" by Carole Stephens in this Choral lesson for the High School classroom. Emphasis is placed upon the National Standards for Music and singing proper Latin text in a group setting.
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Treasure Hunt Region
Students are introduced to new geography related vocabulary words. In groups, they focus on a different region of the school and develop a new name for it. They create a treasure map for another group to use in the region of the school...
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Internet Project - Project Groundhog
Students share weather and community information with other students across the continents. In groups, students collect details, pictures, and drawings about their community, its weather patterns, and school. They predict if groundhog...
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Moving Voices
Young scholars create films in which they depict to others what they want them to know about their community or school. They create films with different themes including social studies, geography and government. They work together to...
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H.O.R.S.E.
Extend your lesson on Christopher Myers' H.O.R.S.E with a series of activities about basketball. After kids read the book, they match basketball terms with their definitions, find as many words as they can with the letters H, O, R,...
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Behavior Plan
Help your learners understand classroom rules with a behavior plan worksheet. After children break a rule, they fill out which rule was broken, their plan to correct their actions, and how a teacher and others can help them correct their...
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Building Successful Parent-Teacher Rapport
Pupils discuss the importance of having a strong parent-teacher relationship. They brainstorm ways to build and strengthen the relationship with their child's teacher. Groups of students role play the different methods of communicating...
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Leadership: Leading Off
Students explore leadership skills. In this leadership instructional activity, students examine leadership styles as they reflect on controversies and celebrations in American baseball. Students discuss the attributes of positive and...
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The Inn of Lost Time Reader's Resource
Introduce "The Inn of Lost Time" by Lensey Namioka to your middle schoolers with a reader's resource page. It includes links to different activities, including a creative writing prompt about losing fifty years of your life, and a...
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Ancient Greece
Students explore the origins of modern language. In this etymology lesson, students discuss the cultural influences of Ancient Greece on modern society. Students design and complete charts that demonstrate the original and contemporary...
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Buddhism-Buddha Day: The Story of Buddha's Enlightenment
For this Buddha Day worksheet, students select 15 words from the word bank that best complete the 5 paragraph story about Buddha's enlightenment.
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Islam - Ramadan, What is Ramadan?
In this Ramadan instructional activity, students fill in the blank of a four paragraph text that illustrates their knowledge on the holy month. There is a word bank provided.
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Islam - Ramadan, Newspaper Article - Writing Frame
In this newspaper article writing frame worksheet, students report on the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Students must write a solid headline, describe the significance of the special month to Muslims and maintain appropriate news...
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The Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is a wonder of the world. Learners explore the history and construction of the incredible feat using both non-fiction and fictional works. The resource includes multi-day lesson plans that contains ideas for...