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Tradition through storytelling and music
Students discover how storytelling can shape a person's tradition.Students examine different methods of storytelling such as music, biographies, and African folktales. They then demonstrate their knowledge of storytelling by writing...
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Mathematicians are People, Too!
Students access the Internet to locate data regarding their assigned mathematician. They organize their notes on a data form, write a report, create a visual and present their facts to their classmates.
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Country Mouse, City Mouse?
Students recognize the characteristics of a rural area. They analyze land use to determine whether the map is of a rural (country) area or an urban (city) area.
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Tortoise and Hare Races
Students listen to the fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, and participate in various map skill activities. They manipulate magnetic tortoises and hares on metal cookie sheets to practice direction, and construct racing tortoises out of...
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Alphabet Animals
Second graders create an encyclopedia of unusual animals, using a variety of resources to collect their information. Each student illustrates an animal and provides a brief description for each letter of the alphabet. A very nice,...
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Magic Bubble Prints
Young scholars use magic bubbles to create designs on paper, and they are encouraged to relate their designs to objects they have seen in the world. They create a bubble print painting using a bubble and liquid watercolor mixture.
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Figurative Language - Part Two
Students need to use their papers from Part One of this lesson. They then write a paragraph for each term. This exercise help them to use these terms in their writing. Using figurative language makes writing more descriptive and alive.
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Global Peace Lesson Plan
Fifth graders recognize the characteristics of poetry. For this poetry lesson, 5th graders listen to poetry by Dionne Brand and discuss the meaning of the poems. Students construct their own poems and present them as an assessment.
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Spanish 2 Chapter 4
Students participate in a layered curriculum lesson with activities like the following: Students design a 15 slide power point presentation using vocabulary in sentences that is in Spanish. They make a high quality brochure for Spanish...
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Ant Writing
Students become effective writers. They need to practice strategies for working through the writing process. By presenting the students with a creative problem, they must choose a position and support it accordingly.
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To Market
Students examine the process of cooking a meal. In this cooking background lesson, students explore cooking utensils, recipes, songs, and literature. They go through stations that encourage dramatic play and hands-on exploration of...
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Harriet Tubman
Students study the contributions of Harriet Tubman. For this service learning lesson, students explore the work of Harriet Tubman as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
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Responsible Youth in the News
Students research newspapers and magazines for articles about young people being responsible or being irresponsible. In this responsibility lesson, students discuss responsibility and the articles. Students answer questions in groups...
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Arthur Meets the President
Students listen to Arthur Meets the President and participate in Internet activities. In this Arthur Meets the President instructional activity, students become familiar with the work of the President. Students create a KWL about the...
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Our Town
Fifth graders discuss the variety of feelings and emotions they may experience when someone or something dies. They identify emotions they have experienced and examine how experiencing a wide range of feelings is normal after the loss of...
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Developing a Relationship with Senior Citizens
Students examine how to value their elders and the senior citizens in society. They show empathy through literature to people who are generation or more older than themselves. They also study the importance of genealogy.
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Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf"
Fourth graders study Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf." They explore the characters and the instruments that represent the characters. They create their own version of "Peter and the Wolf" for the purpose of introducing the...
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Water Treatment Plant
Second graders create their own water treatment system. In this water treatment lesson, 2nd graders create the water treatment system and record how it works. Students list materials they used and write about what they saw. Students then...
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A View of Yourself Through Famous Writers
Students research famous quotes and discover one that describes themselves. They consider topics such as family and hobbies that will help others understand them. They present their information to the class.
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Community Jobs
First graders explore community jobs. They examine the responsibilities and contributions of teachers, police officers, firefighters and doctors. Students draw illustrations and tell about a profession of their choice.
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A Little Alliteration
Second graders study rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration in poetry by completing various activities. In this language arts lesson plan, 2nd graders practice recognizing alliteration and then create their own poem using alliteration.
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Art Mystery
Students explore famous artists in order to write mystery stories incorporating their life and works. They write their own based on their research of a particular artist.
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Family Lessons in Philanthropy: The Drive
Students investigate family philanthropy. In this family philanthropy activity, students review vocabulary such as community, family, service, volunteer, tradition, and caring. They listen to Valerie Flournoy's, The Patchwork Quilt. They...