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Journey North
Third graders study butterflies and their migration habits. They track butterfly migration and communicate via e-mail with students in Mexico where the butterflies migrate. They write letters to the students in Mexico, as well.
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Trash Or Treasure
Students investigate the concept of garbage and define how it may be useful for people. The consumption of products is estimated to predict the annual volume of garbage for a household. Then students attempt to create a treasure made...
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Mapas Bailados: Creating Visual Representations of Dances Using Maps
Third graders listen to "Frank the Monster..." and discuss the dance map on the inside cover of the book. They create their own dance map using sentence strips to record the types of movement.
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My Diary From Here To There: Understanding Mexican Culture Through Research and Diary Entries
Third graders explore the adventures of an immigrant as she comes to the United States. They discuss the difficulties the immigrants had and they research the Mexican culture and society. Students create a diary of their own.
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Cultural Corner- "Mexico"
Young scholars use print and electronic resources to gather information about Mexico. They present a mini-museum to share with students, parents, and other interested classes around the district. They present their information in a video...
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Products of the Rain Forest
Seventh graders explore products of the rain forest. They consider items from their home that may have been products of the rain forest by checking ingredients on product labels. They share their discoveries in class and create a...
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North Carolina State Vegetable -- Day 2
Students are introduced to the state vegetable of North Carolina, the sweet potato. In groups, they create their own sweet potato person using the items from a Mr. Potato Head. They write a summary of their person and a narrative about...
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Connecting Math to Our Lives
Students participate in an online interactive forum to explore how math is used in their families and communities. They design games to submit to other students online, and identify and organize data to solve the problems from other...
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Tribal Traits
Fourth graders will analyze the similarities and differences between early Texas Indian tribes, compare and contrast two tribes, select to which tribe they would rather belong, and determine their location today.
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A Day in the Life from Several Perspectives
Seventh graders role-play the role of people in different cultures throughout Europe. After the role-play, they discuss the main characteristics of culture and identify where they were seen. They discover how the government of certain...
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Finding the Salt Front
Pupils discuss definitions of estuary, salinity, and the salt front. They listen as the teacher explains the Hudson River Miles and ways the upriver and downriver sections relate to the north and south. Students graph the salt front...
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A Guide for Community Living
Students use photography to help them become more knowledgeable about their communities, and to make a "community survival" book in which problems are solved by going to the right community agency.
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I Am Me and More! Assemblages and Pepon Osorio
Students discuss their role and importance of being a part of a community. After listening to a story, discuss how an artist's memories affected his pieces. Using the internet, they research the different roles of community members.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Spanish Theme Page
A great variety of activities and resources for both teachers and students of Spanish. Includes a picture dictionary, information, coloring sheets, and short books to inspire vocabulary learning. Contains many fantastic resources for...
Other
Spanish Flashcards
This selection of flashcards for Spanish grammar and vocabulary--often with scoring and self-correcting capabilities--are correlated to commonly used Spanish textbooks such as "Ven Conmigo" and "En Espanol." Includes many other features...
BusinessSpanish.com
Business Spanish: Saludos/greetings
This business Spanish tutorial teaches how Spanish and English speakers how to greet each other and relevant cultural notes.
BBC
Bbc: Languages Spanish: Talk Spanish Greetings
This learning exercise serves as a follow-up activity to reinforce Spanish vocabulary associated with greetings and introductions. Students will write greeting questions, devise introduction questions, and act out introduction scenarios...
Other
Primera Escuela: El Oso
A collection of many Spanish-language crafts and activities about bears.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Los Mandatos
Formation of informal commands, regular and irregular forms are addressed with links to interactive practice activities. In addition, the formation of formal commands are explained with a link to interactive practice activities. A couple...
Language Guide
Language Guide: Subjunctive
Learn the formation of regular and irregular verbs in the subjunctive tense and hear the correct Spanish pronunciation for each verb form. Three links to interactive verb conjugation practice activities give learners an opportunity to...
Other
My Spanish English Picture Dictionary
A bilingual picture dictionary with a sample of useful words. Good for students learning Spanish or for Spanish-speaking English language learners who want to practice English vocabulary.
TES Global
Tes: Languages and the Olympics
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this three week Olympics unit, primary learners will pair with secondary students. Learners will learn basic French and Spanish vocabulary through music and physical education activities.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Step Right Up! Spanish Vocabulary
Pase Adelante! Step Right Up to a whole new way to learn Spanish! In this activity kids practice their knowledge of Spanish vocabulary by playing an all-time favorite carnival game. Translate 10 words correctly and take home a prize!
Languages Online
Languages Online: El Condicional
A great explanation of the conditional tense introduces one matching, and five gap-fill exercises that provide plenty of practice with regular and irregular conjugations. The "vosotros" form is also used. A great way for students to...