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Spelling and Thinking/ Short a
Learners participate in a instructional activity that is concerned with the usage of spelling words that has the short "a" sound. They read the words in list form. Students also write the words in the "an" and "ad" word families.
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African American Voices
Students investigate the many forms of Haitian art. They compare the art of some different cultures, religions, countries, and philosophies. Students also read the biography of an artist to build context for a particular piece of...
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Have Someting Done Exercise
In this online grammar worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the word have plus the correct form of the verb in brackets. Students complete 15 exercises.
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Fraction Card Shark
Second graders explain the relative size of fractions using symbolic and concrete representations. Groups of four students play a game which uses cards and unifix cubes. The game helps them get a visual understanding for the 'size' of...
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Degenerate Art
Learners examine the characteristics of expressionist and comtemporary art. They view a video clip and use the internet to see examples of each. They analyze the role of propoganda and symbols in art as well.
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Significant Objects From Our Lives
Students determine what objects are meaningful in their lives and look at artist Sheila Hicks' soft sculpture titled Six Soft Stones. Students explore the symbolic meanings attached to the art form of "wrapping" and wrap a meaningful...
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The Past Perfect Continuous Exercise
In this verb tense worksheet, students read the sentences and fill in the gaps with the verb in brackets using the past perfect continuous or the past perfect simple forms. Students complete 16 exercises.
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How We Get From Here to There
Students recognize various types of movement people rely on to get from one place to another, locate the forms of movement on a map and choose one form of movement and research its path.
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Micro-Magic With Sticky Ions
Students view a video about the formation of precipitates. They complete a worksheet that asks them to identify what makes a compound form and what holds it together.
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Balancing Equations
In this balancing equations worksheet, students determine the type of reaction and write the balanced equation. Students read the word description and write the symbol of each element using the periodic table.
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Post Office Stamps
Students research and analyze how communication has changed over time. They chart communication developments on a timeline, and create commemorative stamps depicting forms of communication.
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Alternative Alphabet
Students determine and compare hieroglyph content and frequency to an alternative alphabet based on symbols that mimic sounds of the alphabet.
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Other kinds of groups- part 4 of 5
Students compare and contrast characteristics of groups. Students create graphs using various symbols of different groups. Students make maps of their neighborhood 'groups'.
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A Flag for Mars
Pupils investigate the historical use of flags on Earth, debate ownership issues for interplanetary exploration, and design a flag for Mars. The implication of placing a flag at a location forms the focus of the lesson plan.
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"Footsteps of Angels"
Students read poem, "Footsteps of Angels," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, discuss angels in their lives, and create angel collages using magazines, photographs, etc., symbolizing gifts their angels have given to them.
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Rock Art
Students create replica symbols of rock are found in Wisconsin and work cooperatively to create a rock art panel. They observe rock art to find their meanings and reasons why they were created.
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We the People
Students show how the meaning of the Preamble is reflected in current American culture. They collect images and/or sounds from media sources that represent, symbolize, or explain each phrase in the Preamble and create a media...
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Fiddling with Fours
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders are solving word problem, where they are given only symbols and asked to find the answers. They get some clues to help them arrive at the answer. There is an answer key.
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Constellations
Third graders investigate space by researching their zodiac signs. In this space science lesson, 3rd graders discuss the different zodiac symbols, their star representation and where the stars are located in the sky. Students...
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China: Dim Sum: Sand Painting: Mandalas Lesson
Students discover the art form of mandalas and create their own sand paintings. In the process, students explore the history of this art form in Tibetan culture.
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Cave Art: Discovering Prehistoric Humans through Pictures
Students understand how to "read" a picture and put together a series of images in a way similar to that of putting together words to form a story and gain knowledge about the past.
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Lesson on Wayne Thiebaud
Fourth graders view Theibaud's work in order to form opinions and share in class discussions. They also critique some of the artists work using the Linderman method and recreate the artist's style of work with their own paintings.
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Religion And Magic
Young scholars examine the indigenous religions of China (Daoism) and Japan (Shinto) to see how magical beliefs and practices form an integral part of these religions. This lesson may be controversial.
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One With Nature
Students discover the connection between Japanese art and Romantic literature using a variety of sources and the impact of nature on these two art forms. This lesson is a three-day exploration.