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Designing a Web Page

For Teachers K - 1st
Students utilize educational software to create their own websites.  In this web design lesson, students collaborate in groups to create web page designs based on workers and figures from their community.  Students research other website...
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Digestible Computers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the pros and cons of 'embedded computing' in the field of medicine. They invent and describe a computer that would be embedded in an individual to improve their education or school and write essays critiquing their...
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Children's Book Creations

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create a children's book version of the Japanese folk story "Momotaro Boy of the Peach" and present the story to elementary students. In this children's book lesson, students design their book to explain Japanese culture to...
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Grab a Winning Book to Read on March 3

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students identify periods of history and read a news article about a librarian who wrote an award winning book. In this current events lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a class challenge and a vocabulary activity, then...
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Jet Delivers Books to Kids Overseas

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students identify the function of organizations, then read a news article about an organization called Room to Read that is sending books to poor countries. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a...
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore the concept of self-respect. In this character education lesson, students listen to the original "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" story and listen to the song. Students discuss the meaning of the word underdog and the...
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Problem Solving

For Teachers K - 1st
Students participate in completing various locomotor skills. In this physical education/literacy lesson, students explore the gym searching for Halloween items to return back to their "home". Additionally, students must be engaged in the...
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Father Knows Best, Write a Father's Day Letter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students write a Father's Day letter. For this friendly letter writing lesson, students brainstorm a list of parent responsibilities, then write three specific ways their fathers care for them. Students share learning experiences they...
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A Child's Daily Life in South Africa

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare the life of a child in South Africa to the life of a child in America. In this multicultural education lesson, students read the book Not So Fast Songololo and discuss the differences and similarities between their lives...
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Hector's World: It's a Serious Game

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate child safety by viewing an educational video. In this Internet privacy lesson, students view a short film based on children giving personal information out on the web. Students answer discussion questions after...
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Poetry Parade

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders watch as their teacher models what is expected of them during their upcoming poetry presentations. In groups, they practice reading poems based on line breaks and fluency. Individually, they choose their own poem to...
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Here's an Instant Activity for March 3, 2008

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Here are some good spelling activities for 'ou' words. First and second graders complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher and then an Instant Activity worksheet. and spell 'ou' words.
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Problem Solving and Decision Making

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Help your teenagers learn to plan ahead before making a decision. With hypothetical examples and an online format, this could be a good addition to a language arts, teen issues, or health class. The format itself is not very...
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Language Arts Exploration

For Teachers 4th
While an interesting lesson idea involving the exploration of a story about an Asian American boy named Imduk, a teacher would need to have assess to the Scott Foresman reading program to make this work. If not, a teacher could use...
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Ancient Roman Monuments and Timeline

For Teachers 6th
While a terrific idea, this lesson in which learners create a timeline showing the date that a variety of buildings and monuments were built in Ancient Rome, requires resources teachers may not have. It requires the use of a Smartboard,...
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Assessment Rubric

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete their activities related to writing persuasive essays. As a class, they review the components and structure of a rubric. They use this information to write their final essay on educational opportunities at amusement parks.
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Goal-Makers Win the Game!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the meaning of the word "goal". As a class, they identify examples of goals with their teacher's guidance. Individually, they complete a worksheet to identify their short and long term goals and complete a...
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A Tongue-Twisting Language Arts Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils discover enunciation and alliteration by reading tongue twisters in class.  In this language arts instructional activity, students listen and repeat some of the classic childhood tongue twisters along with their teacher.  Pupils...
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Learning Library Skills during Technology Transitions

For Teachers 5th
Making the transition to a higher-tech school library or computer lab? This plan suggests 5th graders undertake a scavenger hunt and make a PowerPoint to educate younger schoolmates about how to use information resources in an...
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Total English Advanced: Use of Would and Childhood Memories

For Students 4th - 6th
For this childhood memories worksheet, students practice use of the word would as they complete a graphic organizer and then rewrite 8 sentences using would.
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Total English Starter: Wh- Questions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this wh- questions worksheet, students practice using the present simple we or they and wh- questions to rearrange 5 groups of words to make questions, write 6 questions for 6 different answers and write 5 sentences using the 5 verbs...
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Character Education Read Alouds

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the story Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon and discuss the way each character interacts with the others. They role play pares of the story to practice showing compassion, and how to positively interact with their peers.
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Sherlock Holmes: Teaching English Through Detective Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read examples of mysteries and detective fiction. With a focus on Sherlock Holmes, they are introduced to the techniques for reading properly. In groups, they define new vocabulary, make predictions and summarize the stories. ...
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Total English Pre-intermediate: Playing with Passives

For Students 5th - 6th
In this passive practice worksheet, students review the passive voice as they correct the mistakes in 8 sentences and make 8 questions using the passive voice. Students also answer 4 questions regarding the passive voice.