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Bullies, Bullies, and No Bullies

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a lesson about bullying. The concerns of the lesson includes the identification and behavior of a bully. They use the internet to find information. Also, there is a written assessment.
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Ask An Expert

For Teachers K - 4th
Students invite community members to visit the classroom and interview them about water in the community. Students prepare for, conduct, and follow up an interview and record their responses in their Water Journals.
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Ask an Expert-Grade 5-8

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students conduct oral histories about water in their community. They interview community members, create a class oral history journal, and record their findings on a school website, in the school or public library, or in another...
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Read "El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez"Americo Paredes version

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students see examples of other types of written stories. They are introduced to the ballad in literature. Students obtain ideas for their own family story. They discuss how ballads can relate true stories through music. Students discuss...
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The Poetry Archive

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners discover how to express their feeling poetically. In this poetry instructional activity, students discuss their feelings, descriptive language to describe these feelings, and create poems.
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The Excursion

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students throw dice and make their way around a board, answering questions, performing tasks and finding out about the environment as they go.
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Wildlife, Wolves, Endangered Species

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the Internet to research wildlife and conservation efforts. They examine pictures and graphics to research endangered species and humans role in their lives. They also use math to measure areas of habitats and add the number...
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Sounds Great

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine the types of sounds sculptures make. They create their own sculpture that make sound using everyday materials.
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Irish Step Dancing

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore Irish step dancing and the importance of the types of shoes that are worn. They draw pictures in their journals of the two types of Irish step dancing shoes and view pictures and samples of the types of shoes.
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My Love And I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice singing the song "My Love And I" by Sonja Poorman and Berta Poorman in this High School music lesson for the SSA choir. Emphasis is placed on proper singing techniques. This is part of a unit of lessons on this song.
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It's All Poetry to Me!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore language arts by analyzing poetry styles. In this writing analysis lesson, 4th graders read several sample poems in class and identify similes, metaphors and other figurative language within them. Students analyze...
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BUDDHISM

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars engage in a variety of activities that investigates the religious and cultural practice of Buddhism. The emphasis is upon students comprehending the Eightfold Path of Buddhism.
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Health Education: Self-Control

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify healthy methods of self-control. In this health lesson plan, 3rd graders take control of their own actions as they take part in a creative activity in which they learn healthy ways to monitor and control themselves.
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Introduction to Poetry

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore poetry. They investigate the poetry al around them. Students examine poetry in order to create a deeper understanding of poetry. They read and write a variety of poetry.
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The Miracle Fish: Learning to Design an Experiment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop procedures to explore the behavior of fish.  In this scientific experiment lesson plan students from a hypothesis, write a question, identify different variables and controls in their experiment. 
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Food Labels Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars analyze nutrition by completing an interactive activity with classmates. In this food choice lesson, students discuss the importance foods have on our daily lives by keeping us healthy and giving us energy. Young scholars...
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Nutrition Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners look up nutrition vocabulary words in the dictionary and write a nutritious fact they learned about each of the words. In this nutrition lesson plan, students also play pictionary with the words.
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The Better to Hear You With

For Teachers 1st
First graders use portable media players to improve their reading fluency. In this reading fluency lesson, 1st graders use a media player to read and record passages throughout the year to improve their reading fluency.
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Use Expression!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice techniques to read expressively and fluently to be able to read smoothly, silently and avidly. They read and explore the book, "The Morning Queen," by Joy Cowley along with sentence strips. Each student is taught what...
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What's Dancing in the Water?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students learn about watershed, as well as the different forms and uses of water. In this water forms lesson, students brainstorm water sources and uses. Students read the book Water Dance and discuss water examples. Students complete a...
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Butterfly Camouflage

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss camouflage and warnings by butterflies as a class. Students design and color their own butterflies that they are to place somewhere in the classroom. Students explain why their butterfly is colored the way that it...
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Awesome Audio Book

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students choose a written piece and present it aloud in a student-made recording. They analyze how sounds are used to elicit emotion.
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Interactive Food Pyramid

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in the game, "Talking Food Pyramid." For this nutrition lesson, students recognize the organization of foods in to five groups. Students conclude by physically classifying a selection of foods in two groups.
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Reading Rockets: Speaking and Listening in Content Area Learning

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Oral language development facilitates print literacy. In this article, we focus on the ways in which teachers can ensure students' speaking and listening skills are developed. We provide a review of effective classroom routines,...