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Esperanza Rising: Lesson 2

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore adversity. In this summarizing instructional activity students compare their culture to the Hispanic culture. Students reflect on a time they were met with adversity. Students summarize Chapter 1 of Esperanza Rising.
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The Kite Runner: What is Afghanistan Like Today?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After completing Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, readers research a topic of interest and prepare a five-minute presentation, and share their findings with the class.
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Special Candy Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Building a strong classroom community starts with group activities focused on sharing and respect. The class sits in a circle, shares a talent they possess, then tell peers to throw them a piece of candy if they don't have the same...
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A Visit to Manassas Battlefield Park and Museum

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders gain an appreciation of the battle. They see the perspectives of soldiers from both the North and the South. They choose a side and portray a soldier fighting in a battle or any other time, retelling his thoughts, his...
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Land Use Issues

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine soil types and determine the ability of each to absorb water. Working in groups, they time how long it takes for water to seep out the bottom of the cups. They examine soil components, conservation, erosion, and tree...
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A Simple Motor

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Instructions for building a simple electromagnetic motor are provided for the teacher. Aside from some sketchy background information and a list of content standards to be met, that is about all you will find in this resource. The motor...
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Social Studies: Dating Behaviors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Upper graders discuss the importance of responsible dating. In addition to a discussion period, the lesson plan includes Powerpoint presentations, poster designs, and related role-playing activities. In one scenario, high schoolers act...
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What Does Art Sound Like?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Help your charges investigate visual art by identifying sounds that are associated with the images. They view art galleries online and discuss which sounds would be present if the image was a real life situation. Additionally, they...
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Let Freedom Sing: A Patriotic Program for Grades 1 - 6

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore the history, meaningful background, and significance of Patriotic songs in the eight lessons of this unit. Each of the different grade levels experience a different amount of lessons all culminating in a Patriotic Program.
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Measurement: Length, Capacity, and Time

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to Susan Hightower's, "Twelve Snails to One Lizard" and discuss the need for standard units of measurement. They make a body model on butcher paper which they use to measure their body parts and complete a worksheet....
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ESL English Homework

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL homework practice worksheet, students practice telling time by writing times shown, look up words that match pictures and copy definitions and practice making itineraries.
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Was Goldilocks Telling the Truth?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the movement of heat between objects. In this heat lesson, 6th graders use the scientific method to conduct guided experiments regarding conduction, convection, and radiation.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Question Time!

For Students 4th - 6th
In this relationship key vocabulary worksheet, students unscramble 8 groups of words to form questions, write a description of an unusual place, and write 6 questions about the place they chose.
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The Seeds Tell the Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore sources of  pollution runoff and actions that can be taken to reduce runoff.  In this pollution lesson students complete a worksheet and see why bio-essays may provide a more realistic picture of toxicity.
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How to tell when mealworms are out of breath

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the respiration rate of a mealworm. Through experimental means, they determine the average volume of oxygen used and discuss factors that affect the respiration rate of an organism.
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Tell Me the Tooth

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate the proper teeth brushing technique. In this dental hygiene lesson, students read the book I Know Why I Brush My Teeth and invite a dentist into the classroom to demonstrate the proper way to brush teeth.
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Gender Roles in the Mid-Nineteenth CenturyWhat Fiction Tells Us

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine 19th century gender roles. In this gender roles lesson plan, students read "The Daughter-in-Law" and discuss their impressions of etiquette and gender roles in the 19th century. Young scholars write etiquette...
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Rhyme Time

For Teachers K
Students discover rhyming words. In this rhyming activity, students read A Giraffe and a Half. Students examine rhyming words from the story. Working in small groups, students create rhymes in response to a prompt from the teacher.
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A Tail to Tell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe populations of Lumbriculus to discover some of the adaptations that allow them to live successfully along the shores of ponds and marshes. They also design and perform experiments to test proposed hypotheses for these...
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Question Time!

For Students 2nd
In this question writing worksheet, 2nd graders put words in the correct order to make questions. They also write their own questions to ask two other students.
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Time to Rhyme

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use phonograms to create pairs of rhyming words. After a discussion of nursery rhymes, students listen to an oral reading of "The Cat In The Hat." Through matching activities, they identify rhyming pairs and create their own...
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Tell Me A Foreign Language Story

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students practice retelling a simple story representative of the country where the target language is spoken: French, German, or Spanish. Given a worksheet with story details, students fill in missing details and rearrange details to...
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Change Over Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a personal narrative that is designed to help them reflect on the nature and meaning of change in their lives.
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Every Graph Tells A Story

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore linear equations.  In this graphing lesson plan, 7th graders explore constant rates of change.  Students discover the real-life application of graphs and demonstrate their ability to read graphs and write...