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Plates Everybody Can Make
Students create hand-built plates. In this sculpting lesson, students use textured slab molds and plate drape molds to create a plate. Students use texture tools and paint to design their plate.
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Climate
Students study zoanthids. In this science and art lesson, students use line to create texture and how to use colors to create value. Students share their beautiful mat zoanthids with the rest of the class.
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Decode Word Is..
Students solve problems using patterns. In this algebra instructional activity, students identify the relation, domain and range of a function. They graph functions using coordinate pairs.
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Numbers Make Sense
Second graders explore number values by completing estimation problems in class. In this place value lesson plan, 2nd graders identify the use of decimals in numbers and how they relate to fractions or parts of a whole. Students utilize...
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Three Little Pigs - Venn Diagram
First graders orally compare and contrast "The Three Little Pigs" with "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by using a giant Venn diagram drawn by the teacher.
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Industrial Strength Design
Students design, invent, and build a model of something new, useful, or decorative to solve a problem using any combination of materials provided. They also create logos, packaging, etc. related to product sales.
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What's the Point? A Lesson on Point of View
Fourth graders read the book, Good Dog by Alexandra Day. In this writing lesson, 4th graders re-write the story from a chosen character's point of view. This lesson can be used with many other wordless picture books.
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The Telling: A Thanksgiving Story
students use literature to compare and contrast different points of view on the first Thanksgiving.
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There Is No Place Like Home on the Range
Fourth graders use data from the real estate guide to find the range, mode, median, and mean of a sampling of homes for sale in their area.
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A Monster's World
Young scholars will use texture to create imaginary monsters and learn about the African American inventor Jan Earnst Matzeliger.
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EMS Lesson 2: Outrageous Offspring
Students investigate the principles of probability that can be used to predict hereditary traits.
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Eggs Filled With Sound-Five Senses
Learners use their five senses to examine an eggs with objects inside them. They use their hearing to identify the object in the egg and open them to see if their guess was correct. They end the instructional activity by discussing their...
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Shape Hokey Pokey
Students identify different shapes by using music. They use the shape in a song which follows the Hokey Pokey music. They participate in the song using different shapes.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree
Students review the letters of the alphabet using the book, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault. They create their own alphabet "tree" in the classroom.
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Story Wheels
Pupils use a Story Wheel to summarize a novel, practice sequencing skills, visualize story elements and recognize story structure. In groups, they each complete a piece of the story wheel and put it all together. They complete the first...
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Interior Design
Students complete a design for their bedrooms. They design a floor plan for their bedrooms including convenient traffic zones and good use of space. They include fabric swatches or examples of wallpaper along with notes on theme and...