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Mathematics: Budgeting
Learners develop a month long budget. They use problem solving skills to adjust their budgets for unforeseen expenses. They use checks to pay mock bills.
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International Trafficking of Women to the US
Students develop an understanding of the problems of the illegal international trafficking of women into the U.S. They locate nations where trafficking originates. They explain their solutions to the problem in short essay format.
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Centennial: Utah We Love Thee
Fourth graders discuss how music can inspire emotion and are introduced to Utah's state song, "Utah, We Love Thee". They discuss the song and then compare and contrast other songs about Utah. They create original lyrics about Utah.
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Anne Frank: Citizenship Laws
Students study early civilizations and the contributions they made to the foundations of human culture. They discuss why citizenship is valuable and the Constitutional Amendments that are associated with it.
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World War II Memories
Fifth graders utilize primary sources provided to formulate questions to prepare for an interview. Veterans and civilians who lived during World War II are interviewed by students and their work displayed on a web site.
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Fruity Counters
Students classify objects that are similar by one attribute. They explain what a pattern is and how to make a pattern using objects.
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Database Detectives Hold an Election ~ Part 3
Students use a database to conduct a schoolwide election. They discover the importance of voting and democracy. They incourage one another to vote.
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Seeing a World of Difference
Young scholars read through the lyrics and listen to a song about biodiversity. Using pictures they draw, they interpret the song according to their prior knowledge. They identify the threats to different regions around the world and...
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Whoo Knew There Were Owls
Students research information on owls using the Internet and Kidspiration. They work in groups to create a poster which includes habitat, diet and life cycle and present to the class.
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The Couplet
Young scholars create the sounds of a thunderstorm with a symphony of body percussion to compose a couplet about rain using Microsoft word to publish. They are introduced to rhyming dictionaries and thesauruses and use Internet sources...
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Vocabulary Web
Third graders watch as their teacher demonstates how to make a web of vocabulary words. After listening to a story, they are given a list of new descriptive vocabulary words. To end the lesson, they create their own word web using one...
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What It Is, What It Isn't
Third graders classify and sort different types of beans to be introduced to the classification system in science. As a class, they identify the characteristics of living and non-living organisms and make a chart in their journal to ...
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Taxonomy
Students work together to identify groups of endangered animals. Using a pamphlet, they group the pictures according to specific criteria and cut the pictures out and color them. They place the animals in the correct habitat and share...
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Reservoir Activity
Students research the economic importance of the major reservoirs in Illinois. In groups, they manage a budget for one of the lakes to promote tourism in the area. They also work together to create advertisements.
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Charlie Chose Cheese
First graders identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the combinations of /c/ and /h/ that comprise th /ch/ digraph, 1st graders practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph...
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Tricky Triangles
Third graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the playing of a Trick Triangle Game while focusing upon developing skills of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They play the game and practice rounding of...
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Editing Worksheet
For this editing worksheet, middle schoolers must read a letter and correct verb tense errors. Students must be able to identify correct verb tenses and edit errors.
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Can You Make A Penny Float?
Learners explore the concept of density by trying to make a penny and other materials float.
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Department Duties
Third graders identify three kinds of health or safety workers and explain how they help protect the health of the people in a community.
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Centennial: Symbols of Utah
Fourth graders examine how symbols bring to mind facts, feelings, emotions, and events. They design a new, contemporary flag to promote the state of Utah.
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What Does a Nonprofit Do, and for Whom?
Students investigate key local and national nonprofit organizations by researching their histories, services, and target populations. Student pairs present their information to the rest of the class. Each student will be responsible for...
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Just a Minute
Students recognize the importance of maintaining a healthy body in order to participate in a physical activity for one to five minutes.
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How Tall are Plants?
First graders measure a plant using unifix cubes and record their measurements on a class chart.
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Number Sense Sampler
First graders read a variety of stories containing mathematical word problems. They illustrate the math problems with manipulable counters.