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Arthur Meets the President - Lesson 5

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students type acrostic poems. In this poetry activity, students read stories and poems written by other children and use a word processing program to type their own acrostic poems.
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Contemporary Chicago 1936-2000

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders produce stories, poems, and drawings about Weisenborn's 1936 mural and make a comparable collage about Chicago in 2000.
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Rainforest Problem

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a hypothetical story in order to create a context for the instructional activity. The story presents a problem that needs to be solved. They write a letter to a government official as part of the instructional activity.
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Habitat Movies

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars create movies of various habitats and animals using their knowledge of the subject and the computer program iMovie. Emphasis is placed on cooperative learning and research.
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Language Arts: A Hoe-Down Wedding Invitation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write wedding invitations for the fairy tale, Bubba, the Cowboy Prince. Once they assess the components of the original Cinderella story, they compare and contrast it with the fractured fairy tale. Students decorate their...
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Research and Report

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research topics from their social studies or science curriculum. Working in groups, they use the writing process to communicate what they discovered from Internet resources. Research is then presented using PowerPoint,...
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No More Freedom Fries?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the May, 2007, French presidental election of pro-American, right-wing candidate Nicholas Sarkozy. They reflect on both the historical and contemporary relationship between France and the United States. Students work...
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The Mitten by Jan Brett

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students hear the story "The Mitten," by Jan Brett.  After, students retell the story through a variety of different dramatic play activities. 
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Charlotte's Web Animal Research Projects

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize information taken from the internet about animal character's from the story, "Charlotte's Web." Questions are created, answered, and entered into a book about the animal of their choice.
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Constructing a Newsletter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers brainstorm names for a class newsletter. They perform the job of journalists by interviewing, writing paragraphs, and editing. Students scan photographs, add appropriate graphics and look for errors in the final copy.
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Candy Land Math

For Teachers K
Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...
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Busiest People Ever

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students write a paragraph about what they want to do when they grow up. They include the special skills and education (human capital) they must have to do the job they've chosen.
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Tools For Discussing Haring's Work

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine artwork by Keith Haring and discuss his drawing techniques and process. They write a group story as an interpretation of one of Keith Haring's drawings, and create their own posters.
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Friendship

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write books about friends starting with page starters that are provided.
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Pre-Reading Preparation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore a given historical fiction story. In groups, they research selected topics dealing with the story and determine what is fiction and what is fact. Students create a multimedia presentation about their findings and...
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The Autobiography of a Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use digital cameras to document school experiences. Afterwards, they use computer software to manipulate their photos and write poetry, essays or biographies to compliment the pictures. Finally, students create an...
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Pythagorean Theorem Investigation

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the Pythagorean Theorem and practice applying the theorem to various triangles. Finally, in the next lesson in the sequence, 8th graders create a song or a story to help them remember the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Anne Frank: Courage and Responsibility

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine attitudes toward discrimination. They increase their sensitivity to diversity. After a lecture/demo, 6th graders read about people who exhibit courage and complete a writing assignment about them.
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Comparing Time Periods in U.S. History: The Ashford Project

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use a "fact book" comparing periods in American history then students create a picture to illustrate their assigned periods. # # students use their pictures and concept maps to write expository paragraphs about their...
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Imagination

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars participate in a computer game which helps them develop their hand-eye coordination and imagination. They can use this activity before doing writing activities or show and tell.
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Head of the Class

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a map according to a theme. Using Internet and word processing tools, student fill in the missing information according to the theme of the map. All maps are answers are computer based.
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Mississippi Delta Blues Moves: Second in a Series of Three with Barb Hoffman and Steve Hoskins, MGM

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students complete a graphic organizer reviewing Barb Hoffman's prior lesson," Slave Songs (1840-1876)" as well as listen to and discuss Delta Blues music samples. Students research one Delta Blues singer and write a "color coded"...
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Civil War Letter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils develop a question they are interested in researching about the Civil War. After completing a webquest on the war, they write a letter to their partner using the information they gathered. They use peer editing to check for...
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Whales

For Teachers 2nd
Write factual accounts, reports and express personal viewpoints about whales. They eill also write on a variety of topics related to whales, shaping ideas and making choices in language and form.