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Winter Waltz

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students pretend their room is an imaginary frozen pond. In this performing arts lesson, students create the illusion that they are skating on the pond by using wax paper on their feet. Finally, students get in the winter mood by...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Dinosaur Bones

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Dinosaur Bones, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and pupils practice recognizing...
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Making Graphs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars explore statistics by conducting class demographic surveys. In this graph making lesson, students identify the family members of each classmate, pets they own, and favorite activities. Young scholars organize their...
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Today's Temperature

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study freezing temperatures and practice taking temperature readings with a thermometer. They write about a personal experience with weather. They discuss that the freezing point is at 32?? and that any water outside...
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Wind

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete activities to study wind intensity. In this wind study instructional activity, students discuss wind speed and direction. Students then build a kite and windsock to help them study wind intensity. Students learn to use...
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Autumn Learning Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discuss autumn. In this language arts lesson plan, students discuss words that are associated with the season of autumn. Students read books about autumn.
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Activity Guide for Snow

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Create a cross-curricular learning experience around a shared reading of Cynthia Rylant's book Snow. From writing poetry and a singing a song about snow, to creating paper snowflakes and solving math story problems, this resource uses...
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Fall is All Around Us

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils develop and create a production company and produce a fall event that demonstrates what they have learned in various subject areas. STudents create stories, complete a venn diagram comparing fall and summer, graph and measure...
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Tracking Temperature

For Teachers K - 12th
Students investigate the concept of temperature and how it has the tendency to fluctuate. They record the temperature as a class on a daily basis for a long period of time. The data is charted and then at a designated time students...
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Temperature and Daily Life: Mexico City and Indianapolis

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils compare the effect of temperature on daily life of a citizen in Mexico City, Mexico with that of a citizen of Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Staying Healthy Year Round

For Teachers K
Students are read a variety of books and observe the weather in the different seasons. In groups, they compare and contrast the type of activities people are doing. They also discuss how they adapt to the changes in seasons by the...
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Information Station

For Teachers K
Students look through different print materials to information. In this information lesson plan, students look through the newspaper, magazines, and menus to practice finding such things as, the weather for the day, a picture of a nice...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Dolphin’s First Day

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore language arts by reading a story with their class. In this tier two vocabulary activity, students read the book Dolphin's First Day and discuss the vocabulary used in the story. Learners participate in a word play...
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Naya Nuki's Journey

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read "Naya Nuki Shoshoni Girl Who Ran" by Kenneth Thomasma. Students chart Naya Nuki's route on a map and identify the navigational signs she used to find her way home. Students also analyze the weather she encounters.
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International Festival: Japan

For Teachers K
Students discover Japanese culture and the importance of Sakura to Japan. In this international festival lesson plan, students demonstrate an appreciation for the Sakura trees beauty by creating Sakura trees from white and pink dyed...
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Let's Build a Truck

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the basics of trucks and transportation vehicles. For this transportation vehicles lesson, students study pictures of basic key truck components and recognize differences between various product transportation vehicles....
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Classroom Jobs

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore responsibility by participating in class exercises. For this classroom community lesson, students utilize flash cards which assign one of six jobs to every student in the class. Students perform their class...
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Build Your Own Greenhouse

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study how to protect themselves and their things from the harsh Arctic weather by making a small greenhouse and testing its effects on temperature change. They discover the change in temperature between a thermometer inside the...
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Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore the book, "Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't" by Lauren Child. In this early childhood literacy lesson, students complete extension activities after reading the story. Activities include connect the dots, matching game,...
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What words sound like rice?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students experiment with sounds of words. In this word comparison lesson plan, students complete a series of games to assist them in hearing and sounding out the letters in the word rice.  Students use this information to find or think...
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U.S. Geography: The South

For Teachers K - 5th
Young geographers complete a research project. They list the physical features found in the American South. They then discuss the economy, culture, and geography found in the South. They work in groups to research one of the five...
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Fun with Phonemic Awareness

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The phonemic awareness activities in this packet are designed to help kids develop skills in rhyming, syllabication, blending onsets and rimes, and beginning and ending sounds. Well worth a place in your curriculum library.
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Poetry

For Teachers K
Students review how clouds form rain, listen to the poem April Rain Song, discuss the saying April Showers Bring May Flowers, and participate in a craft activity.
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Spray Bottle Paint Mural

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Sometimes all you need is a quick and easy outdoor art project. Perfect for the end of the school year, this mural project allows kids to make a mess while creating art. They use spray bottles full of paint to "spray" paint a large sheet...

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