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An Imaginary Trip
Students use their imaginations to write about an imaginary trip. In this creative writing lesson, students write about an imaginary trip. Students brainstorm writing ideas as a class and use past tense words in their writing....
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Day four: Writing a Sports Article
Students write a newspaper article related to a sports event. In this article writing instructional activity, students read sports-related articles, complete a graphic organizer to help them see the format of a newspaper article, then...
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Editorials
Students investigate editorials. In this literacy critical thinking lesson, students compare and contrast two newspaper editorials and two letters to the editor by completing a Venn diagram. Students work in groups to write authentic...
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Creating a Talk Show
Students practice interviewing and answering questions by creating a mock talk show. In this communications lesson, students view a classic clip of an older T.V. talk show and plan an outline of material for their own talk show....
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Fictional Characters
Students explore fictional characters. In this fictional characters lesson, students hear information about a character then ask and answer questions. Students also answer true/false questions about the character and make a mini book...
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Healing Art: Health and Illness
Students examine African artifacts relating to health and illness
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Native American Sand Painting
Children write Navajo journals pretending to be a Native American for four days. Student then begin their art project. After lightly penciling in their sketch of the land and environment of the Navajo, the students receive brown...
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Mining Shapes
In this 2-D shapes lesson, kindergarteners review plane shapes attributes. They engage in a shape hunt in the classroom and create art using plane shapes. A good, hands-on lesson!
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The Goat in the Rug
Students identify producers, resources and goods. In this economics lesson, students read the book The Goat in the Rug and define producers, resources, and intermediate goods. Students construct a rug which depicts the story of rug...
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Navajo Poetry
Students listen to Navajo poetry and create various responses to what they have heard. Students may create an illustration for the poems, create an original work of poetry, or write about how the poem relates to Native American culture.
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Sandpainting
Students investigate different forms of art native to Navajo Indians. In this art history lesson, students observe authentic sand paintings created by Native Americans hundred of years ago. Students create their own sand paintings...
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Crossword Review
Students practice using their target language vocabulary by completing a crossword puzzle. In this foreign language instructional activity, students complete several random tasks based on new vocabulary words in their target language...
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Favorite Activities
Learners discuss which activities they like and which they don't like. In this lesson about favorite activities, students discuss their favorite activities and which activities they dislike. The class conducts a survey to determine the...
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Other People's Likes and Dislikes
Students read short texts and discover people's likes and dislikes. In this likes and dislikes lesson plan, after reading the texts, students sort these people according to their interests.
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Speed Dating
Students describe their personalities and characteristics to a partner using short sentences or short oral paragraphs. In this short sentences lesson plan, students use a speed dating format.
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Discussing One's Health
Students explore common health issues. In this health and literacy instructional activity, students match simple health statements with appropriate visual representations. Students prepare and perform dialogues in which health issues...
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Letters and Photos
Young scholars practice using a new language by reading letters. In this foreign language lesson plan, students read a fictional letter by a young person from the target language's country. Young scholars read the letters separately,...
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Expressions of Frequency
Students practice discussing timely manners in a target language. In this foreign language instructional activity, students discuss words that represent frequency such as never or often. Students create a timeline illustrating how...
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Location, Frequency, Likes, and Dislikes
Young scholars identify and write short sentences with likes and dislikes, frequency, and location. In this short sentences lesson plan, students read the sentences, identify what is asked, orally practice saying sentences, and then...
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Planning a Class Party
Students investigate event planning. In this literacy and communications lesson, students brainstorm food, activity, and guest ideas for a monthly classroom celebration of student birthdays.
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Home Tour
In this exchange student lesson, students create a story about an exchange student. Students draw a map to show the location of community buildings and practice providing directions from location to location.
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Jeopardy Game
Students practice discovering a target language by playing a game of Jeopardy. In this foreign language lesson plan, students utilize their target language vocabulary to answer Jeopardy style questions they prepared the day before....
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A Look at Geography
Students discover geographical places and terms in another language. In this geographical identification activity, students utilize their geographical vocabulary to describe to other classmates where they would like to go or where they...
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The Clothes Line
Students practice using clothing related vocabulary in a class game. In this descriptive words lesson, students utilize newly learned vocabulary words to describe what a classmate is wearing. Students participate in a game where...