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Introduction to Song and Dance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to music and learn different dances. After reading the story, "The Music for Max", students can draw their favorite instruments from the book.
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Spelling and Thinking/ Short a

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils participate in a lesson that is concerned with the usage of spelling words that has the short "a" sound. They read the words in list form. Students also write the words in the "an" and "ad" word families.
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Shhh! Quiet!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students become aware that when certain letters are put together in a word they are said with a single mouth move. Through modeling and a variety of guided practice activities they explore the /sh/ phoneme. They read and identify 'sh'...
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China: Dim Sum: The Giant Panda of China Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine pictures of the giant and red pandas of China, discuss and chart the panda's habitat requirements and draw a panda in its habitat using the charted information as a guide.
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I Hear an "A"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the long "a" sound. Using the Michigan quarter reverse design, students say the words aloud to discover the long "a" sound. Students read given words and identify the long "a."
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What Does a Monarch Caterpillar Eat?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study what monarch caterpillars eat by solving math problems and reading The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan. They analyze why Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed leaves and solve...
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Sense of Sight Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students sequence what they saw in the book Maisy's Nature Walk. In this sequencing lesson plan, the teacher reads the book and the children listen and observe. Once the book is read, the students have to sequence what Maisy saw on her...
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Ruby Bridges: One Little Girl's Brave Act

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the life of Ruby Bridges. In this bravery lesson, 2nd graders read the story of Ruby Bridges and discuss Ruby's actions and decisions.  
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Famous Figures in History

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate famous people in U.S. history. In this American history lesson, students read about famous people such as Helen Keller and Einstein. Students think of ways they might become famous.
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Cave Art: Discovering Prehistoric Humans through Pictures

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand how to "read" a picture and put together a series of images in a way similar to that of putting together words to form a story and gain knowledge about the past.
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Hands

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners are read the book "Hands". They discuss things they are able to do with their hands. They create a cutout of their hands and write one thing they can do on the hand. They share what they wrote with the class.
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Adjectives - A Dream of Bunyips Dancing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read "A Dream of Bunyips Dancing" by Elise Hurst. They discuss the book and identify the adjectives used to describe the bunyips. They paint a bunyip expressing the adjectives from the story.
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Charlotte's Web

For Teachers K - 5th
Students read the story of Charlotte's Web. They discuss what it means to be a friend. Students discuss the way Fern and Wilbur's fiendship began. They answer the following questions: How was Fern a friend to Wilbur before she had even...
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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study family structure. For this family structure lesson, students read the book The Family Book and discuss families. Students create a bulletin board of family photos and draw their families on paper. Students dance and play...
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Sound Boxes

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language fluency by identifying word segments. In this word structure lesson, students utilize words from their vocabulary lesson, dissect them into syllables and sound out their individual parts. Students participate in...
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Drumming from the Heart

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a craft activity using recyclable containers and read a story to a younger child. In this service lesson, students read the story 'The Drum' and do a service project retelling the story and making a drum from recyclable...
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Literature: "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners use the Internet to access information about the book "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown. They take an online quiz, complete a crossword puzzle and read interviews with Jeff Brown.
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Apples A"Peel" To Me

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the characteristics and uses for apples through this series of ten lessons. They look at the importance of apples in the US. They read literature about apples, graph, sort, and measure apples, and make apple snacks....
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Five Little Frogs

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students use music to study concepts in math. In this music math lesson, students sing songs, read books, and learn counting skills in frog themed activities.
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What is Temperature and How Is It Measured?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students complete activities to measure temperature. In this temperature lesson, students read Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather and make a KWL chart about predicting weather. Students discuss folklore about temperature and learn...
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Math Computation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete math computation word problems. In this word problems lesson plan, 2nd graders read the math computation word problems and solve them.
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Who is Dr. Seuss?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learn more about Dr. Seuss in an author study activity. After young readers create a KWL chart on information they know about Dr. Seuss, they take on group roles, such as the researcher or recorder, to find out more about Dr....
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America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students perform a song using correct rhythms, accurate pitches, and dynamic phrasing. They perform an accompaniment to "America" on Orff instruments.
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Patricia Polacco, Author and Illustrator

For Teachers K - 5th
Students conduct Internet research about the studenT author and illustrator Patricia Polacco. They compose letters to Ms. Polacco and, after revising and editing their work, send them in the mail.

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