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Animal Diversity
Students explore biology by completing science worksheets in class. In this animal anatomy lesson, students read the book The Adventures of Marco and Polo and identify the animals mentioned in it. Students examine a real life animal and...
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What Parts Are There to a Plant?
Learners explore botany by completing plant science worksheets. In this plant anatomy instructional activity, students examine real vegetables in class using magnifying glasses. Learners identify the plants anatomy and complete...
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Groups We Belong To
Students explore society by completing a class identification activity. In this student identification instructional activity, students participate in a classification activity in which students with a certain hair, eye or clothing color...
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Working with Words Teacher Directed Activity by Mark Cogan for Elem. Test Prep
Students build word families. In this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Students may print out their work when finished.
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Using Literary Elements to Compare Fiction Texts
Students explore language arts by reading and reflecting on literary examples. In this fiction writing instructional activity, students read several different cultural versions of the story "Cinderella" and discuss their interaction with...
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Using A Dictionary
Students explore English by completing a word definitions worksheet. For this dictionary lesson, students practice locating a list of vocabulary terms in a "Dictionary Race." Students complete a worksheet based upon word cards and...
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Enhancing Writing Through Technology
Students participate in a class survey of their favorite activity to do in the snow and organize the results in a graph. They write a paragraph about the graph using language from a class-developed word web and include both an opening...
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Pumpkin Writing Paper
In this writing worksheet, young scholars use the blank lined paper with a colorful pumpkin border for any kind of writing: reports, poetry, stories or letters.
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Examining Ways to Organize Questions and Answers Within a Text
Students study questions and answers within a text to learn about writing structure and organization. In this writing structure lesson plan, students investigate books in class by asking questions for the text. Students then format their...
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Wanted Poster
Students examine a fairy tale character of their choice in great detail. They create a wanted poster that includes the following: a picture of the character, a written description of his/her appearance, a reward amount, and reasonthe...
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It's Time to Get Organ-Wised
Students engage in a lesson which contains several ideas for a unit on the body and body organs. They solve riddles, color in shapes of organs, participate in games and read about the functions of the various organs. Worksheets are...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 6: Quilt Story
Students recognize that quilts are created by geometric components. They examine how quilts are an artistic art form that show the cultural heritage of the people who make them.
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Class Mascot
Students create their own tales to tell using a class mascot and their imaginations for inspiration. They each take turns bringing home the mascot and a notebook. In the notebook, they write their own tale about an adventure the mascot had.
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Dig Into the Dictionary
Second graders explore their vocabulary by participating in a dictionary word find activity. In this vocabulary lesson, 2nd graders locate words in a dictionary based on the beginning letter which must match the teacher's instructions....
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Eclipse: An Introduction
Pupils write journal entries about eclipses with a focus on solar eclipses.
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Tell Me a Train Story
Second graders write a short story about train track safety and make a train shaped book.
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Tell Me a Train Story
Second graders write a short story based on train track safety and make a train-shaped class book.
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Internet Pen Pals
Students write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.
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Dream Houses
Students explore different types of homes and how the environment effects the types of houses people construct. In this houses lesson plan, students learn about environmental factors and cultural factors that play in to why people build...
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The Keeping Quilt
Students discover story analysis by discussing a book the class reads together. For this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book The Keeping Quilt and discuss the different characters and plot points among the class. ...
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Coin Comparisons
Students analyze and compare symbols and their meanings on ancient Greek and contemporary coins.
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Journalism - The Attention Grabbing Topic Sentence
Students act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.
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E-Pals - Key-Pals
Second graders communicate with another 2nd grade classroom through E-mail.
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San Luis Trip
Second graders get an authentic field trip view of an archeological site replicating the influences of the Apalachee Indians and Spanish missionaries. The following day, 2nd graders share their journals at team tables.
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