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Spell Race
Students work on their spelling skills and word recognition skills while using different locomotor movements.
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Oscar's Garbage Can
Students are arranged in a circle with two students inside the circle. They try to clean out Oscar's garbage can while the ones outside the circle try to throw the objects back in.
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Acid Rain: The Disappearing Statue
Second graders examine the effects of acid rain on statues and buildings. They participate in an experiment in which they use different chemicals on building materials. They observe and record their observations.
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Class Alphabet Book
Students are introduced to the Kid Pix software program and its templates. With a partner, they use the internet find a picture that starts with each letter of the alphabet. They practice saying and reading the words to their partner for...
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A Brand New Day
Students locate Maine on a classroom map and discuss if Maine is where the nation's first light is found, where would the nation's last light be seen. They explore the idea of the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.
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Acting Out Respect and Compromise
Second graders answer questions about ways to be a good friend. They list their ideas on the board. Individually, 2nd graders create puppets using a brown paper lunch bag. The puppets practice friendship skills with a partner. They share...
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I Did It!
Second graders choose a "positive work habit name" and explain why they choose the selected name. They share self-assessment information about their work habits and progress from week to week. Students respond with, "I did it" anytime...
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All About Me, My Family and Friends
Students use general skills and strategies of the writing process to show their role in their family, school, friendships, the community and the world. They demonstrate their self-motivation and increasing responsibility for their own...
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Language Arts:Similes That Make Us Smile
Students identify similes and create their own self descriptions using them as examples. After identifying characteristics associated with pictures of the sun, fish, and other items, they discover how those traits can be used as...
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Multiplication and Division with Arrays
Students practice the commutative property, create and manipulate arrays and multiply and divide numbers.
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Long Vowels With Clifford
Learners recognize long vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights words with long vowel sounds. They then construct an original story. They use picture clues to aid comprehension, and match words with similar vowel...
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Capacity and Volume
Second graders estimate capacities, compare pints and quarts, and identify pints and quarts.
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Going West
Students examine the lives of early pioneers who traveled west for better opportunities. They listen to story "Josafina and the Story Quilt", and discuss hardships encountered by traveling families. Students then complete research and...
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Holy Habitats or Meet Metamorphosis
Students examine the metamorphosis of frogs and how it adapts to its environment. They research how world pollutants are effecting the amphibian population.
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Red Means Danger
Students describe some common pests. They study three levels of pest control from the IPM pyramid.
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A Pollution Solution- Taking Care of the Environment
Students examine the biodegradability of different brands of toilet paper in a hands-on activity. Through this activity they also discover the steps of the Scientific Method and use new terms such as hypothesis, procedure, observation,...
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Letter Sounds
Learners orally say the sounds of the letters A, G, H, L, N, R, W, and J at the beginning of words when given a list of words that start with these letters. They use at least two of these words effectively in a sentence. Students...
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Adopt a Geographic News Story
Learners explore geography and the environment by reading the news. They discuss why it is important to follow the news. Students adopt a geographic news story, research the topic, and design posters to illustrate the story.
Other
Bscs: Earth's Changing Surface Lesson 2: Landform Detectives
Using relief maps, students will learn that landforms can be different from one place to another. Included are a minute-by-minute lesson plan, activities, and teacher discussion points and questions.
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Laus Dnet: Grade 3 Word Lesson Plan (Me, Myself and I)
In this lesson plan, students write their life story. Reflecting on a series of key questions, students will tell the tale of who they really are. Contains links to step sheets for creating a new document in Word, creating Word Art, and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Promoting Authentic Letter Writing
This lesson plan teaches letter-writing format by using literature and shared writing. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Can Teach
Can Teach: How to Write a Diamond Poem
This is a good poem format to help teach adjectives, verbs, and nouns. Lesson plan indicated for 2nd grade and above.
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Story Elements Retelling
In this lesson, students will learn to retell a story using story elements to improve their comprehension of the story. The students will actively listen to a story and complete a graphic organizer to share and discuss with a partner.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Listen, Look, and Learn: An Information Gathering Process
This instructional activity models an information-gathering process for primary learners as they listen to and look at resources, seeking information pertinent to the questions on an information wheel. Guiding the listening, looking, and...