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Tiles, Blocks, Sapphires & Gold: Designing a Treasure Map
Young cartographers in groups hide treasure at school and then create a map to find it using pattern blocks and tiles. They make paintings with clues to create a visual representation of the location of their treasure. Groups present...
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Treasure Hunt
Young scholars find lost "treasure" using a treasure map after being shown a map that you have created where terms and symbols are discussed. The class is divided into small groups where they locate your treasure and then read a section...
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Treasure Hunt: Coordinate Graphing
Two of the best words any one can hear– treasure hunt! Your class will be excited to practice graphing on a coordinate grraph as they identify and write coordinates for landmarks they see on a treasure map. They trace their route to the...
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School Sleuths Treasure Map
Learners are explained how a grid and compass work. They are also explained that archaeologists use grids as a record of the exact location of artifacts. Students define the term datum as a point of reference on grids from which all...
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Song Mapping
Students explore locations on the United States map. In this map skills lesson, students recite the song This Land Is Your Land and locate various places listed in the song on the map.
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Treasure Hunt!
Learners follow directions on a worksheet to follow directions on a map of the United States and Territories of the United States. For this directions worksheet, students use a compass rose and learn the directions.
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Make Your own Treasure Hunt!
Young scholars participate in a variety of treasure hunts to promote critical thinking skills. In these problem solving lessons, students go on a photo hunt, scavenger hunt, clue hunt, and map hunt, looking for specific treasures.
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Pirate Messages
Students research the actual history of pirates and pirating. They draw and write directions on an imaginary map in the historical style of a treasure map. To make their map look well and used, they tear around the edges, fold and refold...
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Compass Rose Directions
Second graders use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and places in the classroom, school, and community. They draw a setting map of "Little Red Riding Hood." Students give five steps of cardinal or...
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Locomotor Treasure Hunt
Students practice in refining their locomotor skills and developing their understanding of pathways and basic map reading skills.
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"The Drum"
Second graders read and discuss the folktale "The Drum" from India. They also answer story comprehension questions, complete an adjectives and verb worksheet, and label a map of India. Students sequence events from the story and make...
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Christopher Columbus Workbook
Youngsters gain ample reading comprehension practice while studying the history of Christopher Columbus with this great workbook! It includes word puzzles and comprehension checks of multiple assessment styles, including multiple choice,...
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Making a Difference Globally
Students discover what the common good is and how to be a part of it. In this community instructional activity, students discuss the war in Iraq and how people are working for the common good. Students then discuss the term philanthropy.
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Running the Road to ABC
Second graders, while reading and discussing the book, "The Best Older Sister," by Sook Nyul Choi, practices predicting the meaning of a passage based on its title and illustrations. They experience determining the main idea from text...
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Lone Star Round-Up
Students take a virtual tour of the Capitol Visitors Center in Austin, Texas. In groups, they receive a list of the artifacts and symbols they are to look for during their exploration of the building. To end the instructional activity,...
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A Planting We Will Go
Students explore how to transplant trees in their community. In this citizenship lesson, students construct a map of where to plant trees and then plant the trees.
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-EW Word Recognition
In this recognizing -ew words in sentences worksheet, students use the words in the word bank to complete the sentences and create sentences with new words. Students write 14 answers.
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Exploring the Sky: Reading Maria's Comet
Discover the science behind astronomy. After reading the book Maria's Comet, which is about a young woman who breaks new ground by becoming a female astronomer, young learners practice reading comprehension with worksheet questions about...
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Tough Boris Lesson Plan
Students practice their expressive voices. In this Tough Boris lesson plan, students read the story by Mem Fox, discuss feeling, and use their own voice to express emotions.
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Rodeo Time
Students use literature (the story Rodeo Time) and appropriate manipulatives to learn and understand mathematics. In these creative thinking measurement lessons, students have a focal point on problem solving strategies while using...
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Cave Diagram
Students examine limestone cave geology and hydology. They study cave vocabulary.
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Verbs and Verb Phrases...With Pirates!
In this grammar activity, students underline the verbs and verb phrases in the 20 sentences. Students are also asked to circle the nouns and pronouns in each sentence.
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The Amazing Maud Lewis
Students investigate cultural art from Canada by reading about Maud Lewis. In this Canadian history lesson, students identify the work of Lewis by visiting her magazine website. Students identify other heroes in Nova Scotia before...
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I Wear My Genes Inside Out: The Genetic Characteristics of Animals
Students create mixed breed dogs using paper illustrations of various breeds. They label dogs created by students using the Genetics Center and discuss the aspects of genetics that affect the outcome of the various projects.