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Cinco de Mayo

For Students 2nd - 7th
In this Cinco de Mayo activity learning exercise, students celebrate the Mexican holiday as they fill in the blanks to compose an acrostic poem.
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Haiku

For Teachers K - 12th
Students write haiku poems on leaf paper.
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Denver Art Museum

Descriptive Haiku

For Teachers K - 5th
Even though this is technically an art lesson, haiku poetry is actually the main focus! Learners view photographs of Japanese tea caddies. They list five descriptive words for the caddies, then write haiku poems using the caddies as...
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Philanthropic Behavior

For Teachers K - 2nd
Youngsters create class rules by determining the environment they would like to have in their classroom. They come to a consensus about how to have a safe, fair, fun learning environment by discussing the rules in the Karla Kustin poem,...
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Diversity of Families

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss the word "family" and examine the various types of families, focusing on those of students in the classroom. They create a "School Family Tree" that builds on the diversity of students in the classroom.
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Nightingale: Chinese Hand Scroll with Poem

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
After listening to the Hans Christian Anderson story, "The Nightingale," learners research more information about the bird. They then write an "If" poem, using facts about a nightingale. Next, watercolors are used to illustrate the poe
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Winter Expressions

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Young scholars write a winter "shape poem," draw the outline of an object that complements the poem and copy the poem inside the outline in a pattern.
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University of Virginia

It's Thanksgiving

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities related to poems from the book "It's Thanksgiving" by Jack Prelutsky. They create a Thanksgiving turkey using construction paper, identify what they are grateful for, and create a Thank You...
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Make an "I'm Thankful For..." Placemat

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners compare and contrast what they are thankful for and what the pilgrims were thankful for, and create a Thanksgiving placemat. They read and recite the poem "I'm Thankful For," and create a laminated landscape placemat that...
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Haiku

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students work collaboratively to create a class Haiku and illustrate the poem individually in this elementary school lesson. The lesson includes five possible enrichment activities.
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Fly Away Home

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the human right of having a home. They listen to Eve Bunting's, "Fly Away Home" before looking a pictures of different types of homes around the world. They write sentences about the homes before writing an...
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Meet Danitra Brown Lesson on Friendship

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover the qualities of friends. In this character education instructional activity, students read the poem "Coke-bottle Brown" by Nikki Grimes. Students then discuss the Golden Rule and how it applies to friendships. 
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Halloween Crafts and Games

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners access a variety of Halloween themed websites. They locate information on crafts, games and activities relating to Halloween. They complete world problems, write poetry and test reading comprehension.
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Arctic Animals of Alaska

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the natural history of arctic Alaska through lecture and discussion. They write poems and complete research papers about Arctic animals.
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The Four Seasons

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine four paintings by Robert Harris and identify the season portrayed. Using the characteristics for each season, they write a poem and create a drawing of their own. In groups, they describe the different types of...
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Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a scavenger hunt on the World Wide Web in which they locate facts about Thanksgiving using a Power Point presentation. Once they are done answering the questions of the hunt, they take turns typing their answers...
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Language Arts: What Is a Family?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss the attributes of a successful family after listening to the poem,"What Is a Family?" After sharing information about their own families, students work in groups to act out scenes from books that were previously read...
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Flying The Friendly Skies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars investigate the science of flight while creating their own gliders and test them with the lift supplied by wind in the outdoors. They create a chart to make observations of the flight patterns of different gliders taking...
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Nebraska's Wild Weather

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils examine the weather in Nebraska. Using this information, they describe the cause and effect relationships in the environment based on these changes in weather. They write various types of poems with weather themes and share them...
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Gyotaku Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine and discuss the history and process of Gyotaku, or fish prints. They view images of Gyotaku, create a fish print, and write a haiku.
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Dream Houses

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
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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Where We Buy Food

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate how to buy food by going to the store. They use pictures of farming and different types of food to engage in the lesson. It includes key vocabulary that puppets use while telling a story to the students. They...
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Land of the Rising Sun

For Teachers 2nd
Students survey aspects of traditional and modern Japanese customs and beliefs in the seven lessons of this unit. Both the culture and the geography of the country are studied in this unit.
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Beethoven Manuscript Sold at Auction

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students react to a series of statements about Beethoven, then read a news article about the sale of a 179-year-old manuscript by the musical genius. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...

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