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A Wing and a Prayer

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders improvise missing harmony accompaniment for a soloist performing "The Star Spangled Banner." Groups select several familiar melodies that they can produce while individual students take turns improvising a new harmony part.
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Instrument families

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm to list as many instruments as they can and try to guess which instrument family into which they fit. They research each instrument on a website and find the family, hear the sound and learn about each one.
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"Let's Write a Song"

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders brainstorm ideas that answer the question, "What is a song?" They determine the parts of a song, read lyrics, and listen to a song while identifying the chorus. They repeat the procedure with a new song before working in...
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Broccoli

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students figure out rhythm notation for phrases describing the benefits of broccoli. They compose four-measure patterns using the rhythms of these phrases.
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The Quatrain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners analyze the quatrain structure and rhyming in the song, "Puddles". They use this format to create their own quatrain lyrics for a song then they share their song ang revise it.
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Language Arts: Creating Original Fiction

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create fictional stories and demonstrate the use of various writing techniques. After selecting their main ideas, they find appropriate graphics to use as illustrations. In groups, 4th graders apply Hyperstudio in...
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Earth Connections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of the planet Earth and its connection to the Native American traditional beliefs of 'Mother Earth.' Students describe and illustrate the Native American beliefs for 'Mother Earth.' Students interpret words...
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Skipping - 360 degrees - Advanced Twister

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn to jump rope with the purpose of learning how to become physically active. The benefit of the lesson is that children battle the negative effects of being sedentary for any extended period of time.
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Dialogue: Traditions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this dialogue about traditions worksheet, students participate in a question and answer session on the subject of traditions.
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Divided We Stand

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students figure out how to arrange seating in a concert hall given specific requirements. They better explain how dividing can allow us to arrive at mathematical solutions quickly and logically.
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Timed Math Competition

For Students 4th - 6th
In this timed math competition worksheet, students add, subtract, multiply, divide, find the pattern, add fractions and measure angles in a timed game.
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Acadie -- Alive and Well!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners examine the culture of Acadian through the paintings of Robert Harris. Using the internet, they read examples of Acadian history through primary source documents. As a class, they continue to share stories orally by pretending...
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"Braiding and Weaving" Dance Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore braiding and weaving through dance. They create their own braiding and weaving dance.
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A Dream and an Idea: Searching for a Roadmap to Create a Country

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare and contrast opposing visions of government held by the founding fathers. They evaluate the roles of historical leaders in shaping the U.S. as an emerging nation.
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Designing A Dream Store

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students plan, create, and advertise their own original store. They identify various types of stores, develop a business plan for a unique store, plan an advertising campaign, and present their campaign to the class.
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The Art Miles Mural Project

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create over twelve hundred miles of themed murals for an art project. They discuss what they want their theme to be and practice drawing the pictures before painting the mural.
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Violets, Daffodils, Roses and Thorn

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a variety of exercises and activities surrounding the scientific and artistic properties of the parts and processes of a plant/flower.
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The Cinquain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars explore writing a cinquain. Students engage in a pantomime experience. They observe and describe bubbles. Young scholars compose a cinquain and illustrate their work with bubble art.
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Elementary Lesson Plan - Instruments

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify two different types of mallets, discuss how percussion instruments are played, recognize that there are many types of mallets that produce different sounds on percussion instruments, and work in small groups to...
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Making a Class Web Site

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore and discuss how to create a class web site with a background, graphics, clip art and photos. They assess the safety issues putting a web page on the Internet, develop sound interviewing techniques and coordinate...
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Barnyard Riddles - A Class Project

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students choose and animal about which to research or compose a riddle. They organize and develop a slide show in which they create a background, import graphics, clip art, kid pix stamps, photos, and type their riddle.
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It's All Poetry to Me!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore language arts by analyzing poetry styles. In this writing analysis lesson, 4th graders read several sample poems in class and identify similes, metaphors and other figurative language within them. Students analyze...

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