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Dalai Lama Peace and Conflict Resolution
Young scholars explore philosophy by researching the Dalai Lama. For this peaceful living lesson, students discuss the Dalai Lama and his unique views of the world before reading the story Can You Say Peace? Young scholars answer study...
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Investigating Our Place in the World
Students study the concept of geography in a year long unit. In this geography unit, students participate in different activities that explain the spatial sense of the world, the physical landmasses and bodies of water, geographic...
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Objects and Expressions in the Classroom!
In this online interactive school related learning exercise, students watch a video on all the supplies needed for school. Students fill in the blanks of a crossword puzzle that answers 9 questions pertaining to school supplies....
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Celebrate Kwanzaa in the United States
Students explore and study the celebration of Kwanzaa in which African-Americans remember their heritage and remind people of the importance of sharing with family and friends. They participate in a chant about the seven continents and...
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Activity Plan 5-6: Book-Character Homes
Young scholars use their creativity to build character homes. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop creative-thinking, social, language, math, and motor skills as they work together to create buildings for characters from...
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Collaborative Drawings
Students create a collaborative drawing. In this cooperation skills lesson, students are divided into small groups and are given art supplies. Students decide on a topic for their illustration and create the drawing on large paper....
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Problem Solving
Students participate in completing various locomotor skills. In this physical education/literacy lesson, students explore the gym searching for Halloween items to return back to their "home". Additionally, students must be engaged in the...
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Blanket the Plains
Students discuss vivid imagery in a story. In this figurative language lesson, students read samples of sensory language and then discuss the meaning of a piece of figurative language. Students provide examples.
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Barney Bear Gets Dressed
Students identify colors and use descriptive words to create a book about a bear. In this instructional activity on using descriptive language, students listen to a story and help the teacher explain what happened. Students...
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Fairytale Homes
Students create homes for fairytale characters. For this early childhood lesson plan, students develop literacy, language, and problem-solving concepts as they create block structures related to specific fairy tales.
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Chrysanthemum
Young scholars identify the main story elements in the book Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. In this literacy instructional activity, students listen to the book and use a guided reading ball check for comprehension. Young scholars answer...
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Aboriginal Quilting Activity
Students explore Aboriginal culture by participating in an art activity. In this First Nation history lesson, students utilize the Internet to research images and designs from Native American culture. Students create images on quilting...
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Pizza Muffins & Podcasting
Students investigate life skills by participating in a voice recording activity. In this baking lesson plan, students identify the ingredients needed to create pizza menu items and the steps which should be taken to bake them. Students...
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Using Words to Work Things Out
Students explore classroom community building. In this character development and community building lesson, students listen to Hands Are Not for Hitting and generate a class list of positive ways to handle classroom conflicts. Students...
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Reviewing Features of Fiction Books
Students identify the features of fiction books. In this genre study lesson, students are introduced to the book Armadillo Rodeo and identify the cover, title, author, illustrator and title page. Students discuss how the book cover gives...
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Walking Fast a Sign of Longer Life
In this English worksheet, learners discuss walking. Students conduct a survey about walking, write a short piece on walking, listen to and read an article about walking.
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Halloween Literature Unit: Creative Writing Project
Students practice their creative writing skills and build cooperative learning skills. In this creative writing project, students review parts of a story. Students reinforce the concept of sequencing and develop stronger writing...
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Seuss-Perb Stations
Learners practice previously learned skills to the theme of "Dr. Seuss books".
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Immigration: Stories of Yesterday and Today
Young scholars use Web technology to access immigration history and develop an understanding of the concept of immigration. Then they develop oral history writing skills, including note-taking and conducting an interview and read for...
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Winter is All Around Us
Young scholars present what they have learned on Antartica. Students identify deciduous and evergreen trees and plants; identify and study about the habitats of animals that migrate, hibernate, and adapt; study the Aurora and Aurora...
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Fun With Fruit
Following directions and counting skills are foundational for your kindergarteners. On this simple worksheet are pictures of pears, apples, bananas, and oranges for youngsters to count and draw shapes around according to written...
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Every Picture Tells a Story
Students explore story structure. In this literacy and story structure lesson plan, students listen to picture books and illustrate a favorite part of the story. Students share their pictures and place them in sequential order on a...
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Halloween Literature Unit: The Magic Pumpkin
Students are read The Magic Pumpkin. In this reading comprehension activity, students practice their sequencing skills and listening skills. They participate in various activities after the story to promote their ability to recognize the...
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Vacuuming the V's
Students exercise the skill of phoneme awareness with vocal gestures to create the sound of /v/. They review the way to print the letter "V," how to form the /v/ sound and create a hand gesture to help them recall the vocal gesture of...