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My Hero Learning Circle
Students participate in a collaboration activity. In this My Hero Project lesson, students discover what a hero is to someone halfway around the world and themselves. Over the 16-week session, circles, made up of between 6-9 classes from...
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Sound Tracks Game
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the playing of soundtracke to learn the alphabet, animal sounds, and nursery rhymes. They are given the opportunity of working together or independently listen to the stories.
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The Magic School Bus Gains Weight
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students test whether gravity makes heavier things fall faster than lighter ones.
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American Flag
Young scholars examine the significance of the stars and stripes of the American flag, and discuss the June 4, 1777 Congressional resolution. Students construct their own American flags.
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News-2 You Weekly Activities
Students complete activities from a special education newspaper. For this News-2 lesson, students read the paper, play games, and complete worksheets. Subscription to newspaper is required.
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Touch and Discover
Students work together to identify and categorize objects. They have to identify the object on touch because they are blindfolded. They record their data and describe the objects once they can look at them.
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Making Words
Students add letters to teacher provided endings to make new words. In this phonics lesson, students learn to make new words using word families. A sample worksheet is provided and a rubric
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Counting Using a Hundreds Chart
In this hundreds chart counting learning exercise, learners count from given numbers to 100, filling in missing numbers in sets of hundreds charts. A completed and a blank chart are included at the end of the learning exercise set. A...
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Sampling Rocks
Learners study rocks they find on the playground. In this investigative instructional activity students collect and analyze rocks they find and answer questions about them.
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The Flag
Students see the flag as a symbol. In this flag lesson, students look at the flag to see different patterns and shapes. They review the importance of the flag and its meaning to the United States.
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Symmetrical Journals
Students identify symmetrical shapes around their classroom and make symmetry journals. In this symmetry lesson plan, students make drawings of symmetrical shapes inside their journals.
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More Lizard Snacks
Students listen to Chapter I, Chapter II, Chapter III, and Chapter IV of "The Forgetful Pony". They observe different stages of development of mealworms. The student sequences pictures to show the life cycle and draws the developmental...
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Soaring Towers
Students build towers from recycled materials. in this building lesson, students build the highest tower they can from varied materials. They focus on shapes and which items should go on the bottom to make a strong base.
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The Mystery of the Sponge
Students observe that water has weight and that weight decreases as water evaporates. The changes that occur as a sponge dries on a yardstick balance illustrates this concept.
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Classroom Composting
Learners discover the benefits of composting. They identify the steps of decomposition as well. They are read a book and discuss what items decompose.
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Good Hygiene: A Healthy Smile
Students practice proper brushing techniques. In this dental hygiene lesson, students use a plaque disclosing tablet to practice the correct tooth brushing procedure.
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Artsy Insects
Students identify and describe the elements of art and principles of design by creating several different butterfly pictures that represent color, shape, texture, pattern or symmetry.
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What Time is It?
Young scholars explore time by completing worksheets. In this time-telling lesson, students utilize images of clocks and determine what time they read. Young scholars answer more clock questions with a Smart Board and complete a clock...
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Simple Addition
In this easy addition activity, students complete a set of 4 problems with corresponding picture problems. Teacher notes and a website reference are included.
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Symmetrical Journals
Young scholars examine the concept of symmetry by studying the symmetry of symbols in a wall painting and creating journals with a symmetrical design. After a class review of symmetry and identifying the line of symmetry in several...
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Hallo-Wiener Lesson Plan
Young scholars listen to the story The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey in order to learn about the "monster" character. For this reading and art lesson, students cut a "bun" from beige construction paper, cut out an image of the main...
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I've Got News For You!
Students explore their hometown newspaper for ideas. They create their own classroom newspaper.
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Eat And Run
Young scholars experience the dilemma deer face when they must browse for many hours daily yet also be on the alert for danger. They browse like deer, and demonstrate how deer react when danger appears.
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Grain Seeds and Food
Young scholars observe the characteristics of different seed types. They classify, sort, name and write about the seeds.