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Measure It Up!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the states that water may take. In this physical science lesson, students read the book, Water: Up, Down, and All Around and recall the states of water from the book. Students examine how water takes the shape of its...
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Seed Sorting 101

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sort through numerous seeds to find similarities and differences. In this sorting and classifying lesson plan, students divide up different plant seeds based on their similarities and differences, while keeping record of their...
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Story Stretching: Tall Tales in North America

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to tall tales. In this introductory tall tales unit, students explore the tall tales of Casey Jones and Johnny Appleseed. This unit includes many interdisciplinary lessons including graphing skills and geography.
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Plant a Pizza

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students plant and maintain a garden. In this plant lesson plan, students are responsible for a class garden. Students video the growing process. Students also record the growth results on a class chart. 
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Size-Wise:Healthy Eating Habits

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students become familiar with portion control.  In this healthy habits lesson, students create a meal using pizza and toppings.  Students continue adding toppings and cutting away portions until there is none left. ...
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What is It? Susie Sees!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the five senses.  In this cross curriculum five senses lesson, students view an "I Can See Colors" PowerPoint presentation and sort items by color and shape. Students mix primary color paints to create secondary...
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Counting Quilts

For Teachers K - 1st
Students view the Bird of Paradise quilt and observe the design-work in the quilt.  For this counting quilt lesson, students will count to find repeated pictures in the quilt.  Students will represent their families...
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Diversity of Colors

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate color diversity by experimenting with jelly beans.  In this color spectrum lesson, students observe colored jelly beans through different filters and light sources to change the existing look of the bean....
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Cool Cats Counting

For Teachers K
Students practice number sense with the book Cool Cats Counting by Sherry Shahan.  In this number lesson, students listen to the book and count from 1-10 in English and Spanish. They practice their alphabet, rhyming words, and...
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Holy Mole

For Teachers K
Students discover Mexican culture by reading and cooking.  In this Central American History lesson, students read the book Holy Mole, and analyze the story by answering questions about plot, characters and even sound effects they...
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Shapetown

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students identify basic geometric shapes. For this geometry lesson, students read the book Shapetown and identify the various shapes from the story. Students are given a sheet and draw part of a town using only shapes.
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How many seeds?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students investigate seeds and find the difference between seeds and nuts.  In this seeds and nuts lesson, students predict, then count the number of seeds in an apple. Students record and share their results.  Students compare...
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Parade of People

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore making patterns. In this patterns lesson plan, students make patterns from the groups they are put in. Students can use items from around the room to make their patterns
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Who Took the Cookies

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students find the missing cookies. In this language arts lesson plan, students solve the mystery of who is taking the cookies from the cookie jar. Students are read several books with the same mystery of cookies being taken from the jar.
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It Started as an Egg

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners investigate animals that hatch from eggs. In this hatching animals lesson plan, students investigate which animals are born alive and which hatch from eggs. Learners read It Started As An Egg and practice reading comprehension...
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A Room Full of Colors and Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore their new classroom with this hunting and matching game. In this early childhood problem solving lesson, students use observation and matching skills as they hunt for pre-cut shapes around the classroom.
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What's My Rule for Sorting?

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students view objects sorted by one characteristic and name that characteristic.  In this sorting rule instructional activity, students explore to find a new characteristic and write a description of that rule.  In early grades...
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Freckle Face

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students collect and record data. In this early data analysis lesson, students gather data about their partners face. As a class, the students use tally marks and pictographs to record the data and answer question about the information...
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The Jellybeans and the Big Dance

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Enchant your youngsters by reading them The Jellybeans and the Big Dance, by Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans. Ask them to name objects that begin with the letter J like jellybeans. Give each of them some jellybeans to sort by color....
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Classification

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars investigate how different types of food can be classified then counted. In this sorting, arranging, and classifying lesson plan, students explore how to group foods based on commonalities. Young scholars are asked four...
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Shape Tool

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Pupils explore various polygons and examine how shapes can be manipulated in a variety of ways. In this shape tool instructional activity, students identify geometric shapes in two dimensions. Pupils identify and draw one line of...
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Pan Balance: Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of equivalence as it relates to comparing concrete objects to determine greater or lesser attributes such as length and weight. In this pan balance-shapes lesson, students make estimations while verifying...
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Bobbie Bear

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students examine how many different outfits can be made out of a given set of different colored shirts and pants. In this word problem lesson plan, students list or graph the possible results of an experiment. Students make a list of all...
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Fun patterns

For Teachers K
Students gain an understanding of shapes and patterns using Interactive Math Journey while reviewing the names of shapes and colors.

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