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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
Learners prepare for school and relieve anxiety they might be experiencing in regards to beginning school. In this Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten lesson plan, students develop listening skills, produce rhyming words, and...
Perkins School for the Blind
Tactile Journals
I absolutely love this idea. Children with visual impairments create tactile journals which describe an event from the previous week in an artistic way. They verbally describe one event from the previous week and then use a wide array of...
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Counting on Art
Explore the life and painting style of African-American artist Horace Pippin by looking carefully at its parts, then create a "secret number" painting for a classroom counting book.
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Machines 'R' Us
Learners increase their vocabulary and knowledge base while learning about different types of machines. In this machine lesson plan, students glue pictures of the machines they like onto paper and share their collages with classmates.
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Counting Petals
Students solve addition and subtraction problems. In this problem solving lesson, students solve math problems written on flowers. Using petals as a counting aid, students demonstrate the answer by attaching the correct number of petals...
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Game Shows in the Classroom
Students participate in game show like games when reviewing material for any subject or grade level.
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Let the Weather Help You Dress
Students observe weather daily for at least a month and graph the weather for one month. Then they use weather vocabulary such as sunny, windy, rainy, stormy, cold, snowy, foggy, and hot, and share their predictions about weather. ...
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How Does Your KinderGarden Grow
Learners find forecast and graph weather by using WeatherBug site, create flower books by using Wiggleworks, and plant radish seeds both on KidPix and in class garden.
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Tracking Fall's Falling Temperatures
Young meteorologists track weather from day to day and record results on graphs, maps, or other places. They see firsthand how weather temperatures trend cooler as fall progresses and practice grade-appropriate skills in geography (map...
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Read Aloud: "The Bookshop Dog"
Students listen to the book "The Bookshop Dog" and discuss what happens when there is a change in their lives. They create a class T-chart about changes and feelings, develop a graph related to the story, and define key story vocabulary...
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Brown Bear Pudding Style!
Students are read the story "Brown Bear, Brown Bear". They create their own bear painting out of chocolate pudding. They are allowed to bring in their own stuffed animal to make the first day better for them.
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Our Special Planet Earth
Students explore what is special about our planet. They explore the various climates that are found on the planet Earth. Students create an advertisement to convince people why their favorite environment would be the best place to visit.
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Seasons
Students explore the four seasons. In this seasons lesson, students create a class tree. Students make leaves for the tree for each of the seasons. Students mark their paper into fourths and draw a picture of the seasons.
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RIGHT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Students learn the importance of fairness and come up with strategies to create this type of environment in their classroom.
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Feathers for Lunch Lesson Plan
Students discover different types of birds and the habitats in which the dwell. In this bird lesson, students read Feathers for Lunch, discuss bird facts, and build a bird habitat.
Curated OER
Tell Time With Your Feet
Pupils discover what the latitude and longitude of their location is. They start walking and measure their shadow. They fill in a chart to discover the approximate time.
PBS
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Ramps Around Us
Set up several ramps around the room and allow the students to explore and investigate how they work.