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How Can Our Talents Be Used Together?
Learners investigate their individual talents. In this togetherness lesson plan, students listen to the poem "Togetherness Chant" and change the final stanza from play to work. Learners brainstorm how they can use their individual...
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Using Our Talents for the Common Good LESSON 2: How Can Our Talents Be Used Together?
Students decide what talents are and how they can be used to help others. They recite a poem and write journal entries about using their talents.
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Saving Makes Cents
Students identify ways families save money. For this financial lesson, students read the book A Chair for My Mother and discuss ways to save money. Students identify coin values and practice counting money.
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Walk a day in my moccasins
Learners create videos about students in their classroom. In this self-expression lesson, learners use videos to give voice to students who are reluctant or can't participate. Learners listen to several books and generate questions about...
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Seasoning the School Year
Students observe the changes a class tree goes through as the seasons change and record observations in journals. They investigate changes in the weather, changes in the length of the day, and how that affects people. They create...
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Souper Philanthropists: The Drive
Learners understand how good- hearted people can make a difference to others. In this philanthropy lesson, students hear the story of a child who eats in a soup kitchen (Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen) and answer questions. Learners...
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Who Are You?
Learners complete self projects such as a collage, an acrostic poem, a mural, and more, to show their similarities and differences. In this similarities and differences lesson plan, students can do these projects individually or in groups.
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Language Arts: Word Recognition and Mental Images
Learners read short stories containing Dolch sight words and describe the scenes and answer comprehension questions. After relating the stories to their own experiences or observations, they draw pictures illustrating a scene from the...
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The Hello Goodbye Window: Visual Art
Pupils create a portrait of themselves with a grandparent. In this visual art instructional activity, students read the book entitled The Hello Goodbye Window and discuss the events. Pupils then draw a portrait of themselves and their...