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Dr. Seuss Author Study

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars listen to a story, then use the same format to write a class book.
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"Voicing" - A Believable Account with "The Glory Fields" by Walter Dean Myers

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Dr. Seuss and Walter Dean Myers team up to cover the topic of prejudice. Using The Sneeches (about the culture clash between star-bellied and bare-bellied Sneetches) and The Glory Fields (about a boy coming to America on a slave ship),...
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The Lorax

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify and list five problems presented in The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. They relate these problems to current environmental issues and debate how to make a difference then participate in different activities to improve their...
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Ecosystem Dynamics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Searching for an eccentric way to enhance lessons on ecosystems while ensuring pupils remain creative and motivated? Upon viewing The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, designated groups design and construct a pop-up book that depicts the specific ways...
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My Many Colored Days

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore feelings.  In this mental health cross-curriculum lesson, students listen to My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss and discuss their own moods and feelings.  Students sing related songs, write about feelings, and play a...
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Language Arts: What Makes an Individual

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to the teacher read "The Sneetches" prior to creating charts about their individual characteristics. After numerous examples of individuality, they compile them on chart paper. As an extension, 3rd graders write...
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I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students read a story by Dr. Seuss and create characters from the story. In this lesson about reading a story, students will read I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories. Students make a tiger tail with a felt strip, attach it to...
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The United States and the Soviet Union were Engaged in a Cold War

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students work together at figuring out the definition for what cold war means. In this social science lesson, students listen to "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss and recognize how this story relates to the cold war between the...
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Understanding Life System: Growth and Changes in Plants

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research ways in which plants are essential to humans. In this Global Peace lesson, 3rd graders participate in tasks, such as creating a propaganda poster. Students may watch the film, The Lorax, as a closing activity.
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Economics -- Third Grade

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the Dr. Seuss book The Lorax. In groups, they answer questions that are related to economics and distribution of goods. They also identify the environmental issues present in the book and perform a skit in front of the...
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Getting To Know You - Lesson 1

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a worksheet about themselves as individuals and as members of groups and discuss questions about themselves as they present their sheets. In this individuality lesson plan, 5th graders discuss what makes them...
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore ways in which they are smart. In this "getting to know you" classroom team building lesson plan, students discuss various ways people can be smart and describe ways in which they are smart. Young scholars listen to...
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Getting to Know Us

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discover pictures are worth a thousand smiles. In this early childhood language arts lesson, students use their growing powers of observation and language skills to get to know their classmates.
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Idioms in Everyday Language

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students describe idioms and their use in everyday language. They describe the difference between literal and idiomatic meanings. In groups, students use iPhoto to create books that explain and illustrate a variety of idioms describing...
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Inside, Outside, Upside Down

For Teachers K
Students study directional words and opposites. In this inside, outside, upside down, instructional activity, students illustrate words and are captured on camera sharing their words. The digital pictures will be compiled into a class...
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Bringing Tolerance to Our Beaches (Private-Religious)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role play. In this equality lesson, students read a passage in Leviticus and describe people that would be considered strangers and how they are to be treated. Students discuss the concept of discrimination. Students role play...
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Spreading Kindness All Around

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils donate items to organization to demonstrate kindness. In this kindness lesson plan, students read many books and discuss how the characters in each one demonstrate kindness, and then they themselves donate to charities.
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Reflections and Revisions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils reflect upon and express affective and cognitive learning experience as a result of a direct service experience. In this service learning activity, students examine and analyze symbolism portrayed in literature and its...
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Children's Literature: math calculations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read the book Sam I Am and complete math calculations on the prices of ingredients that Sam did not want to eat. In this math calculations lesson plan, students list the items Sam would not eat into a computer program and...
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The Secret School: chapter 11

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read chapter 11 of The Secret School and answer discussion questions as they read. For this reading lesson plan, 4th graders also write a summary of what they read and complete a crossword puzzle..
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Nutrition Unit

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete activities for the six basic food groups. For this food groups lesson, 1st graders view examples of food samples from the various groups and sample the foods. Students discuss the food pyramid and draw a fruit or...
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Be Kind to our Earth

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make a list of ideas on ways we can take care of our Earth and complete a class project planning sheet where they problem solve to help save the Earth. In this Earth lesson plan, students also play a conservation charades game.
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We Are All Different in Many Ways!

For Teachers K
Students draw a picture with only one color crayon. As a class, they discuss how the world would be different if there were only one color crayon to use. After being read a book, they discuss how each person is important even though...
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ABC It's as Easy as 1-2-3!

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
Help readers explore initial letter sounds. They will choose a letter of the alphabet and create a page for a classroom "ABC" book. They will write down various words that begin with their assigned letter and draw a picture to go in the...

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