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First Day of School: I'll Get to Know You

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars participate in a letter matching game that pairs students so that they can introduce a new friend. They listen to the Shel Silverstein book, The Giving Tree and write a letter to the class telling them what they will give...
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An Age of Exploration

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars investigate U.S. history by examining North American timelines. In this American exploration lesson, students research the events that led to Columbus finding America and participate in a jeopardy game regarding his...
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PE Laws of the Land

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils practice the LAWS and their SECRET SIGNALS following directions on posters indicating the "PE LAWS of the LAND"
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Frozen Price Game

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students participate in an economics game which demonstrates the advantages of price allocation over other methods.
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Cha-Ching!

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students play the Pinky's Create a Card game for practice. Students create a class store where they experiment in the roles as vendor and consumer. Students use play money to buy and sell various products, while keeping track of spending...
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Rainy Day Football

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a rainy day game to reinforce football rules.
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Vocabulary - Unfolding Meaning

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students write the "word for the day" onto a note card. They add a definition, discuss in class and file the card in their own metal box. At the end of the week students play a game with the words from that week.
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Tribute to the Summer Olympics

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students participate in an afternoon of games and festivities intended to mirror the actual summer games. They create flags from various countries, and participate in field day like games. They have an opening ceremony, flag parage,...
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Life in the Arkansas Territory

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students compare the living conditions in Arkansas when it was a territory with contemporary times. They participate in a role play activities of the territorial times.
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Life Is a Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate about cycles through games, shared readings and a shared writing activity. They play a game of Ring Around the Rosie to be introduced to the concept of "cycle."
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Movement

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners experiment and explore a variety of instruments and movements. They play rhythms on instruments, spell words using their bodies, act out the movements of a song, role-play machine parts as a group, pantomime an activity, and...
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Word is to Analogy as...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars complete verbal analogies by playing a group game.
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Finding Common Ground

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write at least three descriptive qualities about themselves on a note card. The teacher then reads the qualities to the class, and the class members try to determine which student is being presented. They use the cards to...
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PASSWORD VOCABULARY REVIEW

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write definitions for vocabulary words used in a unit in any subject area. They use the words to play a game.
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Keep Your Caboose

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the correct way to walk down the hallway, which means to walk without talking, no touching, no cutting, and hand to their sides. They line up to walk down the hallway and that the last student in line is the caboose,...