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Chinese Calligraphy

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore Chinese calligraphy. In this art and social science lesson plan, students copy the Chinese character ideograms in order to create words or phrases.
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Time Zones

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders locate different time zones. In this time zones lesson, 5th graders label the different time zones. Students research the different ways man has kept time throughout history. Students also compute the differences in time...
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Great Wall Interview

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars interview somone who has been to the Great Wall of China. In this interview lesson plan, students use interviewing skills to interview someone who has been to the Great Wall of China. Young scholars create a representation...
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Mount Everest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
  Students brainstorm about what different professions roles are and what skills they obtain.  For this critical thinking lesson, students discuss reasons of why different people would want and need to climb Mount Everest.     
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Giant Pandas

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover facts about the Giant Panda. In this Giant Panda lesson plan, students discuss where Pandas live and their habitat requirements. Students make a chart using the information they acquire. Students make Giant Panda dioramas.
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Communicating about Our World through Informal Writing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review their writing for repetition of words at the beginning of the sentence.  In this informal writing instructional activity, 5th graders share examples of sentence beginnings.  Students use a thesaurus to find antonyms...
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Responding to Literature

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine how to respond to literature. In this literature response lesson, 5th graders discuss how to respond to literature. They write a response in a literature log each night based on their reading and the connections...
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Vocabulary

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review two or three chapters of a novel. In this literature lesson, 5th graders list new words, write the definition of the word on the bottom of the paper and choose a picture in a magazine that represents that word.
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Conventions-Interjections

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss interjections reviewing them to be words or phrases that express excitement or strong emotion. In this language arts activity, 5th graders understand that commas or exclamation marks are used to separate...
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Books on Trial

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders persuade classmates that their favorite book is the best book ever written. In this persuasive writing lesson, 6th graders create a written argument as to why their favorite book is the best. Students present their argument...
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Punctuation Review/Tic-tac-toe

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders play a tic-tac-toe game in pairs. In this language arts lesson, one student uses an X to show the correct sentences, while the other student uses an O to show incorrect sentences. Students use a T-chart to record the...
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Middle East Related

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders find a current event related to the Middle East. In this current event lesson students write a brief summary of a new story related to the Middle East. They give their opinion and tell how it affects their life or who it...
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Canada's Arctic Barometer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research arctic climates. In this Web-quest investigation, students will identify Arctic climate changes, explain the effects of these changes, relate the changes to other regions, and write their findings in a letter format.
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Earth's Rotation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the Earth's rotation. In this Earth's rotation lesson, 4th graders realize that the rotation of Earth causes the days and nights on Earth. Students break into groups and use a flashlight and a sphere to...
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Food Chain: what's for dinner?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify where foods came from and sequence a food chain.  In this food chain lesson, 4th graders define vocabulary related to food chains and order a food chain. Students follow the energy of a food chain. Students...
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Harvesting Hope--Asking for Change Letters

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders compose friendly letters. In this writing lesson, 2nd graders read the text Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez and discuss the rights of farm workers. Students brainstorm things at school they would like to change...
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Up, Up and Away

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design and launch rockets.  For this rocket lesson, 4th graders observe the changes in outcome caused by size and fuel variables. Students navigate the NASA website to learn the parts of a rocket. Students load the...
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Johnny Appleseed Origami

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make an origami Johnny Appleseed. In this geometry lesson plan students follow folding instructions. They find different geometric shapes while they are folding. They create Johnny Appleseed's body and attach a face and...
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Comprehension of Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore math functions by completing a worksheet in class. In this word problem solving lesson, 3rd graders read a book titled Counting on Frank by Rod Clement and utilize the information in the story to answer study...
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Jack and the Beanstalk Math

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to Jack and the Beanstalk and determine what they think are the most common words.  In this Jack and the Beanstalk lesson, students reread the story, count the words they chosen and graph those words. Students graph the...
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Incorporating Literature While Teaching Math

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders solve story word problems based on the story Twas the Night Before Christmas. In this word problems lesson plan, 3rd graders incorporate literature with math.
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Too Many Apostrophes

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this apostrophes worksheet, students read sentences and insert or take out apostrophes that are needed or not needed. Students complete 12 problems.
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Tanzania: Adapting and Modifying

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Tanzania worksheet, students read a 1-page case study and then respond to 5 short answer questions based on the case study.
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Blue Planet: Frozen Seas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the animals from the Arctic and how they have adapted.  In this ocean lesson students create a poster about their given animal and present it to the class. 

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