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Shapes and Colors: Rectangles and Squares
In this shape and color worksheet, students trace rectangles, coloring them purple, and trace squares and color them grey. Students then trace and color a picture of a robot made of shapes.
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Shapes and Colors: Circles and Ovals
In this shape worksheet, students trace circles, coloring them yellow, then trace ovals and color them blue. Students also color a picture of a flower made of ovals and circles.
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Shapes and Colors: Squares and Ovals
In this shape and color worksheet, students trace squares, coloring them grey, then trace ovals and color them pink. Students also trace and color a picture of a face made of squared and ovals.
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Shapes and Color: Rectangles and Triangles
In this shape and color instructional activity, students trace rectangles, coloring them pink, then trace circles, coloring them purple. Students then trace and color a set of 6 circles.
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Lascaux Cave Art on Ceramic Stones
Here is a great way to incorporate art into your next unit on prehistoric people. The class makes stones out of ceramic clay and then creates paintings like those found in the Lascaux Caves in France. A video link, full day-by-day...
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Habitats and Adaptations
Learners research and describe the habitat and adaptations of a reef animal. After the student is assigned a habitat, they design and draw a cresture adapted to eat each food and to live in each habitat.
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Poke and Look Learning Books
Students read Poke and Look Learning Books and complete predicting activities, reading, questioning, and more. In this Poke and Look Learning Books, students do this for 13 different books.
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Quilting Through the Civil War and Underground Railroad
Students design a quilt. In this Civil War and Underground Railroad lesson plan, students discuss the Civil War and Underground Railroad. Students look at quilts from the Civil War and discover how they were used to help slaves escape....
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Coral Reefs, Polyps and Heads
Young scholars explore coral communities. They explore a coral polyp and build a coral head.
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A Cow's Life
Moo! An engaging two-part worksheet focuses on the role of cows in our agriculture system. The second part of the worksheet has ten discussion questions, which should lead to some interesting points about cows. Young farmers can learn...
K5 Learning
Rocks
Five short answer questions follow an informational reading passage that details the three different types of rocks—sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic—and their rock cycle.
Andrea Mulder-Slater
Happy Accidents Painting
A person can see a lot of different things when he looks at the amorphous clouds. The same is true when you let your watercolor paints do as they please. Little artists create haphazard art with watercolors, then use ink or marker to...
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Paper Molas
Delve into the history of textile art using this resource. Learners discuss the history of molas, a type of textile art made in Panama and Columbia, and talk about the importance of this process in the Kuna culture. Then, they create...
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Paper Mache Animal Sculptures
Fourth graders choose and construct farm animal paper mache sculptures. They paint their sculptures using primary colors and mixing colors, and explore various textures and forms.
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Animals in the Wild
Learners explore the role of snakes in an ecosystem and discover how snakes warn us that they are dangerous. They view and discuss a Discovery Channel video showcasing snakes in the wild then break into small groups to research a...
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Going to the Zoo
Students choose a map and follow directions to get to the zoo. In this physical education and map skill lesson, students follow a color map to get to the zoo. Students walk, jump or use other movement skills to reach the zoo.
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Class Bear Book
Students use the story, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" to explore the concept of color, name writing, and text sequencing. A personal page is created for the class Big Bear Book.
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Name that animal
A great way to classify organisms, is by counting the number of legs it has or how it moves. Little ones count the legs on five different creatures, then match the leg count to the proper animal name. Tip: Have them come up with other...
Dick Blick Art Materials
Mehndi Art Gloves
Class members get a chance to practice the art of Mehndi as they use markets to apply patterns to a latex glove.
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Shapes and Colors: Blue Ovals
In this shape worksheet, students trace ovals and color them blue, then trace and color ovals on a picture of a crown. Worksheet is part of a site with links to additional activities.
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Shapes and Colors: Triangles and Ovals
In this shape and color worksheet, students trace triangles coloring them brown, then trace ovals and color them pink. Students also trace and pictures of a ice cream cones made of triangles and ovals.
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Shapes and Colors: Rectangles and Ovals
In this shape and color worksheet, students trace rectangles, coloring them brown, then trace ovals and color them yellow. Students also trace and color a picture of an oval figure sitting on a rectangle wall.
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Shapes and Colors: Blue Rectangles
For this shapes worksheet, students trace and color blue all rectangles found in a set of 10 shapes that include circles, triangles, squares and rectangles. Students also trace and color a "curtain" made of rectangles.
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Shapes and Colors: Ovals
In this shape worksheet, students color a set of 6 ovals, then color each a different color. Students then trace and color a set of 4 oval balloons.