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Creature Creation
Second graders listen to a read aloud of a fictional story about a frog. They compare the characteristics of the main character with a real frog. They work with two partners to create a creature; one student draw the head, one the body,...
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A Message in a Bottle
Students create an imaginary tale of travel and adventure. They explain who they are, where they were going when they got stranded, where they left from, and how they were traveling. They place their stories in bottles and set them afloat.
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A New View
Students illustrate and write a story. In groups, students brainstorm lists of animals and objects. They create a storyboard from the point of view of a chosen animal or object. After students discuss life from different perspectives,...
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Japanese Folktales for Children
Students study Japanese folkart traditions and culture through storytelling, class discussions, and a creative project. The project involves students creating drawings of a pre-selected folktale and putting them together in a class book.
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I Depend on You, You Depend on Me!
Learners explore the interdependency between humans and the ecosystems. They examine how uncontrolled development threatens the rain forests. They discuss how human actions affect the rain forest.
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Dino Detectives
As students examine maps of Utah, 4th graders search for clues about what prehistoric life was like in Utah.
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Squid Dissection
First graders participate in dissecting a squid. They identify and locate specific parts of a squid with teacher guidance. They draw a picture of what their squid looked like and label specific parts.
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Become a "Summarizer"
Students practice reading a text and summarizing it for their classmates. As a class, they are introduced to various ways of summerizing material and use them to summarize two articles. They are asked questions to reinforce what they...
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Haitian Folktales
Seventh graders identify parts of Haitian culture through folktales. They compare and contrast a Haitian folktale with an African American folktale. They read "Bye-Bye" a Haitian folktale. They create and write their own folktale. They...
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Pet Overpopulation
Young scholars identify ways animal shelters prevent pet overpopulation. In this animal welfare lesson, students review facts about pet overpopulation and consult a phone directory for animal welfare listings. Young scholars call and ask...
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Frog and Toad
Second graders learn vocabulary and use of words, set, attribute Venn diagram. They learn to describe attributes.
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Two Way Causality in Ecosystems
Students complete various activities in order to explain that ecosystems are complex and that animal behavior (mainly that of a predator) is not necessarily intentional or bad.
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Is That a Fact? A Comment on Modern Fables
Students complete literary analysis for modern fables or urban legends. In this modern fables lesson, students listen to an urban legend and discuss it. Students then research urban legends online and write their own urban legend.
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Honey Bee Language Arts And Literature
Students see how nature and honey bees are presented in literature. They find and read poetry that include references to bees. Have them write their own poetry or Haiku.
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Summer
Students discover different uses of water. They discuss what lives in water and what does not. They match numbers 1-5 with objects of correct amount and recognize 5 different colors. They pick from pictures of different ways water...
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Africa: Journey To a Wildlife Park
Students identify similarities and differences between Rehema's life and culture, and their own.
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Primary Songs about Recycling
Students compose songs about recycling. In this ecology lesson plan, students use vocabulary and concepts related to recycling to generate lyrics for an original song. Students construct musical instruments out of discarded materials.
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Multiple Intelligences Survey
In this multiple intelligences worksheet, students complete a survey asking them about different ways they like to learn. Students complete 24 questions. This should be a very enjoyable activity for students.
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Learning about Titles
In this title worksheet, students read titles, then fill in blanks after reading short passages, selecting a title and then filling in facts.
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Life as a Lighthouse Keeper
In this lighthouse worksheet, students read a one page passage titled Life As A Lighthouse Keeper and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 short answer questions.
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Life as a Lighthouse Keeper
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1-page article entitled "Life as a Lighthouse Keeper," and then respond to 11 questions.
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Wildlife Preservers
Students research endangered animal species and how they might be preserved by writing speeches to present to classmates.
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What are You Doing Here?
Young scholars discuss different types of environments and climates on Earth. They choose an environment and draw a picture of it, another student create an animal that he/she believes belongs in that particular environment.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Columbian Exchange
In this interactive lesson supporting literacy skills, students watch video dramatizations that tell the story of the Spanish explorers who arrived in the Americas with Columbus and introduced European, African, and Asian plants and...