Montgomery County Public Schools
Summer Journal Ideas
Twenty prompts, fifteen starters, and ten situations. What more could you ask for from a list of journal ideas?
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Run To Win
In teams, students use their energy to explore Math. They that are not running are to be counting how many times the runner touches the cones.
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Yummy Adjectives
Fourth graders recognize and brainstorm descriptive adjectives to use in their writing. They work in pairs to take a taste and touch test and record their adjectives used to describe the food and knick-knacks on handout. This is a great...
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Sexual Exploitation
Young scholars analyze psychology by completing a true or false worksheet. In this sexual health lesson, students read assigned text which dictates when it is or isn't appropriate to touch a person and what to do if you feel...
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Conditionals Types 0 and 1
In this online interactive grammar worksheet, students choose the appropriate multiple choice verb to complete 6 sentences correctly. Students determine whether the article "the" should be used in 10 blanks in 1 paragraph. Students then...
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Saving Sponge Bob Square Pants
Learners apply the use of technology to real life scenarios. In this technology lesson, students discuss and identify a method to move sponge bob from one location to the next, without touching the floor. They share the same landmark and...
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My Senses Tell Me...
Students explore how to use their sense to draw conclusions. In this human biology lesson, students use their senses to observe various objects in learning centers. The centers include tasting salt, touching sandpaper, hearing bells...
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Catharine Blaine
Students research Catherine Blaine by navigating websites to investigate her ideas on reforms for women and the challenges of western settlement. In this Catherine Blaine lesson, students view grade appropriate materials and...
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Voyage of Discovery
Students develop a sense of the scale of our solar system by creating a one to ten billion scale model. They calculate the relative sizes and distances for the planets and asteroid belt using a guiding worksheet. To create the model they...
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Periodic Table
For this periodic table worksheet, learners are given 12 terms and must match the terms to their appropriate definition. Topics include types of bonds, types of elements, and types of ions.
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I'm A Cow
Students identify animal names and sounds. In this animal lesson, students look at animal pictures and practice saying their name and the sound they make. A sing-along where students insert names and sounds where appropriate is also...
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What Do I Wear in the Winter?
Students identify the appropriate clothing to wear in the winter. In this seasonal weather lesson plan, students discuss what warm and cold weather feels like and what clothing is necessary during the specific seasons. Students explore...
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Public and Private
Students list places that are considered private and public. In this health science lesson, students discuss behavior appropriate for each setting. They complete the assigned checklist.
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Growing Up (And Around, and Down...) Exploring Plant Growth
Students build plant growing structures. In this plant growth lesson, students plant growth structures such as a garden tepee or a crawl through tunnel. They grow plants that are appropriate for the structure.
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Silent Soccer
Who says soccer can only be played outdoors? If your PE class is stuck inside on a rainy day, try this fun activity that requires focus and patience, and will help develop passing and receiving soccer skills. Tip: Consider assigning a...
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Our Five Senses Box
Learners discuss how their five senses help to identify objects. They select items from a mystery box and with their eyes closed they attempt to identify the object. They give answers in complete sentences.
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Jeopardy 8th Grade (Science)
There are so many topics touched upon in this Jeopardy-style science game, that it is difficult to classify! The categories include electricity, matter, ecology, earth and space, and scientific investigation. This would best be used at...
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Simple Machines
Students recognize simple machines in their environment, create a picture of a simple machine using KidPix Software, and appropriately name and identify the type of simple machine that they have created using their keyboard.
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Create Your Island Paradise
Sixth graders create a descriptive essay and map describing their island paradise. They try to evoke the reader's senses: seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. They revise their paragraphs using their partner's feedback.
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Introduction To Keyboarding
Students practice the basic typing position, and practice key stroking, spacing and return. They study to operate the home row letter keys and the basic service keys by touch.
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Lesson Plan One: Introduction to the Five Senses
Students listen to book See, Hear, Touch, Taste, Smell, by Melvin Berger, and explore five senses and sense organs
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Exploring Food with Senses
Students explore properties of fruits and vegetables using their five senses. In this sensory activity lesson plan, students study fruit and vegetables through a microscope, using their sense of touch as they are blindfolded, and with...
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Spider Web
Pupils work together to get all of their team mates through the holes of an obstical course called the spider web while not touching the rope. In this team work lesson plan, students focus on working together.
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Taking Pictures With A Digital Camera
First graders use a digital camera and learn appropriate technology terminology during this task. They also interview another student and record the information received. They write a sentence using some of the technology terminology.