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Valentine's Day Crossword Fun
In this crossword puzzle activity, students read the 20 clues that relate to Valentine's Day. Students use the clues to complete the 20 word crossword puzzle.
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Valentine's Day Crossword Challenge
In this crossword puzzle activity, students read the 20 clues that relate to Valentine's Day. Students then use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Spelling Pre Test
In this spelling activity, students read the sentences and check the spelling for the bold word. Students choose the correct spelling for the 10 online questions.
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Thanksgiving Writing Activities
The holiday season is an opportunity for students to create meaningful Thanksgiving writing activities.
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Picture It: Teaching Descriptive Writing
There are many fun and effective ways to teach students to write descriptively.
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Rooftop Gardens
Second graders investigate how to help a city building remain cooler on the inside. They create a rooftop garden in order to shield the building and lower the internal temperature. The garden is meant to replace the black tar paper that...
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Clash of Cultures and Marching North
Each of the 23 slides that comprise this presentation are intended to enhance or support lessons on shifts in religion and the colonization of the Americas. Students are guided through the changes in religion that ultimately lead to the...
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Making Valentine's Day Cards
Students construct Valentine's Day cards. In this holiday lesson plan, students use felt, construction paper, markers, and glue to create unique Valentine's Day cards.
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How Plants Help Us Breathe
Third graders discuss how humans breathe and how plants help us to stay alive. In groups, they identify and label the different parts of plants and describe their functions. They compare and contrast the ways plants and animals breathe...
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Pigment Plucking
Students examine pigments found in different fruits and vegetables and practice the processes for extracting the pigments. Pigments are used to create artwork and a class PowerPoint presentation is made on the different types of plant...
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Apple: Bare to Pick
Students investigate the seasons of the apple tree. In tree seasons lesson, students use a sun model and a globe to study the tilt of the Earth to create the seasons. Students discuss the tilt and the seasons. Students discuss...
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Total English: ELL Pre-Intermediate Language Activity
In this ELL worksheet, students complete a story using the correct tense verb from a word box, and using adverbs from a word box, ask a partner how often they do given activities.
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Plants
Third graders study the factors necessary for plant growth and how plants adapt to their environment. They examine ow different plants require different environments to thrive.
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the Naturalist's Notebook
Third graders, after brainstorming what they already know about trees and what effect the seasons have on them, create a model of a hollow log. They participate in a young naturalist's notebook writing activity while walking outside...
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DRASING NATURE
Students take samples of local trees and identify the tree using a field guide. They keep data for the tree on the Tree ID sheet. They create leaf, seed, bark, and flower prints and paint them.
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Growth and Changes in Plants
Young scholars investigate the growth and changes in plants. They view a video and discuss the changes in plants. They work in small groups to demonstrate vocabulary words to the class. They visit a green house and take pictures of...
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Read Write Think: I Wonder: Writing Scientific Explanations With Students
Students choose a question to explore, research it using a variety of resources, organize their information on a TCF chart, and then collaboratively write a class scientific explanation.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General George D. Bayard
General Bayard, born in Seneca Falls, N. Y., December 18th 1835, died December 14th, 1862, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1856. He was assigned to the First Cavalry. Four years were passed in frontier and...