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Family Time Posters
Young scholars discuss the benefits of spending time with family members. Then they make posters to share their ideas with others.
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Making Estimations in Measurement
Students utilize their knowledge of measurement in making accurate measurements and estimations.
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Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Young scholars honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the principles he stood for: justice, equality, freedom, and peace.
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How Do I Measure Up?
Students measure and record weights and heights and compare to others in the class as they find out more about their bodies.
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Inside, Outside, Upside Down
Students study directional words and opposites. In this inside, outside, upside down, lesson, students illustrate words and are captured on camera sharing their words. The digital pictures will be compiled into a class slide show to...
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How to Combine Sentences
Students practice combining sentences. In this writing lesson plan, students view essays and discuss how it can be revised, using sentence combining. Students practice this skill in their own essays.
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Monster Waves
Young scholars investigate tsunamis by creating a tabletop village and use it to visualize the relative height and effects of tsunamis. Each group builds a difference section of the city or village and as a class they decide who build...
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Word Art with King's Words
Learners investigate equality and racism by creating a word art project. In this civil rights lesson, students discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and create a word art project using the Internet site Wordle Web. ...
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Activity Plan 5-6: Searching for Shapes
Students explore the shapes all around them. In this early childhood lesson plan, students use their creative thinking skills to compare shapes to the form ob objects in their classroom.
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After The End...
Students create a few different endings to stories they are familiar with. In this writing lesson plan, students listen to the story, "The Giant Jam Sandwich," and see how a different ending changes the whole story. Each student chooses...
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Gummy Bear Sorting
Students demonstrate knowledge of sorting and classifying by color as they sort gummy bear candies.
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The Chosen
Young scholars explore the subject of religion in the United States by identifying the different religions that Americans practice, by describing current religious controversies, and by discussing the role that religious leaders play in...
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What's the Texture?
Students sort, classify, and write about how they sort a variety of shells.
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Measurement Mania
Second graders get many opportunities to practice their measurement skills.
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Wacky Water Critters
Students visit a local creek or stream. They collect water samples from the creek and observe and sort the "water critters" they find in the sample, observing smaller organisms under a microscope if necessary. They identify each organism...
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Personal Written Response Activity
Pupils complete a final written project. In this personal response lesson, students respond in a creative way to one of the issues presented in the unit. Pupils may choose to create a series of postcards from a natural disaster,...
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Different Genres In Literature
Third graders view different genres of literature and identify which genre is being presented to them. In this genres lesson plan, 3rd graders choose from fiction, non fiction, and a poem.
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"My Little Sister Ate One Hare" by Bill Grossman
Students understand, use, and compute basic probability.
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Drawing a Bird's Eye View Map
Learners make birds-eye view maps and place the compass rose on the map.
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Adventure Stories
Students write an adventure story. In this writing instructional activity, students listen to an adventure story and identify the elements of an adventure story. Students use story starters to create their own adventure story.
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Chef for a Day
Learners make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.
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Each Peach Plum Pear
First graders listen to the story, Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allen Ahlberg, then give appropriate responses to questions asked about the story. They investigate what compound words by participateing in a variety of activities.