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Clifford Phonics Fun

For Teachers K
Students develop phonemic awareness skills. They recognize consonant sound spellings and distinguish easily confused letter pairs. Students examine common short and long vowel sound spellings. They read stories containing high frequency...
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Know Your Nose: Learning About the Sense of Smell

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore their senses of smell. In this sense of smell lesson, students read The Popcorn Dragon and research the sense of smell on a designated website. Students identify scents and play an Internet game based on the sense of smell.
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Under The Sea

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
For this resource lesson, students use non-fiction books to research ocean animals. Students discover the many features of non-fiction books and how to use these features to help them conduct research. Students then categorize ocean...
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Texas Symbols

For Teachers 1st
First graders create 2 Texas State symbols using Microsoft Paint and identify 4 Texas symbols. Each student get to choose his/her own symbol to draw. Each child have a workbook with the symbols in it. The final products are made into a...
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the life cycle of a butterfly. In this life cycle lesson, students read the book Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons and discuss the four stages of the life cycle. Students illustrate the life cycle on chart paper.
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Independent Investigation

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students classify objects. In this math lesson plan, students sort and classify objects based on their characteristics. Students identify characteristics of objects.
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The Tattle Tail Tale

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the story by Tandy Braid to explain the concepts of tattling and reporting, then discussing the difference between them. They play a game to determine if something is a tattle or report.
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Pizza Fraction Fun

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students solve for fractions using a pizza. In this fraction lesson plan, students listen to a read aloud, decorate pizzas, then cut their pizzas apart to show equivalent fractions. Once their pizzas are cut apart, they share different...
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Apples

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete many cross categorical activities about apples. In this apples lesson plan, 2nd graders cook with apples, make a mobile, finger-paint, write a story about apples, and more. Students read poetry and complete math...
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Earth Day Theme Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students make recycled animals. In this Earth Day lesson, students use recycled materials to create artistic animals. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Introduce /B/

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students demonstrate how to pronounce the letter "b" sound. In this sound fluency lesson, students practice saying the "b" sound orally and repeat words that contain the letter "b." Additionally, students demonstrate the differences...
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The Big Blue

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create paper mache globes with balloons. They label the 4 oceans on their balloons with reference to large wall map, classroom globe, and Encarta Virtual Globe CD-ROM projected on large screen TV with Tvator or other...
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Robert Boyle and Religion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss past cultures and the history of ideas in seventeenth century science. They answer a list of questions and prepare for a debate on the subjects of science and religion and views on how the universe was created.
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Constellation Capers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a constellation. In this outer space lesson, students complete a KWL chart on constellations, list the constellations they know and read the book The Big Dipper. Students use construction paper and stars to create and...
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Mirror, Mirror

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how their bodies are similar and different from others after reading the book, In the Mirror.
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Geo Jammin By Design: The Important Thing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils brainstorm what they know about geometric terms and patterns. They identify symmetry, shapes and congruency. They create a book of symmetry.
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A Tacky Cheer

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make predictions, copy cheers, and make inferences as they read a story about an odd bird and his awkward attempts to help his fellow penguins win a cheering contest.
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The Thrill of Big-Wave Surfing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students go on a Wave Scavenger Hunt on the Internet.
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Reading

For Teachers K
Students recall the animals in the story by writing sentences of what they saw with an accuracy of four out of five. They tie in inventive spelling and sight words. Students discuss what animals can be found on a farm and what their...
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What Is Technology?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in a literature study that is concerned with transmitting new knowledge about modern technology. They identify different forms of technology and how it is used in everyday society. The lesson includes vocabulary...
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"How Big is a Foot?" by Rolf Myller

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use estimation and fractions and standard units of measure to measure foot strips.
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Let's Read and Read!

For Teachers K
Students discover how to hold their mouths to form the /o/ sound and that it may be hidden in different words. They say /o/ and then repeat a tongue twister that contains many /o/ words and practice writing it on primary lined paper....
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What's The Big Deal?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the role of the Gutenberg press and its effect on society. Using this information, they write a persuasive paper discussing which form of copying is easier to mass produce. They share their opinions with the class...
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LESSON 5: Jackie Joyner-Kersee

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore Jackie Jooyner-Kersee and how she's a motivator for people both as an athlete and a philanthropist.