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Folktales: Uncle Cricket, the Soothsayer Lesson Ideas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read the Nicaraguan folktale, "Uncle Cricket, the Soothsayer," prior to participating in various activities. Among the ideas presented here are completing story maps, analyzing characters, summarizing the plot, writing...
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Regional Songs in the Southern American Experience

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students write a song about transportation in 100 years after comparing and discussing "Proud Mary" and "The Midnight Special".
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WHAT IS JAZZ?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the life of a jazz musician.
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"You Gotta Believe"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars identify the steps involved in starting a band and promoting an album. They work in small groups to create a band and market it to their designated audience.
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Digital Kids Club

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a slideshow on a chosen subject. They connect to the subject matter through images from the Internet, books, or pictures they have taken. Students convey the emotions the topic elicits and demonstrate understanding of the...
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Mater Your Munchies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the various food groups while doing a physical activity.
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Introducing Sunburn Issues

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders recognize their skin type and the times when they are in danger of getting sun burnt. They use knowledge of causes and prevention of sunburn to persuade others to protect their skin.
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Poetry

For Teachers K
Students review how clouds form rain, listen to the poem April Rain Song, discuss the saying April Showers Bring May Flowers, and participate in a craft activity.
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Cheeto Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice motor skills while playing this variation of tag. They learn the importance of hand washing in the activity.
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Fire Safety

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners review how to exit the school building during a fire drill. They discuss the World Trade Center escape routes and why there was difficulty getting out on September 11, 2001. They compare fire escape routes of the World Trade...
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Stand Uo If....

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students participate in an activity that allows them to better get to know each other. In this inquiry lesson students use a psychomotor activity to better know their classmates.
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Hank Williams: My Inspiration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils research information about Hank Williams using the internet. Using the lyrics from his songs, they interpret the poetry used. They work together and individually to write their own poems and interpret them.
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Soar to Salt Lake City

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students improve their cardio-respiratory fitness and to learn about our country. They move (skip, jog, walk, slide, gallop, etc.) for 2 minutes (approximately .2 mile). Fourth graders calculate our weekly mileage and are responsible...
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The Coral Reef

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss life in a coral reef, and view photographs and a computer program about coral reefs. They design and create colorful watercolor, ink, and crayon drawings of coral reefs.
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Raising Cane: Building a Cane Flute From Scratch

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create their own cane flute. They use a model flute to gain the correct measurements and use the scientific method to construct the flute to have sound quality and pitch accuracy.
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Express Yourself: Make Art From Your Ideas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students analyze and discuss various sculptures by the artist Andrea Arroyo. They discuss ways artists use symbols to express abstract ideas, design and create a plasticine plaque, and write a journal response.
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Family Bowling Night

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students and their families visit a pretend bowling alley created in an activity room at school. They help their family members to bowl, set up pins and have fun without keeping score to engage the students and culminate the end of the...
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24 Hour Party Robots

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read an article about robots and social behavior. As a class, they write down new vocabulary words they are unfamilar with in the article. In groups, they discover what all the words have in commom and identify the type of...
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different types of poetry and illustrate their own experiences through creating their own poem. For this getting to know you lesson, 3rd graders create and recite their poems with a self-portrait.

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