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Graphing Memories

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Mem Fox’s Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge provides the labels for a graphing activity. Class members create an illustration of a memory item brought from home, and place their illustration in the proper column of a graph. When the...
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too #5

For Teachers K - 3rd
The student create a drawing of themselves through the use of multicultural people color crayons. They explain to a teacher what makes them special. Students investigate family types, skin color, eye color, hair color, and favorites.
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Introduction to 18th Century Artisans

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate colonial artisans. In this history lesson, students create a booklet of American Artisans and dress up in 18th century clothing for an oral presentation.
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My First PowerPoint Presentation

For Teachers K - 5th
Have your class explore the way to create a presentation using PowerPoint. This lesson provides a step-by-step explanation to describe how to explain this process to your class. The end product is a presentation on colors, but any topic...
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Amelia the Pigeon: Lesson 1

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners listen to the story, Amelia the Pigeon, predicting Amelia's story and creating their own stories of Amelia's flight using pictures of New York City. They build views of their neighborhood by pulling together drawings from the...
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2.4: Metamorphic Rocks

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work with material to simulate changes caused by both heat and pressure. They assimilate what they learned learned in past lessons to explain the rock cycle.
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Where it Grows

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the commodities of Oregon and produce a map of the different commodities in different regions.
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Voice - 6 + 1 Traits of Writing

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders combine listening and writing skills in this instructional activity. After listening to Up North at the Cabin, Students are asked to write a piece from a specific viewpoint about a place that they like to visit.
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Guest Readers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young readers explore reading comprehension by creating a class presentation. For this storytelling lesson, puils read an assigned text in class and analyze the characters, settings and story. They create an illustrated presentation in...
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Techno Author

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a great way to explore language arts by completing a computer activity with classmates. Youngsters read a fairy tale in class and analyze where the beginning, middle and end are. They create their own story using clip art and...
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Applied Science-Techonology Post Lab

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners study animals. In this machines and tools lesson, students study animals to figure out how various tools were created for humans to use. They are read the story An Elephant Never Forgets its Snorkel to help spark ideas. They...
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Johnny Appleseed

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate Johnny Appleseed.  For this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students listen to Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg, and dictate important events in his life as the teacher writes them on index...
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The History of the First Thanksgiving

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete a project about the first Thanksgiving.  In this history lesson plan, 1st graders read The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving, answer comprehension questions, and complete a booklet about the first Thanksgiving.
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Paul Revere

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Paul Revere worksheet, students read facts about Paul Revere's life and answer 10 fill-in-the blank comprehension questions.
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Skippyjon Jones Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students meet an imaginative Siamese kitten pretends to be a Chihuahua when he is in time-out. In this Skippyjon Jones lesson plan, students develop an understanding of different cultures. They understand different dialects and...
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Where in the Wild?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the purpose of animals' ability to camouflage. In this animal science lesson, students read the text Where in the Wild? and identify animals that are predators and prey. Students discuss how camouflage is necessary...
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No is No, Si is Yes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders match the body part words in Spanish to a picture. They receive a picture of a human with lines coming from its feet, hands, and arms. Students use a word bank, to write the Spanish word that corresponds to the picture. ...
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A Is For America

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students listen to the story A Is For America and make predictions before reading and recall details after reading. In this America lesson, students listen to this story and learn important facts about America.
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Recognizing How We Are Alike

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of social justice. In this service learning worksheet, students read The Sneeches in order to appreciate cultural uniqueness.
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Our Many Shapes and Sizes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover humans come in all shapes and sizes.  In this equality lesson, students evaluate different bodies among their peers and discover no human body is "perfect".  Students discuss different ways to keep their...
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Insect Mania

For Students 6th - 8th
In this biology worksheet, students create a game about insects using the Jeopardy game format and include at least 5 different topics with 5 questions for each topic. They also create a poster on at least 4 different orders of insects.
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Sorting Through Spiders

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students utilize their own drawings of spiders to analyze and sort the attributes that each student drew.
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Adding Tenths

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders pictorially represent tenths place with decimal bars and add decimals in the tenths place; students use decimal bars to represent tenths and solve simple addition problems with the tenths place.
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Sequencing Life Cycles and Daily Activities

For Teachers 1st
First graders sequence story situations.  In this sequencing lesson, 1st graders read Charlie the Caterpillar and sequence his life cycle.  Students role play the story parts and sing a song about metamorphosis.