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What's Inside My Memory Bag?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students write sentences and illustrate pictures that relate to special mementos they bring to class.
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Idea Generator

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a story about gift giving and letter writing and generate a class list of presents they have received.
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Composing Communities in College

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars conduct research about a local community of interest using observation, interviews and written sources. They follow the writing process and produce an essay on the topic.
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Missing Vowels

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students fill in the blanks with the missing vowels and write sentences using the words. They then examine how to identify words, spell them correctly, and write sentences using them.
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De Vacaciones en Bariloche

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers answer simple questions that do not require much analysis. They answer true/false questions. Students answer multiple choice which would be the best meaning of this word. They use graphic organizers to contrast a cheap...
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Human Rights and Discrimination

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a KWL chart on discrimination and human rights. While reading different stories, they take notes on each character in the books. To end the lesson, they discuss the forms of discrimination today and how African...
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A unicorn in the Snow

For Teachers 1st
First graders compose own poetic sentences, using repetitive patterns, and carefully select sentenes with imagery. They make connections and see relationships and envision what might be. The poem is to be about an unexpected snowfall...
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What is Going On?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize a fiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read in order to glean important information for summary, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the process outlined...
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Dr. Seuss Book Titles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this literature crossword puzzle worksheet, students analyze all the titles to Dr. Seuss's books by filling in the blanks next to each number across and down and then fill in the boxes within the puzzle itself.
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Little Engine That Could

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students dramatize traditional literature.  In this retelling lesson, students practice retelling The Little Engine That Could and take on roles of the trains in the story.  Students create and display train props to use during their...
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Poetic Devices

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this figurative language worksheet, students read and study examples of simile and metaphor. There are 20 questions to be used with Smartboard and 10 questions in which students identify similes or metaphors.
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When I Was Young In Appalachia

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students comapre and contrast the lifestyles of the people of the Applachian region with their own community through in-class discussions, creative projects, hands-on activities, food preservation, homemade remedies, home construction,...
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A Monster's World

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create imaginary monsters using texture.
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Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K
Students explore the life cycle of a butterfly. For this life cycle lesson, students read the book the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Students use this book throughout the year to create a year round bulletin board showing the stages of the...
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Tanabata: Japan's Star Festival

For Teachers 1st - 5th
The Star Festival or Tanbata, is a holiday celebrated in Japan every year. People make tanzakus out of paper and hang them on the trees. Pupils will learn about this culturally significant holiday while creating tanzakus of their own....
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Holidays in Lands Far Away - Boxing Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson on the holiday known as Boxing Day is here for you. In it, middle schoolers read a passage about the history of the holiday, then complete some reading comprehension worksheets embedded in the plan to reinforce what they have...
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Immigrants Who Built America

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students research the lives of ten famous immigrant Americans. They conduct research, and match names with the accomplishments of famous immigrants on a worksheet.
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Winter Holiday Celebrations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners understand how holidays revolve all around light. In this winter holidays lesson, students find the similarities and differences between the winter holidays. Learners discuss the winter solstice and how it relates to the holiday...
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Symmetrical Snowflakes

For Teachers 1st
First graders, exploring lines of symmetry, follow directions to create a symmetrical snowflake from their own homemade icing. As a class, they discuss lines of symmetry and determine if specific shapes are symmetrical. After the lesson,...
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Her stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discuss the illustration's allusion to the myth, Pandora's Box. Students locate instances of folk sayings or expressions that make these tales seem authentic to the reader. Students draw a Venn diagram comparing Catskinella and...
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Turkey feathers- Counting

For Teachers K
Students use turkey feathers to count. In this turkey feather counting lesson, students find the correct number of turkey feathers to correctly show the number.
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Making Choices

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore financial decision making. In this introductory economics lesson, 2nd graders listen to the book Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, and discuss making financial choices based on wants and...
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Celebrate Hanukkah in Israel

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Explore Hanukkah and its origins with a social studies lesson. Learners discover the history of Hanukkah and its traditions. They locate Israel on a map, hear the story of the menorah and create their own dreidel. Afterwards, they sing...
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Chinese New Year

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the culture and celebrations associated with Chinese New Year in this unit of lessons

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