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Evoking the Senses in a Poem
Budding poets choose a topic for a sensory-filled poem. Authors describe that topic using detailed language based on the five senses. Then, switch the senses to create a fanciful poem intended to add a touch of fun to the objective.
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Center for Northwestern Art: Featured Objects
Each of the slides in this presentation provide learners with an image found at a northwestern art museum and a critical analysis of what can be seen in each piece. Learners can view this prior to a museum trip in order to build...
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Moo Masks
Students investigate the use of a creative project for personal expression. They create a mask that resembles a cow. The students decorate each mask to personalize them. They wear the mask while reading literature about dairy farms and...
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Parts of Speech: Adjectives
What is an adjective? Read the informational paragraphs before having your elementary learners take the 10-question quiz. Learners distinguish between a group of words to find the adjective. Possessive adjectives and plural adjectives...
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Composting
Using 2-liter bottles, junior ecologists create composting tubes in which they place nitrogen-rich and carbon-rich materials. They observe what changes occur over two weeks' time. Provide more specific direction to your class as to what...
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The Ugly Duckling: A Discussion of Human Rights
Students, after listening to The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Anderson, become more aware of their relationship to human rights in regards to equality, justice, fairness, civil rights, and social justice.
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Musical Note Value
Students will identify each symbol by sight stating the value of each. They will use cardboard notes to who what they have learned so far about the note values creating 4 and 6 count phrases.
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4-H Photography Advanced Activity Pages
Three pages of photography activities will help your 4-H members work on the advanced life skill of "Communicating." Activities include a checklist of projects, a timeline of the history of the camera, a graphic organizer for reflection,...
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Faster And Faster!
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing rereading as a fluency strategy, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...
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Self-Portraits
Eighth graders practice the techniques of color, face proportion, emotion through color, and how to integrate handheld applications in Art projects in this Art lesson for the 8th grade classroom. Self-Portraits are used and emphasized in...
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Weekly Reading Test
In this word recognition learning exercise, 1st graders write 10 site words that the teacher calls out. Students must also write two words three times each.
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Sight Words
In this everyday words worksheet, students look over, cut out 44 sight words and then use the words as flashcards to build mastery in kindergarten.
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Read and Reread
Learners practice reading with fluency in this lesson. They listen to the teacher reading quickly, smoothly, and fluently. They then read with a partner. They use a stopwatch to time each other's reading, and chart the results of...
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Letter Ii Pictures and Words
In this letter Ii words activity, students read the words that start with the letter Ii. Students color the pictures for the igloo, ice cream, iron, and ink pot. Students also color the upper and lower case letter Ii's.
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Letter Xx Words and Pictures
In this letter Xx words instructional activity, students read the words that start with the letter Xx. Students color the pictures for the xylophone and x-mas tree. Students also color the upper and lower case letter Xx's.
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Letter Vv Words and Pictures
For this letter Vv words worksheet, learners read the words that start with the letter Vv. Students color the pictures for the van, violin, vcr, and vegetables. Learners also color the upper and lower case letter Vv's.
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Letter Dd Words and Pictures
In this letter Dd words worksheet, students read the words that start with the letter Dd. Students color the pictures for the dog, drawer, and dvd player. Students also color the upper and lower case letter Dd's.
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A Cat Nap
First graders recognize the short vowel A in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and read...
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Shh! I am Trying to Read!
Students explore the advantages of being able to read silently. They then review a "stuck on a word" strategy using context clues to determine meanings of unknown words. They then practice reading silently and the teacher assesses for...
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Read
Young scholars increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with the instructor, they read complete a...
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Growing Jack and the Beanstalk Plants
First graders investigate how plants grow by growing their own "beanstalk", (after reading "Jack and the Beanstalk") and record their observations daily in a science journal.
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Letter Gg Words and Pictures
In this letter Gg words worksheet, students read the words and pictures for the words that start with the letter Gg. Students color the pictures for the giraffe, garlic, guitar, glider, the uppercase letter G, and lowercase letter g.
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Coloring Alphabet
In this alphabet learning exercise, students color in a picture of an armadillo. Students also read the uppercase and lowercase letter A and the word, "armadillo" in cursive.
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Posy Pig - A Concept Worksheet
In this vocabulary learning exercise, learners read 2 sentences, look at a picture of a pig and write the word from the sentence that identifies the position of a pig as either in front or behind a fence. After each sentence students...