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Having Beary Much Fun with Core Knowledge

For Teachers Pre-K
Students participate in a teddy bear themed unit to improve their social and reading skills along with other core knowledge subjects. In this social and reading skills lesson, students complete 8 units of activities to learn about social...
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Chicago's Amazing Growth

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students, in groups, collaboratively explore the rapid growth of Chicago (from 350 to 300,000 in less than 40 years), and how the city changed to accommodate such rapid growth.
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Introduction To Pests

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate common pests and match pests to their respective pictures. In a group discussion, students explore the basic needs of pests and share personal pest stories. They examine common self-protection measures. Using the...
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Cross Country Running Club

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work on their cardiovascular fitness by participating in an after school running club. They select a running buddy, and walk, run or jog the designated course of the day. They practice interval training, running on varied...
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Turkey Trot

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars work in small teams to find laminated feathers to bring back to their turkey. They use different locomotor skill each time they hunt for hidden feathers.
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Line Boogie

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete an activity to improve their spatial awareness and loco-motor skills. In this spatial and loco-motor skills lesson, students pass a beanbag down the line of students.
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Ow Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders write words containing the "ow" sound and use those words to write sentences. In this simple language arts lesson, 1st graders view models of sentences written by their teacher which contain examples of the "ow" sound, then...
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Ovals, Rectangles, Squares, and Triangles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify geometrical shapes displayed in photographs of everyday objects in a metropolitan setting.
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Technology in 2nd Grade

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore ways to use computers. They practice spelling words using Kid Pix software, write Bible verses and illustrate them. They read stories and illustrate and write about their favorite characters. They create pattern...
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Fun With Estimation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students get an opportunity to practice estimation skills in a real life situation after a unit on estimation has been taught.
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Get Ready, Set, Go

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn the importance of listening carefully and why to follow oral directions carefully by playing Simon Says. They learn the importance of waiting your turn.
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People and Places in Indiana's Underground Railroad

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use an Indiana map to explain why Indiana's geographic location was important to its role in the UGR. They experience personal stories and feelings of the people involved in UGR through role-play and literature.
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I Will Survive!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explain specialized structure and variation. They describe how some characteristics could give a species a survival advantage in a particular environment. They see how specialized structures and variations help species...
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What Does It Take?

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the attributes of circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. They sort shapes that are the same and those that are different into groups.
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What Kind of Student Do You Want to Be?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write an essay which answers the question, "What kind of student do you want to be?"
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Exploring Habitats

For Teachers 1st
Students analyze the difference between the human habitat and the different habitats of animals in the six lessons of this unit. The students' imaginations and literature are used to explore important aspects of the living environments...
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May I?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn what a maypole is and how one is made. They write a paper about how one is made and how it be used on the playground.
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Action Verbs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write a sentence for the verb on the index card they receive to increase their knowledge of action verbs. They then orally identify the verbs in the sentences from the index cards when read aloud and complete the Action...
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Scootin', Sounds & Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work together while they use various locomotor skills to practice beginning sounds of words and the letters of the alphabet. They walk, run, skip, gallop (or any locomotor skill that the teacher requires be used) alongside the...
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Explore Your World--Geography Takes You Places

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine how the world around them is constantly changing. In groups, they travel between centers in their classroom to role play the role of explorers in Washington D.C. They share their experiences with their classmates and...
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Coin Tossing

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the use of probability and compare it to actual real world results. In groups, they flip a coin a specific number of times while their other group members roll a set of dice the same amount of times as the coin. To...
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Volume, Surface Area for Cylinders

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the concept of volume and surface area of cylinders. In this volume and surface area of cylinders lesson, 7th graders break cylinders into their base shapes of a circle and a rectangle. Students discover that...
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Comparing and Ordering Numbers

For Teachers K
Students compare, order, and measure objects. In this measurement lesson plan, students are assessed on their ability to order, compare, and measure objects. This is an assessment only lesson plan and does not include instruction.
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Kwanzaa Flash Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students study Kwanzaa. In this art lesson, students compare Kwanzaa with the American holdiay known as Thanksgiving. Students decorate seven cards with the seven lessons of Kwanzaa written on them.

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