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Orienteering II
Students name the parts of a compass and comprehend the function of each part. They define paces and tallies and use them in a real world situation. Students are shown the proper use of radio terminology. They use a map and compass to...
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Bean Addition
A hands-on lesson created students use beans as manipulatives to solve addition number sentences. Requires the book, Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy.
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Numeral Recognition, Matching, and Writing
Learners reinforce numeral recognition by matching and writing the numbers from 1-20. In this numeral recognition lesson, students count aloud sequentially from one to twenty, identify numerals 1-20, write numerals 1-20, and match...
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Discovering Solids
Second graders engage in a lesson that is about the discovery of solids. They identify using shapes like cones, spheres, cylinders, and cubes in various different situations. Students explore the classroom in order to find examples of...
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Orienteering I
Learners are introduced to compass work. They name the parts of a compass. Students describe how the parts of a compass are used. They are shown the proper way to hold a compass. Learners are shown that-a-way arrow and its purpose.
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Magnets
Students explore the many uses of magnets. in a compass, an alarm, salvage yard equipment to lift tons of metals.
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Words In The News
Students discuss human pregnancy, average weight, length and premature birth rates. They review new vocabulary and read a text about the premature birth of a baby and then answer a given set of questions to check for reading comprehension.
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Common Core State Standards 1st Grade Math
Here are the complete set of the math practice standards and the Common Core standards for first grade. They cover operations & algebraic thinking, operations in base 10, measurement and data, and geometry. Illustrated nicely with...
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Numeracy
Students review numbers, number systems and the number operations through the use of online webpages.
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Levers, Pulleys, Incline Planes
In this pulleys, levers and incline planes worksheet, students answer 22 questions about output force, energy loss, and net force on pulleys, levers and incline planes.
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Simple Machines
Students watch a video and play a game. In this simple machines instructional activity, students watch a video on simple machines. They play an interactive game on the Edheads web site and share what they have learned. Throughout the day...
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Very Busy Spiders
Students identify spider parts, and distiguish between web building and wandering spiders. They complete a spider webquest.
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Spiders - KidPix
Students answer questions after a story is read aloud, identify and recall the three major body parts of a spider (head, body and 8 legs), construct a spider when given parts of a spider on a handout, and draw and decorate a spider using...
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Jelly Belly: What a Wonderful "Bean"!
Students explore how jelly beans are produced. They discuss the origins of the jelly bean and view a video about how jelly beans are prepared, tested, shaped, finished, and shipped and estimate the amount of jelly beans in a jar and sort...
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The Ghost In The Graveyard
Students practice chasing and fleeing skills by playing the game Ghost in the Graveyard.
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Measurement
Young scholars experience a positive science experiment and study fundamental concepts of measurement.
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Math Practice-Grade 2
In this grade 2 math practice worksheet, students complete a set of 24 problems using a variety of grade 2 concepts. Answers are included.
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Rapunzel
Youngsters read the story of Rapunzel and go over vocabulary and answer discussion questions. They also list qualities of characters, discuss settings, make a diorama, and more.
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Where Did All the Stars Go?
In this brightness of stars worksheet, students solve 4 problems given a unit of measurement of cents/second for brightness. Students find cents collected in timed exposures, they find brightness of stars and they determine visibility of...
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Federalist 47
Students will analyze and evaluate political propaganda. In this lesson on the Federalist movement, students will examine the Federalist papers and analyze the Anti-Federalist argument mage against constitutional ratification. This...
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Buggy Patterns
First graders discuss the definition of patterns, and sing the song, Going Buggy, identifying patterns in the song. They create original patterns using bug counters and insect stickers.
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Sorting Gourds
Students discover different types of gourds. For this plant comparison lesson, students compare and contrast several types of gourds based on shape, color and texture. Students observe a video clip based on sorting gourds....
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What's the Texture?
Students sort, classify, and write about how they sort a variety of shells.
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The Multiplier (small 2-digit by 1-digit numbers)
Second graders study digits in 2- or 3-digit whole numbers. They write and solve story problems which involve whole numbers, using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.