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Jewish Assimiliation in Contemporary American Literature
Young scholars read a collection of stories and watch videos to learn about the Jewish assimilation in American literature. In this American literature lesson, students watch videos about Judaism, read stories from a contemporary Jewish...
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Your Chapter in Snowboard History
Pupils are challenged to discover facts about snowboarding and write their own chapter for an imaginary book on snowboard history for publication on the World Wide Web.
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Great North
Students use maps to locate the Arctic Circle, the North Pole and Northern Europe. They draw and label countries within the Arctic Cirlce and identify the groups of people who live there. They also watch and answer questions about the...
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Exploring the BES Website
First graders explore how to access the school website and individual teacher websites.
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Mapping the West
Young scholars determine how Americans' perception of the geographical features of the West changed following the Lewis and Clark expedition. They analyze historical maps of the West.
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Citizens and the Media / Lesson : 3 Compare and Contrast Daily Newspapers for fact, opinion and bias
Young scholars compare and contrast a variety of daily newspapers in order to detect bias. They critically analyze the role the media plays in responsibly reporting government activities.
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Nebraska: Using Pictures
Learners create a scrapbook about Nebraska history focusing on Post Office murals. They choose their favorite murals and write a story to go along with the mural. In groups, students present their murals to the class and visit the...
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A Journey to Language Arts
Students explore events of the Lewis & Clark expedition. Students observe a PowerPoint presentation. They demonstrate journal writing using first person point of view. Students describe life in North America during the early 1800s.
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The Story Tree
Students create dialogue that relates to a Florida Archives silent film clip. They research the Florida Memory Project and view a film clip. They record their dialogue on index cards and review and revise the dialogue as needed. They...
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What's Important?
Pupils, through teacher modeling and guided practice, explore four steps/rules of summarizing. In groups, they read a short passage and then, by applying the summarization rules and skills, write an effective summary of it.
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It's ALL Good!
Students work on summarization as a skill to increase their comprehension of full texts. They focus on determining the most important ideas from the texts they read by using the four steps to summarization. Using an online article, they...
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W-W-W-W What do you know?
Learners comprehension should be a major emphasis when studying how to read. They summarize as one effective strategy that helps students comprehend what they are reading. Learners build summarization skills that build comprehension...
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Buried in Ice: The Mystery of a Lost Arctic Expedition
Students read a novel about a lost arctic expedition by Sir John Franklin. In groups, they discuss the author's quest to determine what happened to Franklin and his crew. Using the internet, they compare and contrast the expeditions by...
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"Let's Get to the Point--Summarize!"
Young scholars get rid of unnecessary information. They pick out the most important information. Students write a sentence that covers everything that is important information from the passage. They fill out a check list to check behind...
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HIT THE TRAIL
Students draw three cattle trails that passed through Indian Territory, using a written description of the trails and will create a diary of trail life. Students research a historical trail as assigned. Students share their information...
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Making a Class Web Site
Fourth graders explore and discuss how to create a class web site with a background, graphics, clip art and photos. They assess the safety issues putting a web page on the Internet, develop sound interviewing techniques and coordinate...
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Caterpillar/ Bank On It
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words that are needed to complete the reading passage focused on the subject of the caterpillar.
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Caterpillar/ Bank On It 1
For this literacy worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the reading passage about the caterpillar. They fill in the passage by using the word bank.
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The Hunter/ Bank On It
In this literacy activity, students look at the reading passage and match the words that complete the sentences in the correct context.
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Max Goes To Sydney
In this literacy worksheet, learners find the words that fit into the story about Max and his adventures of traveling to Sydney, Australia.
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The Duckling/ Bank On It
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words to fill in the context of the reading. They choose the words from the word bank.
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Reading Comprehension: "The Play"
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a selection about a school play titled, "The Play," and then answer 5 multiple choice questions.
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Reading Comprehension: "The Hottest Day Ever"
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage titled, "The Hottest Day Ever," then answer 5 multiple choice questions.
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What Do We Have In Common?
In this commonality learning exercise, students read sets of words and explain what they have in common, 15 sets total. Each set has 3 words.