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Poems: Eating Treats

For Students K Standards
Which poem is best? Your kindergarten class follows along as you read three different poems. They decide which one they like best, then draw a picture to illustrate it. The class can also discuss why they chose the poems they did. A...
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Observing Connections: Art, Poetry, and the Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students write poems. In this language arts lesson, students view the works of Edward Hicks. Students write a poem and illustration based on the style of Edward Hicks.
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Playing Vocabulary Basketball

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners view a slide show featuring famous athletes and educational institutions that have played a part in the history of basketball. They participate in a game in which a basketball is tossed from person to person as facts and...
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Soccer Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts and sports worksheets, students use the letters in SOCCER to begin each line of an acrostic poem about soccer.
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Acrostic Poem Plan: Athletics

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this poetry writing worksheet, students write a rough draft of an acrostic poem about athletics. Students use the letters in ATHLETICS to begin each line of poetry.
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Shapes Activities and Lessons

For Teachers Pre-K - K
A fabulous lesson on identifying circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles awaits your students. They use large motor skills hopping from shape to shape, use visual and kinesthetic skills passing a ball of yarn between three people to...
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Basketball Acrostic Fill In the Blank Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this poetry writing worksheet, students fill in the blanks to write a basketball acrostic poem. They begin each line with a word or phrase that starts with the letter on the line.
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Equestrian Acrostic

For Students 4th - 5th
In this acrostic poem worksheet, students write a poem using the letters in the word equestrian. Students write a word or phrase for each letter in the word.
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Gymnastics Acrostic

For Students 4th - 5th
For this acrostic poem worksheet, students write a poem using the letters in the word gymnastics. Students write a word or phrase for each letter in the word.
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Gandhi's "Good Life": The Spiritual Dimension

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Young scholars investigate awareness and spiritual transformation by researching the life of Gandhi.  In this philosophy lesson, students discuss living in an aware state by practicing yoga, eating vegetarian, and becoming immersed in...
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Sensational Sayings

For Teachers 1st
Students recognize and interpret the meaning of proverbs and saying through music, poetry and movement. In this familiar sayings lesson, students participate in various games and activities to gain understanding of the meanings of...
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He Sees it in His Joy

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research the importance of play. In this research lesson plan, students work in pairs and interview each other about their 'play history.' Students take data from the interview and shape it into a play history for the...
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The Musher's Trail

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders follow the Iditarod race that begins in March. They research data and select a musher to trail in the race. Then they write daily in a journal about events that happen on the trail, including pictures from the Website.
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Football: It's Not Just for Jocks!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a variety of football-themed activities. They develop creative writing projects with a football inspiration, research and interpret football statistics and practice football skills in P.E.
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Rhyme Time

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write poems based on locomotive skills, such as hop, skip, or run. They read their poems to the class and they act out the action word by performing it to a finish line.
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Recognizing Text Relay

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders recognize and distinguish between different types of text. After a discussion of the various types of text, small groups compete in a relay race game demonstrating their knowledge of the text. Correct choices earn...
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Stadium Voices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch NEW YORK VOICES special "New York Sports: Big Shots and Bad Guys," read excerpts from famous novels/essays in hopes of understanding the feelings that sports stadiums inspire, and create a tourist brochure that highlights...