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Tangram Tantrums

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss tangram vocabulary, and act out slide, flip, and turn. They observe tangram puzzles on a web page, and solve their own tangram puzzles.
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Ship Shape

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore shapes. After reading books about shapes, 2nd graders describe the properties of various shapes. They identify shapes if they have been rotated, flipped, or slid. Students create shapes using drawings and geoboards.
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Pent-up Pentominoes

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to pentominoes in this lesson. Using the Internet, they match pentominoes with the same shape and use a grid sheet to make their own. They are read books by their teacher and they identify the pentominoes in...
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It's Alive

For Teachers K
Students identify the differences between a nonliving and living thing. They describe what is needed for any living thing to survive. They create one page for the class book identifying why the object is a living thing.
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Let's Roll Robots!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners write a story about robots. In this creative writing lesson, students read a story about robots, make their own robot, and write a story about their robot. In addition, the lesson plan suggests taking photos of the robots to add...
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I Have a Dream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use flip video cameras to film a speech about the 'I Have a Dream' speech. In this poetry and speech lesson, students listen to the speech from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Learners memorize part of the speech.
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I, Me, Myself

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a big book self portrait of the human body. Inside, students illustrate pictures of the major organs, label, and paste them inside the big book.
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The Importance of the Rainforest

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry while listening to Tropical Rainforest music. They name all the speaking animals in the book and list each of the reasons the animals gave for not cutting down the tree. They then...
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The Two Coin Problem

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students look for the answers to the 17 applications of looking at the outcomes of flipping two coins. They also graph the results.
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Oh Say Can You Rhyme? Dr. Seuss Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet based on the book Oh Say Can You Say? students complete words, making them rhyme with 2 words given. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Grandfather Tang's Story

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students recognize, describe, and perform transformations (rotation/turn, reflection/flip, and translation/slide) on two dimensional shapes.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 3, Lesson 15: The Quiltmaker's Gift

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to a read aloud of The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau finding examples of symmetry in the illustrations in the book.
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Shopping Bag Capital Letters

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students observe names of items on the "Teacher's list of shopping bag items;" taking note that some items are capitalized while others are not. In this capitalization lesson, students encounter book titles, brand names, cities, and...
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Using Gustar

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Expressing that you like something in English is quite different from expressing that you like something in Spanish. Clarify gustar for your class with the information included here. Pupils can read the information on the webpage to find...
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On the Go Activity Card

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts learning exercise, students respond to the book On the Go by completing a vocabulary board game at home. Students flip a coin to determine how many spaces to move on the board. Students read the name of the form of...
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Encyclopedia Introduction

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate how to use reference materials. In this library media lesson, 2nd graders are introduced to the encyclopedia and are shown how to use the encyclopedia as a reference. Students use encyclopedias to complete a...
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Deepening our Understanding and Topic Selection

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore writing techniques by reading a children's book with their classmates. In this topic selection lesson, students read the story Pancakes for Breakfast and identify the themes and topic by completing an anchor chart....
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My Water's Place in Space

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners discover their absolute and relative place in space relative to water and create a book sequencing that space from most specific to most general.
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No Title

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and practice a variety of prereading strategies to assess how to ask questions that a new reader might ask about the book, "One Day in the Woods." They skim the book, brainstorm the topic of the book and preview...
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Ge-Oh Boy, Oh Boy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars listen to the book, Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt and discuss the art of quilting. They examine various symmetrical sewing designs, and identify reflection pieces, slides, and flips.
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Forests

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the impact forests have on our lives. They listen to the book "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein, and brainstorm about how forests are important to us. In small groups they create a poster illustrating how the...
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Geo Jammin By Design: The Important Thing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners brainstorm what they know about geometric terms and patterns. They identify symmetry, shapes and congruency. They create a book of symmetry.
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Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils explore the book, "Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't" by Lauren Child. For this early childhood literacy lesson, students complete extension activities after reading the story. Activities include connect the dots, matching game,...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 5, Lesson 24: Read All About It!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars listen to The Important Thing About Quilt Design and rewrite an original version using geometric terms.

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