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Being Thankful

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners generate words and pictures to show their thankfulness. In this Thanksgiving art lesson, students draw various circles, labeling and illustrating the things for which they are grateful.
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What Makes a Dog a Dog

For Teachers 1st
First graders recall and verbally list the parts of a dog, or a chosen subject, based on observations using the senses. They discriminate between living and non-living subjects, and create artistic representations of the parts of a dog.
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Together Forever

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this transposing digits worksheet, students solve and complete 5 different addition problems. First, they transpose the letters to digits in each addition problem listed. Then, students determine which of the five possible answers...
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La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students reinforce the opera-learning experience with a student-created and produced media project. Also, students get involved in various aspects of videotape and stage production through small and large group work
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Running a Business

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss spreadsheets and how they work. They then imagine they are owners of a store, determine twenty items that they would sell, and create spreadsheets to record amounts of each item sold in a two-week period. After entering...
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Hourly Planner Options

For Students 6th - 12th
In this literacy worksheet, students examine the use of a planner and how it is used in school or business. The sheet is intended as a teacher's guide.
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Weblog Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders include a brochure in a blog entry. In this blogging instructional activity, 4th graders design a brochure about a tourist attraction. They include the brochure in a blog and share it with the class.
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Challenging Yourself

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students design a one-day challenge, try to do it, and then write about it. It could be giving up sweets, going for a three-mile run or being nicer to a sibling. They compose a writing piece describing their experience from taking on...
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Retrograde Composition

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students complete their own retrograde composition. They finish playing a set of notes started by their teacher. They use computer software to complete their song.
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Spelling Words Puzzle I

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe examples on the board to show them what to do in this activity. They then receive a worksheet and completely spell the words that have letters missing to help them study their spelling words.
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Dominic's egg

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students visit the Art Discovery museum for four consecutive weeks. Each session includes a tour of the galleries and a hands-on studio component. During the four sessions students work on both individual and collaborative projects. ...
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Heritage

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine Florida literary heritage. They use multimedia learning activities to focus on Florida heritage and the literature of Florida. Students investigate books and special web sites on Florida cities and Florida authors....
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V.I.P.

For Teachers K - 12th
Pupils complete interviews of their classmates. Throughout the school year each student is interviewed by the teacher and their peers. Answers to interview questions are complied along with a photograph and placed in a PowerPoint...
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Video Poetry

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students analyze a poem of their choice to find the meaning. They break the poems into sections and add images and sounds to make it into a video. They show their video to the whole school if possible.
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Create A 3-D Community Model

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen to a short story and take notes on the details. Using a graphic organizer, they state what makes up their community. They create a 3-D piece of art that tells someone something about their community. They share them...
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Making Lowell Our Place

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate a community through different types of educational experiences. They use short field trips to experience the community in real life. they also conduct research using a variety of resources. Then students build the...
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Bon Voyage: Travel and Exploration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet and other media to locate and collect information about travel. They interpret the information they collect and convert American currency to foreign currency. Students create scale drawings of travel cards.
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Gerunds and Infinitives

For Students Higher Ed
In this grammar worksheet, students master the usage of gerunds and infinitives.  Students complete 10 fill in the blank statements and use the self check when completed.
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Desert Discoveries

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars correspond with Israeli students from Jerusalem by email as part of a study on desert and semi-arid regions. They conduct background research and become proficient in the use of electronic mail.
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Before It Was Wisconsin-Rock Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine how archaeologists make use of all forms of artifacts including rock art to try to piece together past cultures. They make their own rock art so they have a feel for how such pieces were made out of natural materials.
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Environment: Valley Walk-A-Thon

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students go on a nature hike and observe the different plants along their route. Various plants are circled with hula hoops and identified with flash cards. Older students write in their journals about their hiking experience while the...
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When were you selfless today?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, after reading and discussing the poem, Selflessness of Mind, by Joe Gutknecht, discuss specific recent acts of selflessness and then write a first draft paper on selflessness. They compare/contrast their own lives to the poem...
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Spiders, Man!

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students conduct online research to learn more information about spiders. They take a current issue of their local newspaper and add spiders to the pictures where spiders might live.
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U Can Two Can Workout

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students spread out around the activity area, having enough space so they are not touching each other. They each hold two canned goods (10-16 oz). Students perform various exercises to the music. They do exercises such as: arm circles,...