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Sculptures for a Peaceful Planet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a symbol that is a visual representation that will be used in a three dimensional sculpture. The sculpture can be envisioned into a larger work and requires students to learn about other materials that can be used for...
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Species Charades

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars are introduced to a unit on endangered species. They study the diversity of endangered animals through a game of charades. After the game, students will discuss the animals that were acted out and why some of them are...
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Ready, Set, Summarize

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read in order to summarize, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the three step-process outlined by the instructor...
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J the Jump Rope and G the Jungle Gym

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe that the key to reading words is memorizing the symbols that make them up. They observe a picture of children jumping rope and watch as the teacher models the /j/ sound. They then all pretend to jump rope and make...
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Up, Up, Up The Banana Tree

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing decoding, chunking and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed...
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Got the Giggles

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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"Flying to Fluency"

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students become fluent readers by decoding words and practicing mastery of phoneme correspondences. They also practice repeated readings of texts along with timed readings of the book, "Pat's Jam." Each student interacts with a bulletin...
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Drop Everything And Read

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars observe and demonstrate a variety of decoding strategies to read silently. Each student selects a book for silent reading, and observe the teacher modeling silent reading strategies. Students then demonstrate their...
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Finding F

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore the letter 'f'. Through instruction and modeling they examine the sound the letter makes, how the letter is written, etc. They recite tongue twisters and listen to 'One Fish, Two...
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Sensational Summarizers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students study strategies that aid comprehension. They focus on the main ideas of a passage and eliminate unnecessary and repetitive information. They substitute super ordinate terms for a list of items and create a topic sentence.
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Rhyme Time

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore phonemes through rhymes. They discuss nursery rhymes and rhyming words. Students read "Jack and Jill" and discuss the rhyming words in the nursery rhyme. They play a rhyming game and identify words that rhyme.
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Chuga, Chuga, Choo, Choo

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify the digraphs in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion on the combinations of letters that comprise digraphs, students practice identifying initial and final placement of the digraph /ch/ in words...
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Ribbit, Ribbit

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /r/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter "R." Students then look at a stack of flash cards and identify the words beginning with the /r/...
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Doctor : Open Wide And Say /o/

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students listen to a list of words and identify the words containing the short /o/...
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Taxonomy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the complexity of organism classifications based on certain criteria.  In this classifying organisms lesson students study taxonomy and gather information and leaves to do their own experiment on classification. 
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Do You Know Your Story Grammar?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars are introduced to the concept of story structure as a way to aid in reading comprehension. They identify the main parts of the story as they read. Students create a story map of the main plot points of their reading.
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Life Processes

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate the basic needs of organisms that must be met in order to carry out life processes. They view a variety of organism that are meeting and competing for resources. Students create an Idea Web for the animals shown....
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ReQuest and Motor Imaging with My Side of the Mountain

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read "My Side of the Mountain." They create a pantomime using vocabulary words from the story. Students create three questions about the reading. They discuss the passage they read and act out words to help them better...
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Food Web

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to define food web, and identify the interdependence of organisms within a system. They are able to describe how natural events and human activities can impact a food web.
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Rock-a-bye Babies in a Wetland

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars review the way human babies grow and what type of care they need. Using the internet, they are introduced to five different wetland habitat animals and how their babies grow. They discover how they are born and what the...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-In The Small Small Pond

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read In The Small Small Pond by Denise Fleming. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of the pond ecosystem. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
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Idiom Games

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners identify idioms as groups of words with special meanings that paint a mental picture for the reader.They compete in a game in which they draw and interpret pictures of idioms.
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Vocabulary Builder- Using Inspiration to Generate Lists of Descriptive Words

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners discover how to engage all their senses and powers of observation to effectively communicate and idea or emotion. Using Inspiration Software, they create a vocabulary web and practice using descriptive language to clarify and...
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Mini-Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the living and non living things in a book read aloud and discuss the interactions represented in the book. Then, they research and include a list of food that each animal needs in an ecosystem. Finally, 3rd...

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