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Science Center Ideas for Students Who Finish Work Early
A science center can be a great way to extend the learning of students who finish their work early.
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Word Families: A Kindergarten Experience
Students study rhyming words. In this language arts lesson plan, students participate in several activities in which they practice rhyming words. Students match onsets and rhymes and practice spelling words.
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Teachers on the Horizon
Twelfth graders are given the opportunity to serve as cadet teachers for fourth and fifth-grade gifted students. In this career choices instructional activity, 12th graders discover how meaningful being a teacher can be.
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Our Unique Legacy of Giving
Students view The Gift of All, a Community of Givers. In this philanthropic lesson, students discuss the gifts of philanthropists they've seen. Students research and write a two page paper with four bullet points. Students include a...
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Respect, Cooperation
First graders listen to the Rainbow Fish and sing the song We Are Crayons and list. In this respect and cooperation lesson, 1st graders answer questions about things that make them special. Students write something that makes them...
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in African American Students: Exploring African American Achievers
Fifth graders are introduced to ways to increase their self-esteem. As a class, they share their specific talents under three categories. In groups, they use the internet to research the lives of various African Americans making sure...
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Science: It's a Nutty World!
Fourth graders conduct Internet research to explore various peanut-related topics. Among topics they investigate are: agriculture, scientific uses, and the research of George Washington Carver. As a technology component, 4th graders...
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Comparative Sculpture Lesson Plan
Fifth graders view original artwork, define the art form sculpture, discuss similarities and differences between the examples provided, discuss the three-dimensional quality of each example given, and create and critique their own artwork.
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Fun With Calendars
Students use four numbers to find calendar dates that form square numbers. In this square numbers lesson plan, students use algebraic equations to calculate and locate number patterns using a monthly calendar.
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Where Did the Science Experiments Go?
Hands-on science experiments are essential for student learning.
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I'm done! Now, what can I do in Math?
Here are some ways to avoid having bored students or a stressed out teacher when students finish their math work quickly.
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With Detective Fiction in the Urban Classroom
Students listen to a verbal explanation of the function of deductive reasoning and problem solving. They read one of Donald Sobol's 'Two-Minute Mysteries' and complete a worksheet requiring them to write out the information which is...
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I Am a Star
Students explore the unique qualities of themselves and others. In this character education lesson, students read the book A Unicorn Named Beulah Mae and create a paper star displaying their unique personality traits.
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A Focus on Values
Seventh graders develop and print their own photos to be used with the poems in class booklets.
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Discovering Our Legacy of Giving
Seventh graders examine the characteristics of philanthropists. In this cross- curricular lesson, 7th graders evaluate the character traits of people from a film. Students write a metaphor about responsibility to community.
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Calculator Pattern Puzzles
Learners explore number patterns and relationships while being introduced to the calculator at the same time.
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Logic Plus Math Equals Critical Thinking
Logic problems can be an integral part of the school day.
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Through The Looking Glass
Students examine the time period of westward expansion. In groups, they use the internet to research the reasons why people moved west during the 1800s. They write their own narratives playing the role of a member of a pioneer family...
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Rainbow Friends
First graders recognize the colors of a rainbow. They explain the uniqueness of each person in the classroom. They work cooperatively with one another.
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1st Grade - Act. 14: Who's in Your Family
First graders create classroom graph of their family members after reading book, Family.
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A New coat for Anna
Second graders participate in a bartering activity. They discuss the problems of bartering. Students read the book "A New Coat for Anna," by Harriet Ziefert. Students discuss the bartering Anna's mother did. They record the trades made...
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The History of Gifted and Talented Education
Check out a "Timeline of Key Dates in Gifted and Talented Education," which starts in the late 19th century and provides notes on the development of intelligence testing, the publication of giftedness resources, and the establishment of...
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Kid Source on Line: Education: Gifted and Talented Students
Provides articles related to issues with gifted children.
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Pre K Grade 12 Standards
Here are standards "designed to assist school districts in examining the quality of their programming for gifted learners." "Program Design," "Curriculum and Instruction," "Socio-Emotional Guidance and Counseling" and other parts of the...