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Being Brave and Dealing with Fear
Students discuss fears. In this bravery lesson, students listen to the book Brave Little Monster by Ken Baker and discuss the monster's fears. They create puppets of themselves being brave.
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Valentine Handprint Poem
Students make a handprint underneath a Valentine poem to give to their parents. In this Valentine poem lesson plan, students also glue conversation hearts around the edge of the page for a border.
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Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have A Dream" Speech
Invite your class to investigate racism and civil rights by analyzing the great Dr. Martin Luther King's speech. Your learners will read the words from the "I Have a Dream" speech and analyze the political and racial overtones. They will...
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Building Our Classroom Community
Learners explore, examine and study how to become part of a classroom community. They analyze as they enter the room a plastic bag containing several items with index cards to explain each one and its significance to the creating of a...
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Mummy Madness
Middle schoolers create a mummy using the mummification process. In this mummy lesson, students peel an apple and place the peeling in a baby food jar. They carve a face into their apple, dry it in salt and wrap it in toilet paper to bury.
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Around the World, A Multicultural Unit
Students investigate Native American tribes through their stories. In this cultural activity, students read stories of the Inuit tribe and discuss the themes, people, and customs. Students illustrate a picture of the Inuit tribe...
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K-2 Valentine's Day Heart Purse
Students create purses for students to collect classroom Valentine's or treats in. In this Valentine's Day lesson, students create valentines purses out of the given materials to collect their valentine messages in.
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Abe Lincoln's Log Cabin
Students study Abe Lincoln and make a log cabin out of pretzel sticks and chocolate frosting.
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It's Time to Rhyme
Students listen to rhyming book, identify rhyming pairs, guess what rhyme words mean, and create list of rhyming pairs on chart paper. They then discuss Fifty States Quarters Program, identify objects on backs of state coins, and...
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Halloween Rhymes and Songs
Young scholars learn, memorize, and replay a rhyme. In this Halloween-themed lesson plan, students discover Halloween rhymes and songs while they pretend to be the characters that chase ghosts away.
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The Ogre Bully Lesson
Students investigate bullies, agriculture and cooking by completing worksheets about a book they read. In this story analysis lesson, students read the story The Ogre Bully, and discuss bullying as well as farming with their classmates....