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Keyboard Buddies in my Community
Second graders utilize Microsoft Word to create stationery and letters to send to other children in their school building, expressing experiences in their daily lives. As the unit progresses, they create documents to send to other second...
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Writing a Letter to a Friend
First graders practice their letter writing skills by writing to a fictional character. In this formal writing lesson, 1st graders read the books The Jolly Postman and Frog and Toad are Friends to examine the different parts of a...
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Veterans Day Remembered
Sixth graders investigate Veteran's Day. In this holiday lesson, 6th graders conduct interviews with veterans and create an oral presentation to share the results of their interview.
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Harvesting Hope--Asking for Change Letters
Second graders compose friendly letters. In this writing lesson, 2nd graders read the text Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez and discuss the rights of farm workers. Students brainstorm things at school they would like to change...
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Love is ... Business Studies
Students celebrate St. Valentine's Day. In this holiday lesson, students discover details about Lupercalia, St. Valentine, and modern traditions of the holiday.
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Teaching Measurement Through Science
Use these lesson plans to give your students real world practice with measuring distance, mass, and volume.
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Dear Fifth Grader
Students write a friendly letter to 5th graders welcoming incoming students. For this writing lesson, students identify the five parts of a friendly letter, write a friendly letter to a current 5th grader, and perform a peer review and...
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The Foods we Eat (Los Alimentos)
Sixth graders sing a song and create flashcards showing their favorite foods. In this Spanish "What do you like? lesson plan, 6th graders display Spanish foods using a document camera and graph their favorites.
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International Festival: Greece
Students celebrate the culture of Greece. In this multicultural lesson, students participate in several activities which examine the culture of Greece. Students study the Greek alphabet, identify the country on a world map, and make...
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Punctuation Takes a Vacation
Students read Punctuation Takes a Vacation. In this punctuation lesson, students discuss punctuation marks and how they are used. Students write postcards using a punctuation mark and students guess which punctuation mark it...
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When Turtle Grew Feathers
Students explore the Choctaw Native American tribe. In this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students locate where the Choctaw Indians lived on a United States map. Students listen to When Turtle Grew...
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Creating with Publisher
Students create a book cover using Microsoft Publisher. In this computer publishing lesson, students learn how to use the program Microsoft Publisher. Students experiment with fonts, styles, formats and clip art. ...
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First Day in Grapes
Students read about a boy's first day in a new school. In this self-esteem lesson, students discuss the problems Chico has in his new school and how he faces them with courage and bravery. Students discuss people who migrate from other...
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NATO Geography & Language
The class receives background information on NATO, an atlas, and a blank world map. They color the original 1949 countries in red, the 1952 additions in green, and the 1990 additions in blue. This exercise would be a good starting point...
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Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Not a lesson plan, per se, this webpage offers some activities to help your young French language learners pose and answer the question qu'est-ce que c'est? My favorite: kids take turns choosing objects out of a box and guessing what...
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Alphabetizing Words Beginning with G and H
Students practice alphabetical order. In this language lesson, students use the provided worksheet to put 20 words that begin with "g" and "h" into alphabetical order.
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Chinese New Year
Students identify and present the history and legend of the Chinese New Year and respond to questions included. Students practice saying the common greetings and wishes in Chinese for the Chinese New Year. Students identify and explain...
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Quadratic Equations and Functions
Students factor and solve quadratic equations. In this algebra instructional activity, students identify the domain and range of the quadratic function. They graph the parabola and identify the vertex.
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We Thank You, Veteran!
Fifth graders use information from videos, picture books, and relatives' military backgrounds to write a short or extended message of gratitude on a greeting card for local veterans.
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Counting in French: Numbers 7 - 12
Counting from seven to twelve in French is the foundational skill of a lesson from the BBC. Learners respond in French to the question, "How much is that?" (Ça fait combien?). The "Notes" and "Reinforcement" sections have inventive...
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Vocabulary Development: Numbers
Now that your Spanish speakers know the numbers up to 10, teach them 11-20. This lesson is very straight forward and employs direct instruction, so if your young learners need to move around, select a different lesson plan.
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Money and Math
Not only will your young Spanish speakers develop shopping/ money vocabulary, they'll practice basic math as well! This plan will take no longer than 10-15 minutes and just has learners look at different products and do simple math. If...
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Pop Up Card
Students design and create pop-up greeting cards for a special occasion in this art lesson for Kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms. The lesson includes resource links for pop-up "arm" ideas and can be accomplished in one day.
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Connecting Poetry with Philanthropy
Students use their knowledge of philanthropy and poetic conventions to write original poetry about philanthropic giving. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students write poetry based on philanthropy using poetic conventions....