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Ordering the Alphabet
First graders copy words onto index cards. They glue the index cards onto a large sheet of paper in alphabetical order.
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Measurement: Finding Areas of Rectangles
Students construct the formula for the area of a rectangle.
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Demystifying Mood in Creative Writing
Students discover how writing is affected by mood and emotions. They learn proper mood descriptors and read sample pieces of writing to better explain mood.
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Hopi Culture: Parts of the Corn
Students identify the parts of the corn stalk in English and Hopi. They discuss the significance of corn to the Hopi culture, and examine a diagram of the corn stalk. They discuss the purposes of the parts of the corn stalk, then label...
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Mars Curriculum
Learners study Mars and other plants in the night sky. In a planetarium setting using Digitarium planetarium system, students identify the Big Dipper and Polaris. They explore the major differences between the planets and the stars. ...
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Estimation
Learners explore the concept of estimation. In this estimation lesson, students discuss making estimates through teacher led discussion. Learners use the Internet to complete an activity where they must estimate the length of lines.
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Bar Graph Lesson
Students make a bar graph. For this graphing lesson, students discuss why bar graphs are used and are shown bar graph examples. Students create their own bar graph to compare the heights of different things around the world. Students...
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Mammal Morphology: bats and people
In this mammals worksheet, students compare and contrast the physical characteristics of bats and people by filling out a chart. Students complete 17 rows in the chart and answer 3 short answer questions.
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Environment: Inupiat Weather Expertise
Students investigate methods of weather prediction prior to modern communication sources. A local elder lectures the class on weather prediction and safety. They document the experience by creating posters. Applying methods given by the...
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Traditions
Students study the vocabulary of philanthropy and the tradition in their community of altruism. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students discuss traditions and philanthropy. They create a class dictionary of...
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Past and Present Tense
Pupils make predictions about the coming up chapter in their book. Students are introduced to new vocabulary words and definition for this new chapter. Pupils create a table where they can input the new vocabulary word, definition and an...
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Weight-The Metric System
In this metric system weight learning exercise, students answer a set of 10 multiple choice questions. Students may click on a link to view correct answers or print page.
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Be the Kiwi: History of New Zealand
Students discover details regarding the settlement of New Zealand. In this New Zealand history lesson, students read about the Maori people in their textbooks and then complete a vocabulary square activity worksheet.
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The Game of Persuasion
Students study vocabulary words and explore persuasive speaking. In groups, they support a given argument and generate ideas for a a persuasive speech. They discuss powerful words and strategies for persuasion. Students write a...
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Carrot Seed Lesson Plan
Students create a seed museum. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various seeds and the plants the seeds will grow into. Students write a description of the plant, illustrate the plant and create a seed museum in...
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The Five Finger Exercise
Students understnad the importance of keeping our rivers and streams pollution free by remembering the major rivers of northeast Kansas. The see how the rivers contain particles of every substance that drains into them.
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Jamie's Kids Cooking
Students visit a Japanese cooking website. They locate information in a recipe, write their own recipe in Japanese, write a cooking memo in dictionary form, and create a cooking video.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Students identify lightning words from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to complete definition and synonym activities. In this word study instructional activity, students discuss lighting words and read a Mark Twain quote. Students then read...
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Biomes and Regions of the United States
Students examine and identify the characteristics of the biomes of the world. Using the Internet, they compare and contrast the similarities and differences and discover how living things are supported in the biomes. They discuss how the...
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Property
Students examine a property inventory of a farm owner from 1785 in Sussex County. The inventory is part of a probate file used to settle the estate of the deceased person and includes the estimated value of each piece of property. ...
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Vocabulary Stumpers
Learners participate in a weekly game in small groups to increase their vocabulary and vocabulary interest.
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The Classical Period
Sixth graders are introduced to the classical period in music history. After listening to examples, they identify and describe the characteristics of music during this time period and research the main composers. Using the internet,...
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Rainforest Resources
Students explore products of the rainforest. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students discover the resources that the rainforest holds and examine products from the rainforest used around the world.
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Phonetic Transcription
Students examine how connected speech can change pronunciation. Using worksheets imbedded in this plan, students work in small groups to practice their skills of pronunciation.