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PICTURE READING - PARAGRAPH WRITING
Students investigate the elements found in a media image. The image is used to compose a descriptive paragraph. They exchange papers to discuss the writing and make changes using constructive criticism. Students also make connections...
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The Pied Piper Of Hamelin
Students participate in a lesson that covers the genre of narrative poetry. They examine the elements of a narrative poem while focusing upon the characterization. Students compare and contrast the characters while analyzing their...
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Intro to Parts of Speech
Students define eight parts of speech, classify words as specific parts of speech, describe their function, and explain how parts of speech help us to communicate more clearly.
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Rooting One's Way To Meaning
Students use a thesaurus on the internet to explore the meanings of Greek and Latin roots. They find definitions of given words, draw a concept map for root words, and write four synonyms for each word. Students discover how Latin and...
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Unequal Unemployment
Young scholars examine unemployment in the United States. In this statistics lesson, students examine data and primary sources regarding unemployment in the United States.
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Creating a Digital Newspaper
Young scholars create a digital newspaper. In this digital newspaper instructional activity, students review the sections of a newspaper and brainstorm ideas for their paper. Young scholars complete a schools news report, student...
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Art Analysis and Creative Writing
Pupils write an acrostic poem and analyze a work of art. In this art lesson plan, students look at a picture and answer questions about it, write a poem, write about the setting in the painting they saw, and answer short questions about...
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Estimating Prices
Students practice making reasonable estimates. For this consumer math, students round purchase prices of items to estimate the total cost. Students practice using metal computations to arrive at estimates.
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Parts of Speech Worksheet
For this parts of speech worksheet, students complete the story with words that are the correct part of speech asked. Students complete 12 blanks in the story.
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Grade 4 Language-Proficient 2
For this grade 4 language worksheet, 4th graders answer a set of 20 "proficient" multiple choice questions. Answers may be submitted and checked on-line.
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Awareness OF Self And Others
Students engage in a instructional activity that attempts to convey information about self and others. The instructional activity teaches them about diversity and attempts to heighten the awareness of respecting it. They become engaged...
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Gender Separate Dialogue Groups
Learners complete studies to learn about tolerance for gender groups. In this gender study lesson, students are divided into gender groups and discuss how it feels to be grouped that way. Learners brainstorm messages about what it means...
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The Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia: Emergence and Evolution
Young scholars research the parallel development and complexity of writing and civilization in ancient Mesopotamia. In this ancient Mesopotamia lesson, students analyze the Cuneiform writing system in ancient Mesopotamia and how the...
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Animal Action
Students construct descriptive sentences. In this cross curricular music and descriptive writing lesson, students listen to classical music and pantomime actions that correspond to the music. Students write descriptive sentences...
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Grammar: Adjective Clauses
Twelfth graders practice using subject and object pronouns in adjective clauses.
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Grammar Puzzles
Students explore the parts of a sentence through analysis, design, and drawing in this nine lessons unit on Grammar. The diagramming of sentences comprises the main thrust of this unit through the utilization of higher cognitive skill...
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Parts of Speech
Fifth graders examine the use of parts of speech. In this parts of speech instructional activity, 5th graders review the parts of speech in a teacher led activity that uses a song (not included). They color code the give parts of speech...
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Publishing: A Persuasive Essay
Third graders are given an opportunity to create a visual to accompany their presentations of their persuasive essays. They may use the computer or other media as resources.
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SCI-FI TALES
Fifth graders brainstorm known features of science fiction books and titles read. They pair up and discuss the possible physical characteristics fo a creature that could appear fron an excerpt of SCI-FI TALES.
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Adverbs - 6 Foolproof Steps
Students review rules of grammar, specifically those that help find adverbs in a sentence. They practice finding the adverbs in a worksheet of sample sentences.
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Red, White, Blue, and Who?
Fourth graders are introduced to pronouns and provided practice in use of singular and plural personal pronouns.
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Lawton: A Child of the Prairie
Pupils complete word study activities, read a story and write a descriptive paragraph about the setting of Goo Goo Avenue in Lawton 1901.
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Introduction to Computers and Understanding Commands
Students conjugate the simple past and present tenses of various verbs, and respond to computer commands. They view computer flashcards, and complete a verb conjugation worksheet.
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Painless Poetry
Students choose two poems they like and share them with the class. Then they write their own poems using various forms.