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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 3--Career Advancement
Students seeking a promotion analyze/identify appropriate behavior, attire, attitudes and social interaction with others as well as their employers to ensure that promotion. In addition, they are introduced to the song "Nine to Five" for...
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Conjunctive Adverb Activity
In this conjunctive adverb activity, students underline conjunctive adverbs, fill in punctuation for sentences that use conjunctive adverbs, fill in blanks in sentences with conjunctive adverbs and determine whether sentences are...
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
Young scholars read "Green Eggs and Ham" in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and visit a storymaker website. Students create and type a three scene story using characters from Dr. Seuss's books and share their story with the class.
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Cause and Effect
Students identify cause and effect relationships in a short story. After reading a short story, they participate in a discussion of how one event in a story can lead to several others. Students are then paired for a matching task that...
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Writing Thank You Notes
Sixth graders write to a veteran. In this letter writing lesson, 6th graders identify the five parts of a letter and discuss the importance of sending thank you notes. Students write a thank you note to a veteran.
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What's in it and Who Eats it?
First graders explore farming by illustrating images. In this livestock lesson plan, 1st graders discuss what types of plants are used to feed livestock animals and how pets and humans eat the livestock animals. Students draw images of...
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Rock Around the House
Students discover the three types of rock. They weigh and examine rock specimens.
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What I Dream For:
Students investigate about the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr., watching video clips from unitedstreaming. They identify ways that they can help make Martin Luther's dream of peace a reality. Pupils identify contributions that...
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Johnny Appleseed Reading and Writing
First graders explore language arts by reading a classic story in class. For this word choice lesson, 1st graders read the story of Johnny Appleseed and identify the descriptive words and sentences the author used to entice the reader....
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Let's Forecast the Weather!
Students discuss weather and how it is forcast on the news. They set up a "news room" and create their own sentences with a forecast and advice for those watching based on the forecast. These sentences are used as students role play weather
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Let's Be Emotion Detectors!
Pupils observe and demonstrate how to read with expression. They discuss the types of emotions and expressions to use while reading, and identify the appropriate punctuation for a variety of sentences. Students then write a sentence...
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Families and Neighborhoods
Students build their own neighborhood. In this instructional activity on community, students are introduced to books about families and neighborhoods. As a class, the students create their own neighborhood, elect a leader for their...
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Proofreading Relay
Sixth graders play a proofreading relay game. In this proofreading lesson plan, 6th graders are broken up into two teams. Each team has an incorrect sentence and they need to fix it one at time by checking for mistakes in grammar,...
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Locomotor Dances
Students explore and perform locomotor movements. With partners, they combine the locomotor movements into a simple dance. The partner identifies three movements they observed. Students may be grouped into dancers for a performance.
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Zoo Animals
Students identify different types of animals and their habitats. They compare natural habitats to habitats. They use Internet resources to gather information on animals.
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Formal Essay Process
Students identify and use the four types of brainstorming techniques used in essay prewriting. They select an appropriate attention getting statement to attract the essay reader. Students explore the purpose and methods of selecting...
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Figurative Language and Symbolism
Learners identify figurative language and symbolism in poetry as well as prose. In this literary elements lesson, students read and discuss the role of symbolism in Yellow Man by Moonlight, A Christmas Carl, The House of Wings, and...
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Newspaper Stories
Students examine the structure of the newspaper. In this newspaper activity, students look at the different types of articles about giving, sharing, and acts for the common good. They realize the types of voice that are used in the...
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Civil War
Fifth graders discuss the causes of the Civil War and write a paragraph summarizing each identified event. In the computer lab, 5th graders create a PowerPoint presentation explaining events leading up to the Civil War. They use the...
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Deciphering Community
Young scholars explore the concept of a community. They identify and group various kinds of communities. Students create a concept map exemplifying their membership in different communities. They write a narrative describing their...
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Off We Go
First graders identify different types of transportation, and explain why each is important. They pretend they are going on a trip. They choose their mode of transportation, and use play money to buy their tickets.
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Satellite Self
Students identify important aspects of their identities and consider associated stereotyping. They examine some stereotype cliches and explore their origins.
They address the importance of individuals self-defining their identities and...
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Genetics 4 Mutations
Students identify and illustrate how changes in DNA cause mutations and evaluate the significance of these changes. They illustrate a chromosomal mutation such as duplication, deletion, inversion, and translocation.
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Hyperbole, Idiom, Oxymoron
Fourth graders identify the usage of idiom, hyperbole, and oxymoron in literary passages. They apply this knowledge of figurative language through a composition exercise. The writing of teacher generated examples is also helpful.