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Chocolate and Ice Cream Across the Curriculum
Sixth graders in a special education class discuss excerpts of two stories and read biographical information on the authors. In groups, they read the full text of both stories and try to solve the mystery as they read. They practice...
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November - Poetry
First graders respond to poetry through a group activity. They interact with rhythm and tempo in poetry through an oral presentation. They experiment with choral speaking. They discuss Thanksgiving family traditions.
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Vocabulary Drawing
Working in small groups, students review vocabulary words by writing definitions, sentences, and drawing pictures on index cards.
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Individual Responsibility and Resistance During the Holocaust
Pupils examine the role of resistance during the Holocaut. Identifying misconceptions, they discuss them as a way to gather the truth about this time in history. They explore the roles of various groups of resistance and share this...
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Frankenstein - Frankenfolio
Students engage in a variety of activities in order to appreciate the literature of Frankenstein. They create a portfolio that tracks progress towards mastering skills and stated objectives.
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What About Us? Women in the Civil War
Students research the role of women in the Civil War. In this Civil War unit, students research the role women played during the war. This unit includes eight different activities including vocabulary, writing prompts and a literature...
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"The Necklace" and "Cinderella"
Tenth graders complete literature analysis activities using Guy de Maupassants "The Necklace" and the Grimm Brothers "Cinderella." In this literature analysis lesson, 10th graders discuss the life and career of Guy de Maupassant and...
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Using Picture Books to Teach the Holocaust
Students compare a photo of a child's room during the Holocaust to their room. In this WWII lesson, students read picture books and evaluate the roles of characters in the book. Students create either a poster about the roles, a movie...
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Referencing the Classical Past
Students discuss the sculptural group of Three Goddessesby Joseph Nollekens in a study of the classical past. In this Classical history lesson, students describe the three figures in the painting and read an excerpt for the story the art...
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Final Exam Review
Students review material from throughout the semester. They work together in groups to review the material. They discuss the best way to review for the exam.
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Reading Aloud
Students practice their reading aloud skills. They examine different careers that focus on public speaking. They also gather new tips to practice when speaking aloud.
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Community and Me
Learners continue to examine the concept of communities. In groups, they identify and create a list of their needs and wants and create artwork showing their community working properly. They describe the differences in communities...
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Fantasies and Myths
Fourth graders listen to the book, THE GIVING TREE and discuss what genre category they believe the story fits into and why. They read of of the myths on the website on the computers and then come back together as a group and discuss...
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Hoe Down: An Integrated Unit on Social, Folk & Square Dancing
Fifth graders experience the movements required to perform social, folk and square dancing. They describe each dance movement. Students discuss the elements found in folk art, folk music, and fold dance.
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Celebrating Chinese Culture: Legends & Myths, Chinese New Year, Customs & Traditions
Young scholars read books about other cultures and explore their customs and traditions. They discuss the meanings of myths and legends and then brainstorm examples of stories that fit the description. Students experience hands-on...
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The Witch of Goingsnake
Students interpret a proverb and read examples of oral histories. In this The Witch of Goingsnake lesson, students read two samples of oral history and discuss quotations from each. Students read "Calf Roper's Bandit Car" and...
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6 Traits: Word Choice
Students explore language arts by participating in a vocabulary usage activity. In this word choice lesson, students read examples of great word usage in literature and discuss with the class why some words appear stronger than others....
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Probability
Third graders conduct experiment, collect data, predict, record, and discuss outcomes, and analyze data for probability.
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"The Greedy Triangle" by Marilyn Burns
Students discover which regular polygons can be used to tile a plane.
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Main Idea and Supporting Details
Pupils identify main idea and supporting details from a short reading selection using a two-column note taking process. For this literacy lesson, students work in groups of three to four, then compare their papers with the other groups'...
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Translation Into Reality
Students read a variety of short stories that focus on teenage protagonists. In groups, they answer comprehension questions and discuss the characters and setting for each story. Individually, they choose one writing assignment to...
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The Acadian Diaspora
Students study the Acadian Diaspora of 1755. They read the Acadian Diaspora and discuss the readability, characters, cultures, and psychology of the storyline. They write a reaction paper of journal entry and share and discuss them...
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Mythology Spreadsheet
Students read a large variety of myths and discuss the characters and their attributes found in mythology. Then they identify and learn to set up an appropriate spreadsheet program. Students also enter the data to the class spreadsheet...
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"Colors" a poem by Shel Silverstein
Pupils collect data, graph it, and use the data to find measures of central tendencies, and find probabilities.