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Meeting Our Daily Needs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the concept of basic needs. In this philanthropy lesson, students define the term "philanthropy" and brainstorm ways to help others who don't get their basic needs met. Students analyze and sort acts of philanthropy...
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Domino Adding

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice adding numbers to twelve. In this computation lesson, students construct paper domino patterns and play games in which they use the the dots on the dominoes to make addition problems.
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Tissue Paper Flowers For Valentines Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars make a Valentine's Day gift. In this gift giving lesson, students make a bouquet of flowers out of tissue paper to give to a love one.
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A Pocket for Corduroy

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to the story "A Pocket for Corduroy" and choose 3, Tier Two vocabulary words. In this "A Pocket for Corduroy lesson plan, students listen to specific words from story. Students then  define the meaning of the words in...
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Medical Scene Investigators

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate physical, psychological and societal implications of various medical problems. Using internet technology and videos, students gather information on a medical problem. They compare/contrast viewpoints that may...
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Writing Original Adventures About Imaginary Sidekicks

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore storytelling by conceptualizing a story with classmates. In this publishing lesson, students identify the idea development process and discuss word choice when writing a story. Students utilize a graphic organizer to...
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Community Arts Projects

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Youngsters learn about community through exploration of their own neighborhood.In this lesson about community, students create a community in their classroom. Students think about what their community looks like by making a map. Students...
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Children Respond to Haring's Work

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students respond to a Keith Haring exhibit at a local museum. In this art criticism lesson, students create a postcard to send to the museum, sharing what they learned on their field trip.
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Yes, Thank You!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore public signage and create positive message signs. In this social interactions instructional activity, students explore their own neighborhoods for examples of positive, negative, and neutral signage and use this...
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ABC Fun and Letter of the Week Activities

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the alphabet. For this language arts lesson plan, students develop their fine motor skills as they participate in activities that require them to identify the letters of the alphabet.
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Chinese Folktales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine Chinese folktales. In this literature and philanthropy instructional activity, students read Chinese folktales and analyze their literary elements. High schoolers consider the effects of generosity in the tales and...
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Loggerhead Turtle Fun Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners study loggerhead turtles and learn facts about reptiles. In this turtles lesson, students read information about loggerhead turtles and study their various sections and characteristics. Learners then make their own sea turtle.
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Read a Transportation Story

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research the career of Arctic transportation. In this arctic transportation lesson, 8th graders read a book about Arctic truck travel and review the historical aspects of transporting goods in the Arctic. Students review...
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My Favorite Thing to Do

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners realize that a paragraph is a short piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Every story, essay, article, or book is like a patchwork quilt made of little paragraphs stitched together
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Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the book, "Who Wants to be a Poodle? I Don't" by Lauren Child. In this early childhood literacy lesson plan, students complete extension activities after reading the story. Activities include connect the dots, matching...
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Valentine's Day Booklet

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners create a Valentine's Day booklet. In this creating a book lesson, students write and illustrate their own book describing love.
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Learning About Safety with Clifford

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore discussing stories with their children. They read and discuss Clifford's Sports Day and identify connections between the book and their daily lives. They simulate discussing the book with their children and note...
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Standing Woman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore a Japanese science fiction story that deals with the dangers of technology, failed attempts at utopia, mind control, and loss of loved ones through the reading of Yasutaka Tsutaka's "Standing Woman."
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Animals in Japan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars compare and contrast common animals children love and have as pets in Japan and America in this early elementary lesson. The culminating project is an original work of art by each student depicting an animal of their choice.
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People Making a Difference

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students research the idea of basic needs, study philanthropists in their community, and think about ways to help others receive basic needs. For this needs and philanthropy lesson, students brainstorm about basic needs. Students use...
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Open Wide

For Teachers 1st
First graders make the sound of /o/ relating it to the sound they make when the doctor asks them to open their mouth and say "ahhhh". They think of different words that contain the /o/ and identify it as it is used in a sentence and...
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Mmmm, Good!

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the letter M. They trace and write the letter M, and identify words on word cards that contain the letter M. Students also participate in a Letter M Hunt in their classroom, and...
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Dear Mr. Henshaw

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read Dear Mr. Henshaw. For this language arts lesson, students answer Mr. Henshaw's ten questions using detailed paragraphs. Students create a lunch box alarm.
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Exploring Habitats

For Teachers 1st
Students analyze the difference between the human habitat and the different habitats of animals in the six lessons of this unit. The students' imaginations and literature are used to explore important aspects of the living environments...