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Colors: What is Pink?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study colors. They listen to poems, identify their favorite colors, and describe objects that are pink, red, and orange. They collect pictures from magazines of objects that are their favorite color and create a class dictionary.
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Interacting with Others

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars participate in learning how to be more tolerant and accepting of others. They list ways that good friends treat each other and discuss these as a class. They look for examples of friendship behaviors in magazines and...
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What is the Character of Maine?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students create an individual portfolio using assignments from a unit on the character of Maine. They choose two of the best assignments from each of four chapters studied and then write an essay or create a magazine which synthesizes...
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Get to the Point!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discover what summarization is and why it is important. They focus on the five steps used to summarize and observe as the steps are used to summarize the article "Ghost Tigers of the Rain Forest" out of National Geographic...
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The "B" Box

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils complete a variety of activities related to the letter B and the /b/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and identify objects from a box that have the /b/ sound in their name. Students also listen to the story "Here...
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Inner Beauty

For Teachers K - 4th
Students analyze inner and outer beauty in a text. They raise questions about the main characters and their portrayals and explore issues such as friendship, love, and respect for yourself and other individuals. They choose a friend and...
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Moon WebQuest

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research basic information about the moon and identify the phases and order of the phases of the moon. They conduct Internet research, complete a moon WebQuest, and write a magazine article about the moon using their...
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Transparency

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover proper use of quotation marks. They examine conversations between characters in comics and magazines. In pairs, 8th graders punctuate sentences correctly. They create a story, with dialogue, involving people in a...
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Find the Error 36

For Students 5th - 7th
In this find the error worksheet, students will look at an excerpt from a national teaching magazine in which there is a mistake. Students must find the error.
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Sorting Invertebrates with Keys

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this invertebrates learning exercise, students use the 6 words in the word bank to complete the invertebrate key. They then make their own key by sorting their own invertebrates. It is unclear where students get their invertebrates,...
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School-Home Links: Reading for New Words

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this unusual word and parent communication worksheet, students read a newspaper, magazine, or book then make a list of some new, unusual, or interesting words they found while reading. Students write down a way to find the meaning of...
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School-Home Links: Vowel Blends

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vowel blend worksheet, students study two pictures of words with the 'oi' blend and write the name of the words on the blanks. Students then look in a magazine for more 'oi' words and write them in the given blanks. Parents or...
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School-Home Links: Root Words and Prefix

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spelling new word worksheet, students combine the prefix and root word of several new words and write the complete word on the line. Students then look in a newspaper or magazine and find three words with the prefix un- and write...
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Publisher Skills Assessment

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students complete a technology integration project using Publisher. In this technology lesson, students use Publisher to create magazine activities for the American Revolution, indigenous cultures, California missions, colonization, and...
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Writing a Query Letter

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore query letters. In this letter writing lesson, students plan a short story that they would like to write and then locate a magazine publisher that might be interested in the story. Students write a query letter.
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Thanksgiving: Bird Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the evolution of birds. In this biology lesson, students research articles that discuss evidence about the ancestry of birds. They discuss their findings with the group and draw a journal magazine cover highlighting...
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A Bishop's Description of the Christianized Indians of Spanish Florida, 1675

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore mission life in La Florida as observed by a Spanish bishop who visited in the 1670s. In this Spanish Florida lesson, students recognize the value of primary sources in illuminating the past and consider factors such as...
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Reading and Consolidating a Grammar Point

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars work together in pairs to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of electric cars. They read an article about the new technology in cars and answer comprehension questions. They practice the present perfect simple...
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The Birth of the American Empire as Seen Through Political Cartoons (1896-1905)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of political cartoons. In this political cartoons lesson, students examine political cartoons from different time periods in American history and respond to questions regarding them.
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the pass laws that resulted in the Sharpeville Massacre. In this racism lesson, students find information about the massacre and attempt to find similarities to their own lives. They determine how similar incidents...
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Untying the Knot

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What are the current trends in divorce? What contributes to this? Examine celebrity relationship trends and how they relate to the general public with this discussion lesson. Middle schoolers analyze the results of a Census Bureau study...
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Lesson: Urban China: Contemporary China

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The urbanization and consumerism of modern China is the hot topic up for critical analysis. Kids view a series of photographs that specifically describe Chinese modernization, urbanization, consumerism, and waste. They discuss each...
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Lesson 2: Private & Public

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What is the difference between a private and a public place? The focus in this second lesson on family life and sexual health is building an understanding of the difference between the concepts of private and public and the...
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The March Continues

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore the Civil Rights Memorial. In this character development and U.S. History instructional activity, students employ reading comprehension strategies while reading a news article about the Civil Rights Memorial. Students...

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