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Give Me Five, Cents That Is
Students explore coins, especially the nickel, through a toy cash register, worksheet, and paper nickels.
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Dangerous Storms
Students examine media language for dangerous storms stressing; preparation, evacuation, and emergency assistance, and problem-solving techniques for emergency situations.
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What Does It Take?
First graders study the attributes of circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. They sort shapes that are the same and those that are different into groups.
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What Kind of Student Do You Want to Be?
Third graders write an essay which answers the question, "What kind of student do you want to be?"
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Vocabulary Bingo
Students review vocabulary words and definitions from a literature selection. They play Vocabulary Bingo to practice the words.
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The Only Superstitious Person Is Huck Finn
Fourth graders interview people from three different age groups about superstition including what they believe and why they believe it. This lesson plan goes along with the classic book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Train Cinquain
Fourth graders write cinquain poems showing an understanding that people cannot outrun trains. They examine safety messages concerning tunnels, bridges and trains.
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Haitian Immigration: Twentieth Century
Students read a narrative about the culture, heritage and history of Haiti including the contributions of Haitian immigrants in the U.S. They conduct further research on Haitian culture and prepare a presentation for the class.
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Experience the Challenge of Being Pete Gray
Students view films, photographs and engage in an empathy-building exercise to become familiar with Pete Gray, the first one-armed major league player. They read an interview and write an essay about Gray's career.
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Aerobic Sock Darts
Students, in groups, have 2 hoops set up about 8-10 feet apart and across from each other. Each group tries to get as many darts to land inside the hoops as possible in the time limit.
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Centennial: Simple Gifts...Personal Contributions To Utah
Fourth graders consider how the concept of giving can affect a society for the better. They read various essays on giving and examine obituaries to highlight individuals who contributed to society over the course of their lives.
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Physical Location; How a Border Town Might Develop
Learners speculate how a location can develop into a large town. They investigate the physical resources and how populations can grow. There are guiding questions to help students through the research and class discussion. Learners make...
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Basketball- Dribbling
Students practice several different basketball dribbling techniques on their own, with partners and as a team. They warm up with spot drills and figure eight dribbles and end the session with a dribbling relay race.
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Children of the Earth and Sky
Fourth graders explore the culture and traditions of Native Americans. After reading "Children of the Earth and Sky," students discuss the lives of Native American children in relation to their own. They create replicas of Hopi...
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Martin Luther King Internet Photo Timeline
Students create a photographic timeline of the events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Working in small groups, they use internet research to find photos documenting the major events of his life. Their photos are printed and glued...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Odd Squad: Games: Codebreaker
Help find a safe passage by avoiding the boobie traps in this game. See the pattern on the top of the screen for each level and continue that pattern as you move forward through each level.
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Pbs Learning Media: Grover's Winter Games
A great game for number recognition, patterns, and working memory. Grover leads the way as you compete in ice skating, snowboarding, and skiing while learning along the way!
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Pbs Learning Media: The Hungry Games
Cookieness Evereat needs your help to win The Hungry Games. Hone those executive functioning skills by practicing patience and strategies when you have to wait for something. Stop and think about what comes next in patterns and sort...
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Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Investigating Patterns Activity Plan
Patterns are everywhere! In this week-long learning adventure, children will discover what a pattern is and explore patterns in different ways. Children will learn that patterns consist of a "core" or "unit" that repeats as they identify...
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Patterns (Object Interactive)
This interactive Learn Alberta math resource offers a hands-on exploration of number patterns. Students get to control an animated squirrel in order to figure out terms in a sequence and see each pattern represented both in picture form,...
ICT Games
Ict Games: Dinosaurs Eggs Phonics
A game for students to practice elementary vocabulary and spelling. Choose from a list of patterns. Listen to the word and choose the egg that correctly spells the word that was said. Receive a certificate with words you know well and...
Other
Brooklyn Children's Museum: Pattern Wizardry!
Interactive exhibition answers all kinds of questions about patterns, symmetry, and tessellations. With games that reinforce concepts and loads of great illustrations. [Requires Shockwave.]
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Spelling Patterns "Go Fish" Card Game
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to make spelling cards grouped by spelling patterns. These cards are then used in a "Go Fish" style card game. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains...
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Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Online Math Games: Collection
This is a Peg + Cat collection of 16 online math games. These include counting, numbers, 2D and 3D shapes, patterns, location, maps, and more.