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One Kid Can Make A Difference
Students make a pledge to make three positive choices for 30 days and track their progress. In this positive choices lesson plan, students discuss ways in which they can be healthier, protect the environment, be respectful, and more....
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Advertising and Healthy Decisions
Students analyze alcohol and tobacco ads and create parodies of them. The eight lessons in this unit include discussions about why teens smoke or drink, the psychology behind the advertising, and writing persuasive letters to agencies,...
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Think Positive!
Fourth graders are read a story in which they identify the positive and negative thinking. In groups, they are given a scenerio in which they change the negatives into a positive. They perform the scenerio to tthe class and discuss how...
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Get Your Calcium - Rich Foods
Fifth graders explore personal health by identifying positive food choices. In this calcium sources instructional activity, 5th graders discuss the common ways a human can receive calcium such as consuming dairy products. Students view a...
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Favorite Foods
Students explore human health by completing food choice worksheets. In this world hunger lesson, students discuss the importance of eating three daily meals and how to feed the underprivileged through charities and soup kitchens....
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7th Grade Character Development Workshops
Be proactive. Begin with the end in mind. Synergize. These are just a few strategies outlined in Sean Covey's ground-breaking best-seller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. With a series of five character development workshops...
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Feelings, Nothing More Than Feelings (Elementary, other)
Third graders describe emotions/ feelings which may lead to loss of self-control, introduce the concept of consequences and alternative choices.
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President Thomas Woodrow Wilson
In this President Thomas Woodrow Wilson worksheet, students read to assess comprehension skills. In this multiple choice worksheet, students answer seven question.
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An Enemy of the People Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Ibsen's An Enemy of the People. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Health Education: Expressing Emotions
Second graders express emotions. In this personal health lesson plan, 2nd graders demonstrate how to express emotions and feelings in a positive manner, without hurting oneself or others.
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Getting the Most Nutrition from Your Food
Sixth graders explore human health by participating in a nutrition activity. In this food choices instructional activity, 6th graders review the food pyramid in class and identify the specific classifications of food that create positive...
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Goldilocks Revisited
Second graders investigate the story of "The Three Bears" while focusing on the character of Goldilocks. They answer key questions that are focused upon the development of positive feelings and reactions. Students discuss the possible...
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Conditional Grammar Quiz- Conditional 0, 1, 2, and 3
In this language arts worksheet, students answer 5 multiple choice questions in which they choose a phrase to complete a conditional statement. All sentences have the word "if" and students select the most correct way to end the sentence.
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Invasion of the Germs: We Fight Back!
Learners fight off germs. In this technology skills lesson, students create claymation videos with accompanying podcasts that educate others about the H1N1 virus and methods to fight germs.
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Pre-K Appetizer
Students explore health by identifying positive eating habits. In this dietary lesson, students read several books about eating well and making wise food decisions. Students view the food pyramid on the USDA website and discuss the...
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I Don't Pay Attention to Advertisements
Sixth graders examine the eight persuasive techniques, identifying them in all avenues of media including magazine, TV, Internet, and billboards, and making them aware of how advertising already influences them. They write an essay using...
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What Color Is Your Apple?
Third graders spend time identifying the characteristics they have and ones they would like to develop for their own personal growth. As a class, they brainstorm ways they can tell they are growing up or being mature. Individually, they...
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How Do Foods Help Our Bodies
Young scholars investigate the specific elements found in food that keep us healthy. For this healthy eating lesson, students identify proteins, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins as part of a healthy diet when consumed in...
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All About Me
Learners examine their own personality traits and preferences. They use this information to write an autobiography.
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Why the Grinch Stole Christmas
Pupils write paragraphs highlighting reasons why the Grinch may have stolen Christmas.
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Producing a skit for the morning announcements
Students produce a skit to appear on their morning announcement that is in lined with their franchise topic. In this producing lesson plan, students produce a 2 minute skit including originating, scripting, editing, directing, and...
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Freckle Juice
Third graders read Freckle Juice as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan has many good ideas of extensions you can do as your students go through the story.
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Breaking News English: Breakfast Helps Girls Stay Slim
In this English worksheet, learners read "Breakfast Helps Girls Stay Slim," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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"I Don't Pay Attention to Advertisements? (At least I don't think so?)"
Sixth graders study eight persuasive techniques that occur in a variety of media types. They write a persuasive essay and present it to the class. They create a "new product" for which they produce an advertisement using persuasive...