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Pledge of Excellence

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss their prior knowledge of The Golden Rule and compare it to their school's Pledge of Excellence. They discuss the five parts to the pledge and discuss how to be a caring friend, how to do their personal best, how to...
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Farm Animal Friends

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Students apply basic communication and math skills to situations. They apply prior knowledge to list characteristics of different animals. They listen to music to engage multiple senses. Then images of animals are shared with them to...
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Brine Shrimp 1: Hatching Brine Shrimp

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review their prior knowledge on brine shrimp. In groups, they raise a group of brine shrimp and design an artificial environment in which they can live. They change the conditions of the environment to see how the shrimp react...
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What Do You Know? Supreme Court Nominations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss what they believe Supreme Court Justices should do while in office. As a class, they brainstorm a list of their prior knowledge about the justices and Supreme Court. In their journal, they write about the qualities of...
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Weekend With Wendell

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss prior knowledge about mice, and read a mouse poem. They listen to the teacher read "A Weekend With Wendell" and discuss Wendell's possible reaction when coming to visit the school media center. Students compose a class...
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Haiku For You

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss prior knowledge of Haiku. They use computers with internet connection to find information about haiku. Students work in small groups to summarize their research and discuss Japanese culture. Students write and illustrate...
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Deserts KWL Chart

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students will define what a desert is through the creation of a KWL Chart. This will help students to tap prior knowledge and make new connections with the new curriculum being delivered in the lesson.
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Brine Shrimp Feeding

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the diet of the brine shrimp. This is an introduction to a math measurement of a micrometer because of the size of the food brine shrimp feed upon. They make predictions about the types of food shrimp eat based on...
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HOT TOPICS OF THE MISSISSIPPI

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a five-step process to write a persuasive essay about an issue that is related to the Mississippi River. Students build an argument based on prior knowledge and information from a variety of sources. Students base their...
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Short Story 2

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review previous reading of Rikki Tikki Tavi. They discuss prior knowledge of simile, metaphor, idiom, and hyperbole. Students practice using vocabulary words from the story by listing synonyms for them. Students read from...
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Science: Classifying the Planets

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in pairs, use pasta, rice, and prior knowledge of the planets to construct multi-stage classification systems. While examining the bags of pasta and rice, they note the similarities and differences of the nine planets. ...
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Which is Your Favorite Beatrix Potter Book?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this survey worksheet, students use the form to gather information on people's favorite Beatrix Potter books. Students graph the results. Prior knowledge of multiple Beatrix Potter books is assumed.
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Tornado Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students answer 7 essay questions about tornadoes. No information is provided on this page and prior knowledge or research is assumed.
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Cattle Industry and Cowboys- Overview

For Students 5th - 6th
In this cattle industry learning exercise, students answer 11 essay questions pertaining to cowboys, ranching, and the history of the cattle industry in America. Prior knowledge or research will be needed.
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Earth, Moon and Sun Assessment Test

For Students 4th - 5th
In this space science activity, students answer 14 essay questions pertaining to the Earth, moon, and sun and their relationship. Prior knowledge is assumed, or this could be a pre-test.
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore what the dinosaurs were like. In this dinosaur lesson plan, the teacher peaks student curiosity about dinosaurs. This lesson plan would be a great starting point for a dinosaur unit since it primarily engages student...
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Bank On It! Ancient Farming

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ancient farming worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 25 sentences about farming in Mesopotamia. Students will use the words in a word bank. Prior knowledge or research will be needed.
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Astronomy 1 Quiz- Online Interactive

For Students 4th - 5th
For this space science worksheet, learners complete 5 multiple choice questions pertaining to the planets and other space bodies. This is an online interactive quiz. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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Place Value to 1,000

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the concept of place value with hundreds, tens, and ones. In the place value lesson, 2nd graders demonstrate their prior knowledge of place value with tens and ones. Students are then introduced to place value with...
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Water and Shalom

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars discover main functions and importance of water in Biblical times.  In this water in Biblical times lesson plan, students discuss prior knowledge and read Bible passages to find ways that water was valuable in Bible...
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Grow a Plant

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners combine their prior knowledge about plants with a garden learning activity. In this science gardening lesson, students discuss what plants need to survive. Learners then plant a seed themselves and demonstrate learning by caring...
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Exploring Geometric Patterns and Relationships

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore different geographic relationships in like drawing lines, rays, and parallelograms. This lesson could be used for review because it covers more than one concept. The students should have prior knowledge.
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Linear Inequalities

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders practice recognizing similarities and differences found in the graphing of inequalities and equations. Once observatioons are made they solve some of their own applying prior knowledge.
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Bioluminescent Bewilderment!

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the concept of bioluminescent. They break down the word phonetically for correct pronunciation. This is done as a warm up for learning. Then students create a list of the creatures from prior knowledge and...

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