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Goal Setting -- Mission Statements
Students read examples of mission statements related to goal setting. Individually, they research accomplishments of their hero and how they overcame fear. To end the lesson, they write their own mission statement on how they plan to...
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Symbolism Lesson Plan
Students define the terms symbolism and mood. In groups, they read a poem by Robert Frost and identify the concepts in the poem. As a class, they discuss how the two elements give a meaning to the writing. They also give their own...
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Each and Every
In this adjective/adverb worksheet, students read fourteen sentences and choose the correct word, each or every, that makes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Earthworm Nervous System
Investigate the nervous system of an earthworm! Your class gets into pairs to test, record, and draw conclusions about the reaction earthworms have to different stimuli (sound, light, and smell).
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Quarter System
Students participate in class discussions, study vocabulary, study culture and complete workbook activities. Students then display knowledge of cultural criteria through assessment.
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Multiple Choice Masterpiece
What a fun way to mix up your traditional multiple-choice quiz on the Renaissance! After completing a instructional activity reviewing significant Renaissance artists and events, your learners will have the opportunity see if tiles that...
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Cardiovascular/Circulatory System
Explore the circulatory system with a cardiovascular pump activity that promotes discovery and discussion as class members create a functioning model of the heart. Continue the learning process through a web quest showcasing the...
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Language Arts Review
In this online interactive language arts review worksheet, students respond to 36 multiple choice questions regarding literature and grammar. Students may submit their answers to be scored. A reading selection is missing for a small...
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Rhetorical Devices
Twelfth graders identify and analyze examples of rhetorical devices as valid or invalid inferences. In this text analysis lesson, 12th graders research a controversial topic in teams and identify rhetorical devices for the topic....
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Geography Skills
Young scholars practice their geography skills. In this geography skills lesson plan, students locate, plot, and label places on maps and globes.
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Build Skill and Word Experience: Level One Priority Words
First graders complete spelling activity for frequently used words. In this spelling instructional activity, 1st graders practice spelling frequently used words. Students also complete a word search for high-use words.
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The Water in Our Lives: Kit Practice
Students examine a local water source using testing kits to determine water qualitiy. They identify the pollutants and contaminants in each sample. They determine if samples fall within an acceptable range for drinking water.
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Cause and Effect
Fourth graders use graphic organizers to differentiate between cause and effect. They read a story independently and write the cause and effects in the graphic organizer.
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Manage Soil
Young scholars identify and classify soil ypes according to data on the soil triangle. Given examples, students identify soil conservation practices, using criterion assessment instrument. When giving a case situation involving soil...
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Pipe-Cleaner Stick Figures
Second graders create puppets out of pipe cleaners and, in groups, put on a puppet show based on a section of a story they have read from their readers.
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Macbeth Madness
Students analyze Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this Macbeth lesson, students read Act Two Scene iv and Act Three Scenes i-vi in the play and complete the test from the given link.
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Southeast States
Fourth graders explore the Southeast States. In this social studies lesson, 4th graders study agriculture in the Southeast region of the United States. Students read about the Southeast region and discuss with a partner what they learned.
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The Perfect Man: Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
Eleventh graders study the characteristics of an autobiography. They read from the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and discuss and write an essay regarding some of his quotes.
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Water Quality
Learners examine the YSI and the water properties that it measures. They identify the different properties of water pH, DO, temperature, turbidity, and salinity and determine why it is important for them to test these parameters.
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Who Writes History?
Students examine why certain historical figures get credit for their accomplishments while others are forgotten. They read and discuss two informational handouts, discuss why people remember Columbus even if he was not the first person...
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Powers of 10
Young scholars explore universe, and examine how big it really is and how scientists measure the distances or sizes of things by estimating sizes of different objects and reading and writing numbers in scientific notations.
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The Great Topo Race
Students create a three dimensional island out of cardboard to examine how to read and use a topographical map. They make sure that their island can sustain life and that it has one volcanic mountain peak. They trace the parts of their...
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Writing a Mystery Story
Students examine the elements of mystery stories and read Rage in Harlem. In reciprocal teaching groups, they discuss the author's development of the story, and complete dialectical journals.
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Independent - To Be or Not Top Be - Day 2, Lesson E: In My Opinion . . .
Fifth graders read paragraphs that they've written from a Mountains to Climb self-reflection worksheet.