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Earthquakes
Students discuss a natural disaster. In this earthquakes research lesson, students discover why earthquakes happen, what happens after an earthquake, and what to do during an earthquake. They discuss some information as a class and work...
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Mental Maths
In this counting worksheet, students complete 22 fill in the blank problems where they are given a starting number and count by 1's, 2's, and 10's. Next. students answer 12 fill in the blank addition or subtraction problems where they...
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How Groundhog's Garden Grew
Students answer questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy after reading the book, How Groundhog's Garden Grew, by Lynne Cherry. In this reading comprehension lesson, students respond to 6 questions, one per taxonomy level, to...
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The Apple Pie Tree
Young scholars read The Apple Pie Tree and discuss the story and talk about what was living in the tree. In this life comprehension lesson, students write the main idea of the book in a few sentences.
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You do! We do! We all Scream for Haiku!
Haikus offer a way to explore new ideas for teaching poetry, science, and math.
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Johnny Appleseed Pops Up
Learners recount details from the book Johnny Appleseed to create their own pop-up book about his life.
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Tantalizing Tessellations Lesson III: Creating a Slide Translation
Young scholars explore tessellations and the artwork of M.C. Escher. They view and discuss a video about M.C. Escher, create a slide template out of cardboard, and create a poster with their tessellation pattern.
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Analyzing and Evaluating Holocaust Literature
Learners examine the history of the Holocaust through literature. Using different pieces of literature, they critique the items in terms of being historical accurate and its value in telling the stories of the Holocaust. They create a...
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Number Lines and Bead Strings
Students solve addition and subtraction problems using strings of beads and number lines. They mentally perform addition and subtraction problems, and write and solve story problems involving whole numbers.
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Different Ways We Celebrate
Students examine a variety of ways that families celebrate winter holidays. They complete a graphic organizer comparing Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, and write a five-sentence paragraph about one of the holidays discussed. Students...
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In A Heartbeat
Learners discuss scatter plots then create a class scatter plot using their heart rate at rest and their heart rate after a few minutes of aerobic exercises. Students copy the points plotted as a class and create individual graphs...
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Angles, Bearings and Maps
Young scholars review what they comprehend about angles. They name the differnt types of angles and define them. Students use their protractors to answer questions, the teacher walks around to look at the positioning of the...
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"Lions and Tigers and Bears-Oh MY!"
Students explore the characteristics of an animal. What do all animals need to live and can what we expect to accomplish by studying about animals. They keep a science journal daily.
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Water Reflections:
Students analyze data from monitoring activities . They summarize, post, and present the data from activities. They tell others in the community what they've learned about local water quality.
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Turning Points in the American Revolution
Fifth graders examine the causes and effects of the American Revolution. In groups, they make a portfolio page and write a response to the Proclamation of 1763. They also make a timeline of the events of the Boston Massacre and answer...
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Mental Math Skills
For this mental math worksheet, students use a number line to count backwards and forwards, add doubles, add and subtract one, and add one-digit numbers. Students solve thirty problems.
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Writing "Thermochemical" Equations
In this thermochemical equations worksheet, students read about and practice writing equations for thermochemical reactions. They also sketch enthalpy diagrams of the equations if applicable.
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Celebrate Comprehension with Classical Characters
Students listen to books and answer questions using reading skills. In this reading lesson, students develop reading strategies such as decoding, understanding characters, and comprehension. Students relate characters and events in the...
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Mother Language Day
For this Mother Language Day worksheet, students complete activities such as reading a passage, matching phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, unscramble the words, sequencing, unscramble the sentences,...
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Cyclones
Learners explore Earth science by researching natural disasters in class. In this cyclone instructional activity, students discuss the creation of cyclones and what their potential destruction can be in the wrong environment. Learners...
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Mentally Add Two 2-Digit Numbers pg. 1
Mental math addition is the focus of this instructional activity. Learners apply a strategy outlined in the instructional activity to find the sums. In this instructional activity, students find the answers for twenty problems. Answers...
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Health Education: Brushing Teeth
Second graders explore dental health as a topic. In this personal health lesson plan, 2nd graders demonstrate the proper technique for tooth brushing and describe the benefits of good dental health.
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The Man, The Dream
Students discuss how one person's life can affect a community . In this Martin Luther King Jr. lesson, students read about Dr. King's life and contributions. They formulate ideas about how they can meet the needs of their own community.
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Read to Feed
Learners participate in the Read-to-Feed project. In this fundraising activity, students read books to purchase a farm animal for a family in need. Learners write a letter to the family that will be receiving the farm animal.