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Connecting Poetry with Philanthropy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the different types of poetic conventions. They write a poem about philanthropy using these conventions. They illustrate their poem with artwork of their choice.
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Poetry Pot

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders illustrate a favorite poem with images, title, author's name and words of the poem on a clay pot.
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How Animals Bond

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this animals lesson plan, students students write a description about a pet or animal that they know. They include details that would help someone who has never met their animal feel like they know it already. Artwork about their...
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Mythical Monsters

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students design mythical creatures and write poems about them. They take digital pictures of their artwork and create a digital picture book. They record their readings of the poetry to be added a class recording.
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Sounds Like Christmas, Exploring Hearing

For Teachers K - 1st
Students see that the sense of hearing helps us learn from each other through communication. Also, students explain that sound can produce patterns. They engage in a wide variety of activities that focus on the sense of hearing.
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Lesson Plans for Sweet Dreams: How Animals Sleep

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the sleeping patterns and sleeping habitats of animals. In this where animals sleep lesson, students research different animal species. Students also write and illustrate an animal picture book, make connections...
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ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES: CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students reflect and explore their feelings and reactions to a segregation experiment through poetry. They discuss acceptable behavior during the experiment and the next day write journal entries reflecting their experiences.
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A Courtin' We Will Go

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate dialect in poetry as an indication of a people's culture in literature. They write a poem about dating in this era.
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Limericks Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this limerick worksheet, students read about limericks, read an example, fill in blanks to complete a limerick and complete 4 short "lyrical limerick" activities.
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Confetti

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Confetti. In this reading lesson plan, 3rd graders complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...
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Interactive Reading Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss books they are reading during the semester through e-mail with other students. They complete a reading interest survey, e-mail their partner weekly, and read and suggest six novels by the end of the semester.
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Understanding Community Environment

For Students 7th - 8th
In this understanding community environment instructional activity, students, after exploring 5 parts of a study unit (link provided), choose a project (make a video, book, game, plan a garden or nature map, collect data, write a rap or...
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African American Community and Culture

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the rise of jazz music. In this Duke Ellington lesson, 4th graders watch video segments regarding Ellington's life and showcasing a performance of Ellington and his band. Students discuss the rhythm...
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Jack O' Lantern, Jack O' Lantern

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." students listen to a poem, "Jack O' Lantern, Jack O' Lantern," and take turns retelling it. They draw the poem in correct sequence on paper to retell it.
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No Title

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the role of music in a variety of situations including life experiences, celebrations, functions and special events. They also identify ways in which the principles and disciplines taught in school are interrelated...
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Pattern Detectives

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners discover patterns in language, math and science. They experience patterns by hearing stories, and becoming pattern detectives.
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Buggy Patterns

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss the definition of patterns, and sing the song, Going Buggy, identifying patterns in the song. They create original patterns using bug counters and insect stickers.
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Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify and use patterns in oral and written language, as well as in sounds, physical movements, and concrete objects.
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Writing with Writers

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students participate in Writing with Writer's, a step-by-step set of directions aimed at improving different genres of student writing. They identify the characteristics of different genres and follow a specified writing process to...
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Looks Like Christmas: Exploring Sight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various hands-on activities to determine what life is like without the sense of sight.
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Nasreddin Hodja - Turkish and Middle Eastern Folklore Philosopher

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read a readers theater written by Nasreddin Hodja. In this Nasreddin Hodja lesson plan, 3rd graders learn about the philosopher and participate in one of his reader's theaters.
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Norse Mythology

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read several selections of Norse mythology and compare this mythology to others studied in the past. They are introduced to runes. They read poetry and compile a class book of favorite poems. They define idioms and cite...
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There's a Writer Waiting Inside Me

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the concept, What Makes Good Poetry? They are asked to explore the writer within.
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different types of poetry and illustrate their own experiences through creating their own poem. For this getting to know you lesson, 3rd graders create and recite their poems with a self-portrait.