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Fuzzy-Feeling Chair

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils recognize positive traits and build self-esteem. In this community building lesson, students use a special chair to voice positive traits about a classmate.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Clap Your Hands

For Teachers K - 3rd
Read Clap Your Hands to explore new vocabulary with your class. In this three-tiered vocabulary lesson plan, youngsters read the book and identify the plot, setting, and characters. They also define vocabulary terms from the book...
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Polite Expressions

For Students 3rd - 4th
Practice effective oral language use. English learners especially, but any speaker/writers would benefit from this resource. Learners listen as the teacher reads each of 15 short scenarios. They circle the polite response to each...
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Whose Is It? (Pronouns and Antecedents)

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Define and explore pronouns and antecedents. Young writers read and complete a worksheet using pronouns and correct antecedents. The worksheet is not included but can be easily found online and then dispersed as homework (insert evil...
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But mango is my favorite…

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
What are the chances of getting your favorite flavor in your fruit snack package? Have your class use the given information to compute their own experimental data using the multiplication rule of independent events and compare it to the...
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Touching Spirit Bear: Chapters 19 & 20

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this Touching Spirit Bear comprehension check worksheet, students respond to seventeen short answer questions covering chapters nineteen and twenty of Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen in order to help them better understand the...
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English Exercises: Schoolhouse Rock

For Students 2nd - 8th
"Conjunction, junction, what's your function?" The lyrics to the classic Schoolhouse Rock episode "Conjunction Junction" accompany what was once a link to the video. Video has been "removed by the user," but it would be a snap to find...
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Special Candy Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Building a strong classroom community starts with group activities focused on sharing and respect. The class sits in a circle, shares a talent they possess, then tell peers to throw them a piece of candy if they don't have the same...
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Imitating a Peer

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Imitation of a peer is what your autistic learners will focus on today. You'll prompt them to imitate a selected peer, either their actions, emotions, or facial expressions. This is done through repetitive trails and positive...
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The Pearl Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
Do your readers remember Steinbeck's The Pearl? Check with this quick multiple-choice quiz. One question does not seem to have an accurate answer, so take the quiz yourself before giving to your class and check the answers.
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Game Board Review

For Teachers K - 12th
Pupils review previously taught material by playing a teacher made board game. They answer questions and move their pieces along the path to the end.
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LESSON #2 SAFETY UNIT: Real-life reading selection

For Students 6th - 12th
When studying pollution and the environment, you can use this activity as an enrichment. Safety-conscious learners read a 2005 article about an ammonia leak from a Kentucky fast-food product plant. They work in small groups to discuss...
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A Guide to Getting Along: Listening

For Teachers K - 3rd
Here is an effective way to have your charges practice and model important listening skills. After a short review of effective active listening concepts, such as using body language, summarizing what the other person said, and asking...
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Pop-it...Stop-it

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students observe how certain geometric shapes can be used to make some structures rigid and others flexible. The activity involves construction of a 30-60 right triangle, folding while following directions, and identifying polygons.
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Directed and Undirected Free-writing: An Activity in Brainstorming

For Teachers 8th
Analyze the free-writing method of brainstorming to explore how to write an essay. Middle schoolers plan their writing from the beginning after reading two samples of free-writing, then creating their own. The lesson includes extension...
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Teaching the Musical Concept of Tempo

For Teachers K
Intended for an Autism class, this lesson teaches self-expression through music while facilitating an understanding of the concept of tempo. Pupils engage in a call-and-response song, clap, discuss, and sing keeping feelings and...
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Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils examine poetry to identify the use of metaphors and similes after the teacher defines what they are. They decide how they can use similes and metaphors to describe different pieces of fruit. Finally, they write poetry about the...
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Irregular Spellings

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students know and apply a way of learning and remembering irregular spellings. Students show where irregular spellings can be found everywhere in our society today. Students tie in irregular spellings to silent letters as well.
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Hey Classmates! Let's Get to Know One Another!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Two word puzzles encourage collaboration among learners. One sheet has numbers and initials that show a relationship and the other has pictorial images that represent a phrase. Partners cooperate in order to develop functional working...
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Book Talk Fun!: Growing Independence and Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Master reading fluently and with emotion and expression! Young learners read and reread the book Tiki Tiki Tembo by Arlene Mosel to practice this strategy. The remark on the end punctuation to help them decide how to read the...
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Volleyball - Lesson 5 - Winning the Point

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Volleyball - Lesson 5 is about winning the point. It takes some practice and hard word to become good at hitting or spiking a volleyball. This lesson focuses on some of the teaching cues and techniques of hitting/spiking a volleyball to...
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Card Game to Encourage Discussion

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How do you get your class talking? Use a card like the one included to help English language learners join the discussion. On this card, for example, nine sentence starters are provided. You could also use this with native English...
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Introduction to Fractions

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
With this packet, kids are introduced to fractional concepts by completing 10 pages of exercises. They learn equal and unequal parts, shading fractions, looking at pictures to determine fractions, finding equivalent fractions and finding...
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Introducing the Concept: Percents

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the math concept of percents. In this percents lesson, students examine visual examples of the relationships among fractions, decimals, and percents. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.

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