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Summertime Travel

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write about a summer event they participated in. In this paragraph writing instructional activity, the teacher models how to write about a place they have visited. Students then write their own paragraphs.  Students...
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Literature/Math Crossover Lesson Plan - Word Problems

For Teachers 1st
First graders, after listening to the story I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! think of a word problem of their own. They do this at their desks in their pre-assigned learning groups.
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Seeking a Balance in International Trade: Pacific Rim Import-Export Transactions Activity

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explain the concepts of marketing, comparative advantage and the uses of monetary policy to affect markets.
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My Beating Heart

For Teachers K
Pupils watch a video over the functions of the heart. They follow along on a website to see how the heart pumps blood.
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Heart Beating Exercise

For Teachers K
Students examine video clips and websites that explore the heart. They find and take their pulse while at rest and after exercising. They discuss foods which are good and bad for heart health.
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Fun With Imogene: Let's Use Our Imagination!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research animal characteristics and use their imaginations to tell about what it would be like to wake up one morning and find that they have some animal characteristic. They read Imogene's Antlers by David Small.
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Know Yourself!

For Teachers 9th
Deaf students view segments about autobiographies. They are to answer questions about themselves and write their own autobiography.
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French Sayings

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students become investigators by examining "Elements of French and English Conversation, in new, familiar, and easy dialogues" 1814. They create a written paragraph to accompany the responses of the dialogues. Student create a slide show...
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Trivia Books: Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students detrmine the importance of point of view. They use a well-known fairy tale to explore how changing the point of view changes the whole story. They generate questions from the text they want answered during the unit and construct...
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Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a Web quest to Internet sites to learn how to identify minerals, discover the types of minerals present in their homes, and learn about birthstones. Students also keep journals to track new information that...
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How Many Ways Can You Represent a Number?

For Teachers K
Students participate in monthly scaffolded lessons that focus on working with whole numbers from 1 to 10. They work with tiles on exploration mats, number tile mats, and a number representation book. Each month they complete activities...
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Air Exerting Pressure

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore air pressure. In this science lesson plan, students show how air occupies space and exerts pressure and learn how great the effects of air pressure can be.
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Alphabetizing Words Beginning with G and H

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice alphabetical order. In this language lesson, students use the provided worksheet to put 20 words that begin with "g" and "h" into alphabetical order.
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Vocabulary & Language Development

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students develop their vocabulary skills. In this vocabulary and language lesson, students practice naming everyday objects as they take part in 3 classroom activities that require them to note attributes of everyday objects their...
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Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers K
Students celebrate diversity. In this multicultural appreciation lesson, students celebrate diversity by sampling food from different cultures, learning a few words in Spanish and identifying the seven different continents.
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Vocabulary and Language Development

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars discover new vocabulary words. In this language development instructional activity, students reach into a box of themed items and identify the object. They discuss the attributes of the object as well.