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Special Birds

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify the basic structures of animals
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Special Places in Our Community

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students compare and contrast cities whether they are large or small, rural or urban. They use digital photography to take pictures of the different types of cities.
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Something Special Gift Certificate

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students make gift certificates to give to others. They use creative thinking and writing skills to create the text for the certificates. They practice spelling and grammar skills.
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Rikki-Tikki Colorful Verbs

For Students 5th - 8th
Study and practice the vocabulary in Rudyard Kipling's famous story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi." Pupils underline verbs in a passage from the story, taking special note of vivid or precise verbs. They then write original sentences for five...
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Turn Your Empty Classroom into a Tutoring Hall

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Invite students to receive additional instruction, one-on-one mentoring, and specialized study time in a drop-in study hall.
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Globalization: Threat or Opportunity for the U.S. Economy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the pros and cons of globalization. They highlight the economic concepts of comparative advantage, specialization, and opportunity cost. They read and discuss the "FRBSF Economic Letter: Globalization: Threat or...
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What A Pair! A Cross Grade Writing Activity

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
What a pair! Older pupils interview younger ones and use what they learn to write a short, illustrated storybook that features the youngster as the main character. The youngster responds with a thank-you note in which they identify their...
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The First Days

For Teachers K - 12th
Designed for first-year teachers, this 116-page packet has it all. Questions you should ask administrators and fellow teachers, a checklist of things to do before school starts, a school-year calendar to record special school events and...
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Monster Plants Storia Teaching Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Who wouldn't want to read a book about monster plants? Get those kids into informational texts with an engaging topic, like meat eating plants! You'll use the teaching guide to provide structured practice as your class reads to...
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Equal Protection of the Law: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers focus on the 14th Amendment of the Bill of Rights to decide whether or not racism denies citizens of their rights under the amendment. They watch a movie, Every Two Seconds and complete a worksheet (included in the plan)...
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Dear Miss Florence: Writing Letters To the Boardinghouse for Artists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Imagine being one of the painters in 1910 at the Lyme Art Colony in Connecticut. Using the Florence Griswold Museum's on-line resources to gather information about the daily life of artists at the boardinghouse, learners write a letter...
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Secret Writing Devices

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Elementary and middle schoolers explore the world of secret writing, otherwise known as cryptography. After an interesting introduction to the activity, learners utilize a decoder badge which uses the St. Cyr cipher - which is a cipher...
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Quick Button Art

For Teachers K - 12th
Here is another in this fabulous series of art lessons I've been reviewing! Artists of all ages design a wearable piece of artwork using special buttons that have a clear, removable top to them. All sorts of creative ideas are presented...
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Special Treatment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students determine the role of the FDA in approving new drugs. They investigate some of these new drugs and consider the pros and cons of taking part in a clinical study.
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The Magic School Bus Holiday Special

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students learn the importance of recycling as they explore how things can be reused or recycled again and again.
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Eggs-tra Special Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore different sounds. For this sound lesson, students participate in an egg hunt. The eggs are filled with different materials and hid around the room. Students find the eggs and chart the different sounds they hear....
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"The Soil Around Us" Project

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young geographers collect samples of different kinds of soil to match to the soil terms in Barry Rudner's rhyming book Filet of Soil: dirt, mud, dust, soot, etc. They start a glossary for the project on index cards or large sheets...
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Unique Monique: Building a Community of Unique Individuals

For Teachers K - 5th
Students recognize that each student is unique and has special talents. Students develop a puzzle piece that describes them and their particular talents. Students share their pieces and post on a bulletin board.
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Quarter Conservation

For Teachers K - 1st
Here is another in the interesting series of lessons that use the special State Quarters as a learning tool. This one uses the California State Quarter. During this lesson, pupils learn the many ways they can conserve natural resources...
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Power

For Teachers 9th - 12th
If you need to teach about power, this is an outstanding educational resource! It provides definitions of work and power, and gives examples to help junior physicists apply the information. The format is neat and the graphics are...
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Floriculture Wedding

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
This is kind of cool. Future floral designers prepare for a final exam by completing a wedding plan portfolio. They are given information about the wedding party and then must draw, list, and design all the flowers needed to make the...
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Tier 1 Intervention General Tracking Form

For Teachers K - 12th
Looking for a way to compile data based on behavior interventions? This spreadsheet can help you out! You type in up to five behaviors and five interventions and tally whenever a behavior or intervention is used. The spreadsheet...
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We’re a Family: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 3)

For Teachers K Standards
Pay special attention to onsets and rimes and initial consonants with this packet of activities designed to provide additional support to youngsters just learning to read and write.
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Plugging into the Sun

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What's cooking? A sizzling STEM unit challenges scholars to build a solar cooker that can successfully cook an egg. The unit opens with a study of Earth's rotation, the sun's energy, and shadows. Pupils use a compass and thermometer to...

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