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Opportunity for Students in the Parliamentary System
Students explore youth programs which promote Canadian citizenship and democracy. They study Canadian parliamentary institutions.
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Students as Editors
Learners read poems from a variety of authors. They write biographies of each poet and create a book full of the biographies and poems. They share their creation with the class.
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Student Peer Review Through a Discussion Board to Develop an Invasive Species Paper
Students develop electronic communication skills through a discussion board while peer reviewing a paper on invasive species. Students work in groups of three to provide constructive feedback on a classmate's paper.
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Connecting Students to a Professional Mentor
Students use videoconferences to consult with a professional mentor as they work on a project or experiment in their science class. They evaluate the mentor experience through a written reflection. Students are assessed based on the...
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Learning Students Names
Students design a name tag to post on a wall chart. Teacher uses the name tags to learn student names.
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Mark Twain- Teaching About American Authors
Mark Twain lesson plans can shed light on his famous works, like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
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Editorials- Facts that Support Opinions
Fourth graders complete a worksheet. In this author's opinion lesson, 4th graders read editorials and determine how the use of facts supports the author's opinion. Students complete a facts to support opinions chart.
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School-Home Links/Book Links
In this reading homework activity activity, students choose a book write the author and title, listen to the book read aloud and then complete 3 short answer questions about listening to a story.
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READING INTERESTS SURVEY
In this reading interests instructional activity, students are asked to write short essay answers to questions such as: What type of books do you like to read? Who is your favorite author / why? What was the last book you read? Did...
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Our Land: League Philanthropy Unit
Learners use the folk singer Woody Guthrie's song 'This Land is Your Land' to learn about the responsibility of every person to take care of each other and the land. In this land preservation lesson, students sing the song, learn...
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The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum
Students complete activities to explore Mark Twain's boyhood home and museum. In this Mark Twain teacher resource lesson, students complete a variety of activities their teacher selects from 12 page packet about the life of Mark Twain.
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English Literature Authors and Their Works
Students explore English literature authors. In this authors lesson, students review English literature authors and the their main works. Students complete a worksheet matching authors to their works.
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My Book Report (Title, Author, Illustrator, Illustration)
In this book report worksheet, beginning writers complete a book report. Students fill in short responses for title, author and illustrator. Students then respond to the prompt, "My favorite part was..." by illustrating a section of the...
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Fourth graders participate in a play to work on seeing events from a different perspective. Some of them are reporters, some cameramen and women, and others are interviewed. They put themselves in the shoes of the people in the book...
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No is No, Si is Yes
Third graders match the body part words in Spanish to a picture. They receive a picture of a human with lines coming from its feet, hands, and arms. Students use a word bank, to write the Spanish word that corresponds to the picture. ...
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Nadia's Hands
Students locate the parts of a book and respond to a read aloud of that book. In this literacy instructional activity, students participate in an interactive read aloud of Nadia's Hands in which they locate the cover and title of the...