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Rainbow Writing with Dolch Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read and decorate three Dolch sight words. In this literacy lesson, students write three Dolch sight words on a paper. They outline the words six times with the color of the rainbow.
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Freedom's Children

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners role play a story from from Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories. In this segregation activity, students work in a literary circle to create a role play to present to the class. Each student in...
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Conclusion of The Diary of Anne Frank

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners complete a diorama and a poster at the conclusion of The Diary of Anne Frank.  In this The Diary of Anne Frank lesson, students create a diorama of the setting and write an essay justifying their choices.  Learners...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Miss Spider's Tea Party

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify new vocabulary words in the story Miss Spider's Tea Party. In this vocabulary lesson, students raise their hand each time pre-identified words are heard as the story is read and use words in various contexts throughout...
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Sexual Exploitation: Day 2

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils evaluate human psychology by answering sexual health study questions. In this exploitation lesson, students identify the main causes for sexual assault, the best ways to deal with it at the time and how to prevent it from...
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Teachers.Net Tootsie Pop Pull - Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students pull tootsie pops from a large grocery bag and tell the teacher three three things: 1. their favorite flavor, 2. probability of them getting their favorite flavor and 3. keep a tally of flavors drawn from the bag at the bottom...
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Three Young Pilgrims

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the story of the voyage of the Mayflower told from the view point of the three Allerton siblings who were on board the ship. The book tells of their voyage across the Atlantic and their first year here on the North...
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Past Tense Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students demonstrate that verbs can tell about actions that happened in the past, as well as name past tense verbs when given present verbs. They practice sentence construction and apply their new knowledge through creative writing.
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The Global Grapefruit - Maps vs Globes

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students tell how maps differ from globes, state some characteristics of 3 different types of map projections, and realize that distortions are inherent in various systems of map projections.
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First Day of School: I'll Get to Know You

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in a letter matching game that pairs students so that they can introduce a new friend. They listen to the Shel Silverstein book, The Giving Tree and write a letter to the class telling them what they will give to the...
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Art as Storyteller

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine how paintings tell stories. They read biographies about artists, analyze paintings, research and write the art history of a painting, write a creative story based on the painting, and create a painting in the artist's...
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Portable Sundial

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners work together to identify the accuracy of sundials. They track the position of the sun and create a shadow plot. They discover the difference between real time and clock time.
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Skip it to multiply it

For Teachers 1st
First graders make sensible estimates and check the reasonableness of answers. They make up, tell and record number stories up to 9 about given objects. They skip count in twos, threes and fives.
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Marvelouw Mongolia

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are able to: tell basic information about Mangolia: locate it on a world map, locate its capital, name the countries surrounding Mongolia, read a Mongolian folk tale, and explore about the balalaika.
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Leaping Frogs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work to gain fluency and become successful readers through repeated readings. In this frog-themed lesson, they complete one-minute timed readings with a partner and show their progress as they move paper frogs across lily pads.
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Christmas Around the World (Grade 2)

For Teachers 2nd
Student groups create slides on one of the cultures listed. They view videos that show United States families celebrating Christmas based on their native countries' traditions and a video which tells the story of La Bafana, the old woman...
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Greetings Friends From Other Places

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners imagine that a puppet is a new friend, and try different ways to befriend the puppet. They discuss why people react in different ways to greetings and learn how to greet people from other countries, including Afghanistan. They...
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The Polar Express

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read The Polar Express.They prepare a painting on KidPix that shows what they predict The Polar Express will be about. They show their paintings and tell what they feel the story is about and discuss why it is important to...
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Editorial Cartoons: A Historical Example of Immigration Debates

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze political cartoons.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders research the Chinese Exclusion Act and the current arguments about immigration to the United States.  Students create a graphic...
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Remembering Waiting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students draw a pastel drawing and compose a narrative of when they had to wait for something. In this pastel drawing lesson plan, students study and discuss the pastel drawing Waiting by Edgar Degas, discuss the story it tells, and...
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My Life Timeline

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate their own lives by creating a timeline. In this personal history instructional activity, 2nd graders define the important events in their lives and how they have influenced their time afterwards. Students...
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Wild Thing!

For Teachers Pre-K
Students read Where the Wild Things Are. In this language arts lesson, students read the story and retell the story. Students tell a version of the story in which they turn themselves into wild things.
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Climb for Fluency

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to the concept of fluency and are shown how a fluency chart is used. They listen to two sentences; one read with the fluency and the other with disfluent reading. They work in pairs to time each other while...
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Finish Line Fluency

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students practice repeated readings to improve their fluency. They read sentences to practice fluency and expression. They work in pairs using racetrack and racecar graphics to motivate their fluency improvement. They time one...

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