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Daytona 500

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Student practice reading with fluency. They read In The Big Top and practice reading to improve their speed and fluency. Students discuss what it sounded like when they read the story at various speeds. Students time their reading and...
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THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale :Interpreting the music of Raphael Mostel's Dance/Movement exercise

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore how dance/movement tell a story. They analyze the elements of dance through interpretation of the story. Students exercise how the feelings and moods of the music suggest certain body movements and actions.
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Watch Out for the Wasp!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Timothy Turtle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story of Timothy Turtle. They make predictions 100% of the time asked. Students participate in a discussion with their partners 100% of the time. They confirm predictions about what happens next in a story.
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Seeing Ancient Worlds

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners view the images from the Nature Images Photo Gallery and identify various elements of nature. They then group the elements into categories and discuss what these images tell about the worlds of ancient Native Americans.
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Picturing The Past

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the interpretation of images. people. They look at photographs and derive stories from them and tell the personal significance to others in class discussion. The lesson contains...
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Geography Golf

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students practice their knowledge of states and capitals while at the same time working on motor skills. This activity also promotes working together in small groups.
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Fabulously Famous ABC'S

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write a script for an imaginary two-minute radio interview with a famous (past/present) talk show host. .Working in groups of two or more, 6th graders practice their interview with another.
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General Web Search Tools: An Introduction

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the three major web search tools: search engines, directories, and metasearch engines. They examine the appropriate times to use each of the search tools.
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How to Keep a Scientific Journal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students record observations of a living organism over a period of time. They observe meal worms and record their observations in a scientific journal.
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I'm Nuts About Reading

For Teachers 2nd
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, 2nd graders read a novel text. Working with the instructor, they complete a timed assessment of their words read per...
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No Smoking Day

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explain how the charity No Smoking Day works to help smokers quit. They use information provided in the instructional activity to share about this important day. To know that they comprehend what the day is about, students have...
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The Scoop on Summer

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a noun that names a place they spent their summer vacation, a verb telling one activity they did, and use those words to write a complete sentence. Finally, they use an ice cream cone graphic organizer as a guide to...
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Thinking About the Past

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use a personal item to understand and share the importance of their past. They connect this importance with reasons why all human past is important and recognize the sequence of change in Utah over time. They bring to...
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Index Card Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a game building structures with index cards. Teacher gives instructions for index card game (10 cards per group) and establish rules. The groups will have 3 ¿¿ minutes to build highest structure without...
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Map of Destination Points: Manchester College

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders participate in a walking tour of Manchester College. In this destination points lesson plan, 12th graders follow a map to several destination points and spend about ten minutes gathering data.  Students meet at a...
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What A Beautiful World We Live In

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students create poems, pictures, and essays to show their love of life. They also explain how to get through the difficult times. Finally, they describe what is beautiful in this world that they enjoy.
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One for the Money

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders sort items as they are shown one at a time by the teacher. They attempt to identify the one physical trait the teacher is looking for (metal and not metal). After several objects have been shown and placed in groups, the...
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Like, Wow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read Hamlet. They read again and hunt for a word that appears 4 times. They identify the word "like" and define it. Volunteers act out the scene and they discuss the uses of the word like. They discuss the senses and reality in...
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The Importance of Scribbling and Doodling

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discuss what journaling means to them and discovers that it does not always have to be writing. Using the Internet, they research the different types of journaling and chooses one that meets their own style. They make...
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Let's Sail Far, Far Away

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read a book as stated in the lesson plan and then reread the first two pages aloud modeling how not to read, without fluency and with no expression. Then they reread the same two pages again fluently and with expression...
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The Joy of a Garden

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study environmental stewardship. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students read the story The Gardner and define the character's actions for the environment. Learners define philanthropy and complete a Venn Diagram...
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Seein' Double, Seein' Double

For Teachers K - 2nd
By using the Internet, hands-on activities, video, and cooperative learning, pupils look into the conditions in which light casts shadows on objects. The lesson includes fabulous hands-on activities, art projects, worksheets, and reource...
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Build What I've Created

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
n this geometric lesson, students define and identify two dimensional shapes based on their attributes. They complete worksheets based on the geometric concepts.