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How Animals Bond

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this animals lesson plan, learners students write a description about a pet or animal that they know. They include details that would help someone who has never met their animal feel like they know it already. Artwork about their...
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An Introduction to Citizenship and Sacrifice

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students are introduced to a simple review of citizenship and sacrifice though the lives of Washington and Lee. The lesson plan is portrayed as a play and fosters personal application opf the concepts revealed.
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Map Out the Important Stuff!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice summarization by creating a story map. Students listen to a read aloud by the teacher, after which the class creates a storymap of the major events in the story. They read a passage from the Indian in the Cupboard...
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Study of an Underwater Voyage

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine the experiment of Lloyd Godson who lived 13 days underwater. In this critical thinking instructional activity, students predict, study and discuss various aspects of the underwater voyage. The instructional activity...
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A Bearrific Home Adventure

For Teachers K
Students and their families participate in an at home journal activity. In this journal writing lesson, students read the book If You Take a Mouse to School. Students take home a suitcase with a bear and writing elements. Students return...
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What's the Problem? Exploring Conflict in "On the Sidewalk Bleeding"

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use the story 'On the Sidewalk Bleeding' to analyze the various conflict types found in literature. For this conflict lesson, students view a PowerPoint about the story and identify the four types of conflict. Students identify...
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If You Don't Believe Me, Look It Up!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars learn about bats.  In this bats and comprehension lesson, students read Stellaluna and share what they know about bats.  Young scholars complete a learning log and Internet bat research worksheet.
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Responsibility and Jobs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify community helpers. In this philanthropy lesson, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Students use character traits to describe the main characters and make a list...
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Honey Bee Communication

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students participate in a role play to show how honey bees communicate with one another. For this honey bee lesson, students learn that honey bees communicate with dance. Students create the honey bee environment and role...
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Very Important Points-Determine Importance

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate very important points in stories. For this reading comprehension lesson, 5th graders read a story and determine what the very important points are within the story by using notes and discussing what they feel...
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Symbols of America

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders choose an American symbol and write a poem about it. In this American symbols lesson plan, 3rd graders view and discuss the purpose of some American symbols and then write at least 5 lines in a poem about it.
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Number Sense and Operation

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to a read aloud of Stephanie Calmenson's, Dinner a the Panda Palace identifying words related to math and writing them on a chart paper.
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Shhh Here and There

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify words containing the sh digraph in this lesson plan. They say a tongue twister which contains words emphasizing the sh digraph. They then read with a partner "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" and identify...
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Sketch It to Stretch It!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to a read aloud of a chapter of a book while creating a mental image that shows comprehension. They draw pictures of their mental images. Next, they read a passage of a book silently and sketch the images they create...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete the first column of a KWL chart with information that they know about caterpillars. They listen to a read aloud of Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, while focusing on what caterpillars eat. They clap out...
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Sally's Silly Somersaults

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in an emergent literacy instructional activity based upon the skill of phoneme awareness. They practice recognizing different sounds from prior knowledge for practice and then work on the new phoneme.
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Human Rights

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore human rights, kindness and equality. Through a series of lesson plans included in this unit, students discover how to create a caring school climate. They read stories, write in journals, role play equality and kindness...
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X Is For Wonderment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the "X" chromosome and how ti is part of genetics with the use of Punnett squares. They use this tool in order to predict future genetic outcomes while focusing upon specific...
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Survey Savvy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore various aspects of design innovation. In this design lesson, links are provided to three innovations from the Design for the Other 90% Web site in order for students to study and evaluate them. Students are challenged to...
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Shapes and Tools

For Teachers K
Students learn about both geometric shapes and the importance of tools as key elements in building. In this categorizing and counting lesson, students define geometric shapes and complete a matching activity to practice using their...
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People of the Desert

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners study the importance of caring for desert water sources. In this desert lesson, students investigate water resources that are available in deserts. They listen to a read aloud about the Sonoran Desert before working in groups...
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Equality

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils examine equality. In this equality lesson, students experience unfairness and inequality through teacher showing favoritism in words and actions. Pupils read Martin's Big Words and discuss fairness and equality.
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One Person Makes a Difference

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discuss how a person can make a difference. In this peace lesson, students read books in literature circles about characters that made a difference. They get together in groups and discuss what it means to make a difference and...
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Acting Out Verbs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students act out verbs. In this verbs lesson plan, students identify and highlight the action words in a poem. As a class, the students act out the verbs, reinforcing the idea that verbs are action words.