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Natural Resources and the Economy
Third graders investigate occupations related to the natural resources and community development of Utah.
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Federalism: The Nation and The States
Twelfth graders discuss the division of powers between national and state governments. Groups create a PowerPoint slide representing one of the 3 types of powers.
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Oh, Say Can You See...
Students explore the meaning behind "The Star-Spangled Banner." In this music lesson, students sing the first verse of the national anthem and watch several performances of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Students define several vocabulary...
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Valentines Day - Elementary
In this ELL activity, learners match 6 definitions with pictures and then write the word each definition and picture represents. Students read a passage with pictures in place of missing words and then answer 5 fill in the blank...
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Chile's Trapped Miners
Students read an article on trapped miners in Chile. In this social awareness ELL lesson, students read the details about how 33 miners had to be rescued in Chile when they got trapped underground. Activities that reinforce the...
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Factoring Trinomials
Students factor trinomials using specific steps. In this algebra activity, students factor polynomials following the steps on a smart activity. They review important vocabulary to help with solving the problems.
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Symmetry in Nature and Congruent Shapes All Around
Second graders explore symmetry and congruent shapes. In this math lesson, 2nd graders identify examples of symmetry and congruent shapes in nature. Students take photographs and create a multimedia presentation of symmetry and congruent...
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Science Experiment With Eggs
Students participate in four scientific experiments with eggs. They discuss egg vocabulary, and examine the eggs' attributes through the experiments. They focus on making educated guesses.
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Reading Immigration Graphs and Charts
Students examine the settlement patterns and land use in Minnesota. In groups, they practice reading immigration graphs and charts and discuss why immigrants settled where they did. They are also introduced to new vocabulary related to...
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The Legend of the Blue Bonnet
Young scholars complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book The Legend of the Blue Bonnet. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short...
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Guided Reading: " A River Ran Wild"
Students answer "essential questions" to establish background and prior knowledge of the book, "A River Ran Wild." In this language arts lesson, 3rd graders complete a graphic organizer of vocabulary words and read and take notes at...
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Memoirs and Personal Essays
Students can then pinpoint problems the characters experience and interview their parents to see if they too may have once faced a similar problem. Interviews with family members can be recorded by students in their home language.
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Caps for Sale/Color Words
Students read the book "Caps for Sale." Students model reading a sentence and using one color cap and the color word (written in its color). They match the color word (written in its color) to the correct color hat.
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Describing Family - Lesson Plan
Students describe their family in their new language French. They use adjectives, and proper gender. Then they describe how the family is alike and different.
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Happy Birthday America!
Students examine the United States flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Fourth of July. They create five-pointed stars, listen to stories about Betsy Ross and Paul Revere, and sing various patriotic songs.
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Creative Writing
Students write in their journals at the beginning of class. They create a poster of what they just wrote about in their journals. Pictures are to be labeled and dictionaries are encouraged.
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Meat Pies: Teacher's Guide
Pupils complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Amelia's Road. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.
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Johnny Appleseed, An American Folk Hero
Students explore American folktales. They review the elements of folktales. Students read the folktale of Johnny Appleseed together. They discuss the vocabulary words from the story. Students discuss the differences between the real...
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Meaning of Many Common Prefixes and Suffixes
Third graders examine words. For this vocabulary activity, 3rd graders decipher unfamiliar words by finding and defining the root word. Students explore the changes that prefixes and suffixes make to root words.
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Settling the Plymouth Colony
Students label blank maps with the names of the New England Colonies. They explain the difficulties that the Pilgrims had and how hard they worked to survive in Plymouth.
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Settling the Plymouth Colony
Students use the Internet and graphic organizers to research the Plymouth Colony the experience of the Pilgrims. Students compare and contrast different colonies and develop a timeline showcasing their research.
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Guided Reading: Family Picnic
Students blend phonemes. In this guided reading lesson, students create words by blending isolated phonemes. Students read a book discussing families.
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Batter Up
Students explore personal achievement by reading a children's book. In this story analysis lesson plan, students read the book Batter Up, by Sue Muller Hacking and discuss the main character in the story and the actions that she takes to...
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Guided Reading Lesson: Here Comes the Bus
Students discover basic concepts of print. In this early literacy lesson plan, students discover basic high frequency words. Students make predictions as they read. Cross-curricular activities provided.