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Name Game

For Teachers K
Student select a name card from the envelope and class will then sound out the name of the child on the card. They then will spell out the child's name chanting "Give me an A...", "Give me an N...", etc. The teacher then says, "What does...
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Easy & Elegant Lone Star Quilts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars watch a demonstration on making a quilt. Using that information, they practice making their own lone star quilt. They share their creation with the class to end the lesson and can make more quilts with different types of...
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Which One Doesn't Belong?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to directions to find the word that doesn't belong in a group of words. They then receive a list of twenty words and choose the word that doesn't belong in the group independently.
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Finding Errors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore editing, proofreading and correcting their writing. They discuss the various editing marks. Students practice proofreading, editing and correcting sentences they have written.
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Fitness and Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in a dual challenge: to read a set number of books and also to exercise a number of minutes. They record the number of books they read, and also the number of minutes they are physically active. After a given period...
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Living Thoreau As A Means Of Approaching Walden

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the essays and life of Thoreau in order to appreciate his point of view and understand his way of thinking. They participate in various activities and writing assignments to gain a similar perspective. Students...
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Timmy the Turtle Goes Tick Tock

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter and phoneme /t/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /t/ sound through tongue twisters. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture worksheet.
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Haiku

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss haiku poems and how they are written with a certain number of syllables in each line. They look at examples and then write their own haiku poems and publish them on the computer.
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The Power of Music

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze the music Shakespeare chose for his play The Tempest. They seek to research why he alluded to popular music and contemporary artists. Students make connections between their own musical knowledge/tastes/interests and the...
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The Music in Us

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the origins of human music. Students watch a video and participate in a variety of activities. They examine evidence, conduct research on he various animals, and create a concept map.
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Let's Paint!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils read "Frida" and "Miranda's Smile" and discuss these artists styles. They practice painting and compare it to what they have been taught about the drawings. Students are shown how to use tempera or watercolor paints. They are...
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So It Goes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider how events, accomplishments, and beliefs shaped Kurt Vonnegut's body of work by creating one-pagers. They examine a quotation by Kurt Vonnegut and consider how they might alter it to reflect their own views. Students...
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How, When, Why, Where, Who, and What Questions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this question word worksheet, students write questions using the given question word. They write the questions based on 10 statement sentences.
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Treaties

For Teachers K
Students talk about making promises. In this family life lesson, students listen to the story A Promise is a Promise by Robert Munsch and talk about what a promise is. This is part of a unit on how families take care of each...
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Reading Images: Maconaquah

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students examine a portrait of Maconaquah and compose a list of things they observe about her. They look at her age, clothing, jewelry, and her emotions based on her facial expression. Conclusions are drawn as they "read" the pictures...
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A Monster's World

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create imaginary monsters using texture.
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Go Fly a Kite!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students study kites. In this social studies lesson, students discover the history of kites and what kites are made of. Students create their own kites to fly.
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Habitat Basics

For Teachers 1st
First graders get out and explore two different habitats to examine how each one meets the needs of the plants and animals that dwell there. They discuss what they've learned about animal habitats as they explore the outdoor environment....
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A Hidden Beauty

For Teachers K - 2nd
Expose the beautiful mystery of bulbs as young botanists learn all about these fascinating plants. They glean information from a short text before observing actual bulbs (consider an onion), and comparing their findings with predictions....
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Is Climate Change Good for Us?

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Is it really that big of a deal if the global climate undergoes a little change? Young environmentalists consider this very question as they discuss in small groups the impact of different climate change scenarios on their lives,...
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The Story that Tracks Tell

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders observe and investigate animal tracks. They draw prints for local animals and switch with another student to guess the animal, identify animal tracks in a nearby wood lot, create plaster casts of the tracks, and write a...
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Praire Biome Models

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, list the physical characteristics of a biome and think of ways in which animals might have to adapt to live there and make a biome mobile ball that show the different types of habitats that shape the praire biome.
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Biodiversity in Our Watershed

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a database of animals and birds in the area in which they live. They use molded prints to make a cast of an imprint from a specific animal. They identify and research animals and prepare an outline for an oral...
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Rock Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Youngsters pretend they are rocks sitting on a hill. They listen to the provided guided imagery script to conceptualize the process of how rocks change over time. They draw a diagram of what happened to them as rocks during the story. An...

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