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Under the Umbrella

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the letter-sound recognition of the /u/ by reciting a tongue twister, writing the letter in both upper and lower case, and identify words with the letter 'u' in them. Next, they sing a song, and listen to a story while...
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Gingerbread Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore gingerbread stories. For this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Students also make art projects, dramatize the stories,...
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Understanding Place Value

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study place value. After forming teams, they play a game called, "Who Can Line Up the Number." Students observe numbers in expanded form and place representative digits in the correct order.
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Show Me The Money

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use "play money" as manipulatives, moving from coin identification to coin combinations totaling one dollar. They combine classroom work with Internet sites. Students use a buddy system to practice writing and solving word...
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I Think I Forgot Something!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students examine human health by reading a children's book in class. In this breakfast lesson, students identify the importance of starting the day with a good, nutritious meal. Students read the book I Think I Forgot Something and...
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Three ways into the play 'Stone Cold'

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders, in groups, write pieces of a script in a particular style that they are introduced to. They also study how tension and irony work together in scripts.
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Sports Injuries

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study sports injuries in relation to famous athletes and everyday people. They brainstorm common sports injuries and those of famous athletes. In groups, they evaluate information related to sports injuries and take notes to...
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Happy Feet=Healthy Body

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the benefits of regular exercise.  In this physical health studies instructional activity, 4th graders create visual demonstrations to track their progress with physical fitness related goals.  Students discuss...
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Monetary Policy

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students develop an understanding of monetary policy. In this monetary policy lesson, students define economic indicators and specify the economic conditions they reflect. Students explain the three functions of the system and play a...
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Chemquest: Physical Changes or Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the differences between physical and chemical changes. In this chemical reactions activity students participate in an indoor and outdoor lab activity. 
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Sorting: Library Books

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover organization by participating in a class game. In this information sorting lesson, students utilize the Internet to play a library role-playing game with their classmates. Students answer study questions about library...
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A-Z List

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice using vocabulary terms about the Louisiana Purchase by creating a picture dictionary, an ABC book of terms, a word sort, or a game. Each project should include people, places and terms as they relate to the Louisiana...
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Rhyme at Circle Time

For Teachers K
Students study the importance of clean hands and practice the literacy skills of listening, matching, auditory discrimination, vocabulary, and rhyming. They illustrate their rhyme chart with drawings or photos taken doing the different...
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Problem Solving and the Sports Page

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create and solve word problems using the boxscores from the sports section of the newspaper. The role play the sport, define abbreviations used and examine the fundamentals of scoring the sport.
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Radical Raptors

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students study the lifestyles and habitats of raptors that live in Minnesota. They play games associated with their study.
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Democracy: Understanding the Canadian Parliamentary System

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study democracy, levels of Canadian government and the responsibilities of elected officials. They write letter's to the Prime Minister about their pride in Canada.
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Guzzinta

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore strategies to solve number problems. They study divisibility rules. Students examine and practice multiples, factors, and palindromes. In groups, students play a "number property" game.
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Sports Injury Management

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the acronym TOTAPS in relation to managing sports injuries. They discuss the elements of TOTAPS and how to progress through each step. After discussing TOTAPS, they study how to treat injuries using the RICER method and...
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Counting Back 1, 2, and 3

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this counting back one, two and three worksheet, young scholars, with a partner, problem solve and answer six word problems and equations.
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Jackie Robinson, A Black Hero

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the meaning of the word hero. In this philanthropy lesson, students examine what the word hero means as they discover Jackie Robinson and hits contributions to society.
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Economics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a poem about rice and identify its importance around the world. For this rice lesson, 4th graders read about the role of rice in various nutritional sectors around the world. Students complete two word problems about...
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Basic Orienteering

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Young scholars study orienteering. In this science lesson, students study the parts of a compass and use the compass to set a bearing and follow the bearing on the compass.
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Reading: David Beckham

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students read a story about David Beckham. They answer comprehension questions and study vocabulary words with the prefix un.
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Arbor Day

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the importance of trees to our environment. they make their own version of the story by completing the following sentence and then completing an illustration for their writing. "A tree can be ______."