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THE FLOW OF MUSIC AND POETRY

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners explore their feelings about rain through art, music, and poetry. They listen to music as they think about rain and determine how they feel about rain. Students create either poetry or artwork about as they listen to music...
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History of Christmas Carols

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students write the lyrics to their own Christmas carol. Through discussion and lecture, students become aware of the history of two Christmas carols. They memorize the lyrics to carols and perform them in class. Students use their...
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The National Motto

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the meaning of the national motto, "In God We Trust." For this national motto lesson, 2nd graders explain some of the reasons why people selected the motto for the nation after viewing and discussing a coins and a...
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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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How Will I Use My Resource?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students review information and characteristics of a businessperson. They work in teams, become a business for the day and practice decision making skills. They create a product from a given resource and make a report about their product.
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Structured Diamante Poem

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils review parts of speech such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, and antonyms. Students will brainstorm a list of different parts of speech, study the format of a Diamante poem, and choose their own words to create their own Diamante poem.
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Fly Away Home

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the human right of having a home. They listen to Eve Bunting's, "Fly Away Home" before looking a pictures of different types of homes around the world. They write sentences about the homes before writing an...
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United States Map- Land Elevation

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars explore a physical map. In this map skills instructional activity, students discuss examples of elevation and investigate the symbols used to identify elevation on a map. Young scholars use the map to identify various land...
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Philanthropy Market Is Open Today

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars earn money for a philanthropic organization. In this service learning instructional activity, students organize a snack market sale to earn money for charities.
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs. In this living environment lesson, students view dinosaur video clips and define the word "extinction." Students visit the "Zoom Dinosaur" website to investigate various...
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Label the Shapes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this geometry worksheet, students study 4 pictures of shapes and using the word bank, label them. Students then draw the specified shapes in four more problems.
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Simple Route Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify the best route between various locations on a map. In this map skills lesson plan, students use a landscape picture map to find routes to and from certain places. Students use map markers to highlight the routes.
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Locating Places

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students demonstrate how to use the map grid system. In this map skills instructional activity, students are given coordinates to locate several locations on a world map. Students use the map grid system to identify these locations.
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Learning Musical Terms

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate musical instruments and sounds by defining musical terms.  For this music appreciation lesson, students define many vocabulary words and utilize a study sheet for memorization.  Students are quizzed on the...
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Making Corn-Husk Dolls

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create corn husk dolls. In this pioneers lesson, 2nd graders use corn husks, thread, scissors and simple cloth to create corn husk dolls. They discuss how the pioneer children used these toys, this discussion is intended...
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Oh, Say Can You See...

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore the meaning behind "The Star-Spangled Banner." In this music lesson plan, students sing the first verse of the national anthem and watch several performances of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Learners define several...
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Dr. Seuss Author Study

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to a story, then use the same format to write a class book.
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Welcome to the First Day of School!

For Teachers K - 8th
Classmates participate in a variety of getting-to-know-you activities for the first day of school. They make resolutions, become detectives about their fellow classmates, learn about each other by playing switch, and make...
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Origami Geometry

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Origami is an excellent way to combine Japanese culture, art, and geometric shapes into one engaging instructional activity! Scholars begin by listening to the story Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes and learn the origin of...
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Learning to Add and Subtract

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young learners practice addition and subtraction to solve problems. They use a webquest application to model how to solve math problems using pictures, words and numbers, and also practice using multiplication and division.
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The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 4th
Students draw names of dinosaurs out of a hat and write a report about the one they picked. Students write a riddle about their favorite prehistoric animal, post it on a bulletin board, and have other guess which animal it is about....
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Writing to a Specific Topic

For Teachers K - 2nd
After a class discussion where learners make predictions about what will happen in a book based on its cover illustration, pupils are asked to compose a written response about an aspect of the story and include some of their own...
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Vocabulary Development

For Teachers K - 2nd
By utilizing a graphic organizer called a bubble map, young readers work toward developing their vocabulary. After reading a story, a word that has something to do with the story is put in the middle circle. Then, other words that have...
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Talk is Cheap

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to the tale, "The Tortoise and the Hare" and discuss the moral of the story. Afterward, they brainstorm words that encouraged the Tortoise to accomplish his goal. Students then review the concept of goal setting and...

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