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Digital Storytelling: At-Risk Students Find Their Voices
Learners use digital cameras and software to create a digital story which consists of a series of digital images paired with a narrarated soundtrack. They focus on relevant images and a presecribed sequence of steps to provide a vignette...
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Library Guide to the States
Students use a library research activity to research the fifty United States. In this library research lesson, students complete a unit of lessons where they research and study the fifty states in the United States. Students research the...
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Getting Started with Literature Circles
Students complete novel analysis activities for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In this novel analysis lesson, students work in literature circle groups to complete close reading activities for the novel. Students keep...
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Identifying Place Value
Third graders complete math problems. In this place value instructional activity, 3rd graders solve problems that require them to write the place value of a number in expanded form and identify the place value and expanded form of...
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Second Grade English/Language Arts Quiz
In this language activity, 2nd graders complete multiple choice questions about sentence structure, parts of speech, dictionary work, and more. Students complete 15 questions.
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Numerical Analysis: Worksheet 12: Comparing Root-Finding Methods
In this root-finding worksheet, students rank numbers in asymptotic order. They identify and discuss the roots of the original function. This four-page worksheet contains approximately 10 problems.
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Incident
Students gain insight into human behavior from the study of literature. They read a poem and respond by creating a poem of their own. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them compose an...
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Technology-commected Folklife Lesson Plan: Fables
Learners discuss ways the stories were alike and different. The teacher demonstrate how to draw a Venn diagram using Microsoft Word. They label the two circles and enter the likenesses and differences on the diagram.
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Comprehension Skills: Picture, Question and Summarize Using Fiction Stories
Students build a variety of comprehension skills through the nine lessons of this unit. Picturing events, monitoring understanding during reading, forming questions, and summarizing stories form the core of the lessons being taught...
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Dinosaurs
Students research and identify the characteristics of a variety of dinosaurs. They participate in a class discussion about dinosaurs, analyze and examine fossils, and conduct research using a variety of sources to write and present a...
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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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Dendrology
Students work as a class-size unit as well as in small groups to become proficient in observing tree characteristics to facilitate species identification. They identify most common tree species by observing leaf, flower, fruit and bark...
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Fun with Making Sentences
Students develop their own children's book in order to develop writing skills. The skills include writing logical and complete sentences. This lesson is important because writing is applicable to many subject areas.
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The Anasazi
Sixth graders investigate and determine the origins of the ancient Anasazi who inhabited present-day Utah and the Four-Corners-Region, after receiving direct instruction and carrying out activities in cooperative group settings. They...
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Folktales
Fourth graders read a Haitian folktale. They study main characters in Haitian folktales and explore multicultural information about Haiti. They clarify understanding by retelling a sentence (paraphrasing) and a passage in their own...
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Genetics - The Study of Inheritance
In this genetics worksheet, students will compare four pea plants with different alleles that control flower color and complete 5 short answer questions. Then students will read 8 statements about genetic mutations and determine if the...
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Innovations That Stand the Test of Time
Students create a class presentation that explains the value of an innovation to society. In this design innovation lesson, students discuss relationships among math, science, technology, and engineering, read a story about design...
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The Magic Pot
Students read the story The Magic Pot and complete language arts based activities based on the story. In this language arts lesson plan, students discuss, listen, observe, and complete language worksheets.
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Before the Tsunami
Learners practice their conversation and writing skills as they strengthen their ability to talk and write about the past. In this ESL lesson, students narrate a series of past events using past simple verb forms. Learners then...
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World War I: Propaganda
Young scholars examine propaganda from the World War I era. Using the examples, they identify how they were able to change the opinions of those viewing it. They discuss whether the United States entered the war to find new markets and...
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The Great Kapok Tree Debate
Students participate in a read aloud of the story, "The Great Kapok Tree" in which a logger decides not to cut down a tree. In small groups, they discuss and write about their opinion on the logger's decision. Each group then presents...
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Place Value: Numbers to 9,999
In this place value practice learning exercise, learners fill in the missing numbers in the 6 place value sequences. In addition, students write 4 expanded form numbers as standard form numbers and write 4 more numbers using words.
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Rosa Parks Dies
Young scholars read a story called Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks Diesand answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events Rosa Parks lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions,...
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Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, Lincoln
Students study four of the most influential and important presidents in United States history. In this United States presidents lesson, students learn the facts and histories to four of the most influential presidents in history - George...