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Alex: Text to Self and Text to World Connections
Students will further their reading comprehension by associating real-life events with the events of a story.
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Alex: Long and Short Vowel Sounds
During this lesson, students will learn the different sounds vowels make. They will view a slideshow presentation that teaches them the different sounds. Once they have learned the sounds, students will create a document of pictures...
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Alex: Compound Words
For this lesson the learners will be introduced to compound words through the use of a multimedia presentation. Students will then form compound words through the use of teacher-made puzzles. Finally, the learners will participate in a...
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Alex: Compound Words
Students will listen to the story Once There Was A Bull (frog) and identify the compound words in the story, then work with a partner to think of additional examples of compound words.
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Alex: S'mores Limiting & Excess Reactants
Students will use manipulatives that represent the ingredients for S'mores (graham crackers, marshmallows, chocolate bar) to determine the limiting and excess reactants (reagents) for making S'mores. The students will extend this to...
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Alex: Character Expression Using the Three Little Pigs
Students will use the character lineup strategy in collaborative groups to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs. Each group will be assigned a different character or emotion and then compare the differences between each group....
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Alex: Interactive Reading Project
In this lesson plan, students are motivated to read and learn how to discuss literature by discussing books they are reading via e-mail.
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Alex: Introduction to the Universe
Students use descriptive words to create imagery of the many varieties of objects found in our universe.
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Alex: Upper and Lower Case Match Up
This technology-based instructional activity has students navigate Internet sites to assist them with learning the letter names and sounds. Students also use slideshow presentations to identify letter matches and learn beginning sounds.
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Alex: Is My Checkbook Balanced?
In this lesson, students will write checks, complete and record deposits, reconcile a bank statement, journalize bank statement transactions, and check for errors. This is a Commerce and Information Technology lesson plan.
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Alex: Reading Partners
Students will read a story from their readers in pairs, alternating paragraphs.
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Alex: A Star and a Wish
In this lesson students will use the game "A Star and a Wish" to help develop better fluency in reading. After practicing the game as a whole group, students will be divided into pairs to continue playing the game and have the...
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Alex: What Is the Main Idea?
During this instructional activity young scholars begin to identify the main idea of a story they read or hear. Students use graphic organizers to discover the main idea of The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss, and Marsupial Sue, by John...
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Alex: Vocabulary Magic
Using the book Farmer Duck, this lesson will take words that are unknown to students and teach students how to determine their meanings. This will help open up the world of reading to students.
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Alex: Edible Edits
During this lesson students will listen to the story Max's Wacky Taxi Day by Max Grover and edit capitalization and punctuation taken from the story. The students will have the opportunity to practice their new skills by working on the...
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Alex: Concentration Circle
Lesson outlining a classroom activity where students are required to remember numbers that have been called and participate accordingly.
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Alex: Meet Miss E
Students will be introduced to the letter E. They will learn both the long and short vowel sound, as well as learn to recognize the capital and lowercase letter. They will also put Miss E in the middle of two consonants to sound out one...
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Alex: Exploring the World of Cinderella Tales
Young scholars will read three different Cinderella tales, including tales from Africa, China, and America. Upon completion of a Venn diagram comparing the similarities and differences of these tales, the students will complete and...
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Alex: Souper Scooper
This hands-on, inquiry based lesson is an extension of the AMSTI Science Module, Solids and Liquids. Students use nonstandard units to measure beans in a soup mix. Students predict how many beans will be in a scoop. Students group beans...
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Alex: Hop on Pop and Non Standard Measurement
This instructional activity is a hands-on, cross-curricular instructional activity for exploring non-standard measurement. It utilizes children's literature, manipulatives, opportunities for writing, and small group collaborative...
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Alex: Becoming a Wise Consumer: Comparison Shopping
In this introductory lesson to money management for teens, students will use everyday math skills to comparison shop a variety of products. Students will learn several ways to save money, including using store discounts, coupons, and...
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Alex: Wax Crayon Mosaics
Through this lesson, young scholars will learn how to use crayons to make three-dimensional mosaic designs.
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Alex: "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"
Students will have the opportunity to learn names of many parts of the human body and how they help the body function healthy. Students will put a skeleton together to create a full human body.This lesson plan was created as a result of...
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Alex: Digging in for Dirt Day!
This lesson is managed through stations that young scholars will rotate around every 20- 30 minutes. Each second grade teacher conducts one station. Parent volunteers can also be used to manage stations. Students will use an auger to...