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Focus: "R" Is for Respect

For Teachers K
Students examine how rules are important for both individuals and groups. They discover how rules are tools so that people can live and work together.
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From Moo to You

For Teachers K
Students listen to a story about cows and identify foods made from milk. They have a tasting party and practice a finger play called "Five Mugs of Milk."
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Animal Classification Unit

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study how to group animals by their physical characteristics. They examine how animals have adapted to have their needs met by the environment.
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What Doesn't Belong?

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this "What Doesn't Belong" worksheet, learners are given fifteen groups each containing three words. Students must determine which of the three words does not belong in the group.
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Mix Freeze Group

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this mathematics worksheet, students write the total number of students written on the board. Then they draw a division house around that number and discuss breaking the number down into groups.
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Compare Groups

For Students K
In this mathematics worksheet, students identify various types of shapes shown. Then they circle the group with the most shapes. There are 8 problems to solve on the sheet.
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Unlocking Whole Numbers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate three kinds of remainders, use computers and counters division mats to explore equal groups. In pairs, 5th graders solve problems at the computer. Notepad is used by the students to explain symbols, grouping,...
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Types of Groups

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the various types of groups in a society. In groups, they create a chart showing the similarities and differences between primary, secondary, and reference groups. Using magazines, they cut out pictures...
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The Importance of the Group in Japan

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders discuss the importance of the group in Japan. In groups, they compare and contrast behaviors and attitudes of those in Japan and the United States. They are given a case to review and identify the rules by which the...
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Where You Belong

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify different groups to which they belong, and use counting techniques to take a census of their family and class.
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We Need All Five!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review foods and their groups. They discuss the reasons why they need to eat from all five food groups. They try to write using only a few of their five fingers to see what happens when you don't use all five fingers.
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Arianna Travels the Orient Express

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss how they eat when they travel. They resequence a letter that has been separated into pieces. They read the letter aloud, discuss the foods eaten by the writer and analyze whether she ate the right amount of food...
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Food Model Mobiles

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create mobiles that represent a day's intake or other criterion, such as healthy snacks, Milk Group foods, breakfast foods, etc.
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Get a Feel for Food

For Teachers K
Students describe the size, shape and feel of a food hidden in a "feely bag" and then select the Food Model from a group that corresponds to the food. In a tasting party afterwards, they sample the food and describe the color, taste and...
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Examining the pilgrim characters in the Monkey King stories

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the pilgrim characters in the Monkey stories with the help of a worksheet.
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Other kinds of groups- part 4 of 5

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students compare and contrast characteristics of groups. Students create graphs using various symbols of different groups. Students make maps of their neighborhood 'groups'.
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Teamwork Towers

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Young scholars, in groups, create a free standing tower of straws and pins in ten minutes. They view a video of the cooperative groups working and list the things they could do as individuals to improve the cooperative effort of their...
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Groups We Belong To

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the kinds of groups they are born into and join.
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Groups We Belong To

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students think about and identify different kinds of groups. They see that people are born into certain groups and that they join others. They explore the circumstances that surround group affiliation and participation.