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People Do Not Live in Round Houses
Third graders use a computer as a research tool. They make note cards as they go and use their note cards to guide their word processing. They edit their papers and add artwork.
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Street People
Students research homelessness including how people end up living on the streets and other related issues such as government response and charity. Using their research, students engage in improvisation, role-plays and monologues on the...
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Anecdotes from Artifacts
Students use clay to create a personally meaningful and symbolic artifact. They interpret the artifacts in writing and read about the use of symbols in Native American art.
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Comparative Stream Quality
Young scholars examine water quality on a nearby stream. They collect water samples and test for various factors, including any contamination from the treatment plant, and present their information in a Powerpoint presentation.
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Report on a Reporter
Learners listen as a local reporter visits their classroom. They write them a thank you note and develop their own questions to ask them. They practice using proper sentence structure and grammar.
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Mission Meals
Students engage in a investigation of the types of meals that astronauts eat in space while examining the types of nutritional elements needed for optimum physical tasks in space. They are given different foods and then document the...
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Fill in the Blank Vocabulary Practice
In this vocabulary activity, students complete sentences, filling in blanks with word from a word pool at the top of the activity, 8 sentences total.
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Jamaican Bobsledding Team, Part 2 Definitions
In this words and definitions learning exercise, learners read ten sentences and analyze the words in bold type. Students choose the definition from two choices. This learning exercise is related to a text about the Jamaican bobsledding...