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Can Anyone Be a Leader?
Students explore the concept of leadership and identify leaders from the past and present. They brainstorm qualities of effective leaders, research a leader from the past and develop a presentation on their findings and choose a local...
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Little Hands Help the Homeless
Students explore, analyze and study the concept of the homeless. They cover a wide range of classroom, community and career activities that define, develop, encourage, support and defend the homeless as well as what we can do as...
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Why Plants Are Important to Us
First graders explore plant life. In this plant lesson, 1st graders examine various plant life and categorize them. Students graph their data and make journal entries regarding their work.
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Exploring All Frontiers
Students utilize higher thinking skills to expand their self concept to include physical, cognitive, and affective frontiers. The teacher create activities which allow students to use raw data and primary sources, as well as...
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Arts Directors
Students reflect on a personally meaningful live performance and the circumstances necessary to create art. They study about the current leadership crisis facing the Met, Carnegie Hall, and the Public theater. In groups, students...
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Alphabet Letters Aa-Zz
In these alphabet letter worksheets, students color in the uppercase and lowercase letters from Aa through Zz. Students color 26 worksheets.
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The Great Winged Adventure
Students identify characteristics of birds, name several species, and explain how birds fly. They make nests and give bird presentations.
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Cecilia's Year
Students read the novel "Cecilia's Year". They answer questions to test for reading comprehension. They also relate the story to their own life.
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Art and Anatomy: The Vitruvian Teen
Students are introduced to the history of showing the human anatomy. In groups, they measure their height and arm spans to create a graph and determine if their measurements support Vitruvius' work. Individually, they make their own...
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Mother's Day Alphabetical Order: Jobs For Mom
In this Mother's Day worksheet, students read a list of 16 jobs that can be held by mothers. Students alphabetize the list of words.
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Cinco De Mayo Vocabulary Word Jumble
In this Cinco de Mayo worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 20 words to spell vocabulary pertaining to the celebration of Cinco de Mayo. There is a word list.
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Flag Day Alphabetical Order
In this Flag Day worksheet, students read 16 words that pertain to Flag Day and the American flag. Students put the words in alphabetical order.
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Election Day Lesson: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Students read the story, The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs and discuss the voting process. In this public opinion lesson plan, students review the original story of the three little pigs and then read the wolf's version of the story...
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Preschool Activity Centers
Students brainstorm uses for common objects. Preschool students handle everyday items and identify their uses. Student teachers plan the activity and demonstrate it for the class.
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Egyptian Mummification
Students explore Egyptian mummification and burial practices. They conduct research on gods, goddesses, afterlife, and mummification. Students dissect and mummify a frog "pharaoh and create a tomb wall for their frog "pharaoh."
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Your Own Fresh Water Aquarium in the Classroom
Students explore aquariums. In this fish and ecosystems lessons, students establish a freshwater aquarium environment using materials provided. Students read about and care for the classroom fish.
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Dental Health Word Jumble
In this dental health learning exercise, students unscramble the letters in 20 words to spell vocabulary pertaining to healthy teeth. There is a word bank.
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Plants, Plants, and More Plants
Young scholars examine several types of plants. In this plant instructional activity, students complete activities that require them to identify types of plants, chart plant anatomy, and explain plant propagation.
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Anansi Goes to Lunch
Second graders read the story Anansi Goes to Lunch and complete language arts activities connected to the story. In this language arts lesson plan, 2nd graders complete activities including discussion, reading, writing, drawing, and role...
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Gingerbread Phonological Awareness Pictures: Syllables
In this syllables worksheet, learners say the name of the horse, fox, gingerbread man, and stove. Students listen to the phonological sounds and syllables in the words.
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Creating and Designing a Database of Class Library Books
Middle schoolers are shown how to create their own database using different field types. They are taugt how to design their own layout-chaning font or size and color of text, adding background color and clipart. Students interrogate...
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Visit My Class Wikis
Learners visit the links on the blog site to learn about class wikis. In this technology integration lesson plan, students visit the links to view class wikis.
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History and Artistry
Students explore the ways masks are used in various occupations and cultural ceremonies through readings, a play performance and guest speakers. They create a clay mask and a found art mask using principles of symmetry. After creating...
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Keys to Our House-The White House
Pupils explore what it means to be an American citizen. Students investigate the history of the White House from a variety of perspectives: as a symbol, a public and private place, and changing needs.