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Let Us Do Your Selling

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders analyze several types of propaganda techniques and create a book cover using the techniques. In this propaganda techniques lesson, 6th graders analyze the propaganda techniques used in various ads. Students analyze the...
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Metric Cookies

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders convert English to Metric units.  In this converting English to Metric units instructional activity, 6th graders convert a cookie recipe in English units to Metric units.  Students write a letter to a pen pal in England...
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Plot Summary for Story Element

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify story elements utilizing a plot summary organizer. In this story elements lesson, 7th graders discuss the elements of a good story. Students use The Three Little Pigs to practice finding the plot elements....
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It's Raining Cats and Dog: Studying Idioms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders determine the literal and figurative meanings of idioms and research the history of idioms. In this idioms instructional activity, 7th graders read two books by Fred Gwynne and select two idioms from the texts to...
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Newscast From An Ancient City

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders produce a newscast from an Ancient Roman city. In this journalism and history activity, 7th graders work in groups to dramatize a historical event from the Roman Empire. students sequence the events, role-play, and create...
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A Day in the Life of a Veteran: Oral History

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders conduct an interview with a veteran of a recent war to provide an account of military conflicts. In this oral history lesson, 7th graders research a recent war and write interview questions for their research. Students...
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Inside, Outside, Upside Down

For Teachers K
Students study directional words and opposites. In this inside, outside, upside down, lesson, students illustrate words and are captured on camera sharing their words. The digital pictures will be compiled into a class slide show to...
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Weather the Storm

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete multi-curricular activities for weather. In this weather instructional activity, 4th graders complete creative writing, research, and weather data analysis activities for the instructional activity.
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Graphing Made Easy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover the appropriate way to construct and analyze bar, line, picto, and circle graphs. They set up frequency tables and perform some statistical analysis (mean, median, and mode) on their data.
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Monster Writings

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice descriptive writing by describing a fictitious monster they created.  In this language arts lesson, 4th graders illustrate an image of a monster character they imagine and practice using their vocabulary to...
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Blueprint Writing

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders write a narrative composition about funny incidents in their home lives. In this narrative writing instructional activity, 8th graders define what a blueprint is and draw one for their home. Students write about events...
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Plate Tectonics: Surface and Subsurface Processes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the geological process of plate tectonics. In this plate tectonic instructional activity, 8th graders design, construct and present a working model of a plate tectonics concept. This instructional activity includes...
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Colonial America

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore Internet sites about Colonial America, and create multimedia presentations.
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Lazy O

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the short /o/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter O. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word containing the short...
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Sound the Foghorn

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /u/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter U. Students then listen to pairs of words and identify which word contains the long /u/...
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Shhh

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify the digraph /sh/ in written and spoken language. After a brief discussion of the independent and combined sounds of the phonemes /s/ and /h/ students practice identifying initial and final placement of the new...
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What's the Main Idea?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize a piece of text. After reviewing the correct way to read and summarize, students work in groups to summarize a piece of text assigned by the instructor. They write a summary paragraph using the process outlined during...
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Deep or Shallow

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice answering questions to aid in creating meaning when reading. Through guided practice, they read a passage from a chapter book and answer in-text and inference questions. Independently, they read another chapter...
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Musical Whole Numbers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a musical chair activity in which they practice identifying whole numbers.  For this number sense lesson, 4th graders listen to a song and must get in the order of the number they hold on an index card when...
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What Happens Next?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete activities to help them sequence events in a story. In this sequencing lesson, 5th graders read a story and work in groups to retell the story by creating a flowchart of events to reconstruct. Students create their...
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Its Electric!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders define the differences between static and current electricity by participating in an investigation.  In this energy activity, 4th graders utilize electrical supplies to demonstrate the differences between static and...
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Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers K
Students practice colors. In this color lesson plan, students read several books that review the names of colors. They go on the computer to do an Internet scavenger hunt where they identify the colors of the online pictures. 
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Classifying Living and Non-Living Objects

For Teachers K
Students investigate living organisms and define the properties of a living species.  In this life characteristic lesson plan, students examine plants in their class and discuss whether or not they are alive.  Students create a living...
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How Much is that Name?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore money counting.  In this money problem solving lesson, students calculate how much money their name is "worth" using the corresponding alphabet letters which have been assigned a coin value.

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