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Eye Spy!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore using descriptive words by playing a What Do You See? game, describing items in a Mystery Bag, and using Eye-Spy binoculars on an on-campus field trip. They read the book, I Went Walking, and write descriptions of a...
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Because of Winn-Dixie

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. They create a scrapbook of the characters in the book, play a reading comprehension maze game, and participate in an online...
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My Manners Matter

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine behavior. In this polite manners instructional activity, students will determine appropriate responses to different situations they may experience at school. They will listen to the story My Manners Matter by Pat Thomas...
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Letter L

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will have fun learning about the letter "L" with the activities in this lesson plan. The author suggests reading "Lightning Bug" from the McGraw-Hill reading book. However, you may find other poems that are fitting for this...
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Language Arts: Awesome Authors Website

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the writing techniques of professional authors and apply them to their own work. In pairs, they email authors to discover the tricks of the trade. Students create their own Website for their work.
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Coral Bleaching: Making Our Oceans Whiter

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study coral reefs and the controversy over coral bleaching. They role-play a debate over the issue and come up with a compromise to protect the reefs and the economies that depend on them.
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Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners read or listen to a story, and discuss how it relates to them. In this personal event writing activity, students write about recycling. Learners read "The Giving Tree" a Shel Silverstein poem and discuss the poem's meaning....
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Follow the Directions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to a confusing poem about baseball. In this clear writing lesson, students write a set of directions for a game.  Students rewrite their directions until they are clearly understood.   Students make a game and write...
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Lessons from the Holocaust

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate the horrors of World War II by participating in a role-playing activity.  In this holocaust lesson, students read handouts describing the atrocities committed against the Jews in Germany during the mass slaughter. ...
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Oceans: A Sensory Haiku

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create an ocean haiku. In this haiku lesson, students use their five senses to write a haiku. Students watch videos about the ocean, make a sensory portrait, and create a class haiku.
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Imaginary Wealth and a Magazine Article

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore economics by writing a fictitious news article. In this personal wealth lesson, students participate in a role-playing activity in which the year is 2025 and they must write an article about their extremely wealthy...
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Techno-correspondent

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students play the role of a correspondent and write a news article about a famous landmark. In this correspondence instructional activity, students use a computer template to build word processing skills. Students edit a story in order...
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One Room Schoolhouse

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study pictures and artifacts of the one-room schoolhouse. For this compare and contrast lesson,students list similarities and differences in schools of today and one-room schoolhouses. Then students use this analysis to write a...
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Simple and Present Routines

For Students 4th - 6th
In this simple and present tense instructional activity, students complete activities such as labeling pictures, fill in the blanks, short answers, and writing words in the 3rd person. Students complete 35 questions total.
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Reader's Theater: If You Take a Mouse to School

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this reading worksheet, students participate in a 2 character reader's theater play based on the book If You Take a Mouse to School.
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Lesson One: Word Choice

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this word choice worksheet, students complete information relating to "The Witches" by Roald Dahl. Students practice using different adjectives, verbs, adverbs and descriptive words through writing activities. Students answer...
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The Giving Tree

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this The Giving Tree worksheet, students read the story The Giving Tree and identify words with pictures, fill in missing words, write correct numbers, and answer short answer questions. Students complete 4 activities.
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Art to Zoo: India-Where Remarkable Differences Are Ordinary

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students "visit" India to learn about its culture and the lives of children in India. In this India lesson, students conduct research and report on the lives of Indian children in the form of a mock interview between a journalist and an...
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Summarizing Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this summarizing skills worksheet, students answer ten multiple choice questions based on the conceptual framework for writing a summary.
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Baseball Saved Us Teacher’s Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars read the book "Baseball Saved Us" and respond to the story through writing activities. In this reading lesson, students create a chart of events  which they predict will take place in the story. Young scholars then use...
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The Secret to Freedom Teacher’s Guide

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students read the story "The Secret to Freedom" and participate in active reading to personalize what they have read. In this reading instructional activity, students follow  several writing activities and discuss their work . Students...
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Preschool Lesson: Guinea Pigs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this Guinea Pig themed lesson, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.  
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Bioethics: Where the Future May Take Us

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate bioethical issues. In this bioethical issues activity, students research gene cloning, imaging technologies, transplantation, and other bioethical issues. Students share their finding with their classmate and compose...
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Interpreting Dramatic Works

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Action! Delve into character development in the play Fences by August Wilson, setting the stage for learners to analyze character nuances. Thespians choose a scene from the script, responding with a written account of the character's...

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