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Unit Lesson on The Gingerbread Man (Elementary, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sequence the main events of the story, The Gingerbread Man, into chronological order and rewrite the story changing characters and settings.
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Class Puzzle - First Day of School

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students draw talents, interests, and hobbies of themselves and a classmate. In this getting to know you lesson plan, students also state how they would resolve conflicts.
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Bird Migration

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students study the concept of bird migration. In this bird lesson, students read Make Way for Ducklings, discuss the concept of community, and write reflections.
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Getting the Oil Out

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars discover ways of obtaining oil by participating in an experiment.  In this natural resource lesson, students identify diagrams of oil derricks and pumps in order to visualize how oil is retrieved from the earth....
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Hole Mole

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the story Hole Mole and answer comprehension questions while learning about action words. In this language arts lesson plan, 1st graders read, discuss, and cook, while relating it all back to the story.
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Coins: Names and Value

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read the story Benny's Pennies and play a matching game where they match the coin to it's value. In this coins lesson plan, students use the SMART Board to view coins.
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Once Upon A Bear

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Students study the characteristics and habitats of a variety of bears in this series of cross-curricular lessons.
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Making Good Money Choices

For Teachers K - 4th
Student explore an economic-decision making model to decide where to donate money they have collected. In this philanthropic money lesson, students develop a plan for raising money and then decide how to best spend it for the most...
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People making a difference

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify resources that all humans need and compare needs and wants. In this needs and wants lesson plan, students discuss with their teacher situations in which people need or want items and how some people don't have the...
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Place Value

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice place value by completing problems that allow them to group 10 items together to create groups of 10 and see what is left over. In this place value lesson plan, 1st graders use cups to put 10 items in them, and...
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Contractions

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use sentence strips to make caterpillars that represent different contractions. In this contractions lesson plan, students hang the caterpillars around the room and practice the contractions for a few minutes each day.
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It's not just pretty - it's a survival method!

For Teachers 1st
First graders write explanations for why certain animals can only live in certain environments. In this animal survival lesson plan, 1st graders take pictures of animals and place them into the right environment after a lesson on the...
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Seasons

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a KWL chart about the four seasons. In this four seasons lesson plan, 1st graders continue the chart by watching videos and drawings.
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Different Types Of Bugs

For Teachers 1st
First graders create their own bug that contain the different characteristics that a bug can have. In this bugs lesson plan, 1st graders first list 3 - 5 characteristics before they create their bug.
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The Alphabet Game

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students spell words using cards with each letter of the alphabet on them. In this alphabet lesson plan, students word in 2 teams and get points for the first team to spell the word correctly.
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Apples A Peel To Me

For Teachers 1st
First graders gather, record and interpret data. In this math lesson plan, 1st graders collect data from their classmates regarding their favorite types of apples. Students use the data collected to explore the use of real graphs and...
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Making A Match

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read a poem containing sight words, then match word cards to the sight words in the poem. In this language arts lesson plan, students draw pictures next to sight words on a worksheet embedded in the plan. A good lesson for...
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Cultures of Our Nation

For Teachers K - 4th
Students bring in family items that represent their culture and present them to the class. In this culture lesson plan, students can bring in food, music, dance, pictures, and more.
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The Process of Sequencing - A Picture Card Game

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners play a picture card game where they have to sequence the pictures in the correct order. In this sequencing lesson plan, students can do this for any subject.
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COLORS

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice the vocabulary for the basic colors in English, recognize these words, and then use them appropriately to describe the colors of an object.
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That's Not Fair!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students complete an art project with either great or mediocre supplies and discuss how fair it was that they got the supplies they got. In this fairness lesson plan, students are given supplies by their teacher and discuss how unfair it...
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Trade a Word

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students play a game called Trade a Word in order to read Dolch words. In this Dolch words lesson plan, students trade one word for another on index cards.
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Marine Critters and Communities

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners touch, see, smell, and hear marine animals that live in a marina. In this marine animals lesson plan, students take field trip to a marine environment after studying the animals.
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Say and Spell Vowel Digraph Board Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students say and spell vowel digraphs by playing a board game. In this vowel digraphs lesson plan, students make a single sound with 2 vowels.