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Chalk Drawings

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students create their own chalk drawings on a chalk board inspired by the work of Keith Haring. In this chalk drawings lesson plan, students draw symbols and lines in different colors.
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Salad Sisters

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils practice and perform 8 and 16 beat rhythmic patterns in 4/4 using the song "Salad Sisters" as a basis in this elementary-level General Music lesson. An amazing lesson for teaching cooperative music composition techniques and rhythm.
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Broccoli

For Teachers K - 6th
Students compose, notate, and evaluate their own rhythmic compositions using the song "Broccoli" for inspiration in this excellent elementary-level General Music lesson. Emphasis is placed upon four-measure patterns and the classic...
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Vitamin A

For Teachers K - 6th
Students explore non-locomotor movements and instrument improvisation creating accompaniments to the song "Vitamin A" in this elementary-level General Music instructional activity. The instructional activity nutrition messages links and...
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Two Vowels Making one Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders become word detectives and find words with the vowel combinations: "ee" and "ai". In this phonics lesson, 1st graders read the words they find and create pictionaries of the words read.
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Tales to Live By

For Teachers 1st
Students explore the concept of theme. In this fairy tales lesson, students read several tales and complete hands-on activities, art projects, and dramatic play that lead to an awareness of the themes of the tales.
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Kindness Compliments

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners write compliments for the staff at their school. In this compliments lesson plan, students demonstrate kindness by anonymously writing and taping compliments to people's doors around the school.
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Adding Details Using Rainbow Writing

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use the rainbow technique to add details to their writing. In this writing lesson plan, students practice showing not telling to add visualization to their writing.
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Being Brave and Dealing with Fear

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students discuss fears. In this bravery lesson, students listen to the book Brave Little Monster by Ken Baker and discuss the monster's fears. They create puppets of themselves being brave.
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Chinese Dragons

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover the world of the Chinese dragon by creating their own festive dragon using texture, line, shape, pattern, and color. This lesson is ideal for the early-elementary classroom and includes a recommened reading list.
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Singing And Chanting In Rhythm

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students sing and chant various songs keeping a steady beat, or pulse, while performing as a group in this early-elementary level General Music lesson plan. Emphasis is placed on the use of Solfege syllables and the song "Singin' In The...
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Steady Beat and Form with Bluegrass and Fiddle Tunes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students utilize listening skills, singing, movement and rhythm instruments in various combinations to reinforce lesson concepts. They develop the ability to identify a steady beat and AB patterns found in a variety of traditional...
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Quiet Game and Listening Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play 2 games that help them follow classroom procedures. In this procedural lesson, students learn to play the quiet game and the listening game.
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"Small Still Life Paintings ala Courbet"

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students observe and discuss "Apple, Pear and Orange" a still life painting by Gustave Courbet. They paint their own realistic still life and create an elaborate frame. They utilize art elements: line, shape, color, value and pattern.
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Make A Pinata

For Teachers K - 6th
Students work cooperatively to create pinatas using balloons, old newspapers, flour, water, tempera paints, string, scissors, and candy in this excellent lesson for the Elementary classroom. This can be ties into a unit of study on...
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Collocation Pelmanism

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read and analyze the article, "Lexical exploitation of texts," and become aware of the concept of recycling new words. They practice this concept several times in class before they take on the memory game pelmanism in the follow...
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Ethnic Folklore in Your Classroom: Traditions, Tales, and Treasures from Tijuana to Timbuktu

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Students create their own festival. In this folk life lesson plan, students research their folklore history by interviewing their parents and grandparents, organizing the data found, and presenting that material to the class. Students...
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A Map Mystery

For Teachers 1st
First graders solve a mystery by following map clues. In this map clues lesson plan, 1st graders follow a computer program called Neighborhood Map Machine. In this program, it gives students directional and spatial clues in order to...
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Horton Hatches the Egg

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore space awareness and safe movement. In this movement/physical education lesson, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Students pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop performing various...
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Trust

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define trust. In this social skills lesson plan, students read The Other Side and interact with their classmates to define what trust is.
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Cooperative Learning Projects

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice cooperation skills. In this cooperative learning lesson, students read 6 books regarding cooperation and then participate in 6 cooperative activities.
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The Red Wheelbarrow

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners explore an imagist poem. In this poetry instructional activity students write a poem in the imagist's style using "The Red Wheelbarrow" by William Carlos Williams as an example. The poems are read aloud and discussed.
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Paper Bag Easter Bunny

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create paper bag versions of the Easter Bunny in this spring time lesson for the Kindergarten to 6th grade classroom. Included with the lesson are step-by-step instructions for successful implementation and a short list of...
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Music in Kindergarten

For Teachers K - 1st
Students in kindergarten are introduced to various forms of music. As a class, they listen to the differences between singing and speaking. They practice matching pitches and using a good singing posture. They sing a song to end the...

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