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Students summarize their weekly class activities by writing a newsletter. In this journalism instructional activity, students create a multimedia presentation for their parents based on the classroom events that took place during...
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Deena's Lucky Penny
Students discover the coin denominations of U.S. Currency. In this money lesson, students read the book Deena's Lucky Penny, then complete a coin matching activity using the Internet. Students also read Shel Silverstein's...
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The Blues . Writing . Biographies/Profiles . The Soul of a Man
This lesson, focused on profile writing and its unique characteristics, considers the profiles developed in the film The Soul of a Man while also asking students to consider other profiles they are familiar with and to write some of...
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Social Studies, Gender and the Blues
This lesson shows how the blues can be used to enable students to explore gender divisions in the United States, both in the past and the present. Most blues songs are about the relationships between men and women, as are many songs in...
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Music Education, The Blues
This lesson examines both the content and form of lyrics in blues songs. In addition to highlighting the basic musical form of a blues song, it also addresses the use of floating verses in blues music, both within the context of the...
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The Blues . Music Education
In this instructional activity students will learn about finding the blues in a variety of musical styles. They will investigate instances of the blues form heard in mainstream pop music, along with exploring the musical styles of two...
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The Blues . Music Education
What ultimately influences a musician's creations? Is it the time in which he/she lives, his/her personal experiences, the music of the time and previous times, or the image the artist hopes to convey? This lesson explores these...
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Language Arts, Music, Poetry: Blues Style
This lesson focuses on how the blues both operates as poetry and informs the poetry of many prominent African American poets. Students consider the poetic devices and recurring themes in blues lyrics and the significance of the poetry of...
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Music Education, Playing the Blues
This lesson enables young scholars to gain a broader awareness of the basic blues scale and the harmonic structure of the standard blues progression. Students will be given introductory exercises on blues improvisation and will also...
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History, African Americans, The Blues
This lesson plan enables teachers to use blues music to explore the history of African Americans in the 20th century. By studying the content of blues songs, students can learn about the experiences and struggles of the working-class...
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US Geography, The Blues
This lesson enables teachers to use blues styles and performers to think about various geographical regions of the United States. By studying different blues styles from the Mississippi Delta, Texas, and the Piedmont region of the...
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Investigating Shapes in Our World
First graders explore shapes. In this geometry lesson, 1st graders make shapes with geo-boards, use play-dough to make three-dimensional figures, and make a shape book using pre-cut shapes.
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Shopping for Candy
Students explore counting money. In this money counting and gingerbread house construction lesson, students use a calculator to determine how much and what type of candy they can buy given 25 cents. Students construct gingerbread...
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My Time Book
First graders write a time book. For this writing and telling time lesson, 1st graders learn about the concept of time using a Judy clock. Students read a book about a ladybug and look closely at the time on the clock. Students...
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Our World of shapes
First graders listen to Shapes and The Greedy Triangle to identify and describe examples of geometric shapes. In this geometric shapes instructional activity, look for geometric shapes in real world places. Students make a...
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Sorting and Classifying Concrete Objects by Varying Attributes
First graders examine how to sort concrete objects by their attributes. In this sorting lesson, 1st graders listen to Gray Rabbit's Odd One Out by Alan Baker, and discuss the actions of the main character. They practice sorting objects...
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If Our Class Went to See the Prince
First graders read the story One Monday Morning and create picture graphs based on the number of teachers, boys, and girls that would visit the prince. For this data lesson plan, 1st graders interpret tables and graphs with the help of...
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Reading the Neighborhood
First graders complete activities with the story One Monday Morning in the Macmillan/McGraw Hill Textbook. In this data lesson, 1st graders read the story and gather data to create a picture graph. They read the graph and answer...
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Wiggle Worms
First graders investigate worms, collect and analyze data. In this worm and data instructional activity, 1st graders listen to Chick and Duckling from the Macmillan/McGraw-Hill reading series. They conduct experiments with worms, collect...
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How Do You Like Your Eggs?
First graders conduct a poll about how people like their eggs. In this graphing lesson, 1st graders collect data about how they like their eggs. Students use a picture of themselves to place under the type of egg they like. Students then...
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The Billy Goats Gruff and the Days of the Week
First graders explore the days of the week. In this days of the week lesson, 1st graders listen to the story The Billy Goats Gruff, then act out the events by stepping on "rocks" that name the days of the week. Students must...
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Charting the Weather
Students research and conduct non-experimental research, such as journals, the weather channel and the internet, to collect and record data for analysis on weather conditions in the United States and abroad. They identify, pronounce and...
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Add It Up
First graders engage in a lesson plan that gives the research basis for the use of manipulatives for the basic operations in mathematics. They use the variety of tools to solve basic problems. The lesson plan has valuable resource links...
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Matching Objects and Patterns
First graders participate in hands-on activities and use objects to create patterns. They observe a PowerPoint lesson plan describing matching objects and patterns. In groups, 1st graders complete geometry computer activities such as...
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