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Antarctica I
Students explore exploring and expiditions then simlate their own on campus. They divide into small "expedition groups." Have each team report back to the class about their expeditions, using written, oral, or videotaped presentations.
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My Kind of Friend
Second graders read "Tacky the Penguin" by Helen Lester and chart Tacky's positive qualities that would make him a good friend to have. They identify the qualities they admire in a friend and role-play these qualities for the class.
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My Getty Vacation Travel Log-A Set of 6 Activities
Students take an imaginary vacation at the J. Paul Getty Museum. They participate in six activities while writing, observing and sketching works of art.
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What Bees Eat
Students consider the concept that plants and animals are dependent on one another and role-play the interaction between bees and flowers. They identify crops that are dependent on pollination by bees.
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What Keeps Your Mouth Healthy?
Students dramatize the oral disease process caused by bacteria which leads to tooth decay.
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Open Wide, What's Inside?
Learners explore the overall environment of the mouth and the structures inside.
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Electoral Versus Popular Vote
Students gain an understanding of how the winner of the popular vote might not be the winner of the electoral vote by voting on a snack. They be divided into groups with a representative.
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"What Insecit Am I"
Students play the game "What Insect Am I" to explore the parts of an insect and their habitats.
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COLORS
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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Pop-A-Top Math Game
Young scholars play pop-a-top math game to practice solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.
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The Price is Right, So Let's Make Change
Pupils estimate, calculate, and count back the amount of change needed from purchases made during small group activities.
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Counting Money
Students read, write, and identify different coin combinations and use this information in real-world situations.
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Feeling Flashbacks
Learners share and express feelings in order to build a sense of class community. They participate in an activity entitled Mill and Mingle.
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Getting To Know You
Students call each other by name and mention something important about each person. They develop a sense of class bonding and find a partner with similar interests.
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Find the Frog
Students, the advanced beginner to intermediate ESL level, use English in a science activity.
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Who's Inside the Mitten?
Students read "The Mitten", by Jan Brett. They discuss vocabulary presented in the story and sequence significant plot events. They make masks to represent several of the characters and act out the story.
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Bag It
Students identify positive and negative ways of dealing with stress. The instructional activity helps each child recognize how stress affects his or her feelings.