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Idea Generator

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a story about gift giving and letter writing and generate a class list of presents they have received.
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Missing Vowels

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students fill in the blanks with the missing vowels and write sentences using the words. They then examine how to identify words, spell them correctly, and write sentences using them.
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Little Engine That Could

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students dramatize traditional literature.  For this retelling lesson, students practice retelling The Little Engine That Could and take on roles of the trains in the story.  Students create and display train props to use...
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Tanabata: Japan's Star Festival

For Teachers 1st - 5th
The Star Festival or Tanbata, is a holiday celebrated in Japan every year. People make tanzakus out of paper and hang them on the trees. Pupils will learn about this culturally significant holiday while creating tanzakus of...
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Patchwork Paper Stockings

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Youngsters create holiday stockings from construction paper and pieces of wrapping paper cut into squares. It's always nice to have a holiday craft, or two, up your sleeve during December. This craft is easy to implement, and the...
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Making Choices

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore financial decision making. In this introductory economics lesson, 2nd graders listen to the book Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, and discuss making financial choices based on wants and...
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Making Valentine's Day Cards

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils construct Valentine's Day cards. In this holiday lesson, students use felt, construction paper, markers, and glue to create unique Valentine's Day cards.
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POP! Goes the Popcorn!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students complete a variety of activities based on examining corn and popcorn as one of the major crops of Kansas. They journal the results of the multidisciplinary activities in this unit.
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Travel to the Polar Lands

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders receive an "Expedition Ticket" to travel through the Polar Regions- the Arctic and the Antarctic. They research polar bears and make drawings that are to scale.
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Jingle Shapes!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars play a movement and freeze activity to jingle bells.
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Winter Wonderland

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete activities to learn about the winter season. In this seasonal activities activity, students listen to 'The Waltz of the Snowflakes' and discuss winter scenes. Students then use materials to construct a winter scene.
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Trees for Tomorrow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars examine how to plan for prudent use of trees so that we never run out of this natural resource. They determine what the oldest wooden object in their home is and draw picture of it. They observe a cross section of a tree...
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Spirit of Enquiry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
The lesson includes guided questions to help students to think about their own behavior and purpose in life. They do this through a quiet time of reflection that can include the writing of ideas. Then students act out a play to...

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