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The Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute (Anymore)

For Teachers K - 4th
Students listen to the story, The Berenstain Bears Don't Pollute (Anymore). They create a Venn Diagram comparing it with the story, The Lorax. Then students plan ways to become advocates for recycling.
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1-Use, 2-Use, Re-Use, New Use

For Teachers K - 4th
Students list the possible uses of grocery bags. They trace the steps of a grocery bag either to recycle or trash. In groups, students use the grocery bags to create posters promoting reuse.
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Reflection with a Friend

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars listen to story and respond with illustrations and comments.
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Washington/Lincoln Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Using the information, they complete a Venn diagram discovering what the two men had in common. In groups, they review a timeline made in an earlier lesson and view a...
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Get to the Point!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover what summarization is and why it is important. They focus on the five steps used to summarize and observe as the steps are used to summarize the article "Ghost Tigers of the Rain Forest" out of National Geographic Kids...
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Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Stories To Be Told

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to stories about the tradegies of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. Using their own experiences from the hurricanes, they try to put their own story into words. They are to focusing on getting the information and their feelings...
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Bats Online!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read books and other resources to learn about bats. In this bats lesson plan, 2nd graders read books and research the internet about bats. Once students learn about bats, they will take an online bat quiz.
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About Magnets

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders conduct simple experiments , observe and explain what they discovered.  In this simple experiments lesson plan students design a magnet and make a compass. 
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Making Instant Whip (Recipe)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students practice sequencing, finding action words and following directions as they make Instant Whip ( a dessert). Students cut picture cards and sequence the steps, then read the recipe and make the...
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Now One Foot, Now the Other

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, working as a whole class, with partners or small groups, use various Web sites to investigate the relationship between generations.
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Rice (Gohan) Observations

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate rice or gohan as it's called in Japan in a couple of experiments. They tally the results.
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Sounds Great

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine the types of sounds sculptures make. They create their own sculpture that make sound using everyday materials.
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Musical Instrument Workshop: Somerset Waste Action Programme

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars use recyclable material they bring from home to create a musical instrument. They play their instrument for the class and work as a class to play as in a band or orchestra. Students discuss recycling, and other uses they...
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Synonyms and Antonyms

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore and respond to poetry. They define and identify synonyms and anotnyns. They create antonym pairs in English. They create synonym pairs in English and Spanish.
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I'm Bananas for Faster, Fluent Reading!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students review the way to use cover-ups to focus on vowels and decoding. They listen as the teacher demonstrates reading a sentence slowly like a robot, and then a little faster each time, adding feeling and expression. They then read a...
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Smooth Cat!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice reading and rereading the same text in order to gain the characteristics of a successful reader. They read and reread the book, "Cat's Trip," by Sharon Fear and time each of their readings and then record their times on...
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Listen to the Pin Drop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading silently. The class discusses the benefits of reading silently and several methods for reading silently, including cross checking and chunking. Working in groups, they silently read a leveled text and discuss...
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Whales

For Teachers 2nd
Write factual accounts, reports and express personal viewpoints about whales. They eill also write on a variety of topics related to whales, shaping ideas and making choices in language and form.
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Where We Buy Food

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate how to buy food by going to the store. They use pictures of farming and different types of food to engage in the lesson. It includes key vocabulary that puppets use while telling a story to the students. They...
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Think First, Then Ask

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students are to read the book Everglades and create a KWL chart about the book. The KWL chart is explained to the students during the process of them reading the book. They complete step-by-step instructions to read the book and complete...
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Smart: Cafe Reading Strategies

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
In this SMART Exchange lesson, students will learn the CAFE reading strategies. This lesson may be used as an instructional tool for teaching and introducing the various strategies to students.
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Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Qar a Reading Comprehension Strategy

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Brush up on your reading comprehension skills when you check out this website. It looks at a particular strategy called QAR. QAR stands for "Question-Answer Relationships." This particular strategy helps students learn to answer reading...
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Blendspace: Reading Comprehension Visualizing

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
A five-part learning module with links to images and web sites to help student improve reading comprehension by visualizing.
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Reading Educator: Question Answer Relationships

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Based on the presumption that every teacher shares responsibility for teaching reading, this page offers a brief look at question-answer relationships, as well as suggestions for putting the strategy to use in the classroom.

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