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Nature and Haiku Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students compose haiku poems and recognize how cultures value nature and natural forces through the study of Japanese poetry. This lesson includes a bibliography of resources.
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Sight Words on a Snowy Evening

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read various poems by Robert Frost. In groups, they use the text of one poem to identify sight words that are new to them. As a class, they listen to a recording of the poem and then repeating it outloud practicing their...
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Hoosier Artists

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students examine the paintings of various Indiana artists. Using the internet, they relate the landscapes shown to the history of the state and how it affected Native Americans. Using the information they gathered, they write story...
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Folklore; The Story Of The Milky Way

For Teachers K - 5th
The students choose and read a Native American Folktale, analyze and sequence the story-line using a graphic organizer, then make a "woven" story blanket (from construction paper) depicting character, plot (including problem) and outcome.
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Reading, Sharing, and Comparing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students review the 2 Finger Rule for selecting an appropriate book and then check out a book they can read. They practice cross checking to make sure they understand what they are reading and then read quietly in a comfortable spot for...
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Possum Magic: Cloze Paragraph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this cloze paragraph activity, students fill in blanks in a paragraph using words from a list at the bottom of the page. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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A Photo Essay

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explain the purpose of a photo essay, sequence a series of events, and explain the format in creating a photo essay, which includes a caption for each picture. They complete a photo essay as a creative activity.
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Dear Character

For Teachers K - 12th
Students think about a character and how this character feels about life. This lesson can be used with virtually any grade level. They better explain a character, and identify character traits.
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Word Wizards: Students Making Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters
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Character Sketch

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use what they read to analyze a character in the story.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 10: Wanna Trade?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners listen to a book that facilitates a discussion of trade and things that people need. They determine what things might be traded.
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The Segregated Pencil Sharpeners

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore racism through pencil sharpeners.  In this civil rights instructional activity, students utilize a pencil sharpener with one of two colored pencils and explain how some people were not allowed to use certain items...
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Geo Jammin'-Day2, Lesson 7: Roll, Roll, Unroll the Scroll

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write in journals, recording personal thoughts about what they learned and/or something they are wondering about.
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Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students copy a memorized nursery rhyme on to writing paper. They illustrate their writing and the finished piece is posted for conferences or Back-to-School night.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 4, Lesson 15: Geo Jingo Jivin'

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how musical instruments h ave varying geometric shape, and how those geometric shapes correspond to three-dimenaional shapes that students have studied.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 5, Lesson 16: Capturing "Lions" of Poetry

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in the Author's Chair, which is placed in the front of the room. The puppet, Geo George, asks students to take out their poems, then brings them to the Author's Chair individually to share their poems with the...
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Are You a Peacemaker or a Man-Eating Shark?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work on the concept of fairness, then produce a page on the computer for a class book. They explain the difference between negative and positive behaviors in conflict situations.
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Monkey See, Monkey Write

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create an original travel brochure after a fieldtrip to a zoo.
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Cloudy With a Chance of...

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to the story, "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs". Then the class creates their own version of the story with a theme of their choice. In small groups, they write and illustrate a paragraph for the class book.
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A Happy Time

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to stories about feelings, identify their own feelings at specific times in their lives, and express their feelings in words and through writing.
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The Four Seasons with "Charlotte's Web"

For Teachers 2nd
Students explore the characters and plot of the story, "Charlotte's Web" through the twenty-two lessons of this unit. Characters, facts, and details of the story are recalled and discussed and form the basis of several activities in this...
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Folktales: Fables

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students access a variety of resources on the Internet regarding folktales, fables, tall tales, and fairy tales. They read and compare/contrast the elements of fables, and complete various handouts.
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Wanted Poster

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine a fairy tale character of their choice in great detail. They create a wanted poster that includes the following: a picture of the character, a written description of his/her appearance, a reward amount, and reasonthe...
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Having a Ball With Cinderella

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read and discuss two versions of the story, Cinderella. They complete a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two stories and move to music based on the two versions. They use the internet to gather more information about...

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