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Perimeter Playground

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore geometry by participating in a school measuring activity. In this perimeter lesson, students discuss the techniques and methods used in order to measure a large perimeter or geometric figure. Students utilize grid paper,...
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Teaching Guide: Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils explore the book Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?. In this language arts lesson, students focus on a variety of aspects within the book. Pupils study the illustrations, listen for rhymes, and attempt the tongue twisters in the text.
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Bringing Up Birdy

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore biology by creating diagrams of animal life cycles. In this baby bird lesson, students view video clips of birds being born from incubation to flying on their own. Learners utilize the Internet to research birds and...
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Ugly? Says Who?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore biology by writing animal poetry in class. In this animal characteristics lesson plan, students research the Internet for facts about an "ugly" animal such as a bug or small critter. Students complete worksheets about...
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Introduce: The Suffix -y

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore language arts by participating in a word structure activity. In this suffix lesson, students identify what a suffix is and discuss the common uses for the "y" suffix. Students add the specific suffix to many words and...
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Organization: Look at What I Organized!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore organization by participating in an object sorting activity. In this indexing lesson, students examine their classroom and identify materials that should be organized in order to make the room more efficient. Students...
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Sorting: Library Books

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover organization by participating in a class game. In this information sorting lesson, students utilize the Internet to play a library role-playing game with their classmates. Students answer study questions about library...
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore indexing by participating in a library book search. In this sorting lesson, students complete a "flood game" on the Internet and discuss the techniques of locating books in a library. Learners locate specific titles in...
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6 Traits: Voice

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Learners explore the trait of voice. In this language arts lesson, students focus on the writing trait of voice. Learners view a video and practice writing.
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Homemade Ice Cream

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate nutrition by creating ice cream in class. In this cooking lesson, students define the ingredients in ice cream and discuss how they form together to create a delicious treat. Students utilize salt, ice, milk and...
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I Think I Forgot Something!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students examine human health by reading a children's book in class. In this breakfast lesson, students identify the importance of starting the day with a good, nutritious meal. Students read the book I Think I Forgot Something and...
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Mr. and Mrs. Cress Head

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore Earth science by completing a plant art project. In this botany lesson, students utilize tights and soil to create a furry, grassy puppet style animal from cress seeds. Students cut off the excess cress after several...
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Toxic River

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore environmental safety by participating in a class game. In this toxic chemicals lesson, students discuss the effect chemicals have on our environment and how to best protect against their dangers. Students participate in...
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The Couplet

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create the sounds of a thunderstorm with a symphony of body percussion to compose a couplet about rain using Microsoft word to publish. They are introduced to rhyming dictionaries and thesauruses and use Internet sources for...
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China: Dim Sum: Writer's Workshop Mini Lesson: Dominant Impression: Writing a Descriptive Paragraph Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners write and illustrate a descriptive paragraph entitled "My Favorite Place" highlighting a dominate impression or dominant feeling in their paragraph.
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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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Enhancing Writing Through Technology

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students participate in a class survey of their favorite activity to do in the snow and organize the results in a graph. They write a paragraph about the graph using language from a class-developed word web and include both an opening...
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Meeting our Basic Needs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students brainstorm the basic needs of the community and create a chart. In this volunteerism activity, students recognize people in the community who have given charity in the community. Students read biographies of these charitable...
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Free Verse

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars write free verse poems. In this poetry activity, students use a three-step method to create a free verse poem. Young scholars brainstorm ideas, let their ideas "incubate," and write a free verse poem.
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Spelling: Onset and Rime

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make words. In this onset/rime lesson plan, 2nd graders change the first sound of a word (the onset) to create a new word. This lesson plan also reinforces student knowledge of vowel sounds.
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Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore English by reading a children's book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson plan, students read the book Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse and discuss the use of three vocabulary words. Students define the selected...
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Introduce: The Prefix bi-

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore language arts by participating in a word construction activity. For this prefix lesson, students discuss what a prefix is, how they are most commonly used and what they mean. Learners answer vocabulary questions about...
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Introduce: The Prefixes en- and em-

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore language arts by participating in a word structure activity. In this prefix lesson, students discuss the en- and em- prefixes and identify everyday words that include them. Students discuss how a prefix changes the...
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Leave What You Find

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore environmental awareness by participating in a role play activity. In this cultural analysis lesson, students discuss the importance of symbolism when referring to a tribe and create their own tribe based on a small group...

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