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Fill Me In

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work on expanding their vocabulary. In this personal writing lesson, 2nd graders practice word identification and complete a worksheet by filling in the blanks.
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A Read-In

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore philosophy by participating in a philanthropic activity. In this book read-in lesson, students collect a group of used books and illustrate an image to go along with the story. Students donate these books to a shelter or...
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Animal Diversity

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore biology by completing science worksheets in class. In this animal anatomy lesson, students read the book The Adventures of Marco and Polo and identify the animals mentioned in it. Students examine a real life animal and...
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What Parts Are There to a Plant?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore botany by completing plant science worksheets. In this plant anatomy instructional activity, students examine real vegetables in class using magnifying glasses. Learners identify the plants anatomy and complete...
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Groups We Belong To

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore society by completing a class identification activity. In this student identification instructional activity, students participate in a classification activity in which students with a certain hair, eye or clothing color...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Working with Words Teacher Directed Activity by Mark Cogan for Elem. Test Prep

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners build word families. For this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Learners may print out their work when finished.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Using Literary Elements to Compare Fiction Texts

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils explore language arts by reading and reflecting on literary examples. In this fiction writing lesson, students read several different cultural versions of the story "Cinderella" and discuss their interaction with the story and...
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Using A Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore English by completing a word definitions worksheet. In this dictionary lesson, students practice locating a list of vocabulary terms in a "Dictionary Race." Students complete a worksheet based upon word cards and...
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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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Pumpkin Writing Paper

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, young scholars use the blank lined paper with a colorful pumpkin border for any kind of writing: reports, poetry, stories or letters.
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Examining Ways to Organize Questions and Answers Within a Text

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study questions and answers within a text to learn about writing structure and organization. In this writing structure lesson plan, students investigate books in class by asking questions for the text. Students then format their...
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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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It's Time to Get Organ-Wised

For Teachers K - 5th
Students engage in a lesson which contains several ideas for a unit on the body and body organs. They solve riddles, color in shapes of organs, participate in games and read about the functions of the various organs. Worksheets are...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 6: Quilt Story

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students recognize that quilts are created by geometric components. They examine how quilts are an artistic art form that show the cultural heritage of the people who make them.
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Class Mascot

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create their own tales to tell using a class mascot and their imaginations for inspiration. They each take turns bringing home the mascot and a notebook. In the notebook, they write their own tale about an adventure the mascot had.
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Dig Into the Dictionary

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore their vocabulary by participating in a dictionary word find activity.  In this vocabulary lesson, 2nd graders locate words in a dictionary based on the beginning letter which must match the teacher's instructions....
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Eclipse: An Introduction

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners write journal entries about eclipses with a focus on solar eclipses.
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Tell Me a Train Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write a short story about train track safety and make a train shaped book.
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Tell Me a Train Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write a short story based on train track safety and make a train-shaped class book.
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Internet Pen Pals

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.
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Dream Houses

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore different types of homes and how the environment effects the types of houses people construct. In this houses lesson plan, students learn about environmental factors and cultural factors that play in to why people build...
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The Keeping Quilt

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discover story analysis by discussing a book the class reads together.  For this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book The Keeping Quilt and discuss the different characters and plot points among the class. ...
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Coin Comparisons

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students analyze and compare symbols and their meanings on ancient Greek and contemporary coins.
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Journalism - The Attention Grabbing Topic Sentence

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Learners act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.

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