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Introducing Powers and Models II: Multiplication Rummy

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice their multiplication table using a game to increase speed and accuracy. In this multiplication activity, students distribute 5 random number cards to each player (2-5 players) and they "play" if their hand includes 3...
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Play Doh Map of Your State

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a state map using Playdoh. In this hands-on state geography lesson plan, students work in groups to form a three-dimensional  map of their state using Playdoh made at home following a (given) recipe. Students use...
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Exploring Forest Objects

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore the forest. In this ecosystems lesson, students rotate through sensory activity centers, brainstorm, and read about temperate forests.
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The Long E Sound

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Use this resource to help your class practice the long e sound, spelled ee. This is a great tool to use to kick-off a reading lesson or as part of a center activity. Note: The second slide has a father enjoying his beer.
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Making Math More Fun

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Trick young mathematicians into practicing their basic arithmetic with this extensive collection of fun math games. Whether you're teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, place value, or even fractions, there is a...
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Reading Stories in Art

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners study how artists tell stories using visual images by identifying and comparing elements of narrative (setting, characters, and plot) in a painting and a Greek vase.
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Photo-Based Reading Projects

For Teachers K - 12th
Students practice using a digital camera and identify the various parts. As a class, they review recent vocabulary and signs used in their community. In groups, they take pictures of various items and write complete sentences describing...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 5, Lesson 24: Read All About It!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to The Important Thing About Quilt Design and rewrite an original version using geometric terms.
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Shh, Do Not Wake the Baby!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They use letterbox manipulatives to spell 'sh' words and identify /sh/ words as they read a story. They 'fish' for 'sh' words to practice writing at...
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Our Five Senses Affect Food Choices

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read My Five Senses: A Lion's Tale. In this five senses lesson, students understand the relationship between their five senses and how they affect their food choices. Students write journal entries about their senses and the...
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What Happened on 9/11 ?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discuss what they know of the events on September 11, 2001. They read the book September 11, 2001: A Simple Account for Children by Nancy Poffenberger and Vall Gottesman. They discuss how the events of that day makes them feel.
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Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars listen to Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon in order to determine the main idea and essential message of bullying from the text. In this anti-bullying lesson plan, students first listen to the story, then each student re-reads...
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Exploration Yesterday and Today

For Teachers K - 4th
Students compare and contrast the voyages of early explorers with the space explorations of the present day. After reading the biographies of Benjamin Banneker and Timothy Livengood, students create a Venn Diagram comparing and...
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Farm Frolics

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students learn about farms through literature and center activities. In this farming lesson plan, students read about farming, sing songs about it, sort materials, and do more activities related to farming.
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Using Onomatopoeia to Tell the Story of an Imaginary Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars explore language arts by utilizing word choice to compose a paragraph. In this phonetics instructional activity, students discuss the importance of a "voice" in their writing as they read the book Rattletrap Car. Young...
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Night Sounds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils listen and discuss the sounds they heard at night. They write a class poem about those sounds at night. They keep a chart on their desk for ideas. The poem is read aloud to the class when it is finished.
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The Great Kapok Tree

For Teachers K - 7th
Pupils read The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. After reading the story, they center on the controversy of destroying the rain forest or conserving it. Students have to make an informed decision about rain forest destruction.
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Life Is a Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate about cycles through games, shared readings and a shared writing activity. They play a game of Ring Around the Rosie to be introduced to the concept of "cycle."
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read, write, and identify different coin combinations and use this information in real-world situations.
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Give Me Five at Christmas Time

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study about senses by taking a walking field trip, creating a word bank, reading a story and singing a song.
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Leo the Library Mouse

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders share how they should take care of library media center books and display their ideas for others to see. They read the book, LEO THE LIBARY MOUSE and discuss book care rules and reflect on how they compare with the main...
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Where Is Saturn in the Solar System? Where Am I in the Solar System?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils engage in a solar system activity, For this activity, students will read aloud as a class about the solar system. The pupils will then listen to the teacher read a solar system book prior to filling  out a worksheet about...
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Catch Her If You Can Catch Her If You Can! King Day

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners understand philanthropy through the study of Jackie Joyner-Kersee and the community center she built. In this biography study of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, students reflect on how she was an athlete and a philanthropist.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 8: Can You Please Give Me Directions?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students participate in a guided reading experience by following directions to cut out tangrams. They listen to the directions and cut as the reading progresses.

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