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Canine Companions: Good or Bad? Proper Treatment of Dogs
Students explore the concept of proper canine treatment. In this social skills lesson, students decide if the teacher's statement about treatment of dogs is good or bad. Students then play games to show their new knowledge of...
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Simple Route Map
Students identify the best route between various locations on a map. In this map skills activity, students use a landscape picture map to find routes to and from certain places. Students use map markers to highlight the routes.
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Welcome to the First Day of School!
Classmates participate in a variety of getting-to-know-you activities for the first day of school. They make resolutions, become detectives about their fellow classmates, learn about each other by playing switch, and make...
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Valentine's Day Vocabulary
Positively Autism has produced another resource for building sight word recognition, content specific vocabulary, and an understanding of holiday events. Special-needs learners will see the word and an associated image of items common to...
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Valentine Concentration
In this Valentine game worksheet, learners cut out the 20 cards that feature a heart and a "conversation" style phrase. Students color the cards and play a concentration game.
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Window Skills: Make Your Own Wallpaper
Students create wallpaper for their computer screen. In this technology lesson, students use KidPix or Paint to design a picture which will be used as the wallpaper on their computer.
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What Can I Do?
Students investigate conflict resolution strategies. In this character education lesson, students list things that make them feel sad and are introduced to the conflict resolution strategy "think and share." Students role-play various...
Google
Be Internet Awesome
Teach the qualities of a digitally smart citizen with a set of lesson plans created by Google. Along with creating strong passwords, learners explore how to protect their privacy, when to stand up for others against cyberbullying,...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Respect
Second graders study the vocabulary that is associated with recycling and tell what recycling is. In this recycling lesson, 2nd graders use flash cards and Concentration type games to learn the vocabulary associated with recycling. They...
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Canadian Flag
In this world flags worksheet, students identify the flag by coloring in the appropriate sections for the flag of Canada. Students enhance their fine motor skills with the activity.
Perkins School for the Blind
Calendar Bingo
While this activity was designed for students with special needs, it could be used with any group learning about the calendar or days of the week. Old calendar pages become the bingo board, and numbers 1 through 31 become the numbers...
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Mississippi Vocabulary Word Jumble
Twenty state related words are all mixed up! Can your Mississippi learners unscramble them? Words like Jackson, cotton, Evis, and mockingbird are included, to name a few!
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North Carolina Vocabulary Word Jumble
Can your young North Carolina natives unscramble these words? Twenty words associated with the state are listed. Some examples include bass, Easley, Polk, and tarheel.
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CULTURAL ACCEPTANCE
Learners witness first hand what it feels like to be discriminated against.
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Spice Up Your Life
Second graders identify major spices found in the world. They link spices with countries they are grown in and the uses for these valuable items.
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General Music: Star Spangled Banner
"The Star Spangled Banner" became our country's national anthem, but why? Second and third grade musicians read about the song, analyze the lyrics, and discuss patriotism. They then complete a related word search.
Special Olympics
Special Olympics Young Athletes Activity Guide
From bunny hops and bridges to bean bag tosses and big ball catches, your activity toolkit will be overflowing with great new ideas for adaptive physical education!
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The Importance of Groups
Young scholars discuss why groups are important and why humans go through daily life performing group activities.
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2002 Memorabilia and Mascots
Students calculate costs and determine change in scenarios where they buy 2002 Olympic Winter Game memorabilia for themselves, family and friends.
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Save Water
In this water conservation game, students collaborate with classmates to play a game about saving water. Students form groups and use the provided game boards and pictures to study water conservation.
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Winter Animal Match
Young scholars play a game. In this matching lesson, students learn about animals and their winter homes. Young scholars match cards of animals with the cards of winter homes.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Sahara, Vanishing Cultures
Pupils read Sahara, Vanishing Cultures by Jan Reynolds. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study nomadic cultures. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
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In the Town
Students study community. They set up a mock town in their classroom and role play as they participate in a variety of activities that represent real interactions they might have in their own town or community.
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Theatre Lesson Plan- Tableau (part 2)
Students explore tableaux. For this social studies and fine arts cross curriculum lesson, students work in groups of four to create "frozen" stage pictures (tableaux) representing vocabulary and concepts from a "From Farm to You"...