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Slide into Achievement
Students take close-ups and people pictures, and to use lighting. They evaluate the quality of their slides as they sequenced them for the three shows.
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Teaching Place Value
Utilizing mathematical literature and games are two excellent ways to introduce and teach place value.
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Build-A-Horseshoe Crab
Students discover many facts about horseshoe crabs. Students identify the main body parts of horseshoe crab. They explore the habits of the horseshoe crab and their importances to the ecosystem. Adaptations for younger students are...
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Why Do We Have Day And Night?
Second graders demonstrate knowledge and appropriate use of hardware components, software programs, and their connections. After a lecture/demo, student groups utilize raisins and apples to demonstrate day and night. They put togethre a...
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Teaching the Five Themes of Geography Through Picture Books
Read the story Make Way for Ducklings and introduce little ones to the five themes of geography. Reread the story, while displaying transparencies to reinforce the five themes. In groups, learners view pictures and identify the themes on...
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A Pollution Solution- Taking Care of the Environment
Students examine the biodegradability of different brands of toilet paper in a hands-on activity. Through this activity they also discover the steps of the Scientific Method and use new terms such as hypothesis, procedure, observation,...
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Manners Matter
Students demonstrate proper behavior in the classroom and in other social situations. They write journal entries, create posters, invitations, and or multimedia presentations depiciting good manners. Pupils pair up with another students...
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Thanksgiving Web Quest
Students review the reasons why Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States. Using the internet, they research the history of the holiday and discover what the first Thanksgiving was like. They also examine a typical menu for a...
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Marc Chagall
Second graders identify the characteristics of the artwork of Marc Chagall. They paint a Chagall-like picture
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Silly Snake
Students practice recognizing and sounding out the letter S. They listen to the alphabet song, "Sea Shell," by Amy Lowell, and view a large picture of a snake in the shape of the letter S. Each student points out other objects found in...
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Identify Virginia Native Animals
Students practice using an online encyclopedia to research native animals to Virginia. Using the information from the encyclopedia, they identify the main and supporting ideas. They share their information with the class using the...
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Water as a Cycle
Learners collaborate with a partner to create a large diagram containing one aspect of the water cycle. They are encouraged to include academic language and pictures for their presentation. Their is a peer evaluation sheet that is...
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Us Rice Producers: One Grain of Rice Study Guide
Study Guide explores the lessons to be learned from the folktale, One Grain of Rice. Although this story is from India, it has been passed from culture to culture. Students can identify the universal qualities of kindness, generosity,...
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Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Dream Tube Lesson Plan
Use this comprehensive instructional activity as part of a comprehensive literacy, STEM, or social studies unit in which children will be using informational texts. In the "Dream Tube" animated story from the PBS Kids series Molly of...