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Periodic Pigment

For Teachers K - 12th
Students make paint using the ingredients from recipes from the 17th century. In this paint making lesson plan, students follow a recipe with vegetable oil, eggs, pigment, paintbrushes, and more to make their paint.
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How to Combat Harassment and Discrimination

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discuss harassment and discrimination. In this harassment lesson plan, students define the terms and discuss ways to report harassment. They listen to stories and role play how they would act in that situation. 
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Kye Kye Kule

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the repeating patterns and basic dance movements used in traditional African drumming songs. In groups, they create a story that can be used with a ritual/tradition and a rhythmic piece that uses repeating rhythmic...
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Looking at Illuminated Manuscripts: Exploring an Illuminated Manuscript Page

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students compare a 13th-century illuminated manuscript page to other manuscript pages and modern printed books. They study the different elements of an illuminated manuscript page.
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Make A Pinata

For Teachers K - 6th
Students work cooperatively to create pinatas using balloons, old newspapers, flour, water, tempera paints, string, scissors, and candy in this excellent lesson for the Elementary classroom. This can be ties into a unit of study on...
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Daily Routines

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this daily routines worksheet, students complete a crossword, write the routine in the pictures, choose the correct words to complete sentences, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Places in a City

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this city instructional activity, students look at a map of a city and write direction words to where places are, answer short answer questions, and fill in a crossword. Students complete 3 activities.
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Reading-Grade 3 Advanced 1

For Students 3rd
In this grade 3 reading worksheet, 3rd graders answer a set of 20 multiple choice "advanced" questions covering a variety of grade 3 concepts. Answers may be submitted online.
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Reading the Biography

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore the lives of famous Americans. In this biography lesson, students read biographies about famous Americans and keep reading journals as they read about setting, main events, and character sketches.
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Reading My Hero Stories

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use the My Hero website to help them develop their reading skills. They create a KWL chart for the hero of their choice.
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Find the Word That Doesn't Belong

For Teachers K - 12th
Students, after listening the "My Hero" story, are given four words in which they have to figure out which one does not belong with the others.
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Choosing Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify the principal physical features the Pilgrims considered when choosing the location of Plymouth. They create a postcard to send to a friend in Europe as if they were a Pilgrim; illustrating one aspect of the settling in...
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Pair-Share: Constructing Paragraph Order

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Young scholars write with controlled and/or subtle organization. They identify the main idea and explicit details. Students analyze paragraph and essay structure. They utilize context clues to identify organization.
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E.B. White

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this biography instructional activity, students read a short passage detailing the life of author E.B. White. Students then answer 6 questions about the passage they have read.
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Football Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd
In this football facts activity, 3rd graders will read a passage about American football and answer eight multiple choice questions about the sport.
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Word Choice: Their, There and They're

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this word choice worksheet, students fill in blanks with the appropriate choice: there, their or they're, 20 sentences total. Interactive version website is noted on worksheet.
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'P' Is for Poetry

For Teachers K - 12th
Students write rhymes for each letter of the alphabet. In this rhyming lesson plan, students come up with various words that could rhyme for each letter. Once they come up with rhymes for each, they publish them in a book along with...
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Which Word Doesn't Belong

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this grouping words worksheet, students practice their knowledge of word meanings. Kids are given ten sets of four words where students choose the word that doesn't belong in the group.
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Tour + Workshop = DESIGN: Form Follows Function

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars design a chair with function in mind. In this design lesson, students design a chair out of newspaper that is strong enough to hold a "peanut ball". Young scholars discuss how the form follows the function. This lesson...
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A Haring Holiday

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a holiday ornament. In this Keith Haring art lesson, students use paper mache to make 3-dimensional ornaments that resemble his work. Students cut out felt shapes of babies, dogs and angels then sew them together and...
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Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Progressive with a love story

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this past simple, past perfect, and past progressive instructional activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences, rewrite sentences, put verbs in the correct tense, and more. Students complete 4 activities total.
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Homonyms

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students work in groups to write stories that have homonyms in them. For this homonyms lesson plan, students use their own experiences to write these stories.
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How to Keep ELD Rewarding

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
The true success of English Learners won't always shine through in the form of perfect test scores.
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The Phrasal Verbs of To Break Exercise

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this "to break" exercise, students fill in the blanks with the phrases of "to break". Students fill in the blanks for 10 sentences with the phrases of "to break".

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