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Doing Your Best

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students awareness is raised when they reflect on the importance of working hard at home and at school. They develop responsibility and make the most of their abilities. A quote for the week is provided and discussed what it means. ...
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The Flea's Sneeze Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read a book and engage in three different activities. In this lesson about repetitive story patterns, students read a story, The Flea's Sneeze, and examine how the story has a rhythmic pattern of rhyming verse that sounds like a...
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Adjectives Of Quantity (How Much?)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this on-line language arts worksheet, learners complete 10 multiple choice questions where they identify the adjective of quantity in each sentence. Students can check their answers at the end of the worksheet.
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String Quartet Instruments

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this string quartet music worksheet, students label pictures of a bow, violin, viola, and a cello after reading the definition of a string quartet. They answer 4 multiple choice questions and can complete an extra credit assignment by...
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Springtime

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss springtime. In this music lesson, students explore rain by making a rain stick and singing a song about rain.
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Note Names and Note Values-An Interactive SMART Board Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss note names and symbols. In this music lesson, students identify note names and values. Students play a game using the SMART board in which they identify note names and values.
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Is Your Heart Getting a Good Workout?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice raising their heart rates through exercise.  In this physical education lesson, students discover the key to a healthy body is a healthy heart that must be exercised often.  Students perform a sing along and...
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Enjoying Puerto Rican Artistts

For Teachers K - 4th
Students examine artwork done by artists from Puerto Rico. As a class, they discuss each piece of work based on the elements used. They use the internet to research the lives of the artists and develop their own opinions on the art...
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Clay Sculpture: Relationships

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore art history by conducting an in-class activity. In this sculpting lesson plan, students examine previously created art sculptures in a textbook. Students utilize clay, sculpting tools and grey paper to create their own...
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Integrating Japanese Folk Tales into the Classroom Using Japanese Kamishibai

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students study Japanese folk tales focusing on the traditional values and key elements. They compare the Japanese values with their own. They discuss Japanese art before designing a set of kamishibai on which they write a summary of a...
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Flat Shapes in Three Dimension

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students explore sculpture. In this lesson about finding sculpture ideas in movement and rhythm, students make 3-dimensional shapes. Students create a sculpture paying attention to balance, rhythm and repetition. Students will understand...
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Shinto, Stones, and the Garden

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students examine how Shinto and Buddhism are reflected in the Japanese art and life-style, especially as seen in the relationship people have with the land (gardens). This lesson is for the elementary classroom.
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Limu and ME!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore limu. In this cross curiculum botany and art project, students view a limu-picking film and then collect several species of limu. Students follow a sequence of instructions using limu, card stock and wax paper to create...
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Folk Dances of Eastern Europe

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Learners experience folk dance as a form of expressive art, and appreciate the rich cultural heritage of Eastern Europe.
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The Little Red Hen

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students analyze a classic children's story by discussing it with their peers.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read The Little Red Hen, and discuss ways the hen takes care of his responsibilities.  Students...
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Corn Sayings

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create corn sayings. In this visual arts lesson, students use kernel corn and other art materials to make autumn message artwork. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.
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Color Mixing Trophy Fish

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars compare colors. In this color lesson, students determine which colors are primary and which are secondary. Young scholars investigate rainbows and create a piece of art organizing colors as they appear in a rainbow.
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Pata Pata Pat Pat

For Teachers K - 8th
Students are exposed to the arts with a simple, introductory rhythm/dance activity which can lead into the traditional Pata Pata folk dance, or dance in general.
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Have You Ever...?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students practice using the present perfect tense of verbs in conversation. They ask a classmate each of a series of 13 questions. Students write the name of the student in the correct column to indicate...
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Patterns in Poetry: Part 2 -- Sound

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students understand a variety of poems listening for sound letter correspondence, rhyme scheme, assonance, and alliteration. For this language arts lesson, students practice listening and reading skills to complete patterns in...
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Family Of Words (Heading)

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this on-line language arts worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions where they choose the word that would be suitable as the main heading for other words listed below it. Students can check their answers at the end of...
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Language Arts, Music, Poetry: Blues Style

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This lesson focuses on how the blues both operates as poetry and informs the poetry of many prominent African American poets. Students consider the poetic devices and recurring themes in blues lyrics and the significance of the poetry of...
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Beethoven’s 5th

For Teachers 3rd
Time to pick up an instrument and practice the first part of Beethoven's symphony No.5. Young musicians discuss melody, rhythmic pattern, dynamics, and movements found in symphonic and orchestral pieces. They then practice and play the...
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Shape In Dance

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners engage in a lesson that is about the concept of shapes. They practice moves that are used to illustrate different types of shapes. Students participate in body movements that are focused around the directions of the body like...