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Baylor College

Why Is Water Important? Pre-assessment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This water worksheet is just the tip of the iceberg! It a multiple-choice quiz meant to be a pre-assessment for a wonderful water unit. There are 10 questions to be answered regarding the role, properties, and behavior of water. Make...
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Baylor College

Bio Build-up

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Trace pollutants through the environment in the seventh lesson of this series on the science of food. Looking at a picture of the plants and animals in an aquatic ecosystem, learners use dot stickers to represent harmful chemicals as...
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Teaching with Europeana

Who Was Don Quixote de la Mancha?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Scholars take part in five learning sessions with the novel Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes as the resource's anchor text. Participants watch videos, perform jigsaws, ask and answer questions, write summaries, read...
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Curated OER

Learning Through Autobiographical Situations

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
A special education classroom examines a variety of literature from Latin American authors. In groups, they read excerpts from many autobiographies and compare them with their own life. After writing their own autobiographies, they...
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Curated OER

Searching for Stars

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Positive character traits in literature are explored in this character development and literacy lesson. Learners listen to Cinderella by Charles Perrault and Little Gold Star by Robert D. San Souci, followed by a discussion comparing the...
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Curated OER

Inch By Inch

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the concept of measuring length using a one-inch pipe cleaner "inchworm." They listen to the story "Inch By Inch by Leo Lionni and discuss how the animals were measured by the inchworm in the book. In pairs students...
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Curated OER

The Westward Movement

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Students study the westward movement through examining stamps. In this westward movement lesson plan, students draw conclusions, determine cause and effect relationships and examine the westward movement of the United States by...
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Curated OER

Poems and Translation (from Spanish to English)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners read and are read various poems in their native language of Spanish. In groups or individually, they translate the poems into English and practice speaking English by reading them to the class. They answer comprehension...
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Curated OER

Friday and Friends: A Prospectus of the Mexican Family through Children's Literature

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars use literature to examine how the structure of families in Mexico has changed over time. In groups, they examine how their life now relates to their ancestors and the Spanish conquest of the area. As a class, they are...
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Curated OER

Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students review Mexico's location and language and learn to pronouns 10 new Spanish food words. Students listen as the book, Corn is Maize is read, touching and passing around an ear of Indian corn. Students discuss the contribution of...
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Curated OER

Mexico

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils complete a unit about the geography and culture of Mexico. They compare and contrast the weather of their own city and Mexico, read books about Mexico, count in Spanish, color in a flag of Mexico and the Mexican Coat of Arms,...
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Curated OER

The Magic Words

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students investigate the truth behind several magic tricks by conducting the illusions in class.  In this slight of hand lesson, students create an illusion using a coffee can and shoe box.  Students perform their trick for friends and...
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Curated OER

Interesting Idioms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students are introduced to the topic of idioms in figurative speech. Using the definition of idioms, they use literature to view examples. They identify idioms in different forms of writing and practice using them in speech. ESL...
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Baylor College

About Air

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Give your class a colorful and tasty representation of the components of the mixture that we call air. Pop a few batches of popcorn in four different colors, one to represent each gas: nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and carbon dioxide. The...
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Curated OER

?Que ser de nosotros? (What Will Become of Us?)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss uses of a pumpkin. They fill out graphic organizers. Students listen as the teacher reads a story, and participate by repeating sounds the objects make as the story progresses. One student narrates the story while others...
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Orange County Department of Education

Pepita Talks Twice

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read Pepita Talks Twice and define the character traits of respect and responsibility. They write their examples of the characters traits on a character trait doll. Students recognize the character traits of respect and...
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Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and discuss a story in Spanish. Creating a poster board, they write the names of the characters in the story. In pairs, they write sentences about their characters they have chosen to role play. They practice and perform...
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Curated OER

Mapas Bailados: Creating Visual Representations of Dances Using Maps

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to "Frank the Monster..." and discuss the dance map on the inside cover of the book. They create their own dance map using sentence strips to record the types of movement.
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Curated OER

My Diary From Here To There: Understanding Mexican Culture Through Research and Diary Entries

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the adventures of an immigrant as she comes to the United States. They discuss the difficulties the immigrants had and they research the Mexican culture and society. Students create a diary of their own.

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