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How One Part Relates To Others

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe how objects are put together. In pairs, students identify as many parts of a toy as possible. They explore how the parts fit together and how each part works. Students speculate how the object would be affected if a...
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Group Foraging

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore co-operation by researching ocean life. In this fish science lesson, students identify many vocabulary terms associated with oceanography and discuss what group foraging means among fish. Students utilize paints and...
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Cinderella: Literacy Skills Packet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Cinderella worksheet packet, students can practice their literacy skills by unscrambling vocabulary words, doing a crossword puzzle, completing a story sequence activity, answering eight short answer questions, and completing one...
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Lesson Plan: Long Vowel Phoneme "oa"

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read The Toad and The Goat, discuss main idea and story sequence, and identify rhyming words with the "oa" sound.
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As a Matter of Fact!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore matter. They use a formula to measure the volume of matter.
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Compound Word Match #2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students generate compound words by matching two word cards. Students complete 10 questions pertaining to compound words. The word cards are not provided.
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Compound Word Match #6

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students generate compound words by matching word cards. Students answer 10 compound word questions. The word cards are not included.
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Compound Word Match #7

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this compound word worksheet, students create compound words by matching word cards. Students answer 10 questions. The word cards are not included.
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Compound Word Match # 8

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students create compound words by matching yellow and white cards. Students answer the 10 questions. The cards are not included.
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Expanded, Standard and Written Forms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore expanded, standard, and written forms of numbers. In this number sense lesson, students examine the various ways of writing numbers as they complete a Venn diagram activity.
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Reflecting/Writing after a field trip or other experience

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reflect on field trips in writing. In this journal writing lesson, students write about a recent experience by using 4 of their senses to tell what they remember. They turn these into poetry. 
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Exploding Cheeseburgers

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars identify the components of a healthy diet. In this nutrition lesson, students discuss the parts of a cheeseburger and identify the food groups the cheeseburger is a part of. Young scholars discuss how carbohydrates and...
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Addition Properties

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student study addition properties. In this addition properties lesson, young scholars use multiple methods to solve various types of problems. Students illustrate and describe in various ways the Commutative Property of Addition....
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Wildlife Animal Skulls

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students observe skulls of wild animals and determine their characteristics for survival. They evaluate the skuylls to discover the diets, and if the animals were predators or prey. They complete worksheets on mystery skulls.
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Young scholars create artistic renditions of two random adjectives and one noun in this game-like Art lesson for the elementary and middle school classroom. The cross-curricular lesson includes a vocabulary list and a short resource list.
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Millions, Billions, Trillions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners use real-world data to compare the relative sizes of millions and billions, and exponential growth. They use the salaries of famous people such as, Michael Jordan and Bill Gates to understand this math concept.
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Forgiveness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm what they believe forgiveness means. Individually, they write about a time in which they forgave someone and how it made them feel. To end the lesson plan, they participate in a role play activity in which they must...
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Working with Words Worksheets

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this set of word work worksheets, students write 12 words from a word bank in the correct boxes. They fill in the blanks in sentences, write original sentences, complete a word search, complete a rhyming word table, and place words in...
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Ray Charles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners read the book Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis. For this biography lesson, students read about the life of Ray Charles. Learners answer pre-reading questions about senses, strengths, and weaknesses they have. The lesson...
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What's That Smell?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners experiment with different scents (vanilla, peppermint, perfumes etc.) to explore their sense of smell.
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Voices From Your Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create individual representations of Chinese calligraphy symbols in this cross-curricular activity for the elementary Language Arts or Art classroom. One enrichment activity is included.
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Estimation Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use four different computer estimation applets with several classroom estimation activities.
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Baggie Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars work in groups and observe chemical reactions inside zip-lock bags. They use all of their senses, except taste, to observe the reactions.
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Teambuilding

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work together as a team to create a birdhouse. This activity show students that each member of a team has a specific responsibility and job to perform. They compare the houses built by the different teams.