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Sneetches
Learners engage in a lesson that uses guided questions in order to help create cultural awareness among students. The use of gender is considered and the learners reflect upon the answers of questions to learn social skills.
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Trapped by the Ice
Third graders read the story "Trapped by the Ice" which is about the Antarctic adventures of Sir Ernest Shackleton. They identify, write and share examples of respect and responsibility demonstrated by the stories' characters. Students...
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Nights of the Pufflings
Third graders read the story to identify the problem and solution that occurs in Night of the Pufflings. They identify problems within the story that are solved through the characters' responsible actions. Students describe in their...
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Pepita Talks Twice
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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Dancing Rainbows: A Pueblo Boy's Story
Third graders identify the main ideas illustrated in the story "Dancing Rainbows." They identify details from the story that show respect toward self and others. Students write a paragraph to illustrate how the Tewa Indians show respect....
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The Lost and Found
Third graders explain the definition of integrity and respect and provide examples from the story The Lost and Found's characters and their own lives that illustrate both. They describe in their journals why and how they think Wendell...
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We Are Family
Learners explore art and stories that depict families in different cultures. They examine how family members help each other, create traditions, have fun and change or grow. They describe their own families and create a class family...
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Social Studies: Geographic Regions
Third graders create Powerpoint presentations about the five themes of geography in regions of the United States. They focus on the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest regions. Students use both pictures and words in their shows.
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The Classroom Easter Egg Hunt
Students work cooperatively to discover hidden Easter eggs in the classroom using prepositions of location. They record the location of the eggs on the worksheet found at the included web link but do not move it so others can find it.
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Identifying Conflicts
Students examine different types of situations that involve conflict. They write about one type of conflict in their journal and share it with the class.
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Character Education
Students read about character education in stories online. In this character education lesson plan, students complete activities about making good choices and sign a pledge to be a good person.
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Experiencing Language With Friends
Students watch a "Maya and Miguel" video that presents the concepts of meeting new friends, introductions and students that speak different languages. They discuss language learning, review several Spanish phrases and role-play...
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All About Me
Young scholars create a collage from magazines, and the internet that is reflective of themselves and write a friendly letter via email to a pen pal. They take their letters through the writing process and write their final draft on...
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Who I Am Poems
Students write short poems, starting each line with "I am," describing in their own words who they are and what is salient to their identity.
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Relationships
Students use letters in the word RELATIONSHIPS to create other short words. At the culmination of the activity, all letters be used to make one word.
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Before and After Organizers
Students record their thoughts using a "Before" and "After" organizer, after reading stories about relationships.
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My Rotten Red-Headed Brother
Students discuss family relationships after reading Patricia Polacco's book, My Rotten Red-Headed Brother.
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What Makes a Good Family?
Young scholars discuss what makes a "good" family, and think about relationships they have read about. They make connections with the ways their own family relates with each other.
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Bag It
Pupils identify positive and negative ways of dealing with stress. The lesson helps each child recognize how stress affects his or her feelings.
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Personality Poems
Students create a bio-poem for themselves or characters in stories they have read. They explore common character traits.
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A collection of Addition Lessons
Students solve problems by adding. In this collection of addition lessons, students answer a variety of word problems and utilize addition skills. Links provide access to definitions and sample problems.
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Making Good Decisions
Students explore the decision-making process. In this citizenship lesson, students read the book, A Hill Too High to Climb and discuss the decisions the characters had to make in the story. Students discuss how the characters' actions...
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Top of the Jobs
Students write reasons for liking a certain job. In this jobs lesson plan, students identify the top 3 jobs they would like to have. They then fill out a worksheet explaining why they would like to have that job.
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Introduction to Yoga
Learners are introduced to yoga for fitness and relaxation. Over the course of the lesson, students practice various yoga poses and relaxation methods. They complete two minute yoga stations after all of the poses have been demonstrated.