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Beacon Lesson Plan Library: Formal or Informal?
Start talking trash with your elementary English class! Then lead a discussion comparing formal and informal language. Divide the class into groups to answer a questionnaire and analyze a set of sentence cards to analyze. This is a cool...
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Lesson Plans Across the Curriculum
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All About Computers
Students discover facts about computers. In this technology lesson, students find out how to locate information on the Internet. Students choose a topic to research and search several sites for information.
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Friendship
Students investigate the concept of friendship as part of a four lessons unit which integrates literature with language arts, family life, social studies, or religious studies. Peace, cooperation, social justice, and multicultural...
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Newberry Award Reading Project
Fifth graders complete a project for a Newberry Award winning book. This ambitious lesson outlines the expectations for students regarding their project. Included is a list of possible books and a variety of writing, art, music and...
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Characteristics of Imaginative Stories
Third graders explore genre characteristics. In this genre literacy lesson, 3rd graders listen to a variety of fiction stories and classify them according to genre. Students identify common features in each genre and complete a chart by...
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US Geography: The Midwest
Students investigate the geography and agricultural products of the Midwestern United States. In this US geography lesson, students watch and discuss a video that depicts the Midwest of the US as the breadbasket of the country. They make...
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Greek Mythology: Cultures and Art
Students examine literary arts. In this Greek mythology lessons, students read Greek myths and select characters from the myths to study. Students create watercolor illustrations of the characters, write short stories about the...
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U.S. Geography: The West
Young scholars explore the national parks of the American West. In this geography skills lesson, students watch "U.S. Geography: The West," and examine print and Internet sources about the national parks found there. Young scholars...
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Bye-Bye Trout Song
Students develop an understanding about what will happen to trout after they are released into the trout stream. In this trout life lesson plan, students discuss how it feels to release the trout they have cared for. Students also sing a...
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Severe Weather
Fifth graders identify the causes and effects of several different kinds of
severe weather phenomenon. They read an excerpt from John Muir's book The Mountains of California and research one of the following severe
weather phenomena...
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Set a Poem to Music
Young scholars consider the role of rhythm and meter in poetry. In this integrated arts activity, students discuss the attributes of poetry and use their music skills to set picture book poetry to music by creating "singable" poems.
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Perspective Drawing for Beginners-Two Point Perspective
Students inspect two point perspective. In this perspective instructional activity, students explore drawing with two vanishing points. Students create an original piece of art using two point perspective.
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The Tobacco Time Bomb: What's In A Cigarette?
In this enlightening and disturbing health lesson, young scholars read and discuss information on smoking and closely-look at the ingredients in a cigarette. You will be amazed at the list of ingredients that are found in cigarettes....
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My Money
Students identify and interpret the relationships between various components of currency, discusses the uses of money, and provides advanced lessons on making change. They also identify the various ways that money is used and how to use...
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Keeping Pets Safe in an Emergency
Students discuss what ifs with relation to their pets. In this keeping pets safe instructional activity, students create lists of pet items needed in case of disasters. Students complete worksheets related to pet safety in emergencies.
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Oceans: A Sensory Haiku
Students create an ocean haiku. In this haiku activity, students use their five senses to write a haiku. Students watch videos about the ocean, make a sensory portrait, and create a class haiku.
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Perspective Drawing for Beginners
Students explore one point perspective. In this perspective activity, students discover how to create illustrations with vanishing points. Students create an original piece of art.
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Ancient Ones
Students read the story Ancient Ones about a forest that is connected to all the life around it. In this reading lesson plan, students also create a tall folding book about the forest.
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Generations: An Exploration of our Families Through Literature
Students complete a unit of lessons on families. They read and analyze various stories, label a map, assemble sentences, write letters to grandparents, analyze character traits, and write and illustrate a sheet for a class book.
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Boston Women: The Struggle for Freedom 1760 -1850
Fifth graders investigate the lives and various accomplishments of selected women of Boston.In this famous women writing lesson, 5th graders research biographical information. Students discuss the achievements of these women using...
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Naked to the Eye
Students understand that microorganisms are too small to see but there are other indications they exist. In this microorganisms lesson, students recognize that some microorganism are helpful and some are not. Students use a microscope to...
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Coal Mine Industrial Picture Analysis
Students observe coal mine pictures. For this US history lesson, students analyze the pictures realizing that history is shown in pictures and then write a newspaper article about life in a coal town using the pictures as...
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Classroom Planetarium
Students work in groups to create the planets of the solar system. In this planets lesson, students create a hanging solar system taking into account the size, shape and position of the planets. Students discuss the gravity...
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