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The Raven: Creator of the Universe?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore biology by researching birds in class. In this raven identification lesson, students utilize the Internet to identify the anatomy, habits and habitat of ravens. Students write descriptive paragraphs about ravens and read...
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Jet Engine Magazine

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore physics by creating a magazine cover in class. In this flight lesson, students identify the motion and force that must be generated in order for a jet engine to lift off the ground. Young scholars create a cover...
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Mazes and Labyrinths

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students evaluate directions by participating in a maze activity. In this labyrinth lesson, students identify the history of mazes and labyrinths and utilize Google Earth to examine real life mazes. Students create their own mazes...
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Our Neighborhood

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students inspect visual arts by analyzing their hometown. In this neighborhood lesson, students identify the different buildings, topography, landmarks and scenery near their home. Students utilize art products such as paints and...
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DNA Extraction

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore biology by participating in a fun science experiment. In this DNA lesson plan, students discuss what DNA is and where it comes from. Students utilize two bananas, a blender and a microscope to view the DNA of a banana in...
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Details, Details

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore statistics by participating in a personal details activity. In this data collection lesson plan, students identify the importance of personal information collection and how it can be used against them if collected...
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Celebrate Writing!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Help your students celebrate their writing through publishing projects.
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Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a paragraph. In this writing instructional activity, students review what a paragraph is and how it contains a beginning, middle and end. Students also learn how to write comparison and contrast paragraphs.
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Small Group Shared Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils discuss elements of effective writing in small groups. They work together to critique individual and group writing focusing on including supporting details.
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Journaling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore journal writing. In this writing lesson, students are given writing prompts such as "how the choices I make affect our water quality?" and use critical writing skills to express their feelings in a journal. There are...
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Writer's Checklist

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students read 11 criteria for an acceptable paper. Students evaluate themselves, checking yes or no for each. Students can use this list when editing their work.
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Words in the News

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students brainstorm ideas about the life of Buddihist monks through the internet or temples. The teacher identifies key terms and has the students look them up for meaning and put them in their notebook. The students then have a...
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Fortunes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss ways people attempt to know their fortune. They study how in Japan people go to a shrine and get their fortunes. They write fortunes for their peers and share in an activity modeled on that of a Japanese Temple fortune.
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Build a Journal

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students prepare for field journaling at Yosemite Institute. They create and decorate their Institute journal giving them both a place to journal and ownership of it.
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Endangered Animals Report

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research an endangered animal and create a written and technological report. Students present their slide show report to the class. The class completes a rubric for each student presentation.
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Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars discover facts about ancient Egypt and find information and pictures of structures in Egypt. They write a story using as many hieroglyphic symbols as possible. Stories are made into a display on bulletin board.
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Follow My Lead

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write about how to perform a certain physical activity. The other students in the case must perform the activity based on the written instructions.
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Feelings

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete grammar and story writing activities with a theme of feelings. In this grammar and writing lesson, students discuss feelings and complete grammar revision for the future tense of verbs. Students read a story and then...
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Free Verse

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students write free verse poems. In this poetry lesson, students use a three-step method to create a free verse poem. Students brainstorm ideas, let their ideas "incubate," and write a free verse poem.
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Stewardship Letter

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students write a persuasive letter.  In this stewardship lesson, students discover the basic format for a formal letter and some effective persuasive techniques.  Students write a letter to bring about change in the way humans interact...
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A Day In The Life: The Story of a Child Worker in Agriculture."

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students watch a Flash presentation on students working in agriculture in this lesson which is part of a unit. They compare and contrast the experience to their own. Unit links are on this lesson page.
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Become a Logophile

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students practice power writing to develop fluency.
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You're Hired!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students participate in a simulation of being a speech writer for the President. They listen to and analyze speeches and present one of their own.
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E.T. Write Home

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read the book, The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System, and discuss the planets visited by the characters in the book. They write journal entries from the viewpoint of E.T., writing letters home describing his travels in...

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