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Creation Mythology
Learners construct a map from geographic data and explain relationships found in the information. Students identify ancient beliefs and customs through Hawaiian creation myths while comparing similarities and differences and appreciating...
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Who's Who at Our School?
Learners recognize and use language appropriately for varied contexts and purposes. Students integrate listening, speaking, viewing, reading, and writing for multiple purposes. Learners develop and use a variety of strategies to plan,...
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Any Way You Slice It
Young scholars read an article on the history of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich and transfer the information onto a graphic organizer. They write instructions on how to make a sandwich and switch with a partner. They make and eat...
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Rainforest Alliance: Biodiversity
Fifth graders compare biodiversity in their neighborhood and in the rainforest. In this biodiversity lesson, 5th graders read stories and gather information about the diversity of life found in their area and in the rainforest. As a...
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Seeing Seattle
Learners read an article from English Teaching Forum to learn about Seattle, Washington. In this Seattle research lesson, students make words from the letters in Seattle, Washington. Learners read a fact sheet about the city and find...
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Microsoft Publisher Country Brochure
Students explore geographic information. In this geography and technology lesson plan, students choose a county and answer related questions on a Webquest. Students create a word web and design a country brochure.
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Dog Gone Good Note Cards
Students conduct research on a chosen dog breed using the card catalog and the Internet. They create at least three note cards with information about their dog breed.
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State Report Booklet- Worksheet
In this state report booklet set of worksheets, students describe and draw information about the attributes of an assigned state. They write the name of the state symbols, such as the bird, fish, or flag, at the top of the page, and...
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Whitman and Lincoln
Students determine if Lincoln and Whitman ever met and write a dialogue between the two men. In this Whitman and Lincoln lesson plan, students read Whitman's poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!" and connect it to the events of Lincoln's presidency....
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"Teaching with Material Objects" - Horn-book
Learners explore language arts by creating Venn Diagrams. In this reading materials lesson, students examine a horn-book and create a hypothesis about how to use it and where they derived from. Learners compare their horn-book to a text...
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Westward Ho: The Difficulties of Emigrants Moving West
Students research the journey west of 19th century emigrants. In this pioneer activity, students read the letters and diaries of a fictitious family traveling on the Oregon Trail. They mark their route on a US map, create a chart showing...
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Social Effects of WWII on South Carolina
Students study the history of South Carolina and the impact World War II had on the state. In this WWII history lesson, students research the social effects incurred from WWII on the people of South Carolina. Students develop an outline...
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'P' Is for Poetry
Students write rhymes for each letter of the alphabet. In this rhyming lesson plan, students come up with various words that could rhyme for each letter. Once they come up with rhymes for each, they publish them in a book along with...
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Project Jukebox
Students analyze an interview with the Climate Change Project Jukebox in order to help them undertand how to use a concept map. In this writing and climate change lesson, pairs of students log onto the Internet site for Climate Change...
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Telephone Game
Students practice their listening comprehension by playing the "telephone" game. For this foreign language lesson, students listen to a story read by a teacher in their target language and try to remember the details by writing 5...
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The Book Project
In this book project worksheet, students select a container to decorate and fill with questions, vocabulary, and other items that depict the elements of the text in some way.
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Stories of Life in Canada
Learners examine Canadian history through William Kurelek's artwork. In this art analysis activity, students discuss the ideas expressed in the picture book A Prairie Boy's Winter and A Prairie Boy's Summer. Learners view the film...
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Fact and Opinion
In this writing worksheet, students identify and describe the difference between a fact and an opinion. They place the cut-up words from the house ad in the correct column to indicate if they are fact or opinion.
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Aviation Pioneers
Learners research the Wright Brothers historic first flight and design a travel poster asking for volunteers to participate. Write a newspaper account of the first flight and include how the local people may have felt about the Wright...
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Interpreting a Story from a News Article
Learners read and retell a story form out of the newspaper. They write to communicate ideas, stories, letters, simple explanations, and short reports. They edit and perfect their projects for homework, and they share their work with the...
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Reporting Live From...
Students examine the many disasters in West Virginia. In this US history lesson, students write about and give an oral presentation of one of the disasters as if they were reporters.
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Science Summaries are the Bomb!
Fifth graders read a dissection article and complete close reading activities for the text. In this reading skills instructional activity, 5th graders read an interactive frog dissection article in teams. Student teams complete a KWL...
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Final Performance Task: Presenting Graphic Novelettes
Let's get graphic. Serving as the final performance task of the unit, scholars complete their graphic novelettes and design covers based on their sketches. Finally, they present their hard work to classmates.
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End of Unit Assessment, Part III: Storyboard Draft, Section 4
Reflection is the best teacher. Using the resource, scholars complete the final part of their end of unit assessment, the fourth section of their storyboard about an invention. Next, they track their progress using a self-reflection form.