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Making Movies to Demonstrate a Process

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use Windows Movie Maker to complete a how-to description activity. In this how-to and technology lesson, students create a slide show using Windows Movie Maker. Students bring in the materials for the demonstration, draw a...
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Reporting News About Rosa Parks

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate racism by completing a writing assignment.  In this civil rights lesson, students research facts about Rosa Parks in order to write a newspaper article about her.  Students utilize the Internet for research and a...
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The Mosaic School

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students complete activities to learn about world cultures. In this multicultural lesson plan, students define the terms diversity, culture, and mosaic. Students research their family's country of origin and complete activities using the...
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Kites: Patang - The Indian Fighter Kite

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners investigate the history of fighter kites and build their own.  In this aeronautics lesson, students discover how other countries utilize fighter kites and where they originated.  Learners create their own fighter kites in class...
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Menus

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars explore different styles of writing. In this writing lesson plan, students look at menus to get an idea of how many different types of writing there are. Young scholars create their own menus and add border and clip art.
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Lesson 4:Writing a Letter

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students write business letters and emails. In this letter instructional activity, students use the seven-day road trip they had planned in a previous instructional activity and contact the Chambers of Commerce for the cities they plan...
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What is a Karst

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate landforms by holding a class experiment. In this topography lesson, students define the word "karst" and discover why sinkholes are created on the surface of the Earth by completing worksheets. Students create a...
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Robert Munsch: Author Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners study Robert Munsch's style of writing. In this literature lesson, students read many of Robert Munsch's books, write a list of the characteristics found in his books, and write or orally tell a story using some of these...
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Come On, Rain!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read and analyze the story. In this language arts instructional activity, students read Come on, Rain! and examine how mood and tone are created, the use of figurative language and the characteristics of the genre. Students...
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Writing Skills: LETTERS HOME

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students compose a descriptive letter to their families. In this descriptive writing instructional activity students write a letter as if they have left their family for a new country and will try to convince their families to join...
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What is the Function of Each Seed Part in the Growth of a Plant

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the parts of a seed by using a digital camera.  In this botany lesson, 6th graders plant their own seeds in class and demonstrate the necessary attributes for growing a plant.  Students utilize a camera to...
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The Prairie Is...

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate different environments by creating a poem. In this prairie environment lesson, students research information about Kansas' natural resources and complete a worksheet about prairies.  Students practice using poetic...
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Analyzing Unknown Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners analyze affixes and how they affect word meaning. In this language arts lesson, students use charts to construct and deconstruct words to find meaning.
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During Reading Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers employ strategies to increase comprehension while they are reading. In this language arts lesson, students must infer, predict and visualize in order to improve comprehension.
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Identify and Write About Cause and Effect Relationships

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars write news reports about current issues. In this writing skills lesson, students report about the weight epidemic in the United States as they focus on fast food consumption and how it relates to poor health.
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Dazzling Dialogue

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students practice the proper use of Capital letters in quotes and how to use quotation marks.  In this dazzling dialogue lesson, students write a draft of a script using dialogue and capitalization.  Students complete dialogue for a...
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Note-Taking and Organizational Strategies

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore note taking. For this study skills and nonfiction comprehension lesson, students complete a two column main idea chart while reading a nonfiction passage.
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Using a Matrix to Compare, Contrast, and Analyze Connections

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars explore writing techniques by comparing fiction vs. non-fiction. In this literature analysis lesson, students read stories from Aesop's Fables and compare the themes and characters to stories from their own life. Young...
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Who Was Sacagawea?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Explore famous women in U.S. history by creating a Venn Diagram, The focus of this Sacagawea biography lesson is for students to discuss the triumphs and contributions of Sacagawea's life and compare her to an average 21st century woman....
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Locating Information Using Keywords

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use keywords. In this keywords lesson students research information on how people lived in the past. They record their findings in their journals.
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Ask Questions About a Topic

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils explore reading comprehension by completing a graphic organizer. For this journalism technique lesson, students discuss important questions they can ask about stories they read to improve comprehension. Pupils identify keywords...
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Digestion - Part 3

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the human body by reviewing the digestive system. In this human anatomy lesson, students identify the elements of human digestion by completing two body system worksheets. Students read the story What Happens to a...
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What Does This Song Really Say?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate communication by analyzing lyrics from a song. In this music arts lesson, students discuss slavery, the Underground Railroad and African American traditions while listening to a song called "This Train." Students...
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Life Cycle of Brassica Plants: Planting Seeds

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore botany by participating in a calendar class activity. In this plant observation lesson, students examine a diagram of a Brassica plant and identify its anatomy before planting their own seeds and viewing the changes over...

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