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Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Students study the contributions of Jackie Joyner-Kersee. In this service learning lesson, students explore the work of Jackie Joyner-Kersee as an Olympic athlete and philanthropist.
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Using Pictures to Promote Conversation
Students participate in a conversation of three or more exchanges on a topic while exploring a large collection of large photographs pertaining to the topic. They are able to discuss and express their feelings in a comfortable climate.
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Jeremy Rabbit's Honesty Pie
Learners, through the reading of the book: "Jeremy Rabbit's Honesty Pie", study the value of honesty and what it means. This lesson is a fun, interactive way to examine what honesty means and how it should be used in life. Previous to...
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Power of Speech
Students practice giving compliments and using words of praise. In this vocabulary lesson, students listen to the parable Yettle's Feathers and determine ways to use speech in positive ways instead of through rumors, tattling and insults.
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Physical Differences
Young scholars examine physical differences amongst themselves. In this diversity instructional activity, students read the book We're Different, We're the Same. Young scholars name things about their appearance that is different from...
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Life Cycle of a Frog
Students work together to explain and illustrate the life cycle of a frog.
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Chrysanthemum Sound Boards
Pupils listen and match sounds such as rhyming, beginning, ending and vowel sounds to build phonemic awareness.
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Fire Safety
Students explore how to act in the event of a building they're in being on fire.
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Sink or Float?
Students examine how weight and balance can effect if an item sinks or floats. They listen to the book "Who Sank the Boat?" by Pamela Allen, and discuss how the smallest animal sank the boat. Students then conduct an experiment in...
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Emotions in Motion
Pupils use dance as a form of communication. For this meanings of dance lesson, students create dances to communicate a variety of emotions.
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Making the World a More Beautiful Place
Students discover how they can contribute in a positive manner in their community. In this service learning lesson, students experience literature through the lens of responsible citizenship.
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Life Shields
Students create shields representing what they value most. In this art lesson, students observe shields in the book The Legend of the Bluebonnet and create their own shields depicting the four things they value most in life.
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Countries, Food, and Culture
Students examine foods from other countries. For this multicultural lesson, students write down names of different restaurants and categorize pictures of foods according to the specific restaurant. For example, Won Ton Soup would be...
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All About Me Poster
For this biography/autobiography lesson, learners read a few biographies and discuss the term and it's characteristics. Students then brainstorm what makes a good biography/autobiography and create an 'All about me' poster....
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Trash Collage
Students create a collage. In this collage lesson, students read a poem from Shel Silverstein and create an illustration to accompany the poem.
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Owen
Students discuss items they may have wanted to bring to school, but were not allowed to. (Example: Blanket). Their responses are listed on chart paper. They listen to the teacher read "Owen" by Kevin Henkes. Students discuss appropriate...
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Regions: Meet the Experts Presentation
Students gather information and create a web site on prairies and plains using a variety of resources, including the internet.
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Hidie Ho H!
Students become more familiar with the letter and sound of h by using the poem, Humpty Dumpty. They are given a sequencing sheet, a pair of scissors, crayons, and a piece of construction paper and told to put pictures in the correct order.
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Counting Fun with Gummi Bears
Students count the numbers one through ten out loud and show the numbers using manipulatives.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Make Way for Ducklings
Students raise their hands as they hear new vocabulary words read by the teacher in Make Way for Ducklings. In this vocabulary lesson, students continue practicing recognition and usage of new words with teacher prompts.
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Property: Ownership, Respect, and Responsibilty
Students brainstorm objects that belong to themselves, classmates, the teacher, and the school. They discuss and rank what happens when personal property is damaged.
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Katie Kangaroo's Leap of Courage
Young scholars are introduced to the concept of courage. As a class, they read a book about Katie Kangaroo and her leap of courage and discuss how they can be couragous in their own life. They complete a worksheet and share their...
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The Voice of the Individual
Students examine the role of the individual in society as a whole. Individually, they design and create their own calling card as used in the past. They put together an art kit in which they are able to use outdoors. To end the...