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Lesson: While on My Vacation

For Teachers K - 5th
Drawing, writing, and analyzing, that is what's on the menu. Young artists draw a corner of the classroom, analyze the painting, Poppies by Andrew Dasburg, and then write a postcard describing their vacation to an imaginary hotel that...
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Editing Marks, Part 1

For Teachers K - 2nd
Dander from the show Twisted Whiskers and characters from My Little Pony are featured in this three part lesson that explores using story pyramids to scaffold ideas, adding sensory details to enrich writing, and editing using common...
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Build Mastery: Visualization

For Teachers K - 3rd
What do you see? Young reader tap into the visualization process as they listen to or read a fiction story and fill out a graphic organizer. Model this first with a think-aloud, showing scholars how you visualize a familiar story. For...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Froggy Goes to School (London)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Just like your budding readers may have felt, Froggy is nervous on his first day of school. Use Johnathan London's book Froggy Goes to School to practice vocabulary in context. Prior to reading the story aloud, pre-teach the new words...
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Language Arts: The Earth Is My Mother

For Teachers K - 5th
Students sing the melody to a Native American song in both English and Oneida languages. They discuss how the words reflect the beliefs of their culture. Students copy the words to the song, The Earth Is My Mother in both languages.
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Little Cloud

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "little clouds" after reading the story "The Little Cloud" by Eric Carle in this cross-curricular Art and Language Arts lesson plan for the early-elementary classroom. The author suggests using this with a "Raindrop...
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A is for A: British Sign Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood letter "Aa" learning exercise, students practice tracing the uppercase "A" and lowercase "a" lines before they form the same letters independently on the lines provided. A picture of the symbol for "A" in British...
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C is for C: American Sign Language

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this early childhood letter Cc activity, students practice tracing the uppercase C and lowercase c lines before they form the same letters independently on the lines provided. A picture of the symbol C in American Sign Language is...
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Letter Dd: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Dd instructional activity, students study the stroke patterns for the uppercase and lowercase letter Dd. Students trace and print both letters several times. Students also learn the sign language sign for the letter D.
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Letter Ee: Sign Language Letter E

For Students K - 1st
For this letter Ee worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the uppercase and lowercase letter Ee. Students trace and print both letters several times. Students then learn the sign language sign for the capital letter E.
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Letter Ss: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Ss worksheet, students review the stroke pattern for the capital and lowercase letter Ss. Students practice both letters by first tracing and then printing the letters several times. Students then learn the sign language...
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Letter Tt: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Tt learning exercise, learners review the stroke pattern for the capital and lowercase letter Tt. Students practice both letters by first tracing and then printing the letters several times. Learners then learn the sign...
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Letter Vv: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Vv worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Vv. Students trace and then print both letters several times. Students finish by learning the sign language sign for the letter V.
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Letter Zz: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Zz worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Zz. Students trace and then print both letters several times. Students finish by learning the sign language sign for the letter Z.
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Sign Language A

For Students K - 2nd
In this sign language a learning exercise, learners color the picture of a hand making the sign language a, and trace and write the upper and lower case a. Students color, trace, and write one time each.
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Letter Rr: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
For this letter Rr worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Rr. Students trace and then print both letters several times. Students finish by learning the sign language sign for the letter R.
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The Hello Goodbye Window: Visual Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create a portrait of themselves with a grandparent.  For this visual art lesson, students read the book entitled The Hello Goodbye Window and discuss the events.  Students then draw a portrait of themselves and their...
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Speech and Language Samples

For Teachers K - 12th
Students tell a story, describe a picture, share about a favorite toy from home and are recorded using an iPod with a voice recorder. They create a playlist of their voice and reading samples to illustrate progression over time.
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English Exercise: Animals Exercises for Kindergarten Students

For Students K
In this Winnie the Pooh themed interactive worksheet, students choose between "it or they" using drop down menus in 8 examples. They choose which character is missing in each of 5 rows and name the animal each of 5 characters represents...
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Exploring Neighborhoods through Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore neighborhoods. In this color and social studies cross-curriculum lesson, students listen to Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, then compare and contrast neighborhoods. Young scholars mix primary...
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Erase the Quiet

For Teachers K - 12th
Students recognize how music, theater, dance, and the visual arts can be combined to contribute to their own active learning. They work in small groups to research and use critical thinking skills to identify ways in which the arts could...
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Introduce /e/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Examine the most-used letter in the English language incorporating pronunciation, letter recognition, letter sound, and word examples for the letter e. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /eee/...
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Checking for Accuracy

For Teachers K - 5th
Young appreciators of art consider the sculpture, The Things I Have to do to Maintain Myself, by Roxanne Swentzell. Everyone gives their opinion as to what the figure in the sculpture is doing. After they learn that the image portrays a...
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Long Vowel Phoneme - ay

For Teachers K - 2nd
Kindergarteners spell patterns of the long vowel phoneme /ay/. After listenting to The Birthday Day, learners work together to construct a class book that utilizes words that end in /ay/. Since the /ay/ phoneme is used so much...

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