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Dragonfly Anatomy: Dragonfly Magnet or Pin

For Teachers K - 6th
Students build anatomically correct dragonflies of polymer clay, use vocabulary for body parts, and define the function of the body parts as adaptations for survival.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree

For Teachers K
Students practice recognizing the letters in the alphabet. They create leaves of coconut trees out of cans and use magnetic letters to retell a story they heard before.
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Dad's Magnetic Personality

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a gift honoring Father's Day. For this Father's Day lesson, students examine the meaning of fatherhood and explore the history of this tradition. Students create a picture collage over a template of their father's initials.
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Physics: Electricity and Magnetism

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students draw series and parallel electrical circuits. For this electromagnet lesson, students describe how current changes depend on circuit components. Students use an OHT of a series and parallel circuit to predict the path of...
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Using the Four Main Directions in the Classroom

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students use the four main directions to locate features in the classroom. For this direction lesson, students review the 4 main directions using a world map. Students use a magnetic compass to locate the north wall in their classroom...
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Going Fishing

For Teachers K - 1st
In this addition facts lesson, young scholars recognize the numbers and are able to add simple problems by participating in a fishing game. Students use a fishing pole with a washer on the end to fish for magnetic fish made out of foam....
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Mother's Day Gift Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students develop their fine motor skills as they make a craft for Mother's Day. In this crafts lesson, students make a craft including bookmarks, coupon books, cards, bath salts, and magnets.
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Max's Magic Magnets

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the letter and phoneme /m/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /m/ sound through tongue twisters and stories. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a...
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The Process Of Addition

For Teachers K
Students use manipulatives to explore the notation of addition and gain experience with independent practice. They demonstrate their knowledge by performing the operation on the board with magnets, on their own felt work mat then on...
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Tortoise and Hare Races

For Teachers K
Students listen to the fable, The Tortoise and the Hare, and participate in various map skill activities. They manipulate magnetic tortoises and hares on metal cookie sheets to practice direction, and construct racing tortoises out of...
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Primary Picture Words

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify high frequency words and recite them verbally. In this high frequency words lesson plan, students use creative pens to trace high frequency words on paper. Students participate in an interactive magnetic board to spell...
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Winter Bear Warm-Up

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Don't be left out in the cold, ensure young learners are prepared for the winter weather with this clothing activity. After introducing them to different clothing items using the provided picture cards, students sing a song before...
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Anansi And Turtle Go To Dinner

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
That tricky Anansi! Join him and Turtle in the story Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk, based on the African folktale. Kids answer comprehension questions and sing songs about spiders before creating spider webs...
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Iron in Cereal

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use a small magnet to remove particles of iron from common breakfast cereal.
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Go Fish!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice their reading comprehension by participating in a fictional fishing exercise.  In this children's literature lesson plan, students read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss, and discuss the...
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Plush Paint Pail Pals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make their own magnets out of old paint containers. They make familiar characters like Elmo and the Grouch from Sesame Street. They watch a demonstration and then make their own.
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Penny the Pig Plays with the Letter P

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice recognizing the letter Pp in writing. They work with the Alphabet Chart, alphabet magnets and the chart with "Penny the pig puts on her pretty pink shoes," on it as well as an ABC coloring page with Dr. Seuss' ABC's on it.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the relationship between water and ice. In this physics lesson, students read the book Amazing Water and participate in an experiment where they freeze water into ice cubes. Students observe the changes in the water when...
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Making a Sun Clock

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this clock construction lesson, students use a pencil, compass, and sun clock diagram to construct a homemade sun clock. A very interesting lesson on combining images with text.
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Catch of the Day: Electric Eel

For Teachers K
Students identify and work to eliminate electrical safety hazards in the home. They identify items that use electricity. Students use a fishing game that allows students to cut pictures of items from magazine; glue the items on the 3" x...
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Fish Math

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize things that are the same and things that are different. They use shape, size, numbers and color, for recognition. They make fish with different shapes/colors on them and 'fish' for the kind of fish that displays the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

“One More” Concentration

For Teachers K Standards
Help your primary learners develop an understanding of the concept of one more and one less using two sets of number cards. The first set of cards, all in one color, is the "one less" deck. The second set, again all in one specific...
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Sequencing Pocket Chart

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Cut it out! Beginning readers practice sequencing skills at home or at school with a variety of activities that require cutting out multiple sets of picture cards and putting them in the correct order. 
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Comparing Sets

For Teachers K - 1st
Kindergarteners and first graders work with Reese's Pieces to explain comparing sets, create comparison sets, and compare sets of numbers and objects. A good lesson that uses a "tasty" manipulative!

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