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Architecture: Homes All Around

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to a book, "This is My House" and sing a song to the tune of Home on the Range. They use the internet to view examples of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture. Students take pictures of architectural details of their homes...
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Winter is All Around Us

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners present what they have learned on Antartica. Students identify deciduous and evergreen trees and plants; identify and study about the habitats of animals that migrate, hibernate, and adapt; study the Aurora and Aurora Borealis...
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Wow! It's A Cow!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use the Internet to visit a dairy farm and watch the ins and outs of the every day life of a dairy cow. They survey products that are consumed that come from a cow. The students determine in what states cows would most likely...
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Growing Gold

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read and explore a folktale from India. In this folktale lesson, students read the book Growing Gold and discuss the events from the tale. Students complete a phonics worksheet which incorporates the rhyming words from the text.
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Big Snowball Fight

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Big Snowball Fight. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions,...
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A Teeth Changing Experience

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students research human health by reading an educational story in class. In this oral health lesson, students identify the importance of brushing their teeth and consuming calcium. Students read the book A Teeth Changing Experience...
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Seasoning the School Year

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe the changes a class tree goes through as the seasons change and record observations in journals. They investigate changes in the weather, changes in the length of the day, and how that affects people. They create...
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Bunny Rabbit

For Teachers K
Students design their own bunny mask to follow-up reading the book, Runaway Bunny.
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Abe Lincoln's Log Cabin

For Teachers K
Students study Abe Lincoln and make a log cabin out of pretzel sticks and chocolate frosting.
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Food Guide Pyramid - TV and Peers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify foods that belong in each group on the food guide pyramid. They discuss how TV and peers may negatively influence eating habits.
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THE LITTLE RED HEN - A TALE OF COOPERATION

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how much pleasure reading can bring, explain the concept of "story sequence", "re-tell" a story through art, and read other folktales.
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A Chair for Mr. Bear

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars listen to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and work collaboratively to create a chair for a small stuffed animal that will allow it to sit upright and withstand a short drop out of Legos. Students write about the...
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"I Have a Dream"

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the role Martin Luther King Jr. played in America's history and what life was like in the 1960's. They watch and discuss an online video about the childhood of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the holiday enacted in his...
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Sequencing Our Day

For Teachers K
Students focus on translating the real experience of an ordinary day into a representation of it to assist with recall and stimulate expressive language. They compose picture captions to match visual representations of events of the...
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Turkey Alphabet Match

For Students Pre-K - 1st
For this alphabet awareness worksheet, students cut out fifty-two turkeys with uppercase and lowercase letters on each one. Students scramble the turkey letters together and then try to match up each uppercase letter with its lowercase...
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Counting Crows

For Teachers K - 4th
Students discuss the fable, The Crow and the Pitcher. For this literature lesson, students read the fable and create a crow sock puppet. Students use their puppets to dramatize the fable.
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Extra! Extra! Hear All About It!

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students summarize their weekly class activities by writing a newsletter.  In this journalism lesson, students create a multimedia presentation for their parents based on the classroom events that took place during the week....
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Kindergarten Memories

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners create a monthly memory and compile it into a Kindergarten Memory Book.  In this memory book lesson, students create a monthly memory page.  Learners create a graphic organizer in Kidspiration which is developed into a...
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Neighborhoods

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine homes around the world. In this multicultural lesson, students read the book A World of Homes and Homes Around the World. Students compare and contrast the homes in the books to their own homes. Students construct a...
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Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers K
Students study world cultures with an emphasis on languages and cultures. For this world cultures lesson, students study the countries of Spain, China, Italy, and the United States. Students read the story Everybody Cooks Rice and move...
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A Holiday Card in KidPix

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a holiday card using computer software.  In this computer card making lesson, students design an original holiday card using a variety of tools.  Students navigate the software utilizing various tools.
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See how They Grow: Butterfly

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students view butterflies and participate in a butterfly activity to learn needed vocabulary. In this butterfly life cycle instructional activity, students access prior knowledge of butterflies.  Students listen to a butterfly life...
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Homeschooling Chronicles - How to Start Homeschooling

For Teachers K - 6th
It can be overwhelming when you start homeschooling. These are just a few ideas to get a person started on that journey.
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Summer Preparations for a Grade Level Change

For Teachers K - 6th
Changing grade levels can be a positive experience for new and veteran teachers alike.

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