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Tomato Exploration
Create tomatoes in 15-20 minutes using this fun and interactive lesson plan! Learners listen to a book about tomatoes (recommendations listed), and focus on the vocabulary word tomato. They count the syllables...
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Selling Spelling
Students participate in activities to practice their spelling words. They create advertisements to accompany their spelling words. They present their ads to the class and take a practice test. Their goal is to have everyone with a...
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On The Go! Forces and Motion
Students create a car using physics. In this forces and motion lesson, students create a car and test which changes in design change the performance of the car. Students complete a graphic organizer with the different changes...
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Stacy Bodin's "Digesting a Story" Unit
Second graders create a story and role-play the story using edible items to create a final story-video project. In this edible story lesson plan, 2nd graders write their own stories using literary format and elements. Students then...
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Assignment # 1: Merry-Go-Round Story
Class members use e-mail and the merry-go-round story format to create a science fiction story. Each writer begins by selecting one of three prompts, crafting the introductory paragraph and sending the paragraph to the next person on the...
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Cell Reviews
Learners draw cells, make a cell, and list organelles in plant and animal cells. In this cells lesson plan, students create edible cells.
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The Social Skill of Communication
Fifth graders explore communication by analyzing manners. In this social skills lesson, 5th graders review the different forms of communication and how to present yourself in a phone conversation, face to face meeting, e-mail, etc....
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Seussville Meets the 4 Blocks
First graders read and examine Dr. Seuss books, and create and write their own stories.
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Vocabulary Puzzle
Students create vocabulary puzzles using the computer. In this vocabulary puzzle lesson, students create vocabulary puzzles using computer software. Students include synonyms of the words and illustrations. Students trade the finished...
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The Great Wall of China
Sixth graders watch the video "Great Wall of China". They use the template to design their own postage stamp to show something learned about the Great Wall. They determine a presumed price for the stamp in Chinese currency and ...
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Deal or No Deal
Young scholars play a game in order to memorize any set of facts. In this memorization lesson, young scholars play an adaptation of the game Deal or No Deal to help them review and memorize factual information. Young scholars also work...
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The Sun Safety Activity Guide
Young scholars participate in a scavenger hunt to examine the importance of sun safety. They answer questions from index cards and if they answer correctly they move to a different station. They write a paragraph on how to protect...
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One Thing Leads to Another
Second graders rediscover cause and effect situations using the story The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They gain an understanding of how one thing leads to another.
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Assignment #5 Sci-Fi Analysis
Class members select a science fiction novel for independent study. To verify they have completed the reading, they write a summary, a critique, and an outline of the plot for a sequel or prequel. They then deliver a five-minute...
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Tall Tales: Read, Write, Draw and Sing
Students get to know the characters and events that shaped American folktales through writing, drawing and singing activities. Handouts and worksheets are included.
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The Window
Learners read a story entitled, "The Window," and discover how some cultures are rejected by others. Students write a letter expressing feelings of rejection and keep a journal of significant events in the story. Using a graphic...
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Social Studies Newspaper
Twelfth graders decide on a topic and write a whole newspaper on that topic. The newpaper also needs to include illustrations and advertisements.