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T'was the Night Before Christmas (Poem)
Students read the poem T'was the Night Before Christmas, and then partner with another student to complete a poem of their own based on the original. The new poem has missing words and students fill in the missing parts of speech like a...
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The Missing Link
What is the missing link? Provide your class with this incomplete essay (it's missing transition words), and have writers place words from the transition word bank into the essay. Also, since only three of the five paragraphs are...
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Head of the Class
Fourth graders complete a map according to a theme. Using Internet and word processing tools, student fill in the missing information according to the theme of the map. All maps are answers are computer based.
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Friends
Students complete vocabulary activities about friends. For this vocabulary lesson, students introduce themselves in a ball game format and discuss the topic of friends. Students complete a worksheet with related vocabulary and read a...
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Holey Story
Sixth graders create a cloze activity based on an article of a current event. They switch worksheets and the next group chooses the words they feel are missing and justify their word choices.
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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Learners listen to a poem about Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout and how she acts and feels about garbage. As they listen, they fill in the worksheet that goes along with the poem. Both the worksheet and the poem are imbedded in this plan.
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Anti-Communism at Home
Have you ever been accused of something without cause? The sixth installment of an eight-part series asks scholars to create a museum exhibit on the anti-communist activities in the United States at the start of the Cold War. To make...
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How to Write a Biography
Looking for a great lesson on how to write a biography? Here, middle schoolers draw from magazine articles, novels, historical figures, and current events to choose a person, or character to write about in a biography. They follow a...
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Sound Boxes
Students explore language fluency by identifying word segments. For this word structure lesson, students utilize words from their vocabulary lesson, dissect them into syllables and sound out their individual parts. Students participate...
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Theme Map- The Rainforest
Young scholars use graphic organizers to relate information. They read an article and insert information from the article to the theme map using a word processing program.
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: Novel Guides
Learners create a timeline listing major historical events of the years 1860-1960. They discuss concepts central to the novel, such as freedom, self-respect, courage, and responsibility.
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Tracing the History Of Food
Students explore cultural variations in food preparation. They pick a country and research dishes of cultural significance. They prepare their food and present the dish to the class creatively.
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Three Reasons
Third graders identify healthy foods in each group of the food pyramid. For this nutrition lesson, 3rd graders take notes on the food pyramid by visiting the website, www.mypyramid.gov. Students design a healthy menu for an imaginary...
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Spiders Have Too Many Legs, Study Finds
Students explore current events by answering study questions about an article. In this arachnids lesson, students read a recently published article which discusses the importance of spiders and their 8 legs. Students answer study...
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Haiku
Students lie in the grass on their backs for fifteen minutes. They let go of any inner dialogue and simply see, feel, hear, and smell. When the time is over, students write down words about what they experienced.
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Short Story
Seventh graders identify the various elements of a short story. After reading Rudyard Kipling's short story, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," students identify the author's purpose in writing the story as well as the elements that make it a short...
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Ending At Owl Creek
Students engage in a reading of "An Occurrence At Owl Creek" in order to work on the reading comprehension skills of prediction with looking at the ending. They predict the next events leading to the ending and summarize how it could...
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Let's Learn the Flu Facts
Students examine the difference between a cold and the flu. They discuss the symptoms of colds and flu, complete a cloze activity, and discuss how to stay healthy.
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Desert Cinquains
Students use the cinquain structure and correct parts of speech to write a poem with a desert theme.
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Photosynthesis Cookies
Students identify photosynthesis as a process through which organisms make their own food. They practice the process for writing the formula for the photosynthesis equation.
Students describe how the processes of photosynthesis and...
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Completing a Christmas Story
Learners discuss with teacher how to complete a short story and the elements necessary: characters, settings, themes, and plots. They then use the worksheet to complete the short story.
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Fantastic Fossil
Students discuss the discovery of a transitional animal, Tiktaalik, and its impact on the theory of evolution. They research theories of evolution and creationism.
