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The Info Gang

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore personal safety by participating in an Internet activity. In this internet security lesson, students identify the uses of passwords and screen names in order to hide and secure their digital identities. Students practice...
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The Cricket in Times Square

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore vocabulary by reading a contemporary story in class. In this English literature lesson, 4th graders read the story A Cricket in Times Square and practice using the vocabulary words from the story. Students...
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The Beatles and The Rolling Stones

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners exchange information orally about The Beatles and The Rolling Stones during the 1960s until 1970. They work in pairs to complete a gap-fill activity from memory. Students play hangman at the beginning of the instructional activity.
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Pyramid Power

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe human health by analyzing different food groups. In this food pyramid instructional activity, students utilize the web to complete an interactive food pyramid game as well as research the nutrition encyclopedia. Students...
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What's in a Word?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete a unit on words, their origins, and their usage. They explore various websites, create a word ladder online, develop a list of anagrams, write a story using homonyms, and create a list of vocabulary words.
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Spell Check - Live!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars create vocabulary words and a variety of spelling exercises, using the H.I.P Pocket Change website.