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Start with a Chart

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a given chart and the 50 state quarters to synthesize information about the 50 states and the dates that they were admitted into the union. Students complete a math worksheet while referring to the chart.
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Let Me Be Your Guide - A Guided Tour of the Dictionary

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in teams, compete arranging vocabulary words into alphabetical order. They complete different worksheet activities to practice locating designated words in a dictionary.
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Lesson Plan #2- Phases of the Moon

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create phases of the moon out of white paper plates. Students utilize the created phases of the moon to practice sight identification. A classroom competition is held in order to determine who is best at identifying the phases...
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Tides in the Hudson

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students view an illustration of the Hudson River watershed and identify the bodies of water shown. They discuss what happens when fresh and salt water mix. Students view a teacher demonstration of the stratification of fresh and salt...
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Phonemic Awareness Instructional Routine: Isolation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This phonemic awareness activity would be great for morning meeting or circle time. Teacher calls out a word, s/he identifies the final phoneme. The class then take turns saying other simple or cvc words that also have the same ending...
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Mock Trial of Alfred Dreyfus

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
What if scholars based mock trials on history? The fourth installment of a five-part series on the Dreyfus Affair asks learners to read various pieces of evidence before conducting a mock trial for a French officer. Teams answer...
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Decoding Propaganda: J’Accuse…! vs. J’Accuse…!

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Reading snail mail is a great way to go back into history and to understand others' points of view. The resource, the second in a five-part unit, covers the Dreyfus Affair. Scholars, working in two different groups, read one letter and...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners read Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights by Leslie Himmelman. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of Hanukkah. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library...
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Preparing for a Job Interview

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the appropriate protocol and strategies for participating in a successful job interview. The participate in a mock interview.
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60-30-10

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use ratios and proportions to represent quantitative relationships as they investigate the concept of how percentages are used by designers. Students decorate the same room using three different percentages of colors.
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Take the Prefix Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students form words using prefixes.  In this prefix lesson, students compete in a "prefix challenge" to see which team can combine a set of twelve prefixes with a set of twelve words fastest.  Students enter their words in a word log and...
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Mercury - Mercury is Rising

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Hold a discussion in your class about the increase in mercury being found in fish that are caught commercially as food for humans. Given a worksheet, learners then calculate how much fish a person can safely eat each month to remain...
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Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme Blending

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This resource is more of a suggestion than a full lesson. It explains how young pre-readers can work with their teacher to practice blending phonemes to make words. The class watches the teacher as she says and orally segments a word...
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Phonemic Awareness: Segmenting

For Teachers 1st
You ever feel like your going in circles? Because this lesson seems very much like others I've seen. First graders put up a finger as they count each phoneme the teacher emphasises as she says a series of words. 
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Phonics: Segmenting Sounds in Short Words

For Teachers K
F-u-n spells fun. It is a simple word that little learners can sound out as they build phonemic awareness and those early reading skills. This short scripted lesson provides teachers with the basics for teaching how to sound out words. 
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The Census of Marine Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain diversity and abundance in marine life. For this oceanic biology lesson, students collect information for various geographical areas to collect a census of marine life.
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Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate threee types of maps. In this algebra lesson, students idenitfy different maps and explore how they relate to the area keeping cllimate and topography in mind. They discuss maps used to navigate land. air and sea.
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Weather, Data, Graphs and Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students collect data on the weather, graph and analyze it. In this algebra lesson, students interpret maps and are able to better plan their days based on the weather reading. They make predictions based on the type of clouds they see.
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It's A Dog-Eat-Dog World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the dangers of owning and breeding aggressive dogs. They debate whether aggressive dogs should be kept as pets. They write an essay from their point of view about aggressive dogs as pets.
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Vowels Short And Long: Elevators

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study short and long vowel sounds. They use a variety of drill and practice software to support basic skills acquisition and simple menus to locate information, with teacher assistance. They watch the movie and listen...
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Vowels Short And Long: Farmer Pete

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study short and long vowel sounds. They hear each word or picture by clicking on it to hear each rhyme. There is also the option of letting some students type their own rhyming sentence in this program. They complete a...
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Creating Circles

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students make a circle graph. In this graphing lesson plan, the teacher conducts a class survey, then demonstrates how to make a pie graph. When students are comfortable with the material, they use a worksheet to create their own graph.
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Kid's Sports

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners read about kid's sports, why it is important and discuss the factors affecting young players. In this kid's sports lesson, students create a list explaining why kid's don't participate.  Learners create a test to measure...
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Infusing Equity Vs Gender into the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore the effect of gender bias in the classroom. For this statistics lesson, students discuss the effects of stereotyping, discrimination, and gender bias in the classroom. They collect data on different work places dealing...

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