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Book Study: The Polar Express
All aboard! Pair a reading of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg with a set of literacy activities. The packet of worksheets includes task cards, sorting activities, a synonym match, comparing and contrasting activities, writing...
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Reading Clinic: Use Predictions to Help Kids Think Deeply About Books
Pupils learn to use prediction to think more deeply about literature. In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students chart predictions in order to more fully understand text.
Perkins School for the Blind
Taking Turns
For small children or learners with disabilities, learning to wait patiently and taking turns is very important. In pairs, two children with visual impairments take turns asking for, waiting for, and playing with a musical...
Mr Gym
Steal the Treasure (Soccer Style)
Soccer players will be running around practicing their dribbling skills without even thinking about what they are doing. As they are dribbling to their Hula-Hoop, they will be honing their ball-control skills to keep other players from...
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META tags
Young scholars write HTML to have one web page automatically advance to another page. They add embedded information that help others find their web site using Internet searches.
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Renting an Apartment
Students complete math problems. In this decimals lesson, students practice decimal multiplication and discuss decimal placement. Students complete more practice problems and have other students check their answers. Students complete a...
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Trading Game
Students listen to story about money or coins, and play game to help them solidify their understanding of money. Students focus specifically on coin value and calculating amounts of money up to fifty cents or above, depending on level.
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Weights and Conditioning
Students discover that circuit training is a stressful program of exercise that helps people prepare for individualized programs to maintain levels of fitness and to stimulate the cardio-vascular system. They follow the teacher around...
Positively Autism
"Going to Visit Santa" Social Skill Story
Prepare learners with autism for a visit to Santa Claus with this social skill story that tells them what to expect, as well as explains how they should behave
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Sounding Out CVCE Words
First graders explore vowels and consonants by participating in a flash card activity. In this phonetics lesson, 1st graders discuss the difference between short and long vowels and identify them within a story told to them by their...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 3--Obtaining Employment
Students, after reviewing an extensive list of work-related vocabulary terms on the board, examine in detail how to use those terms in work-related real life situations with action verbs. To practice mastery, charades are played using...
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Archery
Students are shown proper stance, nocking, targeting, and release techniques of archery. They follow basic safety procedures involved in handling and using archery equipment. Students practice shooting aluminum or fiberglass shaft arrows.
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Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving
Students listen to the book, Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving. They rotate through five motor skills stations, with each station simulating an event from the book.
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Agility Ladder Challenge
Students rotate to different P.E. stations. They perform a different skill through an agility ladder that is taped to the floor.
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Sports Activity Stations
Fourth graders observe and understand forces applied to an object and the change in speed or direction of the object. In this forces lesson, 4th graders divide into groups and play at various sports stations. Students mark push or pull...
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Archie and FTP File Compression
Students examine a specific search program called Archie. This collection of servers locates the required FTP sites on the Internet and compiles a list of all the files. This instructional activity was originally intended for librarians...