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Language Arts: Using Research Tools Successfully

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to record their research observations and reflections by keeping a research journal. They are able to explore a specific region of the world affected by arsenic contamination by using various research skills and tools....
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Habits

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore and analyze personal positive and negative habits. They read aloud the handout, "Who am I," and discuss what the term habit means and how to relate it to their personal lives. Each student responds on the term in their...
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My Summer Vacation

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study the United States geography using Google Earth. In this U.S. geography lesson, students create travel journals about five U.S. geographical locations. Students research the human and physical characteristics for each region.
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Predicting Our Way to the Top

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make predictions. In this prediction instructional activity students enter quotes into their journal as they read. They write down quotes from each chapter that they feel make predictions about the story.
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Know Your Local Government

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars attend a local assembly meeting of local government officials and keep a journal of what they saw. In this assembly lesson plan, students also discuss government and how they think government can influence society.
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Literature: "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate Internet resources about Sharon Creech's book, The Wanderer. They examine resources on oceans, sailing and journal writing.
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Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners actively search a the ground outside and find several types of leaves, lichen, feathers and trash. They place items into journals, write entries, draw pictures and ask questions about the items found on their exploration.
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Personal Responsibility

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write in their journals. In this writing and responsibility lesson, students write about personal responsibility. They have three writing choices to choose from that all deal with this central theme.
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September Journal Prompts

For Students 4th
For this September journal prompts worksheet, 4th graders cut out the cards, one for each day of the month, then use them as writing prompts for a daily journal.
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Graphs

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze graphs on a worksheet and in newspapers and magazines. In this graphs lesson plan, 8th graders also record their thoughts in a journal.
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Pre Reading Strategies

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use their journals in order to predict what will happen in a text for a prereading strategy. In this prereading lesson plan, students list the 5 strategies they learn and use them before they read.
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Weather Observation Journal

For Teachers K - 4th
Students record weather for a period of one month. In this weather lesson, students observe weather for one month on a large pictograph. Students record clouds, wind, temperature and any other weather conditions they observe. Students...
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Creative Writing/Historical Journals

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write series of journal entries, from the perspective of an immigrant traveling to America via Ellis Island.
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Moon Journal

For Students 5th - 9th
In this astronomy worksheet, students draw the shape of the moon as it appears in the sky each night for three weeks. With their drawings they include the moon phase and any unusual characteristics they observe.
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An Astronaut's Journal: Snacks and Beverages

For Students 4th - 6th
In this snack and beverage worksheet, students place a check beside all the words that can complete the 10 sentences logically.
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Summarizing From Notes (Part 1): Nature Journals Of Lewis And Clark

For Students 4th - 6th
In this writing instructional activity, students fill out an outline about a plant that will lead them to writing a 3-paragraph summary. Students include a topic sentence and 4-5 details for each paragraph.
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Aquarium Journals

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders keep journals of observations made about their Aquademics aquarium. Using a worksheet, they record information such as tank water temperature, feeding times, ammonia and pH levels, and unusual behaviors. Journals can be...
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Creating a Plant Cell Journal

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders gather information about plant cells. As they read in their science book about plant cells, they take notes on the important facts. Then, they look at their notes and organize them into an outline before they write their...
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Weather Journals

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students check and record the weather first thing each morning in their weather journals.
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Build a Journal

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students prepare for field journaling at Yosemite Institute. They create and decorate their Institute journal giving them both a place to journal and ownership of it.
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Electronic Journals about Latin American Folktales

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students exchange folktales with a key-pal using dialog journal writing. They write out a folktale from their own cultural background and exchange it with students of another. They record their impressions of each other's folktales.
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The Journal of a Civil War Soldier

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a response in their journals about the fictional thoughts of a Civil War soldier. They use specific web sites in order to research the life of a soldier during the Civil War.
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October Writing Journal

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this October writing journal worksheet, students are given a list of October daily writing prompts to choose from, and a fall-framed writing page on which to write.
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Jogging Journal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students keep a journal of their time and distance in running or walking. This helps them see their progress and explain the value of improving cardiovascular endurance.

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