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Evaluating Expressions Using Tiles
Sixth graders are shown a variety of algebraic equations. In groups, they use tiles to represent each expression in the equations. To end the lesson, they solve story problems with one and two unknown variables. Individuals share their...
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My School Goal (Part1)
Third graders share their accomplishments and how they felt when they reached their final goal. In groups, 3rd graders brainstorm ideas and goals. They discuss personal goals, both short term and long term. They list steps in...
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International Symbols and Roadway Signs
Students explore the function of various road signs and international symbols. In this sign recognition lesson, students construct road signs with blank paper, markers, and scissors. Students make 2 or 3 different signs and...
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Antonym Review
Second graders improve their spelling skills by reviewing antonyms for specific words. They work aloud with words and find their antonyms. They complete their own crossword puzzle and an activity crossword puzzle.
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Logos and Commercial Arts
Students identify popular logos and discuss the purpose they serve in advertising. They take a familiar logo and redesign it based on their own experience with the company it represents.
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Totem Transformations
Students are introduced in the Humanities class, as they explore the origins of Totems in Native American folklore. In the computer lab, students read Totem stories and explore the meaning and symbolism behind the myths using various Web...
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Money
Students study the value of the penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar. They demonstrate how different coin combinations equal the same amounts of money and write money amounts using the decimal point and dollar sign. They try to...
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Using Words to Work Things Out
Students listen as teacher reads Words Are Not For Hurting, and answer questions about the content. Students discuss how to prevent arguments and work disagreements out with words. Students watch a puppet show that promotes discussion as...
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The Process of Sequencing - A Picture Card Game
Students play a picture card game where they have to sequence the pictures in the correct order. In this sequencing lesson plan, students can do this for any subject.
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File Management and Television Production
Students create file management systems, and produce video bulletins.
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Think Positive!
Fourth graders are read a story in which they identify the positive and negative thinking. In groups, they are given a scenerio in which they change the negatives into a positive. They perform the scenerio to tthe class and discuss how...
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Language and Literacy Support through Photography
Students experience creating realia with digital photos to increase their vocabularies. They practice creating meaningful digital photo books that the students can take home and read with their families. Each student interacts with a...
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How Does A Person Cope With Life Changing Events?
Fourth graders explore the concept of conflict mediation. In this coping skills lesson, 4th graders discover conflict mediation skills that may be used to resolve conflict. Students also learn techniques to reduce stress.
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The Process of Sequencing- A Picture Card Game Activity
Students put the events of a story in the correct order. In this sequencing lesson, students are paired up and labeled A or B. Students in each group receive a set of story or event sequence cards and they take turns drawing...
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Mosaics
Sixth graders discuss and identify shapes, spaces, colors, patterns, or tesserae in mosaics and compare them to cultural symbols of the Roman Empire. They design and create mosaics using paper.
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Sharing Beliefs and Ideas
Eleventh graders examine the roles of trading and pilgrimage in promoting exchange of goods and ideas. They appreciate the roles played by Xuan Zang and Marco Polo in the material and cultural exchange among the peoples of the Silk Road.
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Process This
Students chart the steps, including the problem-solving tangent, and discuss the idea of procedures serving to give us a "road map" or guide to help tackle tasks with preparation and forethought.
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Inclusion/Exclusion
Young scholars explore the time and culture of the Inuit people. They view the play Ice Wolf and discuss its importance. Students discuss the feeling of being included and excluded. They write brief stories about a real experience or...
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Using a Graphic Organizer to Critically Observe Televised News Broadcasts
Students compare two television news broadcasts. They discuss how to organize information when comparing two objects and read and discuss two books to create a Venn diagram to compare both books. After creating the diagram, they view...
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Personality Types and the Individual
Seniors explore their personalities through a test. They read information about their personality type, summarize it, and locate a quote using Internet resources. They conduct research to locate a picture representing ten individual...
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The Middle East
Students research countries in the Middle East. They explore the differences and hardships in each area. Using a specified website, and in groups, students examine the economy, government, military, people and geography of given Middle...
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The Hundred Penny Box
Students analyze the advantages of regular saving and how savings grow with compounding. After reading the story "The Hundred Penny Box", students define the terms "interest," "interest rate," and "compounding." Through several...
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From Corn To Tortillas
Students investigate the food known as the tortilla. They research the growth cycle of the corn plant and how tortillas are made from it. The importance of the tortilla according to the Hispanic culture is explained to the students. The...