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Skateboard Renegade

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars read the novel, "Skateboard Renegade." Reading pairs read the novel with an eye out for characteristics of responsibility. They add to a responsibility chart as they find examples. They also read to identify vocabulary,...
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Unlocking New Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the various types of suffixes and prefixes. In groups, they identify the root words and determine the proper suffix or prefix to add to the root. They complete a worksheet and review their answers to end the...
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What Comes Next?

For Teachers K
Students use Kidspiration and on online activity to demonstrate comprehension of ordinal and temporal concepts of "first, next, last," and "before" and "after." They name temporal or ordinal positions using correct vocabulary.
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Dragonwings

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers engage in a lesson that is concerned with the literature study of Dragonwings. They write about the story from the perspective of a reader that is well informed towards the last chapters. Students also find target...
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Lesson Two - Compound Words

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete activities with the book Sarah Plain and Tall. In this literature lesson, students read chapter two and complete attached activities. They list the compound words they find and study new vocabulary. 
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The Grouchy Ladybug

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a Cirlce Map about time. They recall times during the grouchy ladybugs travels, and add dots on ladybugs using turn-around facts. Pupils correctly sequence the events of The Grouchy Ladybug. Students compose new...
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Language Arts Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students add "ing" to words, match singulars with plurals, add appropriate prefixes to words, identify antonyms and synonyms, and complete a variety of additional activities.
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Spanish Body Parts

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars learn Spanish vocabulary with visuals and hands-on activities.
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ESL Lesson Idea: Describing People

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice using the proper vocabulary to provide a physical description of a person. They focus on the details that are necessary to give a complete description by participating in a teacher directed guessing game.
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Watch the Birdie

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars complete a six-week unit on North American birds. They conduct research, develop fact sheets, create labeled bird drawings, write a dictionary of bird vocabulary words, create a Concentration game, and observe birds in...
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FAMOUS PAINTING

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students provide a brief history of Van Gogh and of the artists working at the same time. They use images of the furniture copied from the painting to review vocabulary items, color, size, etc. They draw and color a rendition of their...
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Weather Booklet

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students write a description of typical weather for each of the four seasons. They use the vocabulary and structures of the target language to describe weather and nature in simple scientific terms. Students use the appropriate...
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Social Letter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write social letter to friend or penpal in target foreign language to demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary and complex language structures, write with understanding and facility, and use appropriate presentational strategies to...
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Fit For Life Presentations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the internet to compare and contrast the diet, nutrition and fitness of a major language group and the United States. As a class, they are introduced to the vocabulary in the language related to health and fitness and share...
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What Sense Does It Make?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the five senses and their functions and explain what information each sense gives us. They collect information gained through observation and experiences. They practice identifying new vocabulary words from the word wall.
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Intermediate Guided Reading Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners read Knots on a Counting Rope, by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault. In this guided reading lesson, students evaluate the characteristics of a realistic fiction piece. They are asked comprehension questions during and after...
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The Fox and the Goat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate characters' traits in a specific fable by noticing what they think, say, and do. They study key vocabulary and complete a vocabulary worksheet. They work in groups to discuss how you know if a person is kind.
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Fables Unit Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd
Students study fables in a broad context. In this literary lesson on fables, students define terms unique to them. Students use a variety of technological resources to gather and classify information into three categories. Students also...
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Understanding Distance in Space

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars discover the vocabulary used for distances in space and review measurement units and instruments before creating a scale model of the planets. They determine how to calculate the relative distances between the planets...
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The Suffix-ous

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this suffix worksheet, students add -ous to a base word from the box to complete the sentences. Students then complete a challenge section.
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Get it Straight Mr. Decimal!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work with decimals. In this decimal lesson plan, students participate in a hands-on group activity that enable them to review to how to appropriately add and subtract decimals.
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The Path to Positive

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Students demonstrate how to add positive integers. In this computation instructional activity, students read the book Less Than Zero and use a number line and counters to play an addition game using positive integers.
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Adding s, ed, and ing To Words

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn how to add s, ed, and ing suffixes to words. In this adding suffixes lesson, 2nd graders participate in a teacher led lesson on the rules for adding endings to words before completing an associated worksheet.
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Watersheds and Wetlands

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students simulate a chemical spill. In this watersheds and wetlands lesson plan, students build a watershed and observe what happens when it rains. Students add wetlands to their watershed models and examine the effects of water pollution.