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Hawaiian Leis

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the Hawaiian culture through the different types of Hawaiian flowers and discover how to create Hawaiian Leis. Students make flowers out of tissue paper to create their leis.
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Strawblowing Watercolor Design

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners create a water color design using straw blowing and fill in the design with brushes.
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Let us Help

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore water conservation. For this ecology and civic responsibility lesson, students identify agencies that monitor and help improve water quality and describe what they do. Students research these organizations and work in...
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Painted Balsa-Foam Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research a butterfly and create butterfly art. In this visual arts lesson, students choose a specific butterfly to research and create a Balsa-Foam butterfly of the same species. Students use Balsa-Foam, modeling tools, and...
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Fifty States In Rhyme

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students perform "Fifty States in Rhyme" with correct posture, correct rhythms, and accurate pitches. They also identify and perform such musical terms as tone color, tempo, dynamics, phrases, and accents. Emphasis is placed on the...
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Materials 1: Materials and Manufacturing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine the properties, limitations, and durability of a variety of materials, then evaluate which of the materials would be best for building a model house. If used in its entirety, this lesson could take several science class...
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Fish Forms

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, you can add art to any lesson plan! While little learners are discovering why fish have specific body parts such as, scales, fins, and gills, they start making three-dimensional fish forms....
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Colors and Mural Painting

For Teachers All
Visual arts lesson featuring a group mural that is constructed by each student soda straw paintings that reflects the use of shape, color and hue.
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Homemade Bubble Makers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make a simple bubble maker using two straws and string. In this art lesson, students make another bubble maker by bending a coathanger into a loop. Students enjoy making bubbles.
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Science of Sound- Music Sandwich

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the science of sound. In this music lesson plan, students create sound and vibration by constructing a "music sandwich." Students use craft sticks, an elastic band, and a drinking straw to create the musical instrument.
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Sequencing a Story - The Three Little Pigs

For Students Pre-K - K
In this sequencing worksheet set, students use cut up portions of the story of "The Three Little Pigs" to either categorize events from the beginning, middle and end, or to retell the story it the proper order. The teacher cuts out and...
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Houses Around the World

For Students 4th - 7th
In this cultural worksheet, students read a passage about different types of houses and dwellings around the world. They then answer the 10 questions on the worksheet.
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Fairytale Homes

For Teachers K
Students listen to and retell familiar stories. They create fairytale homes based on those familiar stories. Students practice retelling familiar stories in their own words. They complete both assignments on The Three Little Pigs.
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Early Christmas Tree Decorations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use a slice of bread to create a christmas decoration. They use glue and glitter to make the decoration their own. They are encouraged to give their decoration to someone they care about.
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The Three Little Pigs Play

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this "Three Little Pigs" worksheet, students use their reading fluency and comprehension skills to read parts in this 5 page play.
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The Suffix Family- The aw family

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students create new words by using the appropriate suffixes from the three columns. This is done while attaching them to the root word.
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Surviving the Plains

For Students 6th - 7th
In this American West worksheet, students solve 10 anagrams to find problems faced by the homesteaders. Students fill out a chart with these problems, descriptions, and solutions.
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Learning About The Dictionary

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore how to use the dictionary. They practice finding words in the dictionary. Students find the word that is between two listed words and they find the word that does not belong in between the two listed words.
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Number of Syllables in a Word - Home/School Links

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this word work worksheet, learners practice determining how many syllables are in words. They work with a home partner to use a spoon to tap out the syllables in the words that are read to them. There is a place for both the student...
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Paper Bag Fireworks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make confetti. In this art lesson, students fill a paper lunch bag half-full with tiny pieces of colored construction paper or tissue paper, blow into the bag, and pop it against the bottom of the bag.
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Scarecrows

For Students 4th - 5th
For this language arts worksheet, learners find the answers to questions after reading the short story about scarecrows. The reader must increase reading comprehension.
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A PERFECT BEACH HAT

For Students 4th - 7th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read and analyze the short story "A Perfect Beach Hat" and then answer five comprehension questions over the story.
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Caps for Sale Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
In this language arts worksheet, students respond to the book Caps for Sale by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students cut out a monkey and a peddler and staple them to a straw. Students and their parents use these puppets...
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Vocabulary Building Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match definitions to words, solve riddles using given words and complete fill in the blank sentences. Students complete the same activities for 4 sets of 20 words.