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Michigan Supreme Court
Learners read articles on a hot topic (controverial topic) and prepare for a discussion on the article. They engage in forming an opinion on an important public concern and defending their opinion/position with supporting data. They...
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Presentations
Students use the Internet and word processing programs to complete their research for their presentations. In groups, they participate in hands-on activities that incorporate into a drawing project. They share cultural and geographical...
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Compose Your Memory
Students notate a short musical composition using the notation software Sibelius. This composition is based on a the student's favorite childhood memory. Based on their emotions felt at this time, they incorporate tempo, range, and...
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3-D Accordion Dragon
Students fold construction paper in accordion style pleats to create a large 3-D paper dragon.
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Storytelling and Drawing
Young scholars orally retell the Yosemite Miwok legends and design accompanying artistic depictions. They discover the various storytelling elements, such as plot and theme.
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Introduction to the Dictionary
First graders explore how to use a dictionary. They discuss how the dictionary is organized and how to locate words in the dictionary and students use the dictionary to locate words.
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Racing Readers
Student increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, learners complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Putt-Putt Old Car
Students study the phoneme /p/ both in written and spoken language while differentiating from the phoneme /b/. They think about the "put, put" sound that an old car makes, and work with at tongue twister. Next, they write the letter p,...
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Magic Rope Curl-ups
Students imagine that they are pulling themselves up from the floor using a magic rope.
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Speed Reading
Pupils increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing good reader strategies, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment of...
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
Students share their prior knowledge of WMD, discuss how the U.S. has responded to this threat and what changes, if any, the US should take for the future. They role-play as national secruty advisor while participating in a fictional WMD...
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Using Alliteration in The Z was Zapped
Students discuss alliteration and how it is used in the book The Z Was Zapped. Students choose a letter and create alliterative sentences and illustrate the letter.
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Active Reading: Finding a Conversation Voice
Learners practice reading for comprehension and understanding. In groups, students read, out loud, using a conversation voice. They predict and discuss the story as it unfolds.
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Converting fraactions and percents
Sixth graders practice the conversion of percents and fractions. They focus on the fact of both fractions and percents are part of a whole. In the independent practice the students also work with solving proportions.
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More Rhythmic Ribbons
Students reinforce and further develop jumping and landing skills, and locomotor skills. They further develop body and space awareness.
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Love in a Time of Tv Hysteria
Students read a longer text and participate in a number of comprehension activities.
Read Works
Read Works: Sequence Kindergarten Unit: Beginning and End
[Free Registration/Login Required] This webiste provides a instructional activity in which learners identify and describe the beginning and end of a fiction story. Lesson includes ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and...
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Pbs 45 & 49:...trauma & Loss: Beginning, Middle & End
Lesson plan for kindergarten and first grade that teaches about the beginning, middle, and end of a story along with dealing with trauma and loss by using the story "Bridgett Bunny?s Ordinary Day That Wasn?t" (link to the text included)....
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Better Lesson: Go Figure With Figurative Language It Helps With Predicting!
In this lesson, learners will use figurative language, digital tools, and illustrations to write a story. The teacher will model how to use an app that has onomatopoeia to create a story with a good beginning, middle, and end. A video...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:the Middle Ages:the Beginning and an End:the Norman Invasion
This lesson from a Middle Ages Literature unit focuses on the Norman Invasion of 1066 and the impact it had on the English language. It discusses the events leading up to the changes from the Anglo-Saxon Old English to Middle English...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Sequencing With "A Big Fish for Max"
Today students practice close reading as they look for evidence in the story so they can sequence the events for the beginning, middle, and end.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
In this lesson, early elementary and special education learners learn about generosity by reading the book The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (not provided through the lesson plan). Graphic organizers are used to aid in reading the book....
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Arts Now Learning: Explore Time With Theater [Pdf]
In this lesson, students explore different activities performed at different times of day. Student directors physically place other students in the order in which activities are performed during the course of a day. Students then become...