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Creating a Leaf Collection and Herbarium

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students gather and identify leaves for a collection. They discuss how a leaf's form reflects its adaptation to its environment. They press the leaves in a book and glue them on construction paper.
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Busy As a Bee

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students define the term 'simile,' write their own similes using the words as or like, and work cooperatively to write similes. In addition, students write stories that include similes and illustrate picture books that contain similes.
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Thanksgiving Friends

For Teachers K
Students listen to teacher read alouds of books that include facts about Thanksgiving. They discuss what they are thankful for and share this discussion with another class through e-mail.
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The Statue of Liberty -- A Symbol of Freedom

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the Statue of Liberty by reading books and internet cites. They must complete a story web
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They Had a Dream Too

For Teachers K - 4th
Students research the obstacles and daily challenges that a successful person had to overcome. They create a book or mobile based on the research.
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Alex Anderson's Baby Quilts with Love

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students create a baby quilt by following the directions in Alex Anderson's book, Baby Quilts with Love. Students use the knowledge they gain to create a baby quilt of their own.
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Daily Activity Duffel Bags

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students in the first and second grade classroom takes home the D.A.D. bag. They look inside the bag and there is equipment designed for use with other family members. Students look inside a first grade bag and it contains short jump...
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Sum It All Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars observe and demonstrate the process of summarizing text. They discuss the importance of summarizing, then listen to the teacher read a chapter from the book "Sarah Plain and Tall." Students observe the teacher write a...
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Fantasy Fusion

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a fantasy/fairy tale book, with them and their reading buddy as the main characters. Using the Olympus digital cameras available, the older students photograph the younger students and have pictures taken of them reading...
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Take a Technology Trek with Endangered Animals

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify endangered animals and research reasons why these animals may be going extinct. Using the internet, reference books and reference CDs, students explore an animal of their choice and write a report about the endangered...
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Little Me in a Big World: Ants

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use the life cycle of an ant to learn about their own self-esteem. In this self-esteem lesson, students read books about ants and discuss obstacles from the stories as well as the ant behavior.
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The Keeping Quilt

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Pupils discover story analysis by discussing a book the class reads together.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book The Keeping Quilt and discuss the different characters and plot points among the...
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Spelling and Reading

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use their spelling words for the week to solve analogies. In groups, they work together to place the correct word in the correct place in a sentence. They also read a paragraph and determine the meaning of the word using...
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Graphs

For Teachers K
Students listen to the book, TOPS AND BOTTOMS looking at different vegetables from the story that they have tried in class that week. They then focus their attention on a graph called, "What is Your Favorite Vegetable?". They place a...
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Shakespeare Character Analysis Using "Twelfth Night"

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a six-week unit on character analysis for the play "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare. They conduct research and write a report, participate in a book talk, and create a character analysis assignment to...
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Kinder Bakeshop

For Teachers K
Students create a bakery where they sell cookies for a week. Students identify and interpret how to make their own money and deposit it into their bank accounts. Students also identify how to withdraw money from these accounts in order...
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Naming the Body Parts

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study about butterfly and catepillar parts. Throughout the week, they use various notecards, overhead transperancies, books, and matching games to study about the part names. They are given a test to fill in blanks with the...
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Our Friends the Trees

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students build an animal habitat. In this animal habitats lesson, students create dead-wood habitats and observe the habitat over a period of weeks.
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Lesson Plans for the Novel "Jurassic Park"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars read the book, Jurassic Park, then answer questions.
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Leyendas and Children's Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners in high school read books to elementary students. They also examine cultural writings and legends from Latin America. They complete projects over the information they have found and give one of them to the elementary student.
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START QUILTING

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use Start Quilting with Alex Anderson, 2nd Edition to make five simple wall hangings, each exploring different basic piecing techniques. A sampler quilt at the end of the book combines all the basic blocks from the preceding...
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Rules and Responsibilities Youth and the Process of Change

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn vocabulary in regards to laws, courts, and policeman. They read and discuss the book, The Value of Respect: The Story of Abraham Lincoln. An attorney visits the classroom and discusses the roles of judges and juries.
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Newscapade

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in teams to research specific eras of American history focusing on important events, sports, entertainment, music, games, books, famous firsts or quotes, science and technology or trivia. They prepare presentations for the...
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Mrs. Wishy Washy

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore the book, Mrs. Wishy Washy. They listen to the story, participate in a picture walk, identify the patterns of repeated words, role-play the motions, and retell the story using props.

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