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Homonyms

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students work in groups to write stories that have homonyms in them. For this homonyms lesson plan, students use their own experiences to write these stories.
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Fun Fall Leaves

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make painted hand prints to cut out and use as fall leaves.
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Grizzly Hibernation

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explain why and how grizzlies hibernate. They make a den using cardboard boxes. They write a story told from a new-born grizzly.
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The Meaning of Disability

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover the different types of disabilities. They examine the stereotypes and stigmas associated with them and hear from a person who lived in an institution.
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For The Record

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners create a database that catalogs their collection of CD's and tapes. They sort, analyze and print databases. They practice how to search, sort and analyze a database.
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Vocabulary Review

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this expressing ability worksheet, students read 10 sentences and choose the appropriate multiple choice answer that best completes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Total English Elementary: Next Year, I'm Going to...

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this English review worksheet, students consolidate the use of "going to" as they write 18 sentences following the prompts.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Appearances

For Students 4th - 6th
For this present and past tense proofreading practice worksheet, students edit the mistakes in 6 sentences. Students describe people from their past and present as they complete a graphic organizer.
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Modals, Part 1 Expressing Ability

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this expressing ability learning exercise, students read ten sentences that have missing words. From four choices, students complete the sentences by checking all possible completions.
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The Glass House - Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the architecture of Ludwig van der Rohe's 'The Glass House.' In this architecture analysis lesson, students view the images of the house and read about the home. Students complete two research projects for the lesson.
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"The Necklace" and "Cinderella"

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders complete literature analysis activities using Guy de Maupassants "The Necklace" and the Grimm Brothers "Cinderella." In this literature analysis lesson, 10th graders discuss the life and career of Guy de Maupassant and...
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First Day of Preschool

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discuss rules, have introductions, complete school tours, and more for the first day of preschool. In this first day of school lesson plan, students also discuss being good friends.
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From Canterbury to Little Rock: The Struggle for Educational Equality for African Americans

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explain the magnitude of the struggle involved in securing equal educational opportunities for African Americans. They examine how Prudence Crandall challenged the prevailing attitude toward educating African Americans
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Native American Legends

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work together in groups to research a Native American legend. They present the information they gathered in a format they chose. They write their own legend based on their research.
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Cooking Crepes in Ms. Stentella's French Class

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore eating, cooking, and life in France and identify table-setting vocabulary and restaurant conversational skills. After reviewing the crepe recipe, students pair up and do a mini WebQuest on crepes and find cultural...
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Positive Perspectives Posters

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a poster using one-point visual perspective. After exploring several examples of one-point perspective, 6th graders create a drawing around the theme of school community. Posters are illustrated and installed...
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Shanghai: Old Meets New

For Students 5th
In this editing worksheet, 5th graders read, analyze and proofread/edit the text "Shanghai: Old meets New". Students correct all the errors they find within the text.
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After 15 years, Air Force gets memorial over capital

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Pupils examine the meaning of a new air force memorial.  For this reading comprehension lesson students read an article, pupils discuss and brainstorm abstract concepts such as sacrifice, past, present and future.  They will...
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Sparky's Engineer: A Story Book Introduction to Engineering

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate what an engineer does. In this engineering lesson, students read the book "Sparky's Engineer" and analyze the different types of engineers that are referenced in the book. The students identify tools and machines...
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Prototype Production

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a product out of concrete. In this concrete lesson plan, students also demonstrate safety when using the tools provided.
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The 1980's Series - Music

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine artwork by Keith Haring, and listen to music popular in the 1980s that influenced him. They develop storyboards, and film music videos for their favorite song.
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The Photogingerbread Connection

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students draw pictures of themselves. They mail the picture of themself to the teacher prior to the start of the school year.
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Pots And People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils compare present technology with that of earlier times. They explore the history of pottery from the perspective of the unknown men and women who contributed to the development of the early technology.
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Just "Who" are the Three Little Pigs?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast various versions of the story The Three Little Pigs. They write a Cinquain, and then act out their version of the Three Little Pigs in a skit.