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The Color Black
In this color worksheet, students color the pictures of things that can be black. The color 5 items that include bat, a race car, a dog, and a panther.
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Cars Tag
Pupils participate in a tag game using characters from the Disney movie "Cars." They role-play different characters from the movie, with students wearing different colored vests or wrist bands and jogging in the Impound Area after they...
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On the Track With NASCAR
Students complete a variety of activities to research stock car racing. They use the Internet to research NASCAR acronyms, schedules, results, car design and other aspects.
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The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare
Both The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare are great additions to an elementary language arts lesson. Young readers focus on the literary elements of each story, including characters and plot development, and apply counting and...
Shodor Education Foundation
Playing with Probability
Review basic probability concepts with your class using different-colored marbles in a bag. Then pair up learners and have them play a cool online interactive game in which they race miniature cars using the roll of a die or two. The...
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Relay Race
Students program RCX cars to relay information to one another via Mail when triggered by light sensors. The light sensors are appropriately spaced to allow for timed triggers.
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The Math Star Wins the Cup
Students recognize and count numbers 1-4 using a racing game. In this math instructional activity, students move cars around a racetrack by matching colors and seeing numbers. The student who finishes the race first is the winner.
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Race To Finish
Learners increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing cross checking and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working with a partner, they read complete a timed assessment...
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Coin Crossroads
Pupils play a racetrack game using money vocabulary and adding coins with the same value. They read car racing stories and observe the reverse of the Indiana quarter. They locate Indiana on a map.
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Describe Comoon Objects and Actions in both General and Specific Language
Students are told that they are going to describe the noun and verb in a simple sentence to make the sentence more detailed. They are told that a noun is a person, place or thing. Students are taught that a verb is an action word. They...
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Describing Things (Adjectives)
Describing things using adjectives is the focus of this lesson designed for language learners. Class members play games, draw pictures, and sing songs, adding adjectives to describe animals.
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Plessy V. Ferguson: "Separate but Equal," Equal Protection
Students explore the details and impact of the Plessy vs. Ferguson U.S. Supreme Court case. In this U.S. History lesson, students participate in several group discussions and group activities that examine both sides of the famous...
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Go, Speed Reader, Go
Students increase their reading fluency through the use of various strategies. After reviewing chunking, decoding, and rereading, students complete an initial read of a novel text. Working in small groups, they read complete a timed...
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Slippery Slope
Learners define patterns, relation and function. In this algebra lesson, students find the slope of a line and write equations of line. They model the slope using real life scenarios.
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The Only Superstitious Person Is Huck Finn
Fourth graders interview people from three different age groups about superstition including what they believe and why they believe it. This lesson goes along with the classic book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.