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Tobacco

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars write paragraphs about the message of an advertisement ad they see in magazines and their intended audience. In this advertisements lesson plan, students look at tobacco, clothing, hair products, and more.
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If You Meet a Dinosaur Book

For Teachers K
Students utilize the facts presented in the story, " If You Meet a Dragon," by Joy Cowley to make a dinosaur following the features of a template, track the text of the story, and dramatize its main idea.
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Media Collage

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create "media Collages" out of labels from boxes, bottles, and cans, and other found objects in this Art lesson for all ages. Adaptations are included for younger and older students. Lesson also includes a writing option for...
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Toe to Toe Geo

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students study triangles. In this triangle lesson plan, students compare and classify triangles while milling to music. Students will also trade triangles so they can match up with other similar triangles. Triangles are provided.
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Faces of a Cube

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify and correctly name three-dimensional solids; cones, spheres, and cubes. In this three-dimensional figures lesson, students  build a cube by matching colored square faces to a correct word. Students then...
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Acorn Craft

For Teachers All
Students create an Acorn craft. They practice counting the template pieces and color the templates (mainly browns and autumn color for the oak leaf). They save the small image in the template to insert in the alphabet mini-books.
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Paper Bag Easter Bunny

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create paper bag versions of the Easter Bunny in this spring time lesson for the Kindergarten to 6th grade classroom. Included with the lesson are step-by-step instructions for successful implementation and a short list of...
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Collage/Assemblage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify different shapes and patterns. They locate France on a world map and examine the works of artist, Henri Matisse. They discover shapes that are related to Math.
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Fun With Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete various activities for the book, "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom." They listen to the story, construct a coconut tree, create paper letters for the coconut tree, and write about their favorite part of the story.
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Easter Baskets

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create Easter baskets using paperclips, string, balloons, and paper mache techniques in this early-elementary Art lesson. Due to drying times for the paper mache it is recommended to spread this Art lesson over at least a...
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Voting Booth

For Students 4th - 5th
In this art and social studies worksheet, students make a voting booth for the classroom. Students use a large refrigerator box and follow the directions to create this voting booth.
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Making a Rock Collection, Lesson 1

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover the different shapes and sizes of rocks. They create a chart on what they already know about rocks and sort rocks by size. They place cutouts of rocks on construction paper from smallest to largest.
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Totem Pole and Native American Costume

For Teachers K
Students create a totem pole, Native American costume, and Native American mask. They discuss design elements, view a slideshow, and using various craft materials construct a totem pole with various face designs, a Native American...
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Salt Relief Map of Virginia

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a salt relief map of the four regions of Virginia. They indentify land forms and bodies of water, and summarize how they made their project.
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Cheeseburger Food Groups

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners use a cheeseburger to demonstrate knowledge of the food groups. In this healthy eating lesson, students learn about the food groups by investigating the different parts of a cheeseburger. The learners create a model cheeseburger...
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Christmas-Tree-Shaped Poem Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create holiday cards with poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. The poems tell how students spread joy this holiday season.
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10 Apples Up On Top

For Teachers K
Stuents make class books as a follow up activity to the Dr. Seuss book Ten Apples Up On Top!
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Geometry and Quilting

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders combine geometry and language arts skills while examining quilt-making. After identifying the geometric shapes contained in quilts, they write stories to encompass the quilt border. Students conclude by creating and...
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ABSTRACT EX[RESSIONISM DE KOONING STYLE

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view and discuss the work of Elaine de Kooning and then the students create a painting in the Abstract Expressionist style.
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Very Hungry Caterpillar - Tissue College

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create tissue collages using paints, tissue paper, and glue in this cross-curricular art/literature activity based upon the artwork of Eric Carle. Emphasis is placed upon the term collage and practicing collaging techniques.
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The Rainbow Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a story. In this diversity lesson plan, students read The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister, discuss sharing and uniqueness, and decorate their own scale with information about them using pictures or words.
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Cc is for Cat

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing practice learning exercise, students learn to form upper and lower case letters Cc. Students trace several examples before forming their letters in the boxes.
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Cc is for Cat

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students trace and write both upper and lower-case examples of the Zaner-Bloser letter c. Students color the pictures.
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A Tree for all Seasons

For Teachers K
Students investigate seasons. In this environment lesson, students describe the four seasons by drawing an appropriate tree for each season.