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"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs": DRA

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars participate in a directed reading of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," doing word work, comprehension activities, and presentations.
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PERSONA PROJECT

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the role and influence of the major political, literary, and artistic figures in Russian history and in present-day Russia.
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Great Barrier Reef

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Barrier Reef as they work though several creative activities. Giving tours of the Reef and creating a brochure become competitive tasks as students compete for the job.
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Meteorology Madness

For Teachers 4th
Students probe the dynamic weather changes through several hands-0n activities in this seven lessons unit. The hydrologic cycle, clouds, atmosphere, air movement, fronts, and forecasting form the components presented in this unit.
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Are You Ready to Start Your Own Business?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the motivation behind owning your own business. They plan a course of action to research the pros and cons of owning a business and then share their information with the rest of the class as a follow up activity.
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Identify letters and sounds

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this letters, words, and sounds worksheet, students say sounds, identify letters, read sentences, read words, and read -ed and -en words. Students complete 6 activities total.
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Depression Nutrition Plan

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students plan meals for a day based on their own caloric needs, make a shopping list, and "shop" on line.  In this Great Depression nutrition plan lesson, students calculate their caloric needs and plan meals before "shopping" for...
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Top Ten Summer Lesson Plans: Make the Kick Off to Summer Fun!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
The right summer lesson plans can help both teachers and students spend the final days of school in a fun and productive way.
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Home Spelling Practice: Prefixes: dis, im, in, non, un

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell 20 words in a list that all contain the prefixes: dis, im, in, non or un. Students write each word one time. There are additional at-home activities suggested.
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Vocabulary Puzzle

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create vocabulary puzzles using the computer. In this vocabulary puzzle activity, students create vocabulary puzzles using computer software. Students include synonyms of the words and illustrations. Students trade the finished...
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Welcome to Flimibuff!!!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this novel analysis lesson, students read the short script about Lord of the Flies related activity. Students then complete a survival activity relating to the story.
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Introduction to Photography

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars identify the basics of photography and complete photography activities. For this photography lesson, students invite a professional photographer to the class and use disposable cameras to take the given list of images....
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Green Corn Festival

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars reflect in journals how the Green Corn Festival compares to present day holidays and look for ways that the tribes celebrate it differently.
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Fiction or Non-fiction

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders view three texts, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOTBALLER, THE HUMAN BODY, AND WHICH IS WHICH? with the titles covered. They discuss whether the books are non-fiction or fiction and try to come up with suitable titles for the books.
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What and Why (Cause and Effect)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine cause and effect. For this cause and effect lesson, students discuss examples of cause and effect that their instructor shares with them. Students identify examples of cause and effect in their own lives and then...
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Sleep Central

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore healthy and unhealthy sleeping habits. They make a class graph of the total number of hours students, as a class, sleep for the week.
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Baseball - America's Pastime

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students complete Internet research about baseball and baseball players. They complete a variety of activities including writing an epitaph for Jackie Robinson, a news article about him, and make graphs displaying salaries of a number of...
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All About Me!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners use the program Pixie to create a presentation about themselves and begin writing in order to introduce themselves to their new classmates. Students complete five Pixie activities and put them together to present information...
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Forest Floor Terrarium

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the aspects of a forest floor ecosystem, including decomposition, the water cycle, food webs, the needs of living things, and physical vs. chemical change over an extended period. In addition, students conduct observations...
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Jack And Jill

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the reading of "Jack and Jill" with the help of a poster to set the context for class activities like discussion. They read the story and fill in the blanks for the words that are...
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Verb Review 1: Present/Past

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this verb tense worksheet, students fill in blanks using the correct form of verbs in parentheses to complete a total of 10 sentences, then complete the same activity for short paragraphs.
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Gravity and Layers of Air

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students actively look and listen as their teacher provides transparencies to show how the atmosphere is made up of layers. In this atmosphere lesson plan, students discuss the atmosphere in terms of layers and how gravity pulls...
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Exploring Zoo Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research topics related to zoos and zoo animals. They compare and contrast the size of animals, make a book of facts about bears, draw snakes, and write animal stories and poetry. They complete a series of writing and creative...
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Fearlessness and Confidence

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students develop confidence to face up to problems and fears in order to deal with them safely. They recognize that family and friends should care for each other. Students go through a series of activities that they interact with,...