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Alphabet Organizer

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students practice organizing their vocabulary words in an online organizer tool. In this vocabulary lesson, students read a text and take notes. Additionally, students organize their vocabulary words into an online "Alphabet Organizer"...
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Free Fall…From SPACE!/Nanotechnology in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Provide the details about Felix Baumgartner's sky jump from the far reaches of our atmosphere, 39,045 meters up! Then get your physics free fallers to evaluate the factors that played a role in his acceleration, the time to reach maximum...
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Ladies Taking Over the Labs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the lives and accomplishments of the many women who have made tremendous strides in the various fields of science.
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Basic Feature Interviewing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners act as reporters to develop interview skills. In this interview lessons, students develop the skills needed to use anecdotes and quotes to make an interview interesting. They practice asking questions over and above the 5 W's so...
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Making Inferences about Problem and Solution

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use unfamiliar objects to make inferences. In this making inferences lesson, students make guesses about what an item does. Students brainstorm together and make lists of ideas and write them on index cards. The teacher gives...
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Systems Every "Body" Needs to Know

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through an informative WebQuest and group work, learners explore the human body and cell structure. They create a cell diagram, research a disease, write a letter explaining the causes of human disease, and work in small groups to create...
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How Many Ways Can You Say Merry Christmas?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a multicultural holiday bulletin board map! students research and study saying Merry Christmas in different languages. They correctly locate the countries on a world map.
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Best Friend - Friend from Hell

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students practice in a number of areas: expressing opinions, using comparatives and superlatives, descriptive adjectives and reported speech. The overall concept of this lesson can be applied to many other topics of discussion.
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Why the Whales Came

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this Why the Whales Came worksheet, students answer questions about each chapter in the story for twelve chapters. Students answer five to ten questions about plot per chapter and complete a writing assignment for each chapter.
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Stereotype Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the concepts related to stereotypes. In this stereotyping instructional activity, students define the word "stereotype" before working in a group to develop stereotype statements. They determine if the statements are...
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Populism and Governor Lewelling

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the impact of the Populist Party. In this Kansas history activity, 7th graders examine historical documents that enable them to find out what the Populist Party stood for and how Governor Lewelling dealt with...
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Teamwork

For Teachers 7th - 12th
This activity will give students the opportunity to consider what is involved in cooperative efforts and why real teamwork can be very effective. As a result, they may be able to offer suggestions for improving cooperation in their own...
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Learning To Look

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate a flower plant and the plant cycle. They extend observational skills when looking at a tree by observing, questioning and sharing ideas. They observe a living and nonliving flower and compare and contrast how...
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Narrative Writing-10 Strategies for Engaging the Reader

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss what narrative writing represents. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders review the ten strategies for engaging reader. Students listen to and read good examples of each strategyand write engaging beginnings in...
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Headless Horseman, Heady Author

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore figurative language as it appears in Washington Irving's original text, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, answer questions based on story, and write sequels to it by using the different types of figurative language...
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Creative Writing Poem

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write poetry using imagery and practice poetry presentation. In this poetry lesson, 5th graders listen as the teacher reads a humorous poem using different voice modulations and presentation techniques. They discuss the...
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More Than Anything Else

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the life of Booker T. Washington by reading a biography.  In this biographical lesson, 2nd graders read the story More Than Anything Else, and examine the geographical locations Washington once resided...
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A Tongue-Twisting Language Arts Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover enunciation and alliteration by reading tongue twisters in class.  In this language arts lesson, students listen and repeat some of the classic childhood tongue twisters along with their teacher.  Students...
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Decoding Strategies

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young readers apply decoding strategies to identify unknown words. In this reading lesson, they read the Preamble and practice using decoding strategies. Small groups rotate to five charts that have questions regarding the Constitution...
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The Big Hit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students are introduced to the phonetic sound associated with the short letter "i" and listen to a story which includes words with this sound. In this the big hit starfall lesson, students build sound letter accuracy. Students also...
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Buggy Rides

For Teachers K
Students go for a buggy ride. Each of them have a chance to be a rider and a horse. They need to tell their "horse" when to begin pulling by saying "giddy-up." students work together and use appropriate social skills
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The Hundred Penny Box

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare how people save money in financial institutions, after reading the story, The Hundred Penny Box. They analyze the advantages of regular saving and how savings grow with compounding.
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Independent - To Be Or Not To Be

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine national symbols of freedom and speech strategies. They study the constitution, forefathers, and the Declaration of Independence.
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El Menu

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, in groups, create a menu in Spanish. Then each group must present their menus to the class.

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