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Exploring Landforms

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the different types of landforms throughout the world. They pick one and research and present it to the class.
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Speech Therapy Students Interact Between Schools

For Teachers K - 6th
Students use technology to improve their communication skills and have the ability to interact with other speech students attending other elementary schools. Through riddles, games, and other activities, students attain their speech...
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Solar System Slide Show

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars work in small groups to research a planet in our Solar System in order to compare it to Earth. They examine the planet's size, atmosphere, rotation and revolution periods, temperature, and other attributes. They collect...
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Transformations

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify the types of transformations in their lives. As a class, they determine the ones they have control over and which ones they do not. They practice solving problems in math and oral communication that they are faced with...
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Hurricane Mitch

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students use context clues to derive meaning for unknown vocabulary.
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Lost Worlds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars, while using the strategy of identifying the main idea and supporting details, explore the three nonfiction selections of the lost worlds of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains, Great Zimbabwe, and Anasazi. In...
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A Map Mystery

For Teachers 1st
First graders solve a mystery by following map clues. In this map clues lesson plan, 1st graders follow a computer program called Neighborhood Map Machine. In this program, it gives students directional and spatial clues in order to...
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Famous People Research Project

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research a famous person in Michigan history. They will use at least three different resources including technology to conduct their research. They then will use various forms of technology to create individual research...
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I'll Have an Order of Subtraction Please!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore number values by completing consumer math worksheets. In this math functions lesson, students identify the use of a decimal in numbers and the place values that are represented when dealing with money. Students complete...
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Philanthropy in Song

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning activity, students define the word philanthropist through song.
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Community Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a community walk. In this communities activity, students use a digital camera to take photos during a community walk. Students take photos of store signs and street signs. Students design a poster with their...
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Conversation Lesson – Music

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students discuss the type of music they listen to and discuss a set of music related words put on the board by the teacher. In this music instructional activity, students work in pairs to discuss words and complete an activity asking...
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Language: Border, Bridge or Barrier?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how they view language differences along the border between the US and Mexico.
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the Impact of the U.s. Supreme Court on High School Journalism.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study of the First Amendment, Tinker, Hazelwood and the Colorado Student Free Expression Law. They discuss the ramifications on the student press and recite their memorized First Amendment rights. They discover what can...
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Online Newspaper Search

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils use the Internet to research an article. When they find an article they like, it be printed and they highlight the important information and present to the class.
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Miles Of Smiles

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate basic mathematical properties to solve multiplication and division problems. They solve word problems that are part of the lesson. Students are required to give written or oral justification for how they solve each...
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Picture Sentences

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create sentences using word wall or spelling words. In this literacy lesson, 2nd graders type their sentences and attach a clip art picture that coordinates with the word or sentence.
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Soaring Through Space With a Kid Pix Slide Show

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a slide show on Kid Pix about space. In this space lesson plan, 1st graders will explore the earth, sun, moon, and planets. After exploring their motions and locations around the sun, they create a 4 page slide show...
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Rhyme Around Baseball Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An exciting version of baseball to build fluency in creating rhyming words. The classroom is divided into two teams; when one team is up to bat the first student is given a word family such as -at. They must create a rhyming word and...
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Writing Fix: Revision Checklists [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Walk your students through the writing process with this revision checklist. Students review their idea development, organization, sentence fluency and word choice. Click on appropriate grade-levels to get the desired checklists....
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Introduce Reading Connected Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the students learn to sound out the words.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing

For Teachers K - 1st
Reading 101 is a self-paced professional development course for K-3 teachers. It presents some of the core information that teachers need to help young children learn to read and write well and to support the children who struggle. The...
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Kim's Korner: Six Trait Analytic Writing Model

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Check out this comprehensive website featuring ideas for teaching writing based on the six trait analytic writing model.
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Reading Rockets: Simple Things Principals Can Do to Help All Children Read Well

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore a list of simple things that principals can do to help all children learn to read. Come and learn more about the collaboration process with school administrators, teachers and staff.