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Color
In this color worksheet, students, with a partner, explore and discuss a variety of activities associated with a large variety of colors, and how colors are significant to various countries. An interesting writing assignment is at the...
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PEBBLE PICTURES
Students paint pebbles to look like people, fish, butterflies, or birds. They glue to a background.
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Muffin Flowers
Students use construction paper to create muffin flowers. They use muffin tray cup liners and draw flower stems and leaves on the paper. They use the muffin liners for a 3-D effect.
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State Heads
Students create a narrative image that depicts a formal shape of a state. They review the state facts of whatever state they chose. They draw a person and then add text in the shape of the state they chose.
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Recycled Lid Ornament
Students create a keepsake ornament out of recycled plastic lids and other household items.
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Hear All About It
Middle schoolers organize and present a short expository speech. They select a topic, conduct research, create electronic notes or note cards, and present their information to the class.
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Rainforest (Elementary, Social Studies)
Explore the rainforest with your class. Learners study the meaning of the word endangered, choose an animal to study, gather data, and discuss why the animal is in danger of extinction. This is a motivating way to have your class discuss...
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Energy: Eco-Icons that Electrify
Learners examine environmental issues. In this energy instructional activity, students explore the topic of energy conservation and then create marketing (to be implemented in their school) meant to communicate the benefits of energy...
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Bulletin Board: Eggshell flowers
Students "paint" Spring flowers by gluing pieces of dyed, hardboiled eggshells onto outlines of flowers. They display their artwork on a Spring-themed bulletin board.
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Artist in Schools Program
Young scholars explore the medium of watercolor paints. They observe basic watercolor painting techniques (such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and dry-on-dry). Then students experiment with these techniques on small squares of watercolor paper.
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Finding the Friendship Dolls, A True Story: How Children Can Create World Peace
Students listen to the book Finding the Friendship Dolls, A True Story: How Children Can Help Create World Peace through Toys. In this world peace instructional activity, students choose events in the story to create a timeline of those...
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Printmaking - Multi-plate Relief Prints
Students create a print using multiple blocks, utilize elements and principles of design in creating a strong design, and demonstrate skill in carving the block and registration of colors. They show appreciation and awareness of the work...
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Eager E
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /e/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter E. Students then play a concentration type game, listen to the book "Lee and the Team,"...
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Cool Word Vocabulary
Students practice using new vocabulary by putting a picture with the new word. They also write the definitions of the new words. They use the pictures to create a clue in which others can practice the new words.
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Hawaiian Leis
Third graders examine the Hawaiian culture through the different types of Hawaiian flowers and discover how to create Hawaiian Leis. Students make flowers out of tissue paper to create their leis.
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Building Staircases: Understanding Slope
Students recognize the importance of slope. They use blocks to model the slope of a line and calculate the slope of a line on a coordinate grid. Afterward, they describe objects they encounter in their everyday lives that have slopes.
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Descriptive Writing
Students write a 5 sentence descriptive paragraph using a variety of writing strategies and images taken from the Pics4Learning site. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help guide them in their writing.
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Sunset Silhouette (primary colours)
Students draw and paint the sunset, learning about the primary colors while painting and mixing.
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Colors of the Rainbow
Students explore primary and secondary colors through the use of colors represented in the rainbow. They read and discuss the book, 'What a Wonderful World,' mix paint colors and paint rainbows, and create scratchboard paintings.
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Illuminated Text
Students examine the technique of ancient decorative gilding used to support literature. They begin by tracing letters onto double tack release paper, then place onto cardstock before burnishing with a Simple Leaf sheet. Opaque Blick...
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All Aboard!
Students research the history and background of snowboarding as well as the two main types of competition; the Giant Slalom and the Halfpipe. They find the schedule of past and future events and plot the locations of as many of these...
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Fortune Cookie Activity Cards
Students are given a pre-made fortune cookie at the beginning of class. Individually, they open up the cookie and read their fortune and complete the exercise on the paper. They exchange fortunes and exercises with their classmates when...
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Ready-to-Go! Blank Board Books
Pupils create a board book from a blank template. Using a specific theme, they decorate their book to show an idea. They share their creations with the class and receive constructive criticism.