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Best Practices

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students create displays throughout the year to generate interest in upcoming events. They develop a plan to increase awareness of a variety of physical fitness programs. Students create flyers about local activities and share the...
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Spelling Connections: Assessment and Review

For Students 7th - 8th
In this spelling instructional activity, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. There is no obvious connection between the words. Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Rate Your Plate

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders analyze the nutrients, calories, and food groups using the USDA CNPP website Interactive Healthy Eating Index. They write a summary of their personal findings related to their eating habits - including some ways to improve...
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Food Groups and the Food Guide Pyramid

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and explain food labels and decide in which part of the food guide pyramid selected food items belong.
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Build a Journal

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students prepare for field journaling at Yosemite Institute. They create and decorate their Institute journal giving them both a place to journal and ownership of it.
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Architecture Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review vocabulary and terms associated with architecture. In groups, they complete an architecture scavenger hunt in which they examine the different types of styles in their community. To end the lesson, they present the...
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We Love to Read!

For Teachers K - 6th
Students find ways to share their favorite books. In this reading strategies instructional activity, students advertise books, create a top ten countdown, give a video book talk, simmer story stew, make book medals, play name that book,...
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History Personified

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore historical events by writing a research paper using personification.
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Ring Toss Math

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young mathematicians play Ring Toss Math to find sums and differences to 18. If you're looking for an engaging, in-class game to help reinforce these mathematical concepts, this lesson plan could be for you!
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Dialogue Journals in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Using dialogue journals in the classroom can help you get to know your students and help them increase their writing fluency.
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Native American Interdisciplinary Educational Unit

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research various Native American stories and legends. They participate in reader's theater, write original legends, cook Native American foods, construct dioramas and view Native American art and artifacts.
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Protozoans

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine protozoans and their advantages and disadvantages.  In this chemistry lesson students explain what a protozoan is then draw and label one. 
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Football Review

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Students review a subject and get points such as the points in football for correct and incorrect answers. In this football review lesson plan, students fill out a score board as they review.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Memories

For Students 5th - 7th
In this expressing ability and practicing can do statements activity, students complete 10 sentences using the appropriate verbs. Students also read a 1 paragraph selection and respond to 5 questions pertaining to it. In pairs, students...
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Total English Elementary: Read All About It

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a 4 paragraph passage about a charity fund-raising effort and then respond to 8 short answer questions.
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Keyboarding Lesson - Period

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Pupils engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding and using the period key. The drills can be done together as a class, following your oral instructions, or individually. Accuracy, not speed, is the main goal for beginners.
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Stackers Game for Word Fluency

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore words by building and decoding three-letter words. Real or nonsense words can be formed with the alphabet tiles. Practice fluency and blending sounds with CVC patterns.
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Let's Travel

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students engage in Internet search. They find answers to questions concerning an assigned country. They create a video presentation about a foreign country. They design a display about the foreign country.
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Play Reporters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are given an article from a local newspaper. They summarize the article and participate in a broadcast over the articles.
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"Asesinato"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice contrasting the preterite and imperfect tenses.
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Off to College

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students jog to where their classroom teacher went to college using a scale that best fits their situation. They log miles on a chart until students reach their destination. Students use the colleges mascot as the graph indicator as to...
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Cotton Ball Lamb

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are encouraged to recognize animal and the sounds they make. They create a hands-on craft, story-telling and song. Students share each creation with their classmates.
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Teachingheart.net: End of the Year

For Teachers K - 1st
Celebrate the end of school and the arrival of summer with these fun activities to finish the school year with your class.
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Austin Independent School District: Fun With Word Walls [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st Standards
A series of nine activities to use while introducing and practicing with words on word walls. Activities include Funky Cheers, Words Undercover, Magic Words, Finish My Word, Create Complete Sentences, Word Categories, Rhyme Roundup,...