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Charlotte's Web
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn Diagrams, discuss...
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Teaching Science to English Language Learners
Use these hands on lesson plans to make science more accessible for English Language Learners in your classroom.
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The Coral Reef
Fourth graders discuss life in a coral reef, and view photographs and a computer program about coral reefs. They design and create colorful watercolor, ink, and crayon drawings of coral reefs.
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Progression's Price
Students reflect upon their regional and national environments, analyze causes of environmental problems as well as their implications, and examine effects of population growth as they participate in "The Popcorn Game."
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What is the Best Insulator: Air, Styrofoam, Foil, or Cotton?
Students investigate the properties of insulators by attempting to keep a cup of water from freezing, and once it is frozen, to keep it from melting. They conduct the experiment, record and analyze the results, and answer discussion...
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Conflict and Debate
Learners take a medical issue and explore it, debate it, and convince others of their point of view. They improve research skills and writing skills. Students are able to define a problem, debate it, and identify which is the best...
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Preposition Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in forty blanks with the appropriate preposition that makes each one grammatically correct.
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Name Game
Students practice writing names using a Scrabble type activity. For this letter writing lesson, students participate in a name writing game in which they must utilize other student names to spell their own on the same grid....
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From Lake to Lake
Fourth graders investigate the formation of the Great Salt Lake. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used to construct a timeline of the history. Each phase of history should include facts and...
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Binary and Communication Systems
Students participate in an activity that introduces them to the concept of binary coding as a language. They decode messages using special boards that has its own code for different letters. They create new codes by rearranging wires...
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Inflation: Taking Prices Higher
Students examine the definition of inflation and its impact through history. They read and discuss online text, discuss examples of inflation, calculate the prices of various items for different years using an inflation rate of 3%, and...
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Career Stereotypes
Students explore the vast world of careers tied to a particular gender. Students discuss their findings with the class. Students stereotype examples for study. Students role play certain stereotypes.
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FACS: Running a School Bakery (Mktg)
Learners explore marketing concepts while producing food items to sell. They are divide into groups. Students create or revise the Research Survey to use during the week to either determine the product they they sell or which variety...
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The Great Kapok Tree- Teaching About Conflict in Literature
Students identify the plot of a text. In this literature lesson plan, students listen to the book The Great Kapok Tree and identify the problem and solution. A graphic organizer is used to help reinforce the concept.
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Photographical Ecology
Students study organisms and the roles they play in nature. For this ecology lesson, students photograph several examples of organisms during a nature walk. Students print out their photos and classify the organisms as plants or animals.
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Cell Discoveries
Students observe, compare and describe cell organelles in terms of their function, structure and operation. They enter and edit information in a database, build and sort a student-designed database and find records in a database.
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Simple Machines
Fourth graders discover the principles and uses of gears noting that they can be used to change the direction of motion or the speed of an object. They may also change the force and/or distance through which an object turns. They then...
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Innovations in Elder Care
Students describe the symptoms and suspected causes of Alzheimer's disease or cancer. They describe current research projects seeking to learn more about or find treatments for either Alzheimer's disease or cancer. Students compare...
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Activity Plan 5-6: Shape Transformers
Young scholars expand their thinking while investigating shape and design. In this early childhood lesson plan, students transform a geometric shape into another shape or design to develop math and creative-thinking skills.
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Word Pairs
Learners compare similar words that are often confused. In this Language arts activity, students review meanings of words that are often confused. Learners complete a worksheet and sentences to practice correct usage of these words.
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A Day In the Life of a 4th/5th Grader
Students design a photo essay. In this photo essay lesson, students take digital pictures of their daily activities such as their mode of travel to school, the lunchroom, their classroom and classmates. They choose the photos that depict...
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Binary Math Circuits
In this Algebra II/Pre-calculus worksheet, students analyze and build digital circuits. The six page worksheet contains eleven problems. Answers not included.
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Poke and Look Learning Books
Learners read Poke and Look Learning Books and complete predicting activities, reading, questioning, and more. In this Poke and Look Learning Books, students do this for 13 different books.
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Plant Growth & Development
Young scholars share what they know about plants and discuss what else they would like to know. The teacher evaluates students' prior knowledge of plants to inform future instruction. Young scholars practice observation and prediction...