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Big Pumpkin
Learners read a story and retell it through role playing. They will read Big Pumpkin, identify the main ideas and important characters, retell the story through dramatic play, and identify their favorite character.
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Architecture: It's Elementary!—First Grade
Build an interest and appreciation for architecture in your young learners with this fun 10-lesson art unit. Engaging children in using their five senses, the class first observes the environment around them, paying...
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This is Your Lifeline!
In this writing worksheet, students participate in writing their personal lifelines. Students finish the sentences about what they could do at each age of life, ending with what they want to learn. Students then complete a "Star of the...
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Are You Aware?
Bring the five senses to life with a fun science experiment! Kindergartners and first graders read an explanation of the five senses, then identify which items Sophia can sense if she is blindfolded. A science explanation at the bottom...
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Label Your Body
Students assimilate the names of the parts of the body. They practice spelling body part words using a worksheet. They trace the outline of their bodies, add features and label the body parts from the vocabulary list.
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Moo Masks
Students investigate the use of a creative project for personal expression. They create a mask that resembles a cow. The students decorate each mask to personalize them. They wear the mask while reading literature about dairy farms and...
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The Five Senses
Students participate in a scavenger hunt using their sense of sight. They bring various texture materials from home and discuss how things feel. Students identify the smells inside five jars. They discuss things they hear and why hearing...
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The Human Head and Picasso
Sixth graders view human head paintings by Picasso. Using the paintings, they identify the facial proportions by a frontal and profile view. With a partner, they create a portrait of them after observing and measuring their face. They...
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Making Sense of Our Senses
Students participate in activities about the five senses. They explore objects, listen to stories and discuss the senses with classmates.
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Talking Duck
Students study how animals communicate through their senses and signals. They investigate how animals survive using their communication skills and create a commercial based on the research.
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My Halloween Book
In this holiday worksheet, students participate in a variety of activities related to Halloween. These include coloring a jack-o-lantern, reading a poem, and solving a pumpkin maze.
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Primates
Students explore different primates. In this primate instructional activity, students examine the various primates by engaging in crafts, dramatic play, singing songs, and games.
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Preschool Lesson: Guinea Pigs
In this Guinea Pig themed lesson, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.
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Beginning Matching - The Human Body
In this ELL, human body vocabulary worksheet, students match 9 human body related vocabulary words to 9 human body related pictures.
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Portrait Part Collage
Fifth graders study the concept of self-potraiture using examples. They create their own portraits that are put into a class collage. The skills of working cooperatively with art and appreciation of classmate's work is practiced.
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Hunt For Supertwister
Young scholars identify the best time of year and place to position spotters for possible tornado outbreaks. They research tornado formations, spotting, and safety. Students present their information using a poster, a mock-up of a...
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Paper Bag Easter Bunny
Students create paper bag versions of the Easter Bunny in this spring time lesson plan for the Kindergarten to 6th grade classroom. Included with the lesson plan are step-by-step instructions for successful implementation and a short...
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Using Our Senses
Students explore their five senses and describe what they sense, describe ways the senses affect their lives, and observe the way that a pediatrician uses his/her senses and tools to examine patients.
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Monster Senses
Second graders listen to a story that contains many sensory words to describe an object. They listen a second time using a signal to indicate when they hear a sensory word. They write a short story about a monster using appropriate...
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Brussel Sprout Bunny
Young scholars create miniature "brussel sprout" bunnies using clay pots, brussel sprouts, mini poms, Easter grass, and fake silk flowers. This instructional activity is intended for the upper-elementary classroom during the Spring...
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Sound All Around Us
Students make predictions about how sound is formed. They view and discuss a video that explores sound formation and attempt to identify the origin of different sounds.
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"Ladybugs and Grasshoppers"
Learners paricipate in number of activities related to ladybugs and grasshoppers.
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Pigs
Students read books, learn about the letter p, and eat pigs n mud all to learn about pigs. In this pigs lesson plan, students also dance with pink ribbons and make pigs out of construction paper.
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Your Sense of Touch
In this senses worksheet, students identify pictures of items that are hard or soft to the touch. In the following four pages, students use their discernment skills to identify things they can see, smell, and hear. Students color the...