Students learn basic improvisation of a four beat measure through a game using a four quarter note pattern. NOTE: The idea in this instructional activity is to teach the student to create something on the spot.

Students learn basic improvisation of a four beat measure through a game using a four quarter note pattern. NOTE: The idea in this lesson is to teach the student to create something on the spot.

Learners explain the importance of equality of opportunity and equal protection of the law as a characteristic of American society and evaluate the validity and credibility of different historical interpretations.

Students explain that Japanese and Americans have different values concerning behavior, education, and work. They fill out questionnaires which ask about their family practices and compare their answers with Japanese families.

Students view excerpts from the video, Hardwood, and discuss the positive and negative attributes of fathers. They write letters to people who have been an important influence in their lives.

Students examine the different types of weather. They create illustrations of the type of weather to go into a class book. They are encouraged to examine the weather each day,

Students listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin. They create words using the cluster ump.

Students take a closer examine the world just outside their doors and share their experiences with their classmates, near and far. They create postcards of their community and email them to pen pals in other school districts.

Students study the basics of redwork embroidery, and begin a picture.

Third graders work together and practice communication skills, leadership, trust, respect and creativity in order to complete this outdoor activity successfully. Groups must successfully navigate their way through an obstacle course.

Fourth graders write an expository paper using notes taken during a field trip or a guest speaker.

Students read and discuss, "Post-Christmas Comes a Geek's Gizmo-Rama" by David Pogue. They consider how technologies they use impact their lives.

Pupils use a brief history of the growth and decline of the anthracite region in the state to create a photograph and map "peak shaped" time line. They practice map and photo analysis strategies to "read" photographs and maps.

Students examine facts about drug testing in schools.

Pupils write a front page of a newspaper from Ancient Rome dated March 14, 15, 16. 44BC that explains the role of Julius Caesar. They complete is assessment assignment in groups.

Students describe factors that influence relationships with family and friends. They write a book about themselves using personal knowledge.

Students identify safe and unsafe activities. They identify what is allowed when their parents are home and when they are not. They complete a worksheet and discuss the different activities.

Students discuss why it is important to be safe while they are home alone. They decide if decisions made in skits they watch were good or bad. They even create their own role plays.

Young scholars read poem, "The Bridge," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, discuss how they are connected to other human beings, both past and present, and create time capsules including their favorite memorabilia.

Learners complete a unit on melodies from various cultures. They watch an online program, analyze various melodies, write a short original melody, complete a worksheet, and compare/contrast three versions of "Amazing Grace."

Students are introduced to hurricanes by answering questions. They practice using new vocabulary words. They work together in pairs to compare the words used in different levels of the text.

Students compare the Chinese and Western zodiacs, their symbols, their meanings, and their calendars through a in-class discussion and a small group project. This lesson includes vocabulary and extensions.

Students identify China's geography, especially arable land, rainfall, crop growing areas, rivers, and mountains. Students select a technological advance to draw a diagram of the particular advance make transparencies of the diagram,...

Students listen to story of Grady, the Silo Cow, review vocabulary in story, look at newspaper headlines and discuss purpose of headlines, determine what makes a good headline, create three headlines of their own for story of Grady, and...