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Lesson: Animal Journeys

For Teachers K - 5th
Here is a great way to get the brain going. Children look at an image of the sculpture, Jar and then imagine what an animal would look like as it moved inside the sculpture. They then use clay and cookie cutters to create a...
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A Selection of Stories from The Æsop for Children

For Students K - 8th Standards
Read and incorporate a variety of Aesop's Fables into a fable genre study with an eBook produced by the Library of Congress. The interactive eBook contains 146 fables written by Aesop and includes colorful interactive illustrations...
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Anansi: A Language Arts Twist to the Trickster

For Teachers 1st
Students read African folk tales to learn about story elements and writing techniques. In this writing and reading skills lesson, students listen and retell African folk tales about Anansi the spider. Students complete four lessons to...
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Digital Photography and Language Arts

For Teachers 1st
First graders in groups develop a sense of story by making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. While one student makes the sandwich, the partner takes digital pictures of the five steps involved in the process. They switch roles. The...
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Language Arts: Ready, Set, Write

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learn that stories have three parts by paralleling the introduction, the body and the conclusion to the life of an athlete competing in the Winter Games.
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Gingerbread Baby Language Arts/Grammer #6

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are read the story "Gingerbread Baby". They draw and cut out the characters from the story and create a mobile to hang from their classroom ceiling. They write a sentence using a verb on the back.
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Language Arts: Then and Now

For Teachers 1st
First graders hear Great Grandma and I. They locate objects representing then (seed) and now (tomato). They make then and now charts for members of their families.
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Language Arts: Predicting and Clarifying Techniques

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover predicting and clarifying skills while reading "The Old Woman and Her Pig." During the reading, they check their predictions while evaluating the characters, setting, problems, and solution. On the second day,...
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Grade 1 Language Arts: Nouns 2

For Students 1st
In this nouns worksheet, 1st graders read 6 sentences and circle all the nouns that names a place, thing or person in each one. Students recheck their answers.
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Grade 1 Language Arts: Nouns 1

For Students 1st
In this nouns activity, 1st graders read 6 sentences and then circle each word in each sentence that names a place, thing or person.
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Handwriting: Sign Language H

For Students 1st
In this handwriting and sign language letter H worksheet, 1st graders trace the upper and lower case letter H and write it one time on their own. Then they color the hand sign for the sign language letter H. 
Interactive
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Customized Handwriting: Sign Language N

For Students 1st
In this customized handwriting:  sign language N worksheet, 1st graders change the style, font and text, then print the worksheet to practice printing and color the picture of the letter N in sign language.
Interactive
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Letter Yy: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Yy worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Yy. Students trace and print both letters several times. Students then learn the sign language sign for the letter Y.
Interactive
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Letter Ww: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Ww worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Ww. Students trace and print both letters several times. Students then learn the sign language sign for the letter W.
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Letter Rr: Sign Language

For Students K - 1st
In this letter Rr worksheet, students study the stroke patterns for the capital and lowercase letter Rr. Students trace and print both letters several times. Students then learn the sign language sign for the letter R.
Interactive
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Customized Handwriting: Sign Language, Letter T

For Students 1st
In this customized handwriting:  sign language, the letter T activity, 1st graders change style, font or text, then print the activity to practice printing and color the picture.
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Phoneme Recognition Games

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore language arts by completing an in-class phonics activity. In this word structure instructional activity, students utilize the Internet to identify the sounds that different letter combinations make. Students practice...
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Identify the Element of Line

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the element of "line." In this beginning art lesson, students listen to the book Harold and the Purple Crayon, then describe the types of lines Harold drew. Students identify straight lines,  jagged lines, curvy...
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All Aboard!

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners recognize and identify onomatopoeia. They will read the book All Aboard! A True Train Story, by Susan Kuklin. After reading the book, they list and illustrate examples of onomatopoeia. Then they write a poem or...
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Four Corners Debate

For Teachers K - 12th
Should the student population wear uniforms to school? Pupils express whether they strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with a controversial statement, moving to a designated corner of the room to indicate their stance....
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Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners explore the book Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie. In this verb, onomatopoeia, and syllable lesson, students pantomime verbs, read onomatopoeia from the story and clap out syllables. Learners unscramble sentences from...
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Culture Commotion

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Exposing young children to the wonders of world cultures is very important. Here is a sweet lesson which does just that! In it, learners listen to music, and stories from cultures around the world. They learn greetings in different...
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National Gallery of Canada

Lumps, Bumps, Gritty, and Soft!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Texture can really add to a work of art. Explore texture through observation and practice. Learners view and discuss works of art by M.C. Escher. They then create their own texture samplers with six different materials.
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Pablo Picasso

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Introduce your class to one of the most famous artists of the twentieth century. After reading a brief biography of Pablo Picasso, pupils create their own collages on the next page on the theme of music.

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