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Stamp It
Students pick a theme related to the Mississippi River Valley and conduct research using a variety of resources while constructing a commemorative stamp of the topic. The stamp is made using a visual image found in the information.
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Reading Immigration Graphs and Charts
Students examine the settlement patterns and land use in Minnesota. In groups, they practice reading immigration graphs and charts and discuss why immigrants settled where they did. They are also introduced to new vocabulary related to...
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White Anti-Racist Biographies: Early Grades
Students research white anti racists including Laurie Olsen, Myles Horton, and others. In this anti racist lesson plan, students complete an online treasure hunt where they research these people and fill in the blanks to sentences about...
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"Bats on Parade" by Kathy Appelt
Pupils examine numbers and try to find a pattern in their relationship. They write an algebraic expression for the nth term.
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Triumphant Spirit
Students watch a video which allows them to listen to a woman tell her tale as a young girl in Germany. Upon viewing this video and completing the reading assignment, students write about a person with a triumphant spirit.
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Race and Genetics: An Integrated Approach
Students analyze racial issues related to the Human Genome Project. They participate in a mock symposium and write a reflection/position paper based on specific ethical principals.
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Celebrations
Second graders answer questions after listening to the the story "Celebrating Life Around the World" and verbally identify three ways in which people celebrate special occasions. They then make two verbal connections from their own...
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Seussville Meets the 4 Blocks
First graders read and examine Dr. Seuss books, and create and write their own stories.
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Swallowing Stones by Joyce McDonald Unit Plan
Learners read Joyce McDonald's, Swallowing Stones while investigating the literary elements used in the writing. They define a large number of vocabulary words to be applied when reading. Finally, they write a persuasive essay.
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Chinese Zodiac
Fifth graders identify the basic elements of a narrative story, such as the beginning, middle, and the end; to analyze the character traits in the story to write a summary using the 5 Ws and How chart included; through sample stories...
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Breaking Free From Conformity: A study in modern day Transcendentalism
Students begin with a journal entry on the topic "Why does Ralph Waldo Emerson advocate self-reliance?" They listen to Gavin Degraw's "I Want to Be." Students write their interpretation of the song. Students write an essay about Liars...
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Where is Flat Stanley?
Students create a story map of the basic elements and significant events of the book Flat Stanley. Students brainstorm places they would like to visit if they had been flattened and then, write about an imagined experience. Students...
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Language Arts: What Makes an Individual
Third graders listen to the teacher read "The Sneetches" prior to creating charts about their individual characteristics. After numerous examples of individuality, they compile them on chart paper. As an extension, 3rd graders write...
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Reported Speech 2
In this reported speech worksheet, students review and determine the grammatically correct verb for ten sentences involving different voice tenses.
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Human Organ Systems
In this human organ systems learning exercise, students write the organ system that is described in the first 5 sentences. Students match the body parts to the organ system and write them in the chart.
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Before the Tsunami
Students practice their conversation and writing skills as they strengthen their ability to talk and write about the past. In this ESL lesson, students narrate a series of past events using past simple verb forms. Students then discuss...
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Families: Different and the Same
Students compare varying family structures. In this family structures lesson, students write a book about their family. Students read The House on Mango Street.
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A Year to Remember
Students reflect on the events, people and attitudes of 2001 and create posters focusing on political, economic and social topics of the past year. They look ahead to what they hope the next year bring.
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Combining Words with Art
Third graders make an accordion-fold book, review the vocabulary of visual art and are introduced to calligraphy. They plan a story using a sequence of words and sentences.
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Counting Calories
Students evaluate the health of breakfast foods. They create and solve word problems using cereal nutrition data. They solve additional problems formulated in class and write short essay on what they learned.
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Trading Pennies and Dimes
Second graders, while in the computer lab, explore the strategy of making and grouping to ten. They assess how to trade pennies for dimes and create original word problems along with corresponding number sentences to illustrate grouping...
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Irregular Verbs (Part 2)
In this irregular verbs worksheet, students choose the correct verb tense for ten sentences to make each one grammatically correct.
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Health Unit Vocabulary
In this ESL vocabulary unit worksheet, students discover or review terms that describe health related topics and then complete 6 multi-step activities using the terms appropriately.
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Language – Adjectives
In this adjectives practice worksheet, young scholars practice their grammar skills as they fill in the blanks in 5 sentences using adjectives from the word bank.