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Top Ten Summer Lesson Plans: Make the Kick Off to Summer Fun!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
The right summer lesson plans can help both teachers and students spend the final days of school in a fun and productive way.
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Celebrating Groundhog Day with your Students

For Teachers K - 4th
Celebrating Groundhog Day in your classroom is a fun-filled way to explore science, art, and literature.
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Endangered Animal Easter Eggs

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
I love any lesson plan that addresses more than one subject area. You and your class will discuss endangered animals; each child will choose one animal and then create a decorated egg to represent their animal. After the eggs are...
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Pepper Fun

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine different types of peppers. For this vegetable lesson, students compare and contrast several peppers, learn about the growth cycle, taste a stuffed pepper dish, and create their own pepper mini-book.
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Autumn Season

For Teachers All
Students explore a nut theme for the autumn season. They assemble one acorn craft and use as a puppet for the introduction and presentation of the theme. They plan for a classroom bulletin board idea that incorporates the acorn craft.
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Migration and the Spirits of Life

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars study the Mexican traditions for the Day of the Dead. In this Mexican traditions lesson plan, students study monarch butterflies and learn about the role that the mariposa plays in the Day of the Dead. Young scholars learn...
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Put on a Happy Face!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore using recycled materials. In this ecology/art lesson, students use recycled materials to create a Halloween mask. Students view folk art made of natural and available resources, and discuss possible cultural uses for...