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Road Manners

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners examine manners and citizenship. In this citizenship and safety lesson, students build an understanding of the relationship between good manners and safety. Learners talk about what good divers do to be safe on the road, then...
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Capitalization

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the concept of capitalization by reading relevant text and finding supporting details and facts.  In this capitalization instructional activity, students read chapter seven in Working With Words and share...
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Breaking News English; US-UK Special Relationship

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read about the relationship the United States has with the United Kingdom as it relates to countries in the world being peaceful allies with each other.  In this U.S. and United Kingdom lesson, students complete a table...
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Phonics Jeopardy

For Teachers 1st
For this phonics PowerPoint, 1st graders participate in a game show similar to "Jeopardy" in which they identify pictures that have a beginning sound corresponding to the given vowel pattern, blend, or digraph.
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An Age of Exploration

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners investigate U.S. history by examining North American timelines. In this American exploration lesson, students research the events that led to Columbus finding America and participate in a jeopardy game regarding his adventure....
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Memory Mania

For Teachers 1st
First graders determine what a compound word is and how to form them. In this compound word lesson, 1st graders participate in a teacher led lesson in which they identify compound words. They play a memory game in which they match cards...
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A Christmas Carol

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the life and times of mid-1800s England in Dicken's time. They compare/contrast Christmas today and during Dicken's day, discuss the book's characters, play a game from the 1800s, and read a Reader's Theater...
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Respect for Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss importance of acting responsibly when caring for pets, reflect upon quote, "All Living Beings Have the Right to Respect and Kindness," read story Anastasia Wants a Rabbit and answer comprehension questions, role play...
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Superheroes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore a range of interesting and useful vocabulary. They study a popular, non-textbook topic and exercise their imaginations to express themselves. They create a superhero for game. They design their own (including a...
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The Museum Idea

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students evaluate and record the various types of museum careers. For this The Museum Idea lesson, students create a bicentennial time capsule, design a Museum of me, and make a classroom mini museum. In addition students visit a local...
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Dolch Work Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars play Bingo using Dolch sight words on their game cards.  In this sight word instructional activity, students create their own Bingo card, filling it out with dolch words from their provided list.  When a student...
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The Cricket in Times Square

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore vocabulary by reading a contemporary story in class. In this English literature lesson, 4th graders read the story A Cricket in Times Square and practice using the vocabulary words from the story. Students...
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Countries & Capitals Match-Ups Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students design a matching game in order to study the capitols, flags, and facts about many countries. They decorate a game box and fill it with game cards that contain facts about the countries that they are studying. They use art...
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Lesson Exchange: Is This A Real Word? (Elementary, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young readers practice looking words up in the dictionary. This lesson describes a simple, yet engaging, game that can be played as a whole-class activity.
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First Day of GT

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to and discuss a poem about a gifted student. They discuss what being gifted means to them and their families, and participate in a game that helps students to bond with each other.
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On a Roll With Digraphs

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners practice building and spelling words with digraphs. After discussing what digraphs are and how they change the spelling and produnciation of words, they create a dice game and play by spelling words containing common digraphs.
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Context Clues, Plot Structure, Conflict, and Personal Narrative Essay

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What are the elements of a personal narrative? Get your class talking by reading "The Necklace" and "A Dangerous Game." The lesson focuses primarily on defining certain vocabulary terms (like context clues, plot, conflict, climax, etc.)...
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Word Origins

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Have you ever studied historical words and found that they were deeply rooted in racism or prejudice? Select a long list of these words to have your class examine. What familiar roots do they have? Do they know when this word originally...
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Giving Game-Let the Games Begin!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss games in which there is a "winner."
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Teaching Lewis and Clark: Challenge to Communicate

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students note instances in the journals of Lewis and Clark where they relied on non-verbal communication (sign language.) They discover some basic sign language and play a game in which they must use their new sign language skills to...
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The Alphabet Game

For Teachers K - 8th
Students participate in a game in which they spell words. They work together to help each other with sounds and letters. The group with the most points wins the game.
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History of the English Language - Word Origins

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use on-line resources to research their own name, determine its language origin and meaning. They take an on-line quiz to determine their "naming-style."
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Compound Word Game

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create compound words in teams based on pictures they see on the board. In this compound word lesson plan, students have 5 minutes to come up with as many compound words as they can.
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Jeopardy Game

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, play Jeopardy using newspaper, scissors, paper, pen, and large chalkboard with chalk.

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