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A Wanderer's Point of View

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers write an imaginative story using a specific point of view. Students imagine what life along the Mississippi River is like and pretend they are there. High schoolers may use the scenario provided, or create their own for...
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Nature's Treasure Map

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Youngsters construct a map of treasures that they find along a nature trail as they hike. They also make sketches and create place names of some of the spots along the trail. Once back in class, pupils use their treasure maps to help...
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Students Multiply Polynomials without Algeblocks

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Introduce your class to the lattice method as a way to multiply polynomials. This lesson plan is specifically aimed at getting students to use methods other than Algeblocks to solve polynomials.
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Cooperative Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Three activities can foster communication in your class. The first activity must be done non-verbally. The second takes a bit of team work, planning, and cooperation. Finally, the third activity is built around listening and trust. Get...
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Project WRITE: Class Interview Book

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Get your language arts class moving, build community, and strengthen writing skills with this kinesthetic activity. The class brainstorms interview questions from which each chooses three. Individuals then collect information about six...
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Exploring Pulse & Rhythm

For Teachers K - 3rd
Your class can actually sing and clap along with this slideshow! Discuss the concept of rhythm or pulse, as it is called here. Learners will then clap out the rhythm to the songs, Fre-re Jacques and Row, Row, Your Boat.
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Narrative Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
A perfect nonfiction writing activity for the beginning of the year, the Life Line helps you get to know your pupils better and helps the children get to know one another. Later in the year the Star of the Week writing activity...
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Probability of Chance Events - Matching Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
When choosing items probability can sometimes play a key role. Your mathematicians will explore this probability and how to calculate the values based on the scenario they have. Use this worksheet along with the additional resources...
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Me and My Logo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students design their own emblem. In this introduction instructional activity, students get to know one another by designing an emblem that combines symbols that represent themselves. They express themselves to their classmates. 
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English Exercises: Schoolhouse Rock

For Students 2nd - 8th
"Conjunction, junction, what's your function?" The lyrics to the classic Schoolhouse Rock episode "Conjunction Junction" accompany what was once a link to the video. Video has been "removed by the user," but it would be a snap to find...
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Linear Equations

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
Pre-algebra pupils examine the rate of change and how we can interpret it as a linear function. They are introduced to slope-intercept equations and graphs. Plenty of instruction is provided along with example problems. Note that even...
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Playing "Pin the Tail on the Donkey": A Social Story

For Teachers K - 6th
What is "Pin the Tail on the Donkey?" It's a game people play at parties. Prepare your Autistic pupil to play along by reading this social story. Each page contains rules of the game and what to expect. Playing games is a great way to...
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Don't Answer That Phone!

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Pupils research the rights of customers in private stores like Subway and the dry cleaners and the use of cell phones. Students determine what laws, if any, are related to such cell phone use and present findings to the class along with...
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Solar System Hall Model

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Not novel, but fun, this activity gets your space science learners to model the size of the planets and the solar system along your school's hallway. Scaled measurements as well as actual distances are provided for both planet diameters...
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Skip Counting to Music

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Your youngest mathematicians skip count by 2's, 5's, and 10's as they sing along to a Hap Palmer song that helps them remember the patterns. Students practice in whole group and then individually with the worksheet provided, using the...
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Animal Reproduction and Development

For Teachers 9th
Details of fertilization, cleavage, the placenta and fetal development are presented, along with important diagrams and illustrations. By using these slides, you and your students will generate discussion points, along with details...
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Directed Reading Thinking Activity: Cold Sassy Tree

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Lots of questions arise when reading Cold Sassy Tree. As your class encounters the twentieth chapter, encourage a rich discussion with some of the questions provided here. Then, either independently, or for homework, ask your readers to...
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Lesson Ideas for Any Music

For Teachers K - 12th
Music is a wonderful tool you can add to enhance the learning process for every subject. Here is a list of music selections that are categorized by subject, along with some neat teaching suggestions. You'll find songs suited to...
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Primary PE Lesson

For Teachers K - 1st
Students divide into two groups facing each other; tossing the bean bags to each other. The teacher calls out names of unhealthy food and students start to throw beanbags back and forth to their partner. When students hear a healthy...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 19 - Wake Board Tricks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Wake board tricks, like the tantrum, whirlybird, and the flip, are pretty advanced tricks to learn. This fun lesson describes how to perform each of these tricks. It takes a lot of practice, along with a lot of spills and tumbles, to be...
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The Little Children That Can: Growing Independence and Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Get ready to boost fluency in the classroom with this lesson geared toward elementary readers. Listening to the first half of The Little Engine That Could,  learners focus on how voice changes create expression. They then...
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Scream Run

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Get ready to have some fun and make some noise! Your youngsters will love getting to scream as loud as they want, but they have to run at the same time that they are screaming. There are a couple of other ideas that you could use to...
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The Miracle of the First Poinsettia

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Connecting to literature and learning how to infer are two great reading strategies everyone needs to know. Here, the class will read along with the story The Miracle of the First Poinsettia, review folktales as a genre, and make...
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The Work of Waves and Wind

For Teachers 7th - 12th
This is not revolutionary, but it is informative. Earth science viewers in grades 7-12 get carried away with wave and wind erosion. They view diagrams of how waves impact ocean shorelines. They see examples of the different types of sand...

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