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Locating Points Using Cartesian Coordinates
Young scholars discover coordinates as they explore Chicago. In this math lesson plan, students give the coordinates of a point, plot a point, and use the coordinate system in locating places on a map.
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Ordinal Numbers
In this ordinal numbers worksheet, students follow the 5 directions to help them learn to use ordinal numbers. Students draw on the 5 people and then draw an image using the second set of ordinal number directions.
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Design a Quilt
Learners quilt to create a personal design. In this quilting lesson, students follow the steps listed in order to patchwork quilt that represents themselves in art.
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Gingerbread Houses
Students are read different books about the holidays and gingerbread houses. They review a planning sheet on how to build their own gingerbread house. They must follow the steps in order and share their house with their classmates.
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Theatre Lesson Plan: Finding Your Way
Second graders identify story elements in familiar stories from their lives. For this story elements lesson, 2nd graders act out familiar activities by following directions. Students read a story and discuss the story elements....
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Quick Beat
Students move in a variety of ways such as speed walk, jump, skip, gallop, crab walk, crawl (on mats or grass), slide, walk backwards, etc. Write terms on a large poster. Writing should be large enough for students in a group to read it.
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Questioning Authority
Students investigate the perspectives of different groups involved in and affected by support for the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. They create slogans to summarize the viewpoints and goals of each affected group.
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Winter Lake Skating
Students pretend to be ice skating on a frozen lake. The teacher is able to demonstrate proper skating technique using paper plates, bean bags and ice skating music. The students "ice skate" while the music plays, however, when the...
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Change the World, One Month at a Time
Students complete monthly acts of kindness using the given instructions. In this acts of kindness lesson, students follow the directions for each month to create and give an act of kindness to their classmates or other individual.
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We Give Together
Students read the story of the Children of Agape. They read excerpts from Hallie Geier's journal, Fierce Wonderings and consider what "we are together" means to them. In addition, they assemble a puzzle.
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Give Me Energy
Students explore kinetic energy. In this energy instructional activity students complete an activity and explain what happened.
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Ben Franklin
Students study Ben Franklin and why he was an important person in our country's development. They draw a picture of him by following step by step oral instructions.
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Graphing Our Favorites
Second graders use a computer program to follow directions and graph their favorite things into a bar graph. In this graphing lesson plan, 2nd graders have 30 choices of favorite things to graph.
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Trivia Time
Learners participate in a trivia game and follow directions during a down time.
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Chemical Reactions
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students determine if solutions are acidic, basic, or neutral. Students give reactions' molecular equations and ionic equations. This worksheet has 14 problems to solve.
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Reading and Using a Recipe
Students explore how to follow a simple recipe and explain directions to another person.
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Newton's Laws
Learners give examples of each of Newton's three laws as they occur in everyday experiences. They visually represent and differentiate the difference between a direct proportion and an inverse proportion. Students explain how the...
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Literature Circles
Students respond aesthetically to a piece of text. They give book talks about a picture book their small group read and rate it. Each student has a different job in the literature cirlce during the discussions. Finally, the students...
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The Right Angle
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders determine the answer to a vocabulary questions and then follow the give rules to place the answer in the appropriate place on the crossword grid. The one page worksheet contains 18...
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Writing Lesson 2
Fourth graders examine the English Language Arts Writer's Checklist. They practice prewriting techniques and use clustering as a prewriting technique. They follow specific rules in order to complete this lesson.
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A Map Mystery
First graders solve a mystery by following map clues. In this map clues lesson plan, 1st graders follow a computer program called Neighborhood Map Machine. In this program, it gives students directional and spatial clues in order to...
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Grow Your Own Plant
In this plants worksheet, students follow directions on how to grow their own plant. Students read and follow 7 sets of directions for their plant.
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Genome: The Secret of How Life Works
Students explain how DNA directs the production of proteins.
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Prime and Composite Numbers
Sixth graders identify prime and composite numbers and complete an activity problem. Given a 100 chart, they follow directions to create a prime number chart. In groups, 6th graders play a "Prime Take Away" activity to reinforce prime...