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Telephone Skills: Role Plays

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students engage in a meaningful role play. ESL students develop their telephone skills by participating in a variety of role play scenarios which are imbedded in this plan.
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How Prophet-able Are You? Ancient Advocates for Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read and analyze classical literature of the ancient Hebrew prophets dealing with societal injustices. They identify present-day prophets, and write an essay about how the common good would be affected if people listened to the...
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Coping with Verbs

For Teachers 1st
First graders in a foreign language class explore how verbs function in sentences.
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What's Your Opinion

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students complete a questionnaire, formulating opinions on issues that be addressed in the novel, Sing Down the Moon. They make predictions about events that might occur in the novel based on the group discussion.
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Two Way Causality in Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete various activities in order to explain that ecosystems are complex and that animal behavior (mainly that of a predator) is not necessarily intentional or bad.
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Character Education-Perseverance

For Teachers K
Students learn what it means to stick to a task through the re-telling of the story, "The Little Engine That Could." Personal application is made to their own experiences with the completion of, "I think I can..." endings.
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What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?

For Teachers K
Students draw a picture of the job they would like to have when they grow up. They discuss jobs they would like to have. They discuss the idea that men and women can do the same job.
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What is Culture?

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students discuss "culture." In groups, they discuss and share things about their culture, recording everything they discuss on butcher paper to be hung around the room. They choose a way to share something about their own family...
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No Sleep

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore vocabulary connected to sleep. They participate in a sleep questionnaire, ask and answer questions for the questionnaire, read an article, answer discussion questions, and identify sleep vocabulary from the article.
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Twig Match

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners practice observing and identifying the characteristics of twigs. They attempt to identify trees after their leaves have fallen off. They describe the twigs and participate in a matching activity with the twigs and student...
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Story Pyramid And Comparison

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the details of a chosen story of literature. They use a pyramid graphic organizer to record information. The information is used to write a summary of the story. Students use a rubric while writing the summary to...
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Resolving Problems

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate or listen to a reader's theater skit from "A Pocket Full of Seeds." Students identify Nicole's problem and create a solution to the problem. Students may listen to a group of 5 read the skit, or may be divided into...
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Alphabetizing Words

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students need to look at the first letter of each word to see where the letters come in the alphabet. They then students complete the worksheet to see if they can alphabetize the words in each group.
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Sports Shorts

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners put their writing on the World Wide Web. They write brief articles of 100 words or more on PE and sports related topics which are then put on the Internet on the Sports Shorts Webzine. They create sports related artwork or...
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The Rainbow Fish

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars listen to The Rainbow Fish and select the correct meaning of the story from three examples presented by the teacher. They use a paper sclae to write three descriptive words about themselves.
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Putting It Together

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read aloud the book "Courage" by Bernard Waber and discuss the examples that compromise the defintion of courage. They describe another word such as joy and work with a partner or group to brainstorm and write sentences of...
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Belt-Abouts Lesson 4

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils continue to examine the importance of wearing a seat belt. After identifying new vocabulary, they discuss the ways in which wearing a seat belt can better people's lives. They write a letter to the newspaper to state why the...
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Outdoor Survival

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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Types of Triangles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the required functions of the Geometer's Sketchpad. Using the computer software, they construct similar triangles and identify them by angles and sides. Students classify triangles. Afterward, they complete problems...
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Fun in the Sun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn about safe summertime play and responsibility. In this Clifford-themed lesson plan, students read Clifford Keeps Cool, use a time line to discuss the story, and participate in a summertime picnic activity.
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What is a Dictionary?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the purpose of a dictionary. In this library media lesson, 2nd graders explore My First Dictionary and identify guidewords, entry words, and captions. Students list ways they can use the dictionary.
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Expressing Feelings

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice pantomime movements. For this body awareness lesson, students discover how to convey emotions through physical movements. Learners practice conveying happiness and sadness through...
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The Sound of Music and Passage to Freedom

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine music examples to investigate a conflict in history about Hitler's invasions during WWII. In this music analysis lesson plan, 7th graders discuss vocabulary and the history for the Holocaust and Hitler's...
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Electron Arrangements

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students write electron configurations and identify groups.  In this investigative lesson students use valence electrons to draw electron dot structures.