Pennsylvania Department of Education
Problem-Solving
Pupils help solve real-life classroom problems. In this problem solving activity, the class sits down as a whole and discusses possible solutions to real problems that they face as a class.
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Cardboard Tree and Endangered Animals Lesson
Students create an endangered animial figure and its home through artistic expression using paint and a variety of materials.
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Story Quilts
Students create a classroom story quilt based on a story (or series of stories) read as a group.
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Fortunately, An Analogy
First graders produce a writing based on the story, "Fortunately,". They publish it as a slide show.
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LESSON 5: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Pupils explore Jackie Jooyner-Kersee and how she's a motivator for people both as an athlete and a philanthropist.
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A Photo Essay
Students create a photo essay and present it to the class. The students bring photos to use for their essay and develop a story using the photos. The students write captions including characters, setting, and plot for each photo. They...
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Magazine Sales Talks
Young scholars role-play to determine the best types of magazines that should be purchased for their media center. They create a sales presentation for a particular magazine in small groups. As they listen to each presentation they...
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Language Arts: Understanding Phonemes
Students discover the relationship between letters and phonemes. The teacher leads an oral demonstration of pronunciation and focus on the /a/ sound. Next, students examine a series of pictures, circling the ones where they hear the...
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The Crying Baby says Waa! Waa!
Students practice identifying and writing the letter "a." They say a tongue twister and identify the words with short letter "a" sounds. They then listen to the teacher read "A Cat Nap" and identify the words that have the "a" sound. ...
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What's All the Buzz About?
Young scholars discuss why we should be kind to one another. In this social skills lesson plan, students read and respond to a story about how saying mean things can hurt someone's feelings.
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Modeling Day and Night
Young scholars complete a science experiment to study the role of night and day on sleep patterns. In this sleep patterns activity, students brainstorm about night and day and the causes for the rotations on Earth. Young scholars work in...
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Our Friends the Trees
Young scholars build an animal habitat. For this animal habitats lesson, students create dead-wood habitats and observe the habitat over a period of weeks.
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Spider Webs
Learners create spider webs. In this spider webs lesson, students research various types of spider webs then write a report about a spider of their choice. Learners also make their own web similar to an orb spider.