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Making Singular Nouns Plural
Third graders complete worksheets and participate in interactive activities to classify plural words based on their singular form.
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A Geological Wonder: Niagara Falls
Students research the geological features of Niagara Falls. In this earth science lesson, students create a poster board proposing a new website for the tourist center. They share their project in class.
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Happy Birthday Hans: How To Celebrate International Children's Book Day
Honor Hans Christian Andersen while encouraging young readers with enjoyable projects and activities.
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Author's Purpose
Who knew determining author's purpose could be turned into a game? Four teams compete to correctly identify the author's purpose for writing a series of passages.
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The Measurement Web
Second graders review their knowledge of measurement by making a concept web. They write the measurement words on chart paper and discuss them. They use Kidspiration to make the web using the computer. They add new words as they proceed...
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Romeo and Juliet Family Shields
Learners create a family shield for themselves as part of the Montague or Capulet family. In this Romeo and Juliet activity, students divide into the two warring clans. Learners each create a shield representing themselves as...
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Africa, A Look Through the Eyes of A Child
Second graders read literature about Africa, examine physical characteristics of the continent, explore animals native to Africa, and discuss distance between Africa and locations in the United States.
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Impacting Indiana
Fourth graders explore Indiana. In this Indiana history lesson, 4th graders discuss how Indiana has developed through the years. Students discuss Indiana agriculture and follow a recipe using ingredients from Indiana crops. Students view...
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And the Streets Are Paved With Gold
Students explore immigrant experience at Ellis Island, New York, at the turn of the century, and answer questions that challenge them to use thinking skills from various levels of Bloom's taxonomy.
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Female Olympians Lesson Plan
For every strong and determined female Olympian, there are millions of young girls watching and becoming inspired. Middle and high schoolers learn more about record-breaking and history-making Olympian women with a presentation from the...
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Building a Cohesive Learning Community
A classroom where each person feels important, respected, and accountable provides the foundation for successful learning.
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Tolerance: Words that Hurt/Words that Heal
Young scholars "role-play" the part of a person who says unkind things and are photographed while doing so. They then act out a story about making friends. They practice saying kind things and are photographed. Word bubbles are added...
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Rhythm and Art: Painting
Students make connections between music and visual art. In this integrated arts instructional activity, students design paintings that challenge them to examine the relationship between art elements and principles.
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Bird Interdisciplinary Possibilities
Students explore birds, their territory, breeding, and seasonal movement. They research and collect information on birds through writing letters to ornithologists, reading in books, comparing web sites, and observing pictures. Students...
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World at Peace
Students explore world peace by creating a PowerPoint presentation. In this human rights lesson, students discuss the current conditions of human rights around the planet and view an on-line exhibit hosted by UNICEF. Students discuss...
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Exploring Adaptations: Magic Tree House Polar Bears and the Arctic
In this animal adaptations worksheet, students respond to the facts presented in the Magic Tree House book Polar Bears and the Arctic. Students cut out cards with animal adaptations. Students cut out Arctic animal picture cards and...
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Leads for Descriptive Writing
Learners write two descriptive leads to learn how to reel in readers. After their leads have been written, they will share with a partner to decide which was the most appealing. In this leads lesson, students can also write a reflection...
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Graphing Using Cookies
Students differentiate between bar graphs, line graphs, pictographs and bar graphs. After participating in a hands-on cookie activity, students label and draw their own graphs.
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Needs of Living Things
Students discuss and explore the needs of living things. They choose to create a slide show with captions, create a web showing the needs of one Organism using KidPix. or make picture book by hand or using Microsoft Publisher.
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Using Measurement in the Everyday World
Students use an appropriate unit of measure to measure an item in the classroom. They create a PowerPoint to demonstrate the measurement process. Pupils are divided into pairs. Students use a concept map to discuss the terms for...
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Sequencing The Three Billy Goats Gruff
First graders participate in sequencing activities. In this sequencing lesson, 1st graders read the book the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Students retell the story and act out the scenes in groups. Students create a mural of the story...
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Ready, Set, Action!
Fifth graders explore sequential dramatization through children's literature. For this drama lesson, 5th graders act out and record scenes using digital and video cameras. Students create a digital poster using pictures from their...
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It's All About Scale
Sixth graders investigate scale models of toys. In this scale models of toys lesson plan, 6th graders bring in toys from home to measure. Students discuss scale and what scale is used with their toys. Students determine...
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Where in the World is Mr. Fultz?
Students use maps and other geographic resources to learn about their world while problem solving. They read clues each day and use classroom resources to narrow down where the prize is located.