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9 Easy to Make Musical Instruments for Kids

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create various musical instruments out of everyday and recycled items.
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Prejudice and Discrimination

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
As a group, students read a story about prejudice and discrimination. They answer questions and discuss the topic. They accept everyone.
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Car Adverts: Tell It Like It is

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the strategies and bias that are sometimes used in advertising with a particular focus on automobile advertising. Working in groups, they read several car ads and discuss the bias, opinion and stereotyping in the ads as...
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Merry Christmas: Activity Pages

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this Christmas activity, students color, cut and glue pictures on a wreath, reindeer, penguin and snowman. Each part of the activity has suggestions for adult participation in the activity.
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Exploring African Music

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students appreciate African Music and the rich culture it represents. They identify two characteristics of African Music in their journals.
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Safe Food: It's Your Job Too!: Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers get an overview of the importance of food safety and become familiar with common foodborne pathogens.
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The Composer's Blueprint

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students recognize AB and ABA form in music and distinguish between these two forms. They explore meaning of tempo and how to perform accents in written music.
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12 Days of Christmas

For Teachers 1st
First graders reinforce numerical order as they explore "The 12 Days of Christmas". Composition with instruments is also involved.
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Final Phoneme CK

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss types of rhyme and identify the words in a poem that end in ck. They write their own stories about a mouse and his amazing adventure.
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Lesson Plan: Final Phoneme ll, ff, ss

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students apply word level skills through shared and guided reading.
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Lesson Plan: Initial "s" clusters

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify words in Sleeping Beauty which begin with the letter 'S'.
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Initial Blends with L as the Second Letter

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils listen to and read the poem "Cat's Eyes" and discuss the repetition of words and the blends in the poem.
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Blends with R as the Second Letter

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners listen to a text in class and determine which words the blend with an "r" as a second letter. They practice the blend.
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Word Pairs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice the trait of word choice and create a narrative writing with appropriate word choices. They work in pairs to write a story using as many word pairs from their imaginations as they can.
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I Don't Pay Attention to Advertisements

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the eight persuasive techniques, identifying them in all avenues of media including magazine, TV, Internet, and billboards, and making them aware of how advertising already influences them. They write an essay using...
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"I Don't Pay Attention to Advertisements? (At least I don't think so?)"

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study eight persuasive techniques that occur in a variety of media types. They write a persuasive essay and present it to the class. They create a "new product" for which they produce an advertisement using persuasive...
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Adbusting: A Media Literacy Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the ethical issues regarding the role of advertising in our society. They watch a series of ads, analyze the messages of the commercials, and in small groups create a counter-ad.
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Listen Closely!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students conduct a scientific experiment and make observations about the composition and sounds of pennies to determine the year in which the penny's makeup was changed. They graph their outcomes to chart results.
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Unit 3 Cell Structures: Cell Theory & Organelles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine cell structures in depth. They decide what grade they want to work for and do the assignments for that grade. They complete various assignments on cell theory and organelles.
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Christmas Scramble

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this holiday worksheet, pupils unscramble all the words focused upon the topic of Christmas. The terms are found in the word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Bells and Whistles

For Students 6th - 8th
In this music worksheet, students look for the historical facts that are related to the instruments that use bells and whistles in the multiple choice format.
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Starfall

Jj is for Jet

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing activity, students form upper and lowercase letter J. Students also color in pictures that begin with that letter.
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Starfall

Jj is for Jet

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy instructional activity, pupils look at the formation of the letter and practice creating it. Then they use the pictures to make cognitive connections to help with spelling.
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Advertisements

For Students 4th
In this advertisements learning exercise, 4th graders analyze and evaluate several advertisements for caring for cats and then design a poster that advertises the importance of a balanced diet for puppies and dogs.