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Locating Information Using Keywords

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use keywords. In this keywords lesson students research information on how people lived in the past. They record their findings in their journals.
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STOP THAT SENTENCE

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students stop their sentences with the correct punctuation marks. They choose which punctuation mark is needed to write sentences in their journals.
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Predicting Our Way to the Top

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make predictions. In this prediction instructional activity students enter quotes into their journal as they read. They write down quotes from each chapter that they feel make predictions about the story.
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Order My Steps

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars organize and sequence their writing ideas using different graphic organizers. They use the ideas to write a story that takes place over two days.
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Language Arts: Using Research Tools Successfully

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are able to record their research observations and reflections by keeping a research journal. They are able to explore a specific region of the world affected by arsenic contamination by using various research skills and...
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Basic Government for Primary Students

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a T chart to answer if they would like to run for office or not and then write a journal entry about if they would or not. For this government lesson plan, 1st graders learn new government vocabulary by...
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Growth of a Bean Documented by Child and Camera

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders photograph the growth of a bean plant and keep a daily written journal of observations. They drew, graphed and took notes on the plant growth which they compared to the photographic journal.
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Jack and the Beanstalk: Plant a Bean and Watch It Grow

For Teachers K - 1st
Students plant bean seeds, watch them grow, and measure them with non-standard objects. They describe the bean's growth in a journal and record the growth on a calendar.
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Book Talk

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students create journal reflecting upon a Holocaust themed book, and discuss Holocaust themed book and personal response to it with others using e-mail.
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Thanks for the Memories

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the importance of the family holiday meal, read and discuss "Pass the Turkey, Tamales, Kugel and Criticism" and write their own renditions of a fictitious family's holiday evening.
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How to Score in the Word Series

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students examine an object in the classroom and write a description of it employing exciting language. They brainstorm and outline ideas for an original article about an event they participated in or attended.
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Image: A Nation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use photographs as a basis for a creative writing piece that explores the characters, relationships, and settings revealed in the images.
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Lifestyles of the Rich and/or Famous

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils explore and analyze the detailed, yet complicated profiles that society placed on the lives of the prosperous as well as those with economic disadvantages in 19th century New York. In addition, by seeing the Merchant House with...
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Observation Skills

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe a spider and write sentences about what they see the spider doing. In this writing lesson plan, 1st graders draw what they see, then make an edible spider out of marshmallows and twizzlers. A fun, delicious lesson...
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Celebrating Heroes That Surround Us

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the concept of a hero. They write in journals to find definitions and create hero symbols. Also students conduct research to create a banner of quotations made by famous heroes who fall under the definition generated...
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Getting Ready to Become an Adult - Part One

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the book Ta-Na-e-ka and identify the elements of plot in the story. In this plot lesson plan, students also create a journal response to the story.
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After The End...

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a few different endings to stories they are familiar with. In this writing lesson plan, students listen to the story, "The Giant Jam Sandwich," and see how a different ending changes the whole story. Each student chooses...
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Graphs

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze graphs on a worksheet and in newspapers and magazines. For this graphs lesson plan, 8th graders also record their thoughts in a journal.
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Finding Yourself Through Autobiography

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read the writings of individuals whom they know and admire. They see that writing about themselves is worthwhile and important and helps them become better writers. They share their own life experiences, write about personal...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Giggle, Giggle, Quack

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners evaluate tier two vocabulary words. For this vocabulary lesson, students read Giggle, Giggle, Quack and determine the meaning of vocabulary words discovered in the story. Learners record their learning in a word journal.
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Describing Our Senator

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders find the narrator or speaker in a story. In this story elements instructional activity, 3rd graders listen to the story My Senator and Me and answer comprehension questions. They complete a descriptive writing piece...
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Survivor Vs. Canterbury Tales

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders participate in activities that compare and contrast The Canterbury Tales with the television show, Survivor. They write a compare and contrast essay, and create a festival table and PowerPoint presentation.
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All Quiet On The Western Front

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create a poem on the subject of war. In this All Quiet on the Western Front lesson plan, students create poetry using phrases or lines that they brainstorm during a pre-writing session. Young scholars enhance their...
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Introduction to Recycling

For Teachers K
Students read a story about recycling, and then identify 3 different objects that can be recycled on a worksheet of numerous items. In this recycling lesson plan, students also write a sentence about recycling.

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