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All About Shoes
Students sort shoes. For this sorting lesson, students use shoes to explore attributes and practice sorting. This lesson encourages the use of a Venn Diagram to aide in student sorting.
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The Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Students discuss the seasons and what the weather is like during each. For this seasons and weather lesson, students discuss what activities take place during each season. Next, students learn the song What Shall We Do and write new...
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Community Locations - Police Station, Fire Station, Library, Post Office
Students get excited about their community which can be extended through visits from members of the community or field trips. In this community helpers lesson, students demonstrate knowledge of the interaction of location, family,...
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How Animals Prepare for the Winter
Students study animals. In this hibernation lesson, students are read Stranger in the Woods and they discuss what various animals do in their habitat during the winter. They work as a class to create their own hibernation environment...
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Bluebirds
Students use the internet to gather information on bluebirds. In groups, they observe and record the size, color and various sounds of the birds. They view photographs of the birds in different stages of development and discuss how...
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Pre-K Appetizer
Students understand there are healthy and not healthy food choices. In this food pyramid activity, students learn to make healthy choices by playing a traffic light game. Students recognize raw foods from the farm may not be ready for...
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The First Thanksgiving: The Pilgrim’s Journey
Students discuss history. In this pilgrims lesson, students discover what life was like for people coming over to the New World on the Mayflower. They participate in class discussions as the teacher navigates through a Scholastic website...
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I'm in a Tizzy! How Can I Help?
Students examine acts of kindness. For this service learning lesson, students read Miss Tizzy and uncover the good deeds that take place in the story. Students participate in activities that enable them to reflect on the lesson.
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Beginning Math- Addition
Students demonstrate addition. In this simple computation lesson, students are introduced to the concept of addition through using manipulatives. Students solve simple addition problems on a worksheet.
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Students explore the Chinese New Year through Scholastic News magazine. In this cultural awareness lesson, students use a thinking map to develop their critical thinking skills pertaining to the Chinese New Year. Students compose...
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Forest Animals
Students explore forest animals and their habitats. In this animal habitat instructional activity, students draw a forest on white paper and glue pictures of animals that roam in the forest
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Alphabetizing Animals
Students explore alphabetization. In this alphabetical order instructional activity, students complete a worksheet which lists an animal name for each of the first 7 letters of the alphabet.
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Sorting Sizes
Students follow a pattern. In this sorting activity, students are given various objects and they must sort them from smallest to largest.
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Learning About Firemen
Students explore the job of a fireman. For this career education lesson, students brainstorm what they already know about firemen and take a field trip to a fire station.
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Learning About Writers
Learners explore how authors write stories. In this careers lesson, students invite an author into the classroom and ask him/her questions about writing as a career.
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Do As I Do
Lead your class in practicing gross motor body movements. Put on some background music and lead them through hops, skips, jumps, leaps, and running in place. Think of animal movements and have them move like an elephant or slither like a...
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Farm Animals
Why are farm animals important to the community? Expand young farmers' knowledge of furry and feathered friends through stories and a video. There are several books recommended; however, you could use any book about farm animals. A video...
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End-of-the-Year Celebration Program
Students sing songs, recite a poem, share what they can now do that they couldn't before and explain how they see their accomplishments. They read "Leo The Late Bloomer" and create graduation hats.
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Protecting Our Water Resources
Teach young environmentalists to protect their planet's resources with a set of interactive experiments. Kindergartners and other youngsters learn about watersheds and the water cycle, while older elementary learners focus on fertilizer...
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Ten Sly Piranhas: Subtraction with Goldfish Crackers
Class members listen to the William Wise book Ten Sly Piranhas and act out the story with one child playing the piranha. They use goldfish crackers (eating them to show subtraction) to demonstrate and understand equations they see...
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Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie
How would you feel if you lost your belly button? Read about Billy Brown in Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk. Young learners retell the story, answer questions, focus on the letter B and...
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Anansi And Turtle Go To Dinner
That tricky Anansi! Join him and Turtle in the story Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk, based on the African folktale. Kids answer comprehension questions and sing songs about spiders before creating spider...
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Nutrition and Physical Activity
Emerging nutritionists explore what it means to be healthy. In the beginning of the unit, your class will examine the five food groups and learn how food gets from the farm to our plates. This leads into the investigation of...
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Reading Adventure Pack: Green Eggs and Ham
A reading of Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss and a nonfiction book of your choice begins a reading adventure pack comprised of three hands-on activities. Following the reading, scholars craft a food mobile made of colorful fruit and...
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