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Christmas Tree Shaped Poems
Students think about ways in which they can spread joy during the holiday season. They create poems in the shape of a Christmas tree. Pupils use formatting tools in Microsoft Word to format the text of the poem. Students discuss ways...
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Reading A Pay Stub
Students complete the included activity sheet related to reading a pay stub and calculating deductions. Once the activity sheet has been checked, students demonstrate their knowledge of the vocabulary associated with the lesson through...
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Laurence Yep's Dragonwings
Learners read independently the novel, "Dragonwings," by Laurence Yep and make connections between a text and the world. They summarize, paraphrase, analyze and evaluate skimming and scanning techniques when reading a novel. Each student...
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Circle Circus
Third graders find the radius and diameter of a bubble. In this radius and diameter lesson, 3rd graders create bubbles on their desk and find the radius and diameter of the bubble. Students work in partners to define circle terms and...
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Rising Temperatures Threaten Penguins
Students examine the continent of Antarctica, then read a news article about the decline in the Antarctic penguin population. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and...
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The Great Seal
Students study patriotic symbols of America. In this American history lesson, students construct a KWL chart on United States symbols and examine visuals of the Great Seal and bald eagle. Students create another symbol for America.
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Equadorian Rainforest: The Tropical Supermarket
Students study the concept of sustainable agricultural practices through cocoa farming and the lives of the people who are the producers. Students watch a slide show and read a story which helps them understand the origins of chocolate,...
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Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Students read a chapter in a book. In this reading comprehension lesson, students share their predictions of chapter 6 of the book Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days, learn new vocabulary words, read chapter 6 and complete a...
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Getting to Know You
Students explore ways in which they are smart. In this "getting to know you" classroom team building lesson, students discuss various ways people can be smart and describe ways in which they are smart. Students listen to "Smart" from...
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Getting to Know You
Fifth graders identify strategies to assist in choosing a book. In this book selection activity, 5th graders discuss ways to determine if a book is the right reading level or on a topic of interest. Students preview several books and...
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Plodding and Breaking Through:Walking and Carrying
Students analyze and describe the contributions of various dance artists, performers, teachers, and choreographers. In this dance activity, students fill in any gaps of knowledge they have in regards to dance training and choreographic...
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200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons
Students discuss style and characteristics of musical time periods as well as the definition of "pop culture." They compare and contrast modern-day popular icons to music icons throughout history. This lesson requires a video,...
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Water Words
Students define words relating to water and its use in Nebraska. They listen to the story, Snail Girl Brings Water, list the water words from the story, and create a class dictionary.
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Building a Mini-Park and Bird Sanctuary
Students build a list of gardening vocabulary from prior knowledge of gardens. In this gardening lesson, students understand the importance of gardens to humans and animals for food, shelter, and air. Students discuss the garden in...
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Life Cycle of a Salamander
Third graders examine the life cycle of a salamander. For this life cycles lesson, 3rd graders view a PowerPoint presentation about the life cycle of a salamander. Students take the temperature of a toy salamander with a thermometer and...
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Sequencing / Story Events
Young scholars read a story and use sentence strips to order story events. In this sequencing lesson, students learn new vocabulary words centered around the story Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, preview the story, make...
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Capitalization
Young scholars investigate the concept of capitalization by reading relevant text and finding supporting details and facts. In this capitalization activity, students read chapter seven in Working With Words and share predictions...
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Catherine, Called Birdy: April and May
Students create an etiquette book for women of Medieval times. In this Catherine, Called Birdy lesson plan, students discuss the setting and work in small groups to list things expected of women in the 1200s. Students...
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Molly's Pilgrim
Third graders explore the multi-ethnic nature of America's citizens and examine the symbolism of the Statue of Liberty. In this Molly's Pilgrim lesson, 3rd graders discuss the poem "The New Colossus," examine vocabulary words...
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Learning About Maps
Students take a "field trip" with the teacher through the school then draw a diagram of what they saw. They bring the maps to the computer lab where they create electronic maps using the software program Neighborhood Map Machine.
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Learning through The Duke
Students examine the important contributions made by Duke Ellington to the field of jazz, as well as some of the factors that led to his involvement in the field. As they explore the language of the 1920's, connections will be drawn...
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Adjective Games and Associated Worksheets
In this adjective games worksheet, students use adjective wheels, practice spelling adjectives, combine roots words to create an adjective, and explain how different objects using adjectives. Teachers are given detailed information on...
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Circus Alliterations
Make the learning of alliteration more fun by using the topic of a circus! 2-3rd graders will write a circus alliteration and draw an illustration. In the end, they will complete an allitration acrostic poem. This lesson could take place...
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Vocabulary Building: "ai" Words
In this identifying words spelled with "ai" worksheet, learners use definition clues, unscramble letters, and create sentences using the words main, hail, straight, trailer, remain, railroad, and maintenance. Students write twenty-one...