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Symmetry
Learners make a design with pattern blocks and then pass them on to the rest of the class. They have to make them symmetrical and complete the design.
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Group Initiatives
Students explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws...
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Leprechaun Pudding and Search
Students make pistachio pudding with milk and marshmallows refrigerating it until it gets thick and cools. In this art lesson, students put in cups and put a Kebler elf cookie on top. Have the students go on a leprechaun hunt looking for...
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Science: Observing Fish Behavior
Fifth graders, working in pairs, select and observe fish in the Aquademics aguarium. They record their observations on worksheets and make graphs displaying the frequency of various fish behaviors. Students then discuss their...
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Said Is Dead
Learners revise writing to improve organization and word choice. They check for logic, order of ideas and precision of vocabulary. Students list different verbs for the word "said." They write dialogue in which the speakers tell a story...
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Hot Lava
Students pretend that the area of the gym floor that is purple is land and the yellow sections are lava. Individually, they are to make their way across the room only on land staying out of the lava. To end the lesson, they move quicker...
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Graphing Linear Functions - Review
Students graph linear functions. They plot three points, create a line, and discuss methods to find the slope of line. In groups, students solve problems, graph their lines and find the slope of a line using various methods. Upon...
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Using Math Vocabulary
Students discover the vocabulary of math. They compare numbers using the symbols greater than (>) and less than (<) and use ordinal numbers to determine place or location. They use worksheets imbedded in this lesson to practice.
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Measuring Math Vocabulary
Students go over math vocabulary words and show examples of the terms on the board. In this math vocabulary lesson plan, students go over many words and are given a worksheet with words and definitions.
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Constellation Mapping
Young scholars plot constellations on a grid map. They discuss the various ways early explorers planned their travels. Students identify and recognize major constellations. They color their maps and take them home to try to find various...
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Graph Those Stickers!
Learners graph fruit. In this graphing instructional activity students create a graph using fruit label stickers. Learners place a sticker on the graph when the fruit has been consumed.
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Halloween Creative Writing Project
Students write a creative essay from a pumpkin's point of view. They role play that they are pumpkin in a patch and need to convince a visitor to the patch that they are the best choice for a Halloween pumpkin. They focus on using...
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Understanding Topographic Maps
Students are introduced to the characteristics and uses of topographical maps. Using a worksheet, they examine the use of specific terminology and use cutouts to create their own topographical map of an area. They answer discussion...
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#14 Riddles
Students listen to riddles and identify Dolch sight words in the riddles. In this sight words lesson, students listen to riddles and guess the sight word for the riddle. Students solve sight word riddles.
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Weather & Climate
Sixth graders differentiate weather and climate. In this earth science lesson, 6th graders complete a KWL chart about the two. They complete a worksheet by identifying whether a certain statement describes weather or climate.
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Wacky Water Critters
Students visit a local creek or stream. They collect water samples from the creek and observe and sort the "water critters" they find in the sample, observing smaller organisms under a microscope if necessary. They identify each organism...
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Sight Word Activity Pages
In this sight word worksheet, students are given a calendar naming 4 weeks worth of sight words and their activities for each school day of the week. Activities follow on subsequent pages.
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Air Masses & Fronts
Students identify two distinct air masses and the frontal boundary and determine whether the front is moving in time and in what direction the front is moving.
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Cool School Poetry
Students generate a word bank drawing on vocabulary from fifteen school related topics. They use the word bank to write poetry in the styles of Shel Silverstein and Jack Prelutsky.
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Algebra I - Test
Students participate in a lesson that reviews the concept of linear functions in connection with preparation for an exam. The teacher reviews problems with the students for scaffolding. Students practice graphing linear functions.
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Air Masses & Fronts
High schoolers use a set of maps depicting a front passing through the state to identify two distinct air masses and the frontal boundary. They then deterine whether the front is moving in time and in what direction the front is moving.
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Planning A Railroad Online Lesson
Learners plan a route across Donner Summit using topographical maps in order to understand the challenges involved in constructing the railroad in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. In this history lesson, students first discover how to read...
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Physical Education - Gallop
Students practice galloping. In this gross motor skills instructional activity, students review how to jump and hop using a jump-rope and hopscotch. The teacher shows the steps to gallop and they hold a noodle and pretend as if they are...
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Sonnets
Learners examine the structure of sonnets. They compare and contrast them with modern day poetry. They write their own sonnet after changing the language in another sonnet to see why the author choosed certain words.