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Growing, Growing, Gone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Budding mathematicians identify growing patterns in numbers and songs then create their own patterns. They look at number patterns and language patterns and then create their own using money and footprints.
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Immigration Unit

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop an appreciate for the various cultures that are present in their local community. Through reading and research, they explain how various culture came to live in their area. At the conclusion of the unit, 3rd...
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Samuel Clemens: His Autobiography and Famous Quotes

For Teachers 8th - 12th
A discussion of Samuel Clemens autobiography and quotes is a must for any high school English class.
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For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students listen to rhyming words from the story "Peanut Butter and Jam" by Angela Shelf Medearis and create their own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with a partner. They match a series of four rhyming words with a key that's provided...
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore the concept of self-respect. In this character education lesson, students listen to the original "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" story and listen to the song. Students discuss the meaning of the word underdog and the...
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Center Time

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize and represent mathematical relationships using symbols and use number sentences with operational symbols to solve problems. They complete various activities such as tug of war, monkeys on a vine, and hit and miss....
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I Spy Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and interpret the rhythm and form of the I Spy poem. They then integrate art, music, literature, technology, and writing with poetry. Students also write their own poem based on the picture they printed from the I Spy...
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Fun with Describing Words - Adjectives

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grammar worksheet, learners complete sentences by describing words from a picture/word bank.
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Impacting Indiana

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders become familiar with the culture and history of Indiana.  For this James Whitcomb Riley lesson, 4th graders read poetry which includes the dialect of Indiana.  Students analyze the poem.  Groups memorize and...
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Classroom Rules - Level I

For Teachers All
Food and Science200128-Standard 20.0128-01 Students will learn the meaning of food science and management for the classroom and laboratory.
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The Musher's Trail

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders follow the Iditarod race that begins in March. They research data and select a musher to trail in the race. Then they write daily in a journal about events that happen on the trail, including pictures from the Website.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate what simple machines are and how they work. For this simple machine lesson, the students create simple and compound machines and test each machine's ability to perform a task. Students compare simple machines to...
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Pendemonium - The Posse in Australia

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students revise letters focusing their revision on comma and periods usage. In this creative grammar lesson, students watch a video on commas and periods, write a letter to a partner without the use of commas or periods, and revise a...
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Word Purpose

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders chunk text while reading it. In this language arts lesson, 3rd graders determine the author's purpose for calling certain things the names they are called like spuds for potatoes. Students discuss how words affect the...
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First Day in Grapes

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners read about a boy's first day in a new school. In this self-esteem lesson, students discuss the problems Chico has in his new school and how he faces them with courage and bravery. Learners discuss people who migrate from other...
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Using Irregular Verbs

For Students 5th - 8th
In this grammar worksheet, students read about using regular and irregular verbs in sentence writing. They then use what they learned to solve the 22 questions on the page. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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21 Game (Self Esteem)

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Here's a simple math game that two people can play together. The first player says the number one or two. Then, the other player says the next one or two consecutive numbers. The goal of the game is to be the player who says "twenty-one"...
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Aloha Symmetry

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create handcrafted paper Hawaiian quilt squares. They do this to show the concept of symmetry across two lines of reflection.
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Cars on the Curve

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, using two dice, participate in a car race game called Cars on the Curve. They predict which car wins the game and records it in their Data Diary.
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It's in the Cards

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover how art auctions have become competitive after reading an article from The New York Times. Students voice their opinions about specific examples of modern art and create trading cards based on their research of...
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The Changing Me

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the human body. In this health lesson plan, 3rd graders discuss that everyone's body is growing, measure body parts using a tape measure, and color the body worksheet.
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Text Structures in Science Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize that science writing is organized in identifiable patterns called text structures. Understanding and using these different text structures help refine students' abilities to read and write in science.
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Drawing Bugs Game

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore probability by playing a drawing game with dice. After they roll a die, they draw a tree diagram to illustrate each of the possible outcomes.
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The Legacy of Emerson and Thoreau

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders are introduced to Transcendentalism through the writing of Emerson and Thoreau. They keep a journal in which they respond to quotes and prompts. Students write longer essays on conformity, being alone and a "field...