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Sneaky Slimy Snake

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities related to the /s/ phoneme. As a class they recite a tongue twister, then trace and write the letter S. Students then listen to word pairs and identify the word in each pair containing the /s/...
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Patterns

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of linear patterns by moving into different body poses. They also use MathKeys software to create linear patterns across a computer screen. In groups of three they take turns adding to the pattern.
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Comparing Sizes And Shapes

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars compare, resize, and check various shapes by size using a comparison mat from the MathKeys program. Working in pairs, they place three similar shapes on the screen and state which is the largest and smallest in area. They...
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Curated OER

North Carolina State Vegetable -- Day 2

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to the state vegetable of North Carolina, the sweet potato. In groups, they create their own sweet potato person using the items from a Mr. Potato Head. They write a summary of their person and a narrative about...
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Exploring Japan Through Learning Centers

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore the Japanese culture and literature through various learning centers. They compare and contrast story details in two stories and complete a Venn diagram. After comparing the stories, they rotate to different...
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Curated OER

Creative Expressions: Making Puppets

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to the very basic geography of Indonesia. In groups, they examine the different types of puppets and decide on which one to make. They travel between various stations to complete their puppet in which they use...
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The True Story of Abbie Burgess

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a story from their textbooks about women in the 1850's. They discuss what it was like to be a woman living in American during this time period. They brainstorm heroines of American history and then discuss woman...
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Units Of Time

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this units of time worksheet, students cut out ten strips of time and then match up the strips of time to their actual times.
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Help Save the Polar Bear

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students use ice cubes to demonstrate how the polar ice caps are melting and how it effects the polar bears. In this polar bear lesson plan, the teacher explains how polar bears live on the north pole and how they are having trouble due...
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Fighting Obesity with Footsteps

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors in health through the use of pedometers and daily walking/jogging logs with this activity. The key focus is in dealing with obesity and how small steps can help...
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Teaching the Subjects You Never Liked

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Having to teach your least favorite subjects isn't always fun, but can be a learning experience for both teacher and student.
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BBC

Bbc: Landscapes: Scotland: Map Skills: Scale

For Students 1st - 8th
Lesson for elementary students on map skills uses a map of Scotland to teach about the concept of scale.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Maps and Me

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson to reinforce basic map skills. Students discuss Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney, work in groups to create maps of the classroom, and use these maps to hunt for treasure.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Primary Technology Maps

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This hands-on, inquiry-based lesson combines maps skills which include identifying map elements, applying an understanding of cardinal directions, interpreting resource maps, and identifying a location. Students will have the opportunity...
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BBC

Bbc: Landscapes: Map Skills: Symbols and Keys

For Students 1st - 4th
A guide for young learners to understand reading maps and their keys.
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SMART Technologies

Smart: Final Project Map Skills

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lessons explores the different ways we can view our world along with the different parts of a map or globe.
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C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Maps and Geography

For Teachers 1st
A comprehensive learning module on maps that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn about map symbols, cardinal directions, and...
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Other

Map Zone: Compasses and Directions

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Sharpen map skills by exploring these map pages. Learn about the compass rose, different norths, and how to use a compass.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Fairy Tale Maps

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson designed to introduce maps and the cardinal directions. After listening to the teacher read aloud or tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood, students retell the story and use cutouts of landmarks and arrows to create a map of...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Birdseye View, Mapping

For Teachers K - 1st
Lesson that helps students understand that maps show a "birds-eye view" of a place. Students stand above a teacher-made model and discuss how the objects in the model looked from above. Then students draw objects from a birds-eye view,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems: Map It

For Students K - 1st
Explore different types of maps and how different things are represented on maps in this media gallery from WGBH. Maps are used to help locate different places and different things. Map symbols are representations of larger things in the...
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Edte.ch: Maths Maps

For Students 1st - 8th
Maths Maps is a collaborative project where participants use Google maps to choose a location within one of the cities highlighted, then create a Math problem about the site. The problems are marked on the map with various colors...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting Our Stories With a Double Bubble Map

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will identify the similarities and differences between different versions of fictional stories by completing a double bubble map. Included in this lesson are teacher questions, a bubble map printable, a video of a class...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Mapping the Classroom

For Teachers K - 1st
Learning to use and create maps builds students' spatial thinking skills as well as language skills in the early years. In this lesson, students practice using the language of location and then apply that language when creating a map of...

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