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Magnificent Mammals
Students study the habits, traits, and characteristics of mammals. They look at animal tracks that are taped around the room, and at pictures of baby and adult mammals. Next, they determine how mammals move and eat, and look at their...
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INVENTION CONVENTION
Students examine inventions with this lesson. They contract for a grade and then decide which assignments they plan on doing. There are no objectives for this lesson to critique or review.
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The Five Food Groups
Students explore the five food groups as well as the specific foods found in each of these groups.
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The Pre-Raphaelite Artists
A study of pre-Raphaelite artists can lead to an exploration of art, literature, and history.
Starfall
Mm is for Monkey
In this printing instructional activity, students form the upper and lowercase letters Mm. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter.
Starfall
Mm is for Monkey
In this printing learning exercise, students form 11 uppercase and lowercase letter M's and write two rows of them on their own. Students also color in pictures that begin with the letter M.
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The Big Green Monster
Students practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They complete center activities in groups of four in order to aid in decoding and...
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Could You Make an Oak Basket?
Students listen to an imaginative scenario in which they would need a white oak basket. They evaluate the photographs to determine whether there is enough information to make a basket. They write a brief statement expressing their...
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Could You Make an Oak Basket?
Middle schoolers listen to an interview with Lucreaty Clark, a White Oak Native American basket maker. They analyze the interview and record their observations on a worksheet. Students consider information that can be gleaned from an...
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Alphabet Activities
In this literacy worksheet, students complete a variety of activities involving the alphabet. They also practice putting words into alphabetical order.
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Make Your Own Sketchbook
Students create individualized art "sketchbooks" by decorating pieces of cardboard and fastening blank sketch paper inside in this middle-level Art project. The lesson includes ideas for choosing weekly sketchbook "assignments" for the...
abcteach
Abcteach: Matching Activities
[Free Registration/Login Required] There are many colorful pictures of sets of two that can be used to play matching games in the primary grades. Activities are focused on the themes of Fall, weather, numbers, animals, food-vegetables,...