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Listen to the Pin Drop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice reading silently. The class discusses the benefits of reading silently and several methods for reading silently, including cross checking and chunking. Working in groups, they silently read a leveled text and discuss...
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Africanized Honey Bees And The Press

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate how honey bees and other insects are portrayed in the press. read the articles and compare and contrast the tone of each article. Have students create a list of the verbs used in each article and assess the overall...
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"Eddie the Excited Elephant"

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize each letter in the alphabet and the phoneme it makes. They recognize phonemes in spoken words and their corresponding letters or spelling maps and distinguish phonemes in their oral contexts.
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Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read the book Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken and do language arts activities based on the book. In this language arts lesson plan, students read the book given and do language arts activities that include taking a class pet...
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Classifying Animals - Farm and Pets

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore the concept of classification. In this classification lesson, students collaborate in order to classify animals as pets or farm animals.
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Dogs vs. Cats: Pet Ownership Essay

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars analyze patterns of organization used in writing to determine how and when comparisons and contrasts can be effectively utilized to identify similarities and differences or pros and cons.
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Create a Pet/Monster Creative Writing Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are instructed to create a monster in a paragraph or even a short story. This activity allows students to work with new vocabulary. It is also a good way to practice using verbs and adjectives in Spanish.
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Where the Red Fern Grows: A 4th Grade Literary Focus Unit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the human and animal connection along with the idea that death is a part of the life cycle. They read "Where the Red Fern Grows." Students examine the feelings and emotions surrounding death and they discover the...
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Classroom Animals and Pets - Insects and Co.- Walking Sticks

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe walking stick insects. They prepare a habitat for a walking stick. Students discuss the characteristics of these insects. They examine the parts of the body.
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Classroom Animals & Pets - Insects & Company - Butterflies

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students examine the life cycle of a butterfly. They place caterpillars in a cage and observe their change to a butterfly. Students discover how much a caterpillar eats and annotate growth information.
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I Wear My Genes Inside Out: The Genetic Characteristics of Animals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars create mixed breed dogs using paper illustrations of various breeds. They label dogs created by students using the Genetics Center and discuss the aspects of genetics that affect the outcome of the various projects.
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Water Uses and Children's Lives in East Africa

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify how water use is part of life and culture. Students record their daily water usage and compare results with classmates. Students complete the graphic organizer on water and children. Students compose an essay, which...
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What's in it and Who Eats it?

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore farming by illustrating images. In this livestock instructional activity, 1st graders discuss what types of plants are used to feed livestock animals and how pets and humans eat the livestock animals. Students draw...
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Sea Horse Habitats

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research sea horses around the world.  In this sea horse habitats lesson, students use the Internet to take a virtual tour of a sea horse in its natural habitat.  Students work in groups to study a geographical region...
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Zoom Out

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore visual perception and how objects change as distance changes. In this distance and vision lesson, students practice their scientific inquiry skills. Students practice drawing objects from different points of view in...
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Pronoun Reference exercise 1

For Students 4th - 6th
In this pronoun usage worksheet, learners read sentences to determine whether the they contain pronoun reference errors and fix any mistakes they find. Students read twenty sentences.
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Pet Mania

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in a simple vocabulary game identifying animals.Students discuss their experiences with their own pets and role play situation between a parent and their child who desperately wants a pet. Students read a text...
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Eight Ways to Learn All About Me

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Activities designed to encourage young ones to learn who they are and how to express themselves.
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Understanding Different Views on Death

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A thought-provoking lesson plan presents how different cultures view death. Upper elementary through high school pupils engage in a series of activities that will leave them with a new understanding of how death is dealt with globally....
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Learning to Read Graphs

For Students 1st - 2nd
What is your favorite pet? This is a great tool for youngsters just learning how to read and interpret graphs. There are four simple questions. Consider extending this activity by creating a class bar graph: how many learners have a dog,...
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Kinds of Sentences

For Students 5th - 8th
Boost understanding of the four types of sentences with several exercises. To start off, read through the provided information about the types of sentences together. This will prepare your class to practice their new knowledge. Then,...
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Comma Worksheet 5

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students insert commas where necessary in the paragraph on the worksheet. Students check to make sure each sentence is grammatically correct.
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Life Processes and Living Things-Humans and Other Animals

For Teachers 8th - 11th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer questions by identifying foods that contain large amounts of sugar, carbohydrate, and fruit acids and explaining their effects on the body.
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Sportsmanship and Spectator Behavior

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders listen to the story BEING A BAD SPORT as teacher reads to the class. They identify good and bad sportsmanship by reading and writing activities. They then go to the gym and simulate a game situation recording examples of...