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Making Sense of MLA: Citing Sources and MLA Formatting

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Sheet is about giving credit where credit is due. And while there are different style sheets, the one most often used in Language Arts is the MLA. In this lesson, high school scholars learn how...
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My Caring and Sharing Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They consider when they have shared with someone or expressed caring. They write, illustrate and compile a fish book that tells of their caring and sharing experiences.
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Lonely Fish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the book The Rainbow Fish. In this citizenship lesson, students discuss how the characters in the story resolved conflicts. Students create a rainbow fish from foil and cotton.
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The Rainbow Fish

For Teachers K
Students are read a book about friendship. They create a friendship chain out of construction paper. They discover the importance of friends in school.
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Sharing Under the Sea

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to story The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, discuss why sharing is good, demonstrate understanding of sharing by decorating and sharing cookies, and practice saying "please" and "thank you" as they share icing with other...
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Fishing for Success

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to story Rainbow Fish to the Rescue, and identify strategies to assist those in need.
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Worksheet 1- Colors

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this colors worksheet, students write the name of the six colors of the rainbow in the blanks. The first letter of each color is provided for students. Students name four colors that are not in the rainbow as well.
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Aquarium Crayon Resist

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create a crayon resist drawing as a literature response. In this literature response and art lesson, students listen to the book, Rainbow Fish, noting all of the colorful fish. They use wax crayons to draw a picture of a fish...
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Gesture and Chance

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the role of chance in creating Dada art and analyze the idea of gesture. In this art analysis lesson, students consider gesture in drawings and the role of chance in Dada art. Students complete image based discussion....
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I See a Rainbow

For Teachers K
Pupils identify the different colors in a rainbow. They experiment with dropping food coloring into a water and then making ice cubes. They discuss what happens to the water in the freezer
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Rainbow Friends

For Teachers 1st
First graders recognize the colors of a rainbow. They explain the uniqueness of each person in the classroom. They work cooperatively with one another.
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Wheels and Rainbows

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders produce 4 small works of art that be pasted or glued onto the back of the colored construction paper. They choose crayons, watercolor markers, watercolor paints, or colored pencils to produce their designs.
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Favorite Rainbow Color

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this colors worksheet, students examine a collage of many flowers of different colors. Students tell what their favorite rainbow color is and then circle the flowers that are in their favorite color. The worksheet will need to be...
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Reading the Rainbow

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this reading worksheet, students keep a log of books they read. Students write the titles of each of the books on the bands of the rainbow. This worksheet is presented in color.
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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Rain Bird Corporation

Rain Forest Teaching Curriculum

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Take young naturalists on an exploration of the world's tropical rainforests with this extensive collection of lessons and activities. Whether its creating leaf and flower prints or investigating the absorption spectrum of chlorophyl,...
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Respect, Cooperation

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the Rainbow Fish and sing the song We Are Crayons and list. In this respect and cooperation lesson, 1st graders answer questions about things that make them special. Students write something that makes them unique...
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Fat or Skinny Questions?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this fat or skinny questions worksheet, students identify whether questions are simple or intricate for the book The Rainbow Fish. Students analyze ten sentences.
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God's Dream

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a "handprint rainbow" to show that together people can make beautiful things. In this character education lesson, students are read the book, "God's Dream," and discuss the emotions of themselves and the characters. Then...
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Color Mixing

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice identifying primary and secondary colors by mixing paint.  In this colors instructional activity, 1st graders utilize primary colored paint to mix and experiment with in order to create secondary colors.  Students...
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Literature for Lesson 2 - The UnderGround Railroad

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the use of the Underground Railroad. In this Underground Railroad instructional activity, students determine the meaning of the word slavery. They study the Underground Railroad through the use of literature and Internet...
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Mixing Primary Colors

For Teachers K - 1st
Students demonstrate ways to mix primary colors. In this visual arts instructional activity, students use gelatin and food coloring to create various color mixtures. Students also use tempra paint to mix colors together.
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Color Worksheets for Preschool and Kindergarten

For Students Pre-K - K
In this color worksheet, students trace the color words by following the dots. Words are printed in the color they represent. Other color recognition activities are included with this page, such as a rainbow flash card game.
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Sunken Treasure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Go on a treasure hunt with your language arts class! They read "Treasure Hunt" and "Exploring the Titanic," then create a final product by taking part in an unusual art activity.