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Story Generators
Students develop news stories for the high school paper based on current issues in the local news. Students identify different sources for articles, and develop interviews questions. In this news ideas and sources lesson plan, students...
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Dancing to New Heights
Pupils identify proper body alignment through experiencing proper sitting, standing or prone positions. They identify and demonstrate different types of movements.
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Seasons
Learners explore the four seasons through literature, art activities and technology and explore how the earth's rotation around the sun results in the occurrence of the four seasons.
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Portraits of the Seven Deai Students
Students are introduced to the seven "Deai" students. They discover more about themselves and their classmates and cultivate empathy with their peers. Students assume the role of their Deai student and present their "self-introduction."
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Nursing Math Worksheet
In this nursing math worksheet, students solve 16 problems using metric conversions. They determine quantities of medications given to patients and amount of medications given through simple metric conversions.
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Gingerbread Man Math
Students collect and explore gingerbread man data. In this math and technology lesson plan, students examine how to organize and interpret data in three formats: objects, pictures, and graphs.
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Around the World
First graders match pictures of customs and traditions to the correct countries they come from. In this customs and traditions lesson plan, 1st graders will have already previewed many customs and traditions from around the world. Then...
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Food, Meals, and Cooking
Students examine the eating habits of people in other countries and learn new vocabulary. They also practice using nouns and the passive voice.
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Division Patterns
Fifth graders investigate and practice the foundational math skill of division. They make cognitive connections to how it is related to multiplication. Independent practice is done using the computer program provided by Houghton Mifflin
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Air is All Around You
Pupils investigate the mysteries of air. In this science lesson, students participate in hands-on activities that require them to use the scientific inquiry model to study air.
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The Mosaic School
Students complete activities to learn about world cultures. In this multicultural instructional activity, students define the terms diversity, culture, and mosaic. Students research their family's country of origin and complete...
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Using an Almanac
Young scholars work cooperatively in order to identify specific situations in which an almanac is the best choice for locating information. They answer specific questions, record the page on which the answer was found, and the key words...
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Languages Around the World
Students discover languages of the world. In this global languages activity, students use the Internet to discover and translate common phrases in various languages.
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Leo Lionni’s Little Blue and Little Yellow
Students use the Internet to research the author Leo Lionni, then rewrite and illustrate one of his stories.
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Journey to Japan: An Elementary Geography Standards-Based Unit on Japan
Second graders compare and contrast Japanese customs and culture to those of Americans through research in this year long study. They determine the basic needs of all people in spite of cultural differences.
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Slavery in America at the Time of the Civil War
Students discover how to create electronic graphic organizers. For this Civil War lesson, students present their thoughts regarding slavery in the United States as the war began. Students use Inspiration software and follow the provided...
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January Civics and History Activity
In this civics and history worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about civics and history to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 9 questions total.
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How Clean is Your Air?
In this ecology worksheet, students study the Air Quality Index in their area and complete 8 short answer questions related to this topic.
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Morning Activity
First graders show appropriate ASL hand signs to answer questions for the morning meeting. They show the day of the week, the weather, and mode of transportation to school using signs. They copy the sign of the day and use name cards to...
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MathKeys Software "Unlocking Whole Numbers, Vol 2 (Rolling the Highest Number)"
Third graders arrange four numbers in order to make the highest number possible. In this place value lesson plan, 3rd graders practice working with four digit numbers on the computer and with base ten blocks.
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Squared Riddles
In this squared riddles instructional activity, students problem solve four mathematical word problem riddles. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Place Value and Palindrome Riddles
In this place value and palindrome riddles worksheet, students problem solve five mathematical riddles that involve place value and palindromes.
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Nursing Test with Solutions
In this nursing test worksheet, students review prescription calculations as they respond to 60 multiple choice equations with the solutions provided below each question.
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The Ocean Floor
Learners explore the ocean in this earth science lesson. They use the Internet to gather information on parts of the ocean including the beach, ocean floor, continental shelf, trenches, and the animals that inhabit these parts.