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The Appliance of Science
Students delve into science fiction. In this Doctor Who lesson, students discuss the success of the British television show and then create pieces of writing and art that characterize Doctor Who. Students also visit selected websites to...
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Passive Voice - Present Continuous
In this passive voice - present continuous worksheet, 7th graders interactively rewrite 10 active sentences into passive voice, with immediate online feedback.
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Color Picture/Word Match
Students match colors to the color words that they represent and complete a matching puzzle to go with it. In this colors lesson plan, students put the puzzle together to match up the colors.
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The Author's Chair
Students read Pumpkin Pumpkin. In this language arts lesson, students read the story and tell one fact about pumpkins. Students illustrate their pumpkin facts and share with the class.
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Variations of The Gingerbread Boy
Students participate in activities base on the story of the The Gingerbread Boy. In this literacy instructional activity, students listen to the story before retelling a number of times. They use a variety of props during the retellings...
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Nursery Rhymes
Students retell a memorized nursery rhyme. In this early public speaking activity, students retell a familiar nursery rhyme with the help of visual prompts.
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To Be or Not To Be - Main/Helping Verbs
Fourth graders focus on the use of main and helping verbs in written communication.
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Collecting S.O.C.K.S
Students participate in the Collection S.O.C.K.S program to protect their local watersheds. Using the socks, they plant new plants and trees around the watershed in order to protect it for future use. They also perform in a skit that...
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"Google, What?"
High schoolers understand what a search engine is and distinguish the differences between it and human-created directories. They discover that search engines with fewer hits are the most desirable.
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Icky Sticky!!!!
Students recognize the short vowel i in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /i/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Toma Rivera Mad Lib
In this mad lib instructional activity, students fill in blanks with designated parts of speech to complete a "story." Words to use are categorized and appear on page 2.
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Problem-Solving
Pupils help solve real-life classroom problems. In this problem solving activity, the class sits down as a whole and discusses possible solutions to real problems that they face as a class.
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Writing Japanese Stories (Grades 6-8)
Students listen to several Japanese stories and write their own Japanese-style stories, which they share with the class.
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Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students explore fact families. In this math lesson, students use links to model a fact family. Students solve addition and subtraction problems.
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The Letter B (b)
Students discover words through text, audio and images that begin with the letter B. In this letter B lesson, students download an ebook and navigate through an interactive reading activity.