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Homophones
Here is a terrific lesson on teaching homophones to your upper graders! In it, homophone word cards and homophone bingo cards, which are embedded in the lesson, are used in a game format which reinforces this important part of speech....
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Discussing How Plants Grow
Study how plants grow with your English language learners with a cross-curricular lesson revolving around pumpkins. These activities provide opportunities to practice new scientific vocabulary while practicing skills such as estimating...
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How Tiger Got His Stripes
How did the tiger get its stripes? Kindergartners read a Vietnamese folk tale, "How the Tiger Got His Stripes," retold by Rob Cleveland, and work through several reading comprehension and literary analysis activities.
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Leaves for Our Tree
Young mathematicians review fact families and create a Math Fact Family Tree. This clever lesson plan includes some excellent printouts that support the lesson.
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Harmony and Expression in Writing Form
How do you write an interesting beginning, middle, and end of a story? With this lesson plan, young writers look to other stories as examples. Then, they use some of the attached graphic organizers to help them create their own story....
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Whale Is Stuck
Students engage in the process of problem solving with the help of children's literature story of how the whale was trapped and then freed. The story illustrates the power of teamwork and commitment. The students practice the skill of...
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Literacy Centers- Kindergarten
Students, after reading the Three Bears, talk about finding a task that is "just right" for them and work at Literacy Centers.
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Early Settlements
Learners embark on a journey through colonial times. In this early settlement instructional activity, students come to understand what life was like for the settlers in the early colonies. Learners research and create projects...
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Journey Through Wonderland: Real or Fantasy
First graders recognize the difference between fact and fiction, real and fantasy. After listening to Rip Van Winkle, retold by Lara Bergen and a version of Jack and the Beanstalk, 1st graders demonstrates their understanding of fiction...
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Pair-Share: Constructing Paragraph Order
Students write with controlled and/or subtle organization. They identify the main idea and explicit details. Students analyze paragraph and essay structure. They utilize context clues to identify organization.
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Pumpkin Science
Students investigate how plants grow by analyzing pumpkins. In this agricultural lesson plan, students read The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll, and draw pictures of a pumpkin in each of its growing stages. Students measure and...
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Using Prepositions #1
Middle schoolers practice using prepositions in written and verbal form. They use a reference sheet to help them. They use the internet to help them create their own short reference list.
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Using Prepositions #2
Students practice using prepositions related to movement in written and verbal form. They use the internet to help them create a reference sheet. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson plan.
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Animal Alphabet
Students make a class animal book using the letters of the alphabet. They use a website imbedded in this plan to get pages with animals that begin with any of the 26 letters.
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Sunflowers (Grades 3-8)
Students examine sunflowers and discuss the importance of sunflower cooking oil and seeds. They view pictures, read books, sing sunflower songs, and grow flowers from sunflower seeds.
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On the Job Prepositions #1
Students correctly use prepositions of time and place in verbal and written form. They copy and paste a preposition reference sheet from the Internet to a word processing file, save the file and print it.
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On the Job Prepositions #2
Sudents correctly use prepositions of location and movement in verbal and written form. They copy and paste a preposition reference sheet from the Internet to a word processing file, save the file and print it.
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Extreme Weather: Hurricanes
Pupils demonstrate the ability to define key words and verbally recall conditions that must be present for a hurricane to form.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Dandelion
Students are read Dandelion, by Don Freeman. In this vocabulary focused instructional activity, students discover the definitions of at least three Tier Two words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both before and after...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Gregory the Terrible Eater
Young scholars are read Gregory the Terrible Eater, by Mitchell Sharmat. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the meaning of four new words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both before and after the...
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Introduce Vocabulary: I Love You the Purplest
Students are read I Love You the Purplest, by Barbara Joosse. In this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of at least three "Tier Two" words. As a group, they discuss the meanings of the words both before and...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Into the A, B, Sea
Students are read Into the A, B, Sea, by Deborah Lee Rose. For this vocabulary focused lesson, students discover the definitions of at least three Tier Two words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, both before and after...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Julius, the Baby of the World
Students are read Julius, the Baby of the World, by Kevin Henkes. In this vocabulary focused lesson plan, students discover the definitions of seven new words. They discuss the meanings of the words, as a group, before and after the...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Miss Spider's Tea Party
Students identify new vocabulary words in the story Miss Spider's Tea Party. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students raise their hand each time pre-identified words are heard as the story is read and use words in various contexts...