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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars engage in some form of classroom decision making and look at possible options and consequences of each decision.  In this investigative lesson students look at different options in solving social issues and can debate...
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Sampling Rocks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars collect and sort rocks based on visible characteristics.  In this statistics instructional activity, students determine adequate sample size and categorize rocks based on characteristics.  The book Everybody...
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Look At Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students collect, measure and classify leaves. In this inquiry-based sorting and classifying instructional activity, students look at various types of leaves they have collected and measure them using a standard unit of measurement....
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State Parks: A Spanish Vocabulary Lesson

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a PowerPoint about state parks using Spanish vocabulary. For this Spanish lesson, 9th graders work in groups to research about area recreational facilities. Students use information collected on-line to create and...
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

For Teachers K - 2nd
The classic book, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs lesson, is used to help readers compare and contrast the weather in Chewandswallow to their own town. Students write their own fantasy weather story. This lesson is intended to be an...
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Reader's Theater Flip Video Fluency

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice fluency. In this reader's theater activity, students practice their fluency by rehearsing a script with their group. Once the group is ready, they create a background and props and are videotaped performing their script.
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There's a Rainbow on My Plate

For Teachers K - 4th
Students complete a variety of activities to learn about the importance of eating fruits and vegetables. In this healthy eating lesson, students complete activity sheets, make a wall poster, create a take home flyer, participate in a...
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An "Unconstitutional" Act? The Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the implications of habeas corpus. For this Civil War lesson, students analyze the writ of habeas corpus by Lincoln during the war. Learners examine primary sources from Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney. Students design...
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An Elementary School Day in Korea

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the similarities and differences between their school and a school in Korea. In this culture study lesson, students discuss and list their classroom's weekly schedule. Students then read about a Korean class schedule and...
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March First Independence Movement

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the pro-independence movement of 1919 in Korea. For this Korean history lesson, students investigate the implications of Japanese occupation of Korea and create posters that feature the essence of the Korean...
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Immigration Connections: The Squamish Nation and Bainbridge Island Filipino Americans

For Teachers 8th - 12th
High schoolers explore ancestry and immigration. In this Canadian immigration lesson, learners interview their family members to identify their cultural history. They compose an essay that compares Filipino immigration stories to those...
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Through India and Back

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners play a game based on "The Amazing Race" to practice using rates and fractions. In this fractions and rates lesson plan, students work in small groups competing to complete the tasks in the quickest time. At each stage of the...
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How are Seeds the Same and Different?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine seeds from various plants. In this science lesson, students cut open fruits and vegetables in order to see the seeds. Students describe each type of seed and classify the seeds.
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Flipping Butterflies: Triadic Colors and Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create symmetrical butterfly wings. In this symmetry lesson, 2nd graders observe butterfly wings and create their own. They make both sides symmetrical and mix primary colors to make secondary colors. 
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Story Retelling

For Teachers K
Students explore storytelling by participating in an image analysis activity. In this story structure instructional activity, students read the book Cookie's Week by Tomie dePaola and retell the story to their teacher in sequential...
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Artifacts 1: What Can We Learn From Artifacts?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are introduced to artifacts and explore an online archaeological site to  connect clues about how people once lived. In this deductive reasoning lesson, 6th graders participate in the stratigraphy game on Kids Dig...
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Organization Two: My Computer Folder

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine the ways in which computer folders and files help people organize and retrieve information. For this computer folder lesson, students are introduced to the computer as an important resource. Learners discuss what a...
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Halves And Fourths

For Teachers 1st
Young learners start out by going to the board to draw lines through shapes to identify halves. Then they are given a square of paper and are directed to fold the paper into halves and then into fourths. They color the halves...
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Author! Author!

For Teachers 3rd
Beverly Cleary is the fabulous author focused on, in this author study. Students conduct Internet Research in order to find out as much as they can about Ms. Cleary. They then use their findings and the Garageband program to create a...
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Famous Picture

For Teachers 3rd
Art is a thoughtful and beautiful to motivate students in so many subjects. This lesson has students practice basic computer skills while examining a famous piece of art. They consider the color, style, and feeling of the piece. A...
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Quarter Combos

For Teachers 2nd
Review money with this motivating lesson. Using a simple game, learners practice adding up coins to total $.25. This lesson comes with worksheets that could be used to cement students' knowledge of this topic.
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Mapping America

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
While learning about the Louisiana Purchase, pupils practice map skills. This motivating lesson has them answer questions about the Louisiana Territory and the United States. It provides a quick and easy way review of skills and the...
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Can You See the Light?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Explore plants and flowers with this lesson. Learners talk about plants, conduct an experiment with suflowers, and track a plants growth. This is a motivating way to present this concept.
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Poe's Poetry and Prosody

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Motivate your class with this lesson! Learners use passages from Edgar Allan Poe's poetry to practice reading fluency. They read "The Raven" as a rap song to better understand the rhyming patterns and pauses.  

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