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Poems and Translation (from Spanish to English)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and are read various poems in their native language of Spanish. In groups or individually, they translate the poems into English and practice speaking English by reading them to the class. They answer comprehension...
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Indoors, Outdoors

For Students 5th - 8th
In this buildings worksheet, students answer 16 questions about buildings. This worksheet is to be completed online because it provides links to various pages, which contain pictures needed to answer the questions.
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Describing Family Members

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the use of possessives when describing family members. For this ESL family description lesson, 4th graders examine the role of family in their native language before looking at pictures of families assigning names...
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Ancient Tombs

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Ancient Tombs worksheet, students read about the tombs, answer short answer questions, draw a picture, and find the meaning of the word urn. Students complete 4 activities.  
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We Thank You, Veteran!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use information from videos, picture books, and relatives' military backgrounds to write a short or extended message of gratitude on a greeting card for local veterans.
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Spelling Graffiti

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice the skill of spelling through using creative art integrated with technology. They use technology by using powerpoint slides for each spelling word. Then students work to create posters for spelling words with colors or...
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Zoo de Madrid

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders review the Spanish animal vocabulary learned in previous lessons before taking a virtual trip through the Madrid Zoo at its website. They design a paper bag puppet of one of the animals, take digital pictures of it and...
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Color Match/Vocabulary

For Students Higher Ed
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match ten color phrases to the matching pictures. Directions are given in both English and Spanish. The worksheet is intended for use with English language learners.
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Traditions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the vocabulary of philanthropy and the tradition in their community of altruism. In this philanthropy lesson, students discuss traditions and philanthropy. They create a class dictionary of philanthropy terms and...
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Living Longer

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students relate health information text to themselves and society.  For this health information lesson, students answer questions using the 5 W's based on the health issue they are reading about.  Students discuss life...
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Art Exposes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students view examples of art forms of specific artists. They choose one artist from the country they are studying and present information along with a slide show. Studenys create their own work of art in the style of their chosen...
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Making a Family Newsletter: Using a Word Template

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a one-page family newsletter about a selected person in their family. They bring in a photo or use a digital camera to take a picture of their selected family member, and use a newsletter template to write and publish...
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Hopi Culture: Parts of the Corn

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify the parts of the corn stalk in English and Hopi. They discuss the significance of corn to the Hopi culture, and examine a diagram of the corn stalk. They discuss the purposes of the parts of the corn stalk, then label...
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It Looked Like Spilt Milk

For Teachers K - 3rd
Class rereads book It Looked Like Spilt Milk and reviews what a good sentence looks like. They look at websites which contain cloud pictures and then use their imagination and draw on the computer their cloud pictures.
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Coming to Terms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the rainforest. In this environmental lesson, students work in small groups to conduct online research of various topics having to do with the rainforest. The groups construct a large poster to illustrate the...
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Rebus Writing Using Nursery Rhymes and a Book

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars write nursery rhyme rebus songs. In this music lesson plan, students practice writing rebuses as a class. Young scholars then create their own rebus based upon "The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's".
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My Farm Web

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars examine the role of agriculture in everyday life. In this agriculture instructional activity, students read books such as Harvest Year and identify products which from from the farm. Young scholars fill in a word web using...
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Day Three: Reading menus; writing letters

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars practice English vocabulary in menus and food items. In this ELL lesson, students look at pictures of people eating and describe what they are doing.  They talk about the food that they like and dislike and describe...
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On the air! Interviews

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this mock interview lesson, students view pictures of famous personalities and determine which of these personalities they would like to interview. Students follow the three step interview process and conduct a mock interview...
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Regular Plural Nouns

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this plural nouns learning exercise, students write the plural forms of the nouns given to them. Students write the plural forms of 21 nouns.
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Alphabetical Order

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete an online alphabet activity. In this alphabetical order lesson, students identify the list of words in alphabetical order. Students discuss ordering using the alphabet and practice with the second set of words. Students...
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Wagons West

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students prepare to travel west. In this Westward Movement lesson plan, students participate in classroom activities that require them to prepare for a trip west as pioneers.
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Researching Using Books

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate researching techniques by exploring their library. In this literature references instructional activity, students identify the different types and genres of books that are readily available at their local library as...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Part 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars recognize synonyms and antonyms. In this reading strategies lesson, students use the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett to make predictions, and correctly recognize synonyms and antonyms.