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Gold Medal Attitudes Running Club
The Gold Medal Attitudes Running Club was created to promote healthy living for your elementary school pupils. Use a pedometer and a computer program to keep track of progress. A few other suggestions are available, but it's really up to...
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Markets
Students examine the different types of economic markets. They identify rewards and penalties for different types of behaviors in different markets. They also examine the role of supply and demand.
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TeachMe: 1st Grade
Let your eager learners practice their basic arithmetic and spelling skills with this fun interactive resource! For any primary grade teacher with access to an Apple mobile device, this is a must-have application.
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Strive to Survive
Students identify the effects of drugs on the reward system by completing a collection activity.
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Funny Money
Students are rewarded for attendance. In this school-wide rewards lesson, students earn "dollars" for attendance and being in class on time. Students use those dollars to bid on everyday items of their choice.
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Be Strong / Live Strong Stationary Bike Program
Students participate in a Be Strong Bike Program that rewards them for exhibiting positive behavior. If a student is caught doing something good, they receive a positive behavior slip that has a written description of their positive...
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Wanted Worksheet
For this wanted worksheet, pupils fill out a wanted poster with their picture, name, age. appearance, personality, likes and dislikes. Students answer six short answer questions.
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Kindness Cards
Students participate in the random acts of kindness program. In this acts of kindness lesson, students receive a card for each random act of kindness they are associated with. They receive monthly rewards and are entered into a monthly...
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Little Stories - Women in the 36th Parliament
Students develop visual literacy skills. They evaluate, organize and communicate information.
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What Made George Washington a Good Military Leader?
Students list qualities they believe made George Washington an effective military leader. They discuss some difficulties Washington faced as Commander-in-Chief and describe his response to the Newburgh Conspiracy.
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Weekly Math Challenge
Young scholars solve a new math challenge every week. In this math center activity, students explain the process of solving the weekly challenge. Young scholars are assessed on what is included in their challenge notebook. Students earn...
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Pizza with the Principal & Kindness Cash
Students understand how their words and acts affect others. In this acts of kindness lesson, students were rewarded for kind acts by getting to have pizza with the Principal. Students also participated in a Principal's kindness day so...
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Writing Lesson Plans... That Don't Rush The Writing
Slow Down! Teachers can help their students take the writing process more seriously with the right lesson plans.
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Character Education - Kindness
How to get students to always remember to be kind to one another.
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Clausal Expansions
In this grammar learning exercise, students creatively add clausal expansions to sixty-two sentences following the two patterns that are shown with the examples.
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Drugs Change the Way Neurons Communicate
Young scholars examine that certain drugs interfere selectively with neurotransmission, and realize that the effect of a drug is dependent upon dosage and route of administration.
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The Sky Jeopardy
First graders reinforce concepts about sun, moon, day, night and sky by playing the Sky Jeopardy game. In the end, 1st graders get to nibble crackers in order to show the different phases of the moon.
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Comparing Colleges
Young scholars begin process of selecting suitable colleges by exploring colleges in foreign countries and reflecting on a possible future life far from their native countries. They rank various criteria for selecting colleges, discuss...
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A Nobel Cause
Students research the lives and accomplishments of Nobel Prize-winning scientists and compose stories about what the world would be like without the accomplishments of these scientists.
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Giving Generously
Students explore philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students read Runaway Rice Cake, identify the elements of the story, and make rice cakes to share with others.
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Doing the Honours
Students investigate the actions of British political parties. In this current events lesson, students research the listed Web sites that include information about political party fundraising and peerage. Students also report on honors...
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Plants 'n' Bugs
Second graders experiment to find if pollinators have color preferences. In this plant and bug lesson, 2nd graders gather information about how flowers pollinate. Students participate in a pollination experiment using the...
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Creating Volunteers
Students discuss the benefits of volunteering. In this creating volunteers instructional activity, students consider philanthropic actions and opportunity costs. Students create a song and visual aid about being a volunteer.
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Earth Day - Hooray
Students listen to the story, Earth Day - Hooray!, and discuss the story as it is being read. In this Earth Day lesson, students discuss incentives and penalties in regards to taking care of the Earth. This lesson plan also...