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Icky Fingers

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners are introduced to digraphs so they can match letters to their phonemes. They recognize the short vowel i=/i/ in both spoken and written words by practicing reading and spelling words containing /i/. Elkonin Letter Boxes are...
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Picture It!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice visualization by picturing themselves in their minds at the beach. They share their visualization describing what they see, feel, and what they are doing. They discuss the importance of visualization, to picture in...
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An Icky Sticky Mess!

For Teachers K
Students complete a variety of activities related to the short /i/ sound. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and trace and write the letter I. Students then view flash cards and identify the pictures containing the short /i/...
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Mmm Mmm Good!

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils recognize the phoneme /m/. Through matching and listening activities, students discriminate the phoneme /m/ from similar looking letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /m/ with its letter representation and identify the...
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The Water Dilemma

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students read about and discuss the importance of easily available, clean drinking water. They participate in a role play scenario in which only one drinking fountain in the school has potable water.
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Brine Shrimp Life Cycle

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the life cycle of the brine shrimp. They use a variety of resources to find the details of each step. Students compare the life cycles of different organisms. They create diagrams of the different stages while...
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Give the Dog a Bone

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen as the /sh/ sound is modeled and discover the sound as it appears in the words "sheep", "fish", and "ship". They then play a secret game with a magic code placing the correct dog with its bone. Once all the words are...
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Mallard's Wet Olympics

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars investigate some of the different characteristics of living things. They make observations from reading and interactive media. Students observe that animals move in different ways and have adaptations to aid in that action.
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Field Day Water Activities

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars participate in a variety of Field Day Water Activities including: Waterslide: Cheap Man's Dunking Booth: Sponge Relay: Sponge Race: Water Bucket Relay: Water relay: Tug of War: Squirt bottle race Water Balloon...
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Care to Canoe?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experience to balance with another student and maneuver in a two person canoe on still water. They analyze important aspects of canoeing including putting in, portaging and weight distribution. Students discuss the...
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Nutrition and Health

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the conditions faced while sailing on the ocean regarding health and physical fitness. They experience the importance of Vitamin C. Students analyze the cause of many diseases and sicknesses on the ships.
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Types of Legs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the characteristics of the legs of arthropods as well as how they are used. They compare and contrast the legs of various types of bugs in the arthropod family. A comparison worksheet is included in with this lesson.
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Fish Communities in the Hudson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use tables of fish collection data to draw conclusions about where fish live in the Hudson Estuary. Given available data they interpret organized observations and measurements and recognize simple patterns, sequences, and...
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Crab Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in an activity in which they observe the behavior of a crab. In groups, they label and identify the function of each main part while observing and record their behavior. They make educated guesses on why they...
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Comprehension

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners identify that comprehension is an essential component or reading and in order to be efficient and fluent readers. They interpret what they have read through various strategies. Finally, students use one of the strategies,...
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National First Ladies' Library

A Blessing in Disguise

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars study the history of polio as well as a history of modern medicine, the history of alternative medicine and the role of the scientific method in each of these histories. They review the scientific method and research...
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Fitness for Life

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students discuss their favorite activities and determine which activities are suitable for older people. In groups, students research the benefits of aerobic exercises and the equipment needed. Students share their information with the...
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Designing And Costing Your Pool

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students engage in a lesson that uses applied mathematics to find the solution to the design of a pool for a home. They design the pool based upon scale measurements that include perimeter and area of the pool area, water volume, and...
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Describe Comoon Objects and Actions in both General and Specific Language

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners are told that they are going to describe the noun and verb in a simple sentence to make the sentence more detailed. They are told that a noun is a person, place or thing. Students are taught that a verb is an action word. They...
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What Can Animals Do?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this science related worksheet, students discuss and brainstorm what animals can and cannot do and then answer twelve true and false questions regarding the subject.
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What Can They Do?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students answer 10 questions either with "No, they can't!" or "Yes, they can!" Example: "Can crocodiles climb trees? No, they can't!" Students then look at 5 picture clues and write something the person...
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ABC Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this science worksheet, students match up eight pictures of animals to their names and then guess at the answers to eleven questions about animals.
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Verb Tenses; Conditional Tenses-3

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students read and complete 10 sentences. Each sentence is missing the verb. Options to complete the sentence are included.
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Vocabulary: Weekend Plans-Part 2

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students read 10 sentences. Each sentence has a missing word. Students select one of three options to complete the sentence.

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