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National Chemistry Week
National Chemistry Week lessons enliven classroom science investigations.
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Describing Clothes
A lesson all about clothing and colors, this might be a useful lesson for English language learners or introducing descriptive writing. After a short review of colors and clothing vocabulary, learners answer questions regarding what...
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Celebrate the Arts
Students explore the responsibilities of people working in advertising. They create a campaign to support the arts including advertisements in several different media. Length of unit depends on number of projects completed.
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Too Much Information
In this math practice worksheet, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems and identify the information that is not needed to answer each.
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Clothes Cloze
In this clothing cloze activity activity, students read a 5 paragraph selection and fill in the blanks in the piece with words from the provided word bank.
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Ancient Africa's Connection to Today
Fourth graders engage in a lesson in which ancient Africa's historical contributions are told though the eyes of a spider, Anansi, and his search calabash game. The game is accessed through a website which is embedded in this lesson plan.
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Check Out Lights and Shields with Beads
Students explore Ultraviolet detecting beads and conduct several investigations with them. In this investigative instructional activity students participate in an experiment to see the harmful effects of UV light and discuss their...
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Astonishing "A"
Young learners gain phonemic awareness with this quick activity. First, point out what sound you’re focusing on today: /a/. Then spell basic words that use this sound, like fat, bat, cat, etc. As a culminating activity, the whole...
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Count and Non Count Nouns
Students can review the concept of count and non count nouns in this activity. Using this resource with an overview of the use of count and non count nouns and a short activity, learners can practice this concept.
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The Discount is Right
Students visit various websites and calculate various prices of five items. They estimate the sale price of five items using the original price and discount rate, use percent to calculate the rate of discount and the original price, and...
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A Journey To Alaska
Learners create an electronic scrapbook of a virtual field trip to Alaska. They first check the weather and plan what to bring for a real trip. As they explore various websites representing five stopovers on the trip they copy photos...
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Healthful Living Field Day
Students participate in healthy living activities prepared by the school's physical education program and local health professionals.
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Sports
Students understand that elements of sport and/or physical exercise are important aspects of certain jobs. In this sports lesson plan, students discuss sport related careers, listen to speakers who have sport related careers, and...
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Aaa! A monster
Students practice the strategy of phonemic awareness to become better fluent readers. They grasp the concept of short vowels and identify the sound of /a/ in reading and spelling words. A letterbox is utilized within this lesson along...
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Stretcher Making
Learners explore the human body by participating in a construction activity. In this health care instructional activity, students identify the uses and importance of having access to a stretcher when conducting emergency medical service....
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Role of Arkansas women in desegregation and integration
In groups, describe the role of Daisy Bates and Elizabeth Eckford in Desegregation.
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Role of Arkansas women in desegregation and integration
Describe the role of Daisy Bates and Elizabeth Eckford in Desegregation.
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Chips - Beginning to Read
Students practice writing, sounding out, and spelling words with the /sh/ digraph. They listen as the teacher says words with the /sh/ digraph. They then use Elconin boxes and letter manipulatives to spell /sh/ digraph words. They make...
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Teach Engineering: Flying T Shirts
During this engineering design/build project, students investigate many different solutions to a problem. Their design challenge is to find a way to get school t-shirts up into the stands during home sporting events. They follow the...
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Serc: Mn Step: Sharpie Marker Tie Die T Shirts
This is an exercise in scientific observation. While students are creating a tie-die design on a t-shirt, they will observe the chemical reaction taking place between the rubbing alcohol and the permanent markers, and which color spread...
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Scholastic: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Check out this site to learn more about the story "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," by J.K. Rowling.
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Nancy Polette: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" Literature Guide
Discover the world of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." This site is filled with interactive technology activities.