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Introduction to the Circulatory System
Fifth graders are introduced to the human circulatory system. After watching a Bill Nye video, they identify any misconceptions they had before watching it. They practice taking guided notes and discuss the video as a whole.
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Engine Types
Students identify various types of engines and how they are different. In this engine lesson students view different types of engines using the Internet, take a quiz and type a quick write activity.
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Analogies
Pupils find the missing words in analogies while working in groups. They complete an analogy worksheet.
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Paul Revere
Young scholars examine Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's, Paul Revere's Ride, and other pieces of poetry to use maps and literature to investigate geographic concepts. They chart Revere's ride on current Massachusetts maps while working in...
Facing History and Ourselves
Literature Circles: Preparing for Literature Circles through a Fishbowl Discussion
Young scholars examine the attributes of productive conversations. For this fishbowl discussion lesson, students observe a modeled discussion of a literature circle. Young scholars watch a discussion of "The Bear That Wasn't" and note...
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Sputnik
Students study Sputnik and what it looks like. In this Sputnik instructional activity students complete several activities while in groups.
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Literature Circles: The Cay and Timothy of the Cay
Students read and discuss The Cay or Timothy of the Cay with other students. They complete Literature Circles role sheets. Students map the journeys of Timothy and Phillip. They put the events of the stories on a time line.
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China and Communism
Sixth graders discuss what might happen if United States government took over media ownership, read Junior Scholastic article entitled "China Looks to the Future," and create chart comparing Chinese Communist government to United States...
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Look And Listen
Students bring their favorite thing to class as a visual aid while they describe it to their classmate. In this oral information lesson plan, students fill out a worksheet about their item that is provided.
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Rallying to the Cause
Students study the role of volunteering during the Civil War, the Reconstruction, and today. In this volunteerism activity, students work with a partner to read biographies of volunteers while looking for their Core Democratic Values....
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Animal Vocabulary Cards
Students practice a system that may help them understand more and remember more terms when they read. The reading of text is developed as a skill that second language learners need.
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Book Chats
In this book chat worksheet, students read a book and participate in a book chat for the novel. Students use the example questions to discuss the book. Students take turns asking each other questions as they participate in the speaker...
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Bears Odd Bears Even
Learners listen to a read aloud of Harriet Ziefert's Bears Odd Bears Even. They count cubes and counters to classify and show numbers as odd or even.
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Miracle on 34th Street
Students compare the movie Miracle on 34th Street to the book. In this holiday lesson, students read the book and view the 1995 version of the movie, Miracle on 34th Street. Students use a Venn diagram to analyze the similarities and...
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The Language of Love
Students explore the images and idioms related to love in their own culture. They examine new rituals recently created in Japan by reading and discussing "Osaka Journal:Japanese Date Clubs Take the Muss Out of Mating."
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Musical Phrase Completion
Pupils get to encounter simple musical notations, basic keyboarding and improvisation. Students exercise on creative thinking skills. Pupils create their own musical notes.
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My Favorite Things
Fifth graders write a five paragraph informational essay about their favorite things. They correctly use a colon in listing items. Students analyze paragraph writing through questioning. They indent paragraphs, use a colon before a...
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Presenting Poetry
Students encounter the fluency formula that states that it is important for kids to read and reread decodable words in a connected text. They must become effortless decoders in order to read fluently, and fluency in reading allows the...
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Sequencing Stories
Students explore dramatization. In this literacy fluency and drama lesson, students listen to the story Mop Top by Don Freeman and add related sounds at the appropriate times. Students role play, pantomime, and add sounds to create...
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Contract Elements
Students read a story and underline as many situations they can that appear to be in contracts. They use the story in order to conduct class discussion. The story details are focused upon in order to identify the contract details and...
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Design Diaries
Students consider their interest in interior design and comment on popular trends. They explore reactions to prolific design ideas that become mundane by reading and discussing the article "Flash in the Can: Designs Soon Forgotten." They...
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CLIL: A Lesson Plan
Students explore Vancouver. In this Vancouver geography and English language building lesson, students brainstorm what they know about Vancouver and predict what their text will cover. Students listen to the informational content of...
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Paperboy
Students discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read The Paperboy, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students practice...
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Tracking Down Meaning in Great Expectations
Fourth graders are assigned an unique theme, symbol, or character in Great Expectations. They becomes the class expert on that facet of the novel while learning the basic skills needed to write a research paper.