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Famous Black Americans
Students recognize famous Black Americans and their roles in America's society. They create a database and slideshow presenting famous Black Americans and relevant facts of their lives.
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Family Album "A Patchwork Quilt"
Third graders list of four important life events They create a quilt square for creating a whole class quilt. This project allows students to be creative and none of the squares look the same.
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Pysanky Egg Decorating
Students explore the processes involved in decorating eggs. The story, "Rechenka's Eggs" or "Chicken Sunday" by Patricia Polacco forms the introduction to the research.
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Second graders engage in a lesson that covers the life cycle of a butterfly. They use the Kidpix software to create a drawing of the life cycle with the help of an illustration given by the teacher as a guide. Then students discuss the...
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Alphabet Books
Students explore alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness by making alphabet books. They identify initial consonant sounds and choose pictures of objects that begin with given letters of the alphabet. Students identify phonemes...
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Animal Reports
Third graders choose an animal to research and write a report about. They determine the animals' habitat, animal classification, whether it is endangered or extinct, and the type of food it eats. Also, they add any special...