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Strength

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in static and dynamic activities to develop muscle strength and balance. Free weights are used to work on shoulder, bicep, and tricep muscles. Locomotor skills of hopping, jumping, leaping, skipping, and galloping...
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Editing

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders edit their previously written essay in this lesson. They discuss the importance of revision, and observe the teacher modeling proper revision techniques. They apply the techniques to their essay and then prepare their...
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Lights, Camera, Action!

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete a variety of activities in which they practice recognizing verbs including a word guessing game. After a lecture/demo, 1st graders use worksheets imbedded in this plan to play the verb recognition game.
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Boost Your Brain for Ever

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read an article about memory and discuss it.
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Minors And Contracts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore minors and contracts in the judicial system.
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"Asking for Tourist Information" (Italian)

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students listen to a dialogue in order to comprehend verbal directions in Italian. They work in pairs practicing giving directions to each other.
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Spiders

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners study spiders. In this spider lesson plan, students divide into four study groups, research their topic, and give a report over their findings. The four topics are Characteristics of spiders, life cycles of spiders, fun facts...
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Word Choice

For Students 5th - 6th
In these word choice worksheets, students read the sentences and determine whether or not to complete the sentence with the word it's or its.
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The Care and Feeding of a Gingerbread Man

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read about the gingerbread man and have community members come to their class saying where they have seen him. In this community lesson plan, students listen to different community members about how the gingerbread man has been...
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Families and Neighborhoods

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars explore the concepts of family and community. In this diversity lesson, students read Bear About Town and then design and build their own classroom neighborhood homes out of individual shoeboxes.
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Spending

For Teachers 2nd
Student explore the value of money. In this addition and subtraction lesson, 2nd graders earn "money" for classroom jobs and spend it in the classroom. Students practice how to add prices and calculate change. This lesson incorporates...
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Arthur Meets the President

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read, Arthur Meets the President, and review the story using sentence strips and complete a book review activity with a partner.  In this reading skills lesson, students work on fact and opinion and...
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ABC Scavenger Map

For Teachers K
Students explore phonetics by participating in a class game. In this alphabet sounds lesson plan, students collaborate in a ABC's activity where they identify a random letter, the sound it makes, and place it in it's correct spot on a...
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Smart Ideas Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a concept map about the cardiovascular system. In this life science lesson, 7th graders identify the parts and functions of each system component. They explain how cardiovascular system works with other systems in...
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Phonics and Letter ID

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify at least 46 of the 54 upper and lower case letters of the alphabet by name, sound, or example of a word that letter starts.
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Beyond the Notes

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students observe as the teacher introduced themself as a talent scout for a clothing company for teenagers who is looking for a choreographer for a commercial for a new line of clothes called, "The Wrap". They work alone or in groups of...
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Fishing for numbers

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils participate in a lesson in order to reinforce the numbers 0-10, and will also allow the students to practice their counting. Number recognition and the understanding of number size (magnitude) is increased also.
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Race Track (Culminating Activity)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students graph and solve linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students use the slope and y-intercept to graph lines. They relate lines to the real world using different applications.
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Plant Detectives

For Teachers K - 2nd
Exploration of the school grounds and thought images are used to demonstrate the many uses of plants.
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States And Shapes

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students work together and investigate the shapes of 50 states. They identify the states that they find hardest to recognize. The group then list the states in order from most difficult to just difficult to recognize and create a...
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John Lennon Lesson Plan - Anniversary of His Birth - October 9th

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils practice reading and vocabulary connected to music.
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The Way Animals Move: Fly, Crawl, or Swim?

For Teachers K
Students use "Kid Pix" to stamp and sort animals in groups to show the way animals move: fly, walk-slither-slide-crawl, or swim. They need to have knowledge of a variety of animals and how they move from one place to another.
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Recipe Fractions

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students practice multiplying and dividing fractions by doubling, halving, tripling, etc., recipes from a cookbook.
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Genre Jeopardy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars play a Jeopardy game in which the questions are about different genres. They can use this activity as a review before a test.