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Months

For Teachers 1st
First graders work in pairs to create a class big book for months of the year. They work together to create a detailed version of their month that includes any special holidays and activities.
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Suspense-Around

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in round-robin cooperative writing groups to develop a variety of possible stories around a single prompt.
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Digging Detectives

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students demonstrate basic procedures for archeological excavations. They explore an archeological site, students using various archeological methods and techniques to determine some of the aspects of past life and culture.
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Letter Recognition and Sound Review

For Teachers K
Pupils practice the sounds of the letters A-L. In this literacy lesson, the teacher demonstrates the letter sounds, then the students practice and complete a worksheet to demonstrate understanding.
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Primary Sources

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students write personal facts on a photograph of themselves to create a Primary Source. They then define Primary Source and list examples as a class of places where they could find primary sources. They also discuss the importance of...
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Habitat Is Home

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept and components of a habitat. They discuss the key components of a habitat and describe how certain factors can cause disturbances in a habitat and change its population. Activities are leveled for...
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SOS Lesson One: Librarian Introduction

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners experience completing research in a library. They explore a personal myth and examine sources to answer questions about the myth. They develop research questions for exploring a personal myth and explain how some sources may...
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Fluency Station Directions

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this fluency station directions worksheet, students discover their expressive reading score through timing one another and calculating their words they read per minute.
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Preventing Picky Eaters

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students list the normal eating habits of children. In this health lesson, students identify common problems experienced during mealtimes. They discuss ways to better manage a child's mealtime experience.
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STRATEGIES FOR A SUCCESSFUL WORLD

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore how to overcome stereotypes and gender bias.
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Nounmania and Verbmania

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students illustrate as many nouns and verbs as they can in a limited amount of time. Students review all the words that they came up with. They help each other figure out which ones were right and wrong. Students make a new list of nouns...
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The Verb and Adverb Connection

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use pantomine and charades to explore verbs and adverbs. They, in groups, play a variation of charades to act out sentences with adverbs showing WHEN and WHERE.
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Exploring Our Community

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify nonprofit and profit organizations in their community. They discuss why it is important to have both types of organizations. They create a land use map of their community.
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Novel Evaluation Presentations

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students summarize and make predictions about the novel, "Huckleberry Finn". They discuss their opinions with the class. They give a one-minute novel evaluation about another novel and choose a novel based on their classmate's...
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Website Layout

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders finish presenting their one minute novel evaluations while choosing one of the novels to read independentally. They view a variety of graphic organizers to strategically plan out their website content. In addition, they...
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Positive Comment Walk-A-Long

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students find a partner, take a walk, and tell their partner something nice they had done or seen during the day or the week.