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Three Bears and Three Goats in the Morning Sun

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story Three Bears from the book, Three Tales of Three, focusing on the one-to-one correspondence while counting various items in the story. They create pages for the number 3 for their counting books.
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Two Owl Eyes

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story, Olivia Counts, and demonstrate counting to ten. They make predictions, and recognize the day and night sky. They add page number 2 to their counting books.
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The Mixed Up Chameleon

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students read the story The Mixed Up Chameleon and complete discussions questions as they read the story. In this comprehension lesson plan, students also draw animals, list animals, and create a class book.
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Adjectives

For Students 3rd
In this grammar activity, 3rd graders focus on the usage of adjectives.  Students read 10 sentences and complete multiple choice questions choosing the best adjective to describe the underlined noun in each sentence.
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From Seed to Apple

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify the stages of apple growth. In this agricultural lesson, students read the story I Am Apple and sing the song "Round the Apple Tree." Students place pictures of the stages of an apple into the correct order. Students...
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Review and Revision of My Personal Plan of Study

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders make decisions, set goals, and take necessary action to achieve goals. They explore options and resources available to further develop personal education plans for life-long learning and develop questions and ideas to...
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Over in the Meadow

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover how to locate books on meadow and pond animals and research them. Students discover how to locate fiction/story books about the animals mentioned in the counting book read. Students discover how to locate by author,...
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Counting in Espanol

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a mini-book with the Spanish numbers 0-10, then compare and contrast the English numbers to the new Spanish numbers.
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Web Designs: A Story Comes Alive

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work cooperatively to choose a theme, write a story, and produce a web site to display this story in this middle-level instructional activity on the career of a web designer. This excellent instructional activity ends with an...
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Measuring Objects in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use ruler and tapes to measure classroom objects. After discussing measurement tools, have students complete sentences stating what they would use to measure various objects. Later in the computer lab, they type their...
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The Purple Cow

For Teachers K - 2nd
  Young scholars read and discuss the poem, The Purple Cow.  In this poetry lesson, students discuss the rhyming words in the poem and why this piece of literature is silly or unusual.     
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Compare and Contrast (3)

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Sometimes the way a topic is presented in fiction can be very different from how it is in reality. Compare and contrast a topic from both a fiction and nonfiction source with a graphic organizer that prepares kids to write about what...
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Reading Teammates

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book "Teammate" after participating in pre-reading activities that include examining the concepts of segregation and discrimination. In this six week literature study, they make timelines, discuss what they know...
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Drug and Alcohol Prevention

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. They prepare a written report on the chosen topic related to drugs and/or alcohol. Students utilize technology to share the information about alcohol and/or drugs with an...
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Sarah Plain and Tall

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars read the story, dividing it into chapters per day until complete. They respond to the ad, just as Sarah, Plain and Tall did and use the correct parts of a letter used including a return address, greeting, body, closing and...
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Gallery Walk

For Teachers 3rd
After reading Mowgli's Brothers, each third grader will choose an animal and write a poetry, in couplet form, for that animal. Then, they complete a black-line drawing of their animal. Consider having learners post both of their finished...
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Little Red Hen

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story "The Little Red Hen". They buddy read the story and then illustrate their own interpretation of the story on story paper. Students then use AlphaSmart to type their stories in sequential order.
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Dr. Seuss Book Title Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this Dr. Seuss word search worksheet, students find the titles of 11 Dr. Seuss books hidden in the puzzle. They find the titles that are listed in a word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore poems of African Americans. They research a famous African American, write a report, create a timeline of events in African American history, create a map of the New World, and research Molly Walsh. After...
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Famous Americans Book Project

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils use digital cameras to record their second grade buddies performance of reading their famous American biographies. They retrieve digital pictures and insert them into the biography of their famous American. They print the...
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A Day in the Life of 4th Graders

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create scrapbook of the activities for an entire school day in order to develop skills in digital photography. They discuss the elements of good photography and take turns documenting lessons, lunchtime, P.E. and recess. Each...
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War On Battle of the Books

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a statewide Battle of the Books competition. They read books and answer questions about them to earn points for their school.
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Deceleration of a Toy Truck

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete labs using toy trucks to study deceleration, record thier data, and then transfer it to graphing software to produce a graph. They create a lab report of the completed lab using a word processing program.
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Showtime in the House of Commons Part I

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners watch a video and brainstorm, focusing on the rules of Question Period in a Parliamentary System.