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We Play Music
Do you like music? Have your youngsters read We Play Music, practicing select reading strategies, like using picture clues to determine new words. Then, after their first independent read, have them re-read the story to a...
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The Seven Continents Scavenger Hunt
Who doesn't enjoy an engaging scavenger hunt? Here, scholars listen to, and discuss, the informative text, Where is my Continent? by Robin Nelson. They then explore the seven continents and four major oceans using...
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The First Americans Today
Fourth graders identify at least one similarity and at least one difference in the following categories: celebrations, daily activities, values and beliefs, other.
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Tell It to the Judge - Persuasive Essay
Learners write a persuasive essay that compares and contrasts a classic fairy tales with a fractured one. They use the writing process to complete and publish the essay.
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Left-to-Right Reading
Left-to-right, left-to-right, that's the way we read and write! Watch this short video clip and teach your young learners this chant before they start writing!
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Civil Rights Video Essay
Learners research an event or a person from a decade in American history when the civil rights movement was an important focus. They create a multimedia project based on the research.
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Research questions
In this research instructional activity, students answer multiple choice questions about different research items. Students complete 12 questions about the internet, different resources, and more.
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Activity Plan 5-6: Searching for Shapes
Students explore the shapes all around them. In this early childhood lesson plan, students use their creative thinking skills to compare shapes to the form ob objects in their classroom.
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Jubal's Wish
Students discuss the story "Jubal's Wish." For this literature lesson, students take turns making predictions about what will happen next in the story and state their own wish by taking turns as well.
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Bullying
Students recognize and respond appropriate to bullying, teasing, and aggressive behaviors. For this bullying lesson plan, students listen to stories about bullying, participate in bullying discussions, and role play various scenarios to...
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Wetlands - Frog Facts Song
In this frog facts song worksheet, students follow directions on how to compose a song using frog facts. Students pick a well known children's song, gather facts about frogs, and then write new lyrics to the children's song.
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Acting Out
Sixth graders investigate peer pressure, gangs, drinking, and using drugs. In small groups, they conduct research, develop, edit, and write a three-minute script, and perform the script for the class.
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Commonly Confused Words Worksheet 1
In this grammar worksheet, students practice identifying commonly confusing words in two passages and correct the twenty mistakes on the lines provided.
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Using the Glossary
Fifth graders explore the glossary. In this language arts instructional activity, 5th graders define unknown words in a text by using the glossary. Students read a text and use the glossary to find unknown words.
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Fifth Grade English/Language Arts Test
In this language learning exercise, 5th graders complete multiple choice questions about punctuation, sentence structure, word order, and more. Students complete 30 questions.
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We Garden: My Life as a Fruit or Vegetable
Learners explore agriculture by participating in a role-play activity. In this farm to fork lesson, students ask and answer questions as though they were a specific plant about to be eaten. Learners write responses to critical thinking...
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Practicing Critical Reading Skills
In this reading skills worksheet, students read about skills to use while reading and then fill out a Venn Diagram. Students choose which items to go into their Venn Diagram.
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Making an Illustrated Dictionary with Geographic Terms
Students, in groups, explore geographic terms using left and right brain activities.
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Give Yourself Some Credit
Eighth graders identify information and skills necessary to transition to high school. They complete a graphic organizer comparing middle school and high school. They discuss earning credits and specific requirements for graduation from...
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Reading a Science Textbook
In this skill worksheet, students get ideas about how to read a science textbook for understanding. They practice reading two paragraphs and identifying key terms and phrases.
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What else is home to you?
Third graders study homes. In this lesson on homes, 3rd graders write a two paragraph essay on another place they feel could be home.
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A Listening Walk
First graders listen to "The Listening Walk" by Paul Showers. They discuss sounds they heard described in the story and then take a listening walk around their playground. They return to the class and draw what they heard.
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Look, Listen and Learn
Students brainstorm what they know about the performing arts and research an artist or song and its related genre. Students work in groups to create an online banner to attract peers to their performing arts genre.
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Health Education: Stress
Fourth graders tackle stress. In this personal health lesson plan, 4th graders predict physical and emotional reactions to stressful situations.