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Biology for AP® Courses
An eight-unit electronic textbook provides a guide to AP® Biology. Each of the 28 chapters include an introduction, multiple lessons, a summary, review questions, and test prep questions. Teachers see how each lesson connects to a big...
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ABC Big Book
Students create a book with each page representing a letter in the alphabet.
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Big Hat People
Students investigate visual arts by reading a children's book in class. In this collage lesson, students read the book by Keith Haring titled Big and discuss the themes and settings. Students discuss how adjectives are used to describe...
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Big Machines! Big Buildings! Lesson Plan
Students read a book and understand the cumulative events of the story through sequencing. For this lesson about cumulative texts, students are able to read the story and understand the sequence of the events. Students listen to the...
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Big, Medium, or Small
Young scholars make a math book. In this early childhood math lesson plan, students develop language, observation, and math skills as they explore the sizes of objects and use cameras to take pictures for their own math booklet based on...
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Activity Plan 5-6: Book-Character Homes
Learners use their creativity to build character homes. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop creative-thinking, social, language, math, and motor skills as they work together to create buildings for characters from...
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How Should Our Gardens Grow?
Students examine different types of land use by humans and evaluate the ways land is used in their local community. They also consider the environmental effects of the different types of land use. Students assume the role of community...
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Big Words
Students read the book Big Words and do literacy based activities that are based on the book. In this literacy lesson plan, students read the given book and do activities that include synonym matching, word building, maze finding, mood...
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Students complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms, make...
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Students complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms, make...
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell
Students complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms, make...
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The Big E!
Students study the correspondence ea=/E/ by examining picture cards that show examples of items with the long "e" sound. They listen to a read aloud of Nancy Shaw's, Sheep Out to Eat before writing words that contain the "ea"...
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Picture This: A Book Full of Patterns!
Learners create pattern books. In this math patterns lesson, students create various patterns using manipulatives. Learners take digital photographs of the patterns and create books.
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ABC Book of Words
Young scholars make a book. For this vocabulary lesson, students brainstorm vocabulary words about China, write the words in alphabetical order, discuss the meanings of each word and make a book of the words.
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Book Week Campout
Students end the celebration of Book Week in their gym class. As a class, they follow directions to move along with a song and how to use their stuffed animals to move to the music. To end the activity, they participate in a pillow fight...
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Test Your Grammar Skills-- Using Determiners 3
In this grammar worksheet, students analyze 40 phrases. Students mark a check if the phrase is correct and an X if it is not. Example: "those umbrella" would be incorrect but "this book" would be marked correct.
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American Revolution Project
Here you will find three simple and engaging American Revolution projects that will allow your learners to not only express their comprehension of major events and key terms during the war, but also offer the opportunity for great...
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What is a Philanthropist?
What does a philanthropist do? Help your class explore philanthropy using character development and literacy ideas. Learners will define and give examples of philanthropy, listen to The Lion and the Mouse, discuss how the characters help...
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Sentence Completion Worksheet
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the 10 sentences and choose the appropriate word to complete each sentence. There is an extension activity where the student must write silly sentences using the word "because."
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Bugs
This is not just a worksheet, but an entire set of activities and worksheets that can accompany any unit on bugs or insects. Little learners will hone early math and literacy skills as they create mini-books, discriminate between big and...
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Great Early Elementary Reads
Here is an excellent reference list of over 60 recommended book titles for early readers, each of which includes the author, title, number of pages, and brief summary.
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K-W-L Chart
After choosing a topic of interest, young learners use the K-W-L thinking process to create an informational, illustrated, big book. K-W-L, a three-part thinking process, asks the learner to respond to three questions: What do we know...
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Basic Knowledge of Big Cats
First graders create a KWL chart on big cats. In this animal science lesson plan, 1st graders brainstorm what they already know about big cats and research big cats using various suggested websites. Students fill in the last column of...
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Big Cats Sounds
Students explore the sounds of big cats. In this animal science instructional activity, students listen to the sounds of the big cats, such as lions and tiger, on a suggested website. Students research how the big cats use their sounds...