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Driving

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study vocabulary associated with driving and traffic with a pictionary type activity. They examine what it is like to drive in crowded city centers such as London. They complete a driving survey, read selection and participate...
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My Favourite Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss some of the different vocabulary words associated with books.They take note of the cover picture and attempt to guess the content. They listen to a book read to them by the teacher. They write their own title to the book...
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Holes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read and analyze the story elements of the novel "Holes" by Louis Sachar. They play a "Holes" matching game, complete a timeline of story events, complete a Cause-and-Effect graphic organizer, conduct research on Louis Sachar's...
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Place value concepts

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in classroom game to practice place value skills. In this place value lesson plan, 3rd graders recognize matching digits of the same value. Students record their numerals and their value by writing in...
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Ancient Rome (Review)

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate how Rome evolved from a republic to an empire. In this ancient Rome lesson, 9th graders listen to a SMART Board lecture about the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Students then play 4 games that require them...
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Angles, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles and Related

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students classify angles. In this angles lesson, students explore the characteristics of angles, triangles, quadrilaterals and circles. They identify polygons and sing a classifying angles song. Students participate in a manipulative...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Greek And Latin Root Words

For Teachers 8th
Students examine Greek and Latin root words. They research the history of the English language, solve word games and puzzles, write paragraphs about the impact of Greek and Latin on the English language, and create flip chart study guides.
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Cooking And Food Trends in the Uk

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the growing popularity of cooking shows and TV celebrity chefs. They develop a list of cooking vocabulary and play a game of Pictionary, complete a cooking survey, watch and discuss a cooking show, answer questions...
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The Great Spoon Challenge: Form and Function

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students organize objects in terms of form and function. In this architecture lesson, students are introduced to the ideas of form and function by playing a game in which they organize spoons in different ways. Extension activities are...
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What's in a Word?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete a unit on words, their origins, and their usage. They explore various websites, create a word ladder online, develop a list of anagrams, write a story using homonyms, and create a list of vocabulary words.
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Tableau

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders view a video from United Streaming and design still frames of important parts of a story.  In this story-telling from different cultures lesson, 2nd graders understand general vocabulary about performing. ...
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Civil War and Beyond

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders play a game.  In this Civil War lesson, 6th graders discuss the beginnings of the Civil War and define vocabulary words associated with the war such as abolitionist and Emancipation Proclamation.  Students play a...
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Introduction to Magnetism and Electronics

For Teachers K - 1st
Students are introduced to the concepts of magnetism and electronics. As a class, they walk through the steps of the scientific method and define new vocabulary. In groups, they are given a bag of objects and they are to separate them...
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Baseball the National Pastime of the Dominican Republic

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine how the game of baseball has played a significant role in shaping the culture of the Dominican Republic. They analyze a world map, and read and discuss an informational handout. Students can then create a sports...
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Number Chart and Number Line

For Teachers 1st
First graders research strategies for identifying numbers through 100. In this number recognition lesson, 1st graders make games, create puzzles,and fill in missing numbers to practice number identification.
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Making Healthy Eating Choices for You and Others

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the USDA food guide pyramid to choose items for a balanced diet. In this food pyramid lesson, students play a game naming the items and their foo groups.   Students participate in cross curricular activities...
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Lots of Lines

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students see that artists make many different kinds of lines. They discuss how artists use line to show ideas such as motion, mood, or emphasis. They geet a "scribble" to transform into a picture using Colorific markers or erasable crayons.
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All Aboard! Railroad Transportation

For Teachers Pre-K
Students create a picture of a train. In this train lesson, students read Freight Trainand discuss the trains that they see. Students discuss what it would feel like to be a train and play a game where they pretend to be a train. They...
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Urban Life: What Lives In Our Local Park?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in activities during a visit to Central Park. In this urban life instructional activity, 5th graders visit Central Park where they explore pond dipping, stream chemistry, and play a native plant Bingo game.
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Animals and Plants of BC's Rocky Shore: lesson 3

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a mural of the food chain of the animals and plants of BC's rocky shore. In this food chain lesson plan, students also play a food chain matching game.
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Woodland Animals and Their Habitat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the natural environment through a video and nature sounds tape. They keep journal's of the unit's activities and vocabulary terms. They play a web of interdependence game and compose a list of forest animals and write...
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Making Choices

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore financial decision making. In this introductory economics lesson, 2nd graders listen to the book Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, and discuss making financial choices based on wants and...
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An Imaginary Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use their imaginations to write about an imaginary trip. In this creative writing lesson plan, students write about an imaginary trip. Students brainstorm writing ideas as a class and use past tense words in...
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Understanding Community Environment

For Students 7th - 8th
In this understanding community environment worksheet, students, after exploring 5 parts of a study unit (link provided), choose a project (make a video, book, game, plan a garden or nature map, collect data, write a rap or crossword...