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Students assess a time-related scenario at a railroad station. They study about the importance of a synchronized time system at Grand Central Terminal.They research various time measurement devices and develop "How It Works" posters...
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Clapping the Number of Syllables in a Word - School/Home Links
In this word work worksheet, students work with a learning partner to determine the number of syllables in six words that are read to them. They clap once for each syllable they hear. There is a place for both the student and learning...
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Effective Writing Quiz
In this online interactive language arts skills worksheet, students answer 15 multiple choice questions regarding writing skills. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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NGA Kids Inside Scoop Summer 2006
Students read passages and study paintings to learn about the artist Giovanni Antonio Canal and his subject of Venice. In this art history lesson, students read about Canaletto and explore Venice through his paintings. Students then...
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Don't Forget the Three R's
Learners encourage one another in recycling. In this environment and art instructional activity, students create a new recycling bin that would help people in remembering to recycle.
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Color Mixing Trophy Fish
Students compare colors. In this color lesson, students determine which colors are primary and which are secondary. Students investigate rainbows and create a piece of art organizing colors as they appear in a rainbow.
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Dale Chihuly
Students examine the characteristics and makeup of glass. In groups, they research the life and work of Dale Chihuly and how he used glass to create his artwork. They answer discussion questions on different pieces of art and share their...
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The Business of Design
Students visit the Design for the Other 90% exhibition. In this design lesson plan, student learn how to design for the population of the world that is poor or impoverished. In addition, students read New York Times articles and watch...
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Changing the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part Two
Students explore the work of social entrepreneurs. In this entrepreneurship lesson, students research a specific entrepreneur and create a presentation introducing him or her to the class. Students design a seminar on social...
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Spring Butterflies
Students create Spring butterflies. In this art activity, students use coffee filters to make butterflies. Students add food coloring and water together for paint. Students use an eyedropper to drop the colors onto the filter. Allow the...
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Transportation
Students explore basic transportation vehicles, specifically air, land, and water vehicles, name six different modes of transportation, identify four different kinds of train cars, and three differences between two different modes of...
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Scrabble Endurance
Students practice movement skills while working on their spelling. They review spelling words and practice the locomotor and non-locomotor skills involved.
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Whittle, Whittle it Down: Summarizing
Sixth graders are introduced to the jigsaw method of summarizing text. In groups, they create their own summary and work together as a class to create just one class summary. To end the lesson plan, they read the class summary and...
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Let's Find the Main Ideas!
Third graders examine how finding the main ideas and summarizing increases their reading comprehension. They read "The Sea in Danger" while applying the six rules of summarization in a modeled lesson plan. Next, working in small groups,...
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Let's Put It in a Nutshell
Students practice summarizing things they have read. After reviewing the steps for reading silently and summarization, they read a chapter in the book Tuck Everlasting. Working in groups, they summarize what they have read and present...
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On the Mayflower Lesson Plan
Students create a model of the Mayflower. In this early childhood lesson plan, students engage in dramatic play while reenacting the Pilgrims and the Mayflower. Students listen as the instructor reads On the Mayflower by Kate Waters.
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The American Revolution: Causes
Students investigate taxation of the American colonist by the British which led to the revolution. In this American Revolution lesson, students analyze a poem called Revolution Tea, and then work in small groups to present an oral...
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Easter Rhymes
In this holiday vocabulary worksheet, students find 16 rhyming words that answer clues with Easter words. They work on a page that is decorated with an Easter rabbit.
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Spelling Strategies for Success
Students identify the meaning of the suffix "er" in given words and sort according to meaning. Students pair up for proofing of work, checking for correct sorting of words in categories of: no suffix, suffix that means "more," and...
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Activities Using Music From Saint-Saens & Moussorgsky
Student create a fish and listen to music while imagining their fish are swimming. In this music activity, students identify instruments played and move their fish to the movement. Students work with kangaroos and elephants...
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Brothers Grimm
Class members participate in a read aloud of an illustrated version of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. They discuss the tale,"A Fisherman and His Wife" to discover how fairy tales can help us think about our own situations. They also...
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Impress Yourself: Textured Pendants
Young scholars experiment with textures and polymer clay while creating individual pendants. This lesson is suitable for all ages and includes ideas for adding "personal touches" to each pendant, baking the pendants, and applying texture...
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Animal Masks
Learners create wonderfully animate animal masks out of balloons. They use the papier-mache technique to create three dimensional animal masks taking care to consider color, shape, texture, and the animals' features.
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Secrets Beneath the Waters
Students work in small groups and design a ship out of balsa wood. They hypothesize what happens when the ship is placed in water then make predictions as to which ship stays afloat the longest with the greatest amount of weight added.