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Native Planting for the Built or Green Environment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the terms used in naturescaping. They identify how to plant, how to do site preparation and how to develop a plan. Students explore the benefits of naturescaping for the health of the environment. They also...
Lesson Plan
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Picture Fists Full of Kisses

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Ease children's back-to-school jitters with this primary grade lesson based on the book The Kissing Hand by Ruth E. Harper. Starting off with a singing of the song "I Wish I Had a Little Red Box", children go on to discuss and...
Interactive
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Time Conversions

For Students 6th - 9th
In this online math activity, students make conversions between days, weeks, hours, minutes and seconds. When complete, students submit their answers and get instant feedback regarding their accuracy.
Worksheet
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Basic

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this time worksheet, students complete the equivalents of time for weeks, days, minutes, and more. Students complete 10 problems.
Worksheet
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Which Day of the Week Do You Like Best?-- Class Graph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math activity, students participate as a class to complete a bar graph. Students indicate which day of the week they like best, and the class plots the data on the bar graph.
Worksheet
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Breaking News English: International Car Free Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "International Car Free Day," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Worksheet
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Weekly Meal Sheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this food diary worksheet, students record the foods they eat from each of 5 groups on a chart that has spaces for each day of the week.
Assessment

Weather Home Project

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Shared ResourceWeather Journal. For one week, students must keep track of the weather, referencing the temperature, moisture, wind speed, and the types of clouds. (ESL)
Unit Plan
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Watershed Works: Unit 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th
By constructing a watershed model and identifying watershed features in it, they discover how water erosion changes the landscape. As with most watershed modeling activities, this one is costly in terms of time and materials. It is,...
Unit Plan
Core Knowledge Foundation

Unit 3: Adventures of Don Quixote

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders explore the Adventures of Don Quixote in a four-week language arts unit. Scholars listen to and discuss a new chapter each day as well as examine vocabulary and practice word work including suffixes, subject-verb agreement,...
Unit Plan
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Our “Civilized” Society

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
The Scarlet Letter is the anchor text in a four-week unit that examines Hawthorne's novel through the lens of the intolerances found in a supposed civilized society. In addition to their reading, class members watch clips from...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Distance to School

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
A single problem requires learners to write two expressions representing the total distance between a student's home and school over a time span of four weeks. A thorough commentary follows that will help you explore the solutions with...
Lesson Plan
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Piles of Paper

For Teachers K - 6th
Track how much paper their class uses in a week. They will pile their used paper into one place, each day the pile is measured. They make predictions about how much paper they would collect in a month, then recycle the paper.
Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Calendar Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 6th
While this activity was designed for students with special needs, it could be used with any group learning about the calendar or days of the week. Old calendar pages become the bingo board, and numbers 1 through 31 become the numbers...
Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Daily Journal

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Keeping a daily journal is fun. It builds strong writing skills and provides an expressive outlet. For children with visual impairments, it's even more important. It provides a way for them to connect written word with real events,...
Organizer
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Spending Log

For Students 4th - 7th
In this money management worksheet, students will track their spending and income for one week. After tracking their income and expenses, students will complete 6 short answer questions about the results.
Lesson Plan
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Exploring Gullah Culture...Through Language and Numbers

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the culture of the ancient Gullah people. As a class, they practice saying and writing the days of the week and numbers in Gullah. They are read a Gullah folktale and put the events of the story into the correct...
Worksheet
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Daily Helper Schedule: Template

For Students K - 6th
I wish I had thought of this! This schedule provides a place to put an image of a different person for each day of the week and frame for the person the child will be working with that day. Initially intended to assist an Autistic...
Unit Plan
Special Olympics

Review of Skills as Sports

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young athletes put together the athletic skills they need to play different sports in the eighth week of this physical education unit. First they work on basic skills like running, jumping, kicking, throwing, and catching....
Lesson Plan
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Taking Attendance

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young mathematicians record and analyze data. They will take attendance for their class and compare to other days. Then discuss ways to count who is present. They may also show the amount of students present using fractions.
Lesson Plan
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Gettin' Through Thursday

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Have your class explore active reading strategies! In this guided reading lesson, learners make personal connections to characters having a bad day as a prior knowledge activation discussion. After reading Gettin' Through Thursday, class...
Lesson Plan
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Preparing for the AP European History Exam

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Only have a few weeks until the AP exam? Don't panic. Prepare your AP young scholars for the European History exam using these detailed strategies. This instructional lesson plan summarizes ideas to prepare your scholars for the big...
Lesson Plan
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A Model for Natural Selection- Spaghetti Worms

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Does the early bird really get the worm? If so, which color of worm does it prefer? In an exciting and easy week-long field investigation, young field biologists set up a one square meter feeding area for birds. If you have a webcam,...
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The Writing Prompt Boot Camp

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Fourteen days of writing prompts (or 16 if you count the two bonus days) are featured in packet designed for high school, college level, or adult writers.

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