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Haikus for All Seasons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students venture outside and take notes on what they observe through their five senses. They use the Olympus D-545 digital cameras to capture pictures that they feel best represent the current season. Students write one to the three...
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A Little Alliteration

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this poetry lesson plan, students listen to stories that contain alliteration. While listening to stories, student pairs make a list of words that they then use to construct "silly sentences" that contain alliteration. Each student...
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Let It Snow!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners use a modified version for the steps of writing.
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Othello's Predecessors: Moors in Renaissance Popular Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners gather textual citations from Othello, discuss stereotypes that they hold, examine primary source materials, and write character profiles.
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Othello's Father of the Bride

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read and analyze Act one of the play Othello. They examine the themes of love and marriage and interpret Brabantio's words by using different subtexts.
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"O, I have lost my reputation" - Why Reputation Matters in Othello

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine Othello's references to and attitudes toward reputation.
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Scatterbrained Soliloquies

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students reconstruct a famous soliloquy from Romeo and Juliet which the teacher has cut apart and scattered. They piece the soliloquy back together making sense of the passage.
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Revision is Part of the Writing Process: Peer Workshops

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders go through the peer editing process by reading each other's work and talking about it. They realize revision is part of the process of writing poetry.
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GroWing Up

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate a short biography of George Washington's childhood. They examine the differences between life for students in the eighteenth century and today.
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Heritage: What A Sight!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the landmarks along the Pioneer Trail. They discover these landmarks were used as guides. They research the Pioneer Trail and present to the class.
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Lose the Lute!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use Shakespeare's plays to add modern music to match the mood in the play. They assign adjectives to the original songs of the play and find a song with the same mood. They work together to role-play the play with new music.
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"Almaden" by Kim Chi-won

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read "Almaden" about a Korean woman living in New York. They give a brief background on Korean history and culture and discuss point of view. In groups, they work on discussions questions together.
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to story of Grady, the Silo Cow, review vocabulary in story, look at newspaper headlines and discuss purpose of headlines, determine what makes a good headline, create three headlines of their own for story of Grady, and...
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Name Game

For Teachers K
Student select a name card from the envelope and class will then sound out the name of the child on the card. They then will spell out the child's name chanting "Give me an A...", "Give me an N...", etc. The teacher then says, "What does...
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Easy & Elegant Lone Star Quilts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a demonstration on making a quilt. Using that information, they practice making their own lone star quilt. They share their creation with the class to end the lesson and can make more quilts with different types of...
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Which One Doesn't Belong?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to directions to find the word that doesn't belong in a group of words. They then receive a list of twenty words and choose the word that doesn't belong in the group independently.
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Finding Errors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore editing, proofreading and correcting their writing. They discuss the various editing marks. Students practice proofreading, editing and correcting sentences they have written.
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Fitness and Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in a dual challenge: to read a set number of books and also to exercise a number of minutes. They record the number of books they read, and also the number of minutes they are physically active. After a given period...
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Living Thoreau As A Means Of Approaching Walden

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the essays and life of Thoreau in order to appreciate his point of view and understand his way of thinking. They participate in various activities and writing assignments to gain a similar perspective. Students...
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Timmy the Turtle Goes Tick Tock

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners identify the letter and phoneme /t/ in written and spoken language. Students practice the production of the /t/ sound through tongue twisters. They identify the initial placement of the letter and sound using a picture worksheet.
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Haiku

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss haiku poems and how they are written with a certain number of syllables in each line. They look at examples and then write their own haiku poems and publish them on the computer.
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The Power of Music

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the music Shakespeare chose for his play The Tempest. They seek to research why he alluded to popular music and contemporary artists. Students make connections between their own musical knowledge/tastes/interests and the...
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The Music in Us

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the origins of human music. Students watch a video and participate in a variety of activities. They examine evidence, conduct research on he various animals, and create a concept map.
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Let's Paint!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners read "Frida" and "Miranda's Smile" and discuss these artists styles. They practice painting and compare it to what they have been taught about the drawings. Students are shown how to use tempera or watercolor paints. They are...

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