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Growing a Winter Garden

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to planting story, identify vegetables in pictures, and watch teacher demonstrate proper way to plant seeds in soil, and water. Students then plant seeds into their own containers.
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Digestion - Part 2

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students read a text on digestion and learn new vocabulary as they read. In this digestion lesson plan, students also complete a picture chart to show the digestive process.
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Patience

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to the story New Shoes for Silvia by Johanna Hurwitz. In this literacy lesson, 1st graders do a picture walk and answer who, what, when, where and why questions. Students answer multiple questions focused on...
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Uniqueness in All

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students share verbally at least one thing that makes them unique, observe, compare and record their fingerprints, classify which of the basic fingerprints resemble their own and share their findings.
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What is a River?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the various types of bodies of water: rivers, oceans, lakes and ponds. They observe models of each and then use clues to discuss how they are alike and different. They imagine they have found a new planet and draw a map...
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the new vocabulary associated with the book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly before listening to a teacher read aloud of the book. They complete a choral reading of the story, sequence it, and write...
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Illustrated Quotes of Julius Caesar

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read and study William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and make a booklet of twenty illustrated quotations from William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.
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Let's Roll Robots!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students write a story about robots. In this creative writing lesson, students read a story about robots, make their own robot, and write a story about their robot. In addition, the lesson plan suggests taking photos of the robots to add...
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Weathervanes in the Wind

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Young scholars investigate wind and weather by creating a weathervane.  In this environment lesson, students identify the purpose of a weathervane and observe weathervanes in action on their campus.  Young scholars create a...
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Family- Who Am I?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL vocabulary building worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of family members and read the clue. Students select the correct answer from 4 choices. Example: My auntie's son is my ...(cousin).
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How to "Read" an Artifact

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils discuss the types of information they can get from artifacts. In groups, they practice "reading" artifacts and determining their usage. They use inferences to test against official information about certain pieces. They also...
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Scroll Art And Retelling Stories

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create Japanese scroll art that represents a familiar folktale in this elementary school lesson that can be adapted for small group, or individual projects depending on ability.
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Tox Mystery - Hazardous Materials

For Students 5th
In this hazardous material worksheet set, 5th graders fill in the blanks with the answers to clues about toxic materials and gases. They fill in 12 blanks with words that are shown at the bottom of each page. They identify 4 hazards in...
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Jamberry Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
In this reading worksheet, students respond to the book Jamberry by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students read the clues and cut out the pictures at the bottom of the page. Students paste the correct pictures which...
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Create a Computer Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders will create their own story and read it aloud. In this literacy/technology lesson, 2nd graders use computer software to create their own story, which is read back to them while they write it. Afterward, the student should...
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Predictable Powers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use prior knowledge, the title, cover, and illustrations to make predictions about a story. They record their predictions on a Story Impression Worksheet, listen to the story, and check their predictions.
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Total English Intermediate: Puzzleword

For Students 5th - 9th
In this key vocabulary crossword puzzle worksheet, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 11 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle. Students also unscramble 6 anagrams and write 6 sentences using the unscrambled words.
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North Carolina State Plants

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the state plants by describing clues to different contestants. They play a game in which the class gives hints to the contestants about what state plant the teacher held up. The first contestant to guess the...
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Ll is for Lips

For Students K - 2nd
Lift up your little learners with this lesson on the letter L, which includes pictures of lips, a log, a lock, a lollipop, and space for guided printing practice (both upper and lower case). Teachers can provide additional L-word...
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Uu is for Umbrella

For Students K - 1st
For this printing practice learning exercise, students learn to form both upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter u. Students trace several examples before generating their letters in the boxes.
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Using Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore ways to use technology. They create pictures with Kid Pix software to describe something about themselves. They create pictures os something they did over the summer and write sentences to accompany their pictures. They...
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Cc is for Cat

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students trace and write both upper and lower-case examples of the Zaner-Bloser letter c. Students color the pictures.
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Gg is For Gumballs

For Students K - 2nd
Students learn to form the upper and lower case letter Gg in this printing practice instructional activity. Students trace several examples before generating examples inside boxes with starting points.
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Ff is for Fish

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to print upper and lower case letters Ff. Students trace several examples before generating their letters in the boxes. This appears to be DeNelian style.