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The Call of the Wild

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read The Call of the Wild, noting its theme of survival. They investigate the book's concepts with word webs, spider maps, or graphic organizers. They conduct a panel discussion on dogs and wolves. They write a letter to the...
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Heading West

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the concept of the westward expansion. In this exploration of the western U.S. lesson, students participate in different activities that explain economic hardships, jobs, and land opportunities. Students describe...
Lesson Plan
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Clean Air

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read sales promotion reports and create a sales promotion summary using information from the report. They develop a graphic organizer to outline their information for a presentation. There is an assessment checklist...
Lesson Plan
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Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice pH Indicator

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore the range of pH using an assortment of household liquids. Scholars create their own pH indicators from cabbage and determine the pH of several liquids. To further their exploration, individuals use the same liquids to create...
Worksheet
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Rain Forest Web Organizer

For Students 4th - 5th
In this rain forest web organizer worksheet, students complete a spoke type organizer while planning a report, project, or poster about the rain forest. They see pictures of rain forest animals in the center of the spokes.
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Our Five Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars use their five senses to describe what's in a mystery bag. In this senses lesson, students use a graphic organizer to collect words for a sensory poem.
Printables
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Non-fiction Book Report

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this book report worksheet, students write information about a nonfiction book. Students include the book topic, 4-5 facts they already know about it, and 6 new words learned. Students also complete a graphic organizer and write about...
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No Regrets: a Poetry Analysis

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read a poem and use the TPCASTT strategy for analysis. In this poetry analysis lesson, students journal about their future goals and read John Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player." Students discuss the purpose of the poem and...
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Indiana Travel Guide

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders share their information about their home state. In this research lesson, 4th graders use graphic organizers to make a travel guide about the state of Indiana. This lesson could be modified for use with any state, it also...
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Get Out of the Box

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders think outside the box with this lesson in organization through webbing. After a lecture/demo, 3rd graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan which guides them through creating a writing web.
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Measurement Web

For Teachers 2nd
Student discuss their prior knowledge of the concept of measurement with class. Then, making a graphic organizer students use educational software to create a web which is then printed off for each student.
Organizer
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Network Tree

For Students 1st - 5th
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students will complete a network tree. There is one circle at the top branching out to two circles with three circles under those.
Activity
Agriculture in the Classroom

Chocolate Taste-Testing: Introduction to Loco for Cocoa

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Is the price of chocolate a good indicator of taste? Your learners will approach this question through experimentation and analysis, and will then delve into the rich history and complexity of cacao and chocolate.
Organizer
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Conversation Topic

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this conversation topic graphic organizer worksheet, students fill in the 4 bubbles around the topic bubble with questions regarding the given topic.
Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Fractions, decimals, and percents all say the same thing! Show your classes how to convert between the three forms using visual and numeric representations. Then lead them to an understanding of scientific notation.
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Friendly Patter Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a free from poem on the topic of friendship. They read examples of free form poetry to gather ideas. Through the use of a graphic organizer, students generate a list of friendship characteristics which is used to create...
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Creating a Web Page

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a unit focusing on the creation of a student-generated website. They read and evaluate articles about business ethics, critique websites, and develop a student-created webpage.
Lesson Plan
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Producing Heat

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen to "Heat Wave" by Helen Ketterman and discuss the story by creating a word web with heat as the main topic. They break into groups and conduct an experiment using a thermometer to record the temperature of melting ice...
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My Habitat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore the environment they live in. In this habitats lesson, students define habitat and create a web in kidspiration. Young scholars take a walk outside and record what they see and hear and may take pictures as well....
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs-Part I

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Here is a lesson plan that gives learners a chance to practice using context clues. They read the story, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Students use different word strategies (base words, synonyms, antonyms) to decode and understand...
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Buddy, The First Seeing Eye Dog

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Learn about how the seeing eye dog program began with a reading instructional activity about Eva Moore's chapter book, Buddy, The First Seeing Eye Dog. With vocabulary words, discussion questions, and extension resources, the...
Printables
MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Death Be Not Proud

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Not dreadful, but mighty, this worksheet for “Divine Sonnet X” (aka “Death Be Not Proud”) models for individuals how to recognize John Donne’s argument for why Death should not be proud and how to recognize the sonnet structure and rhyme...
Activity
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Around the Block

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Arthur and his friends help children explore the concepts of family, community, and diversity in a fun series of activities. From performing peer interviews to mapping out the different places students have lived or visited, this...
Lesson Plan
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Teaching Social Studies in English

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Case studies, an examination of images, and readings of passages from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are used to spark conversations in ESL/ELD social studies classes about this highly-charged topic. Using a variety of...