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Signal Flags and Codes

For Teachers 2nd - 9th
Students make sets of nautical signal flags and use them to communicate in the classroom.
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Go West: Imagining the Oregon Trail

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students access the Oregon Trial website to find information on what it was like to experience traveling the Oregon Trial. Then, in groups, they create dioramas depicting events that could have happened along the Oregon Trail.
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Capitalization-Grade 1

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this grade 1 capitalization learning exercise, learners circle words in sentences that should be capitalized and rewrite sentences with correct capitalization. 
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Personal / Group Magazine

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete the magazine template in the Macmillan "Writer's Journal" available through the basic skills department using word processing, spreadsheet, graphic, and electronic resource (i.e.-Internet) skills
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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to the story, THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF and in pairs, discuss the theme of the book and two things that they liked about it. They then read the book OOPS and discuss the theme of the book identifying the things they...
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Town Growth and Immigration

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders describe how Michigan has changed and stayed the same over time. They explain reasons why people settled/settle in Michigan, then explain the role of geography on the settlement of Michigan.
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the Little Red Riding Hood

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students respond to the story of Little Red Riding Hood. In this Red Riding Hood lesson, students retell and discuss story elements.  Students practice phonic sounds.  Students role play, make predictions, use picture...
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners complete activities with the story The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  In this literature lesson plan, students listen to the story and then participate in shared reading. This lesson plan offers three extensions which link the...
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Introduce -ed =- /ed/ words

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice spelling 'ed' ending words. In this suffixes lesson, 1st graders practice saying and spelling words with -ed suffixes.
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The Great Migration: Pushed By The South, Pulled By The North

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners identify key features of the Great Migration. They explain the concepts of push and pull factors for migration. They create an art project which shows an understanding of the push and pull factors.
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Paws in Jobland: Mystery in Jobland I

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students appreciate and examine the roles that people play in particular situations. In this career lesson plan, students use research and information skills to perform the roles they are assigned.
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Paws in Jobland

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students appreciate and understand the roles that people play in particular situations. In this career lesson plan, students use research and information skills to perform the roles they are assigned.
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The Crash, the Dust, and the New Deal

For Teachers 7th
Students explore the Great Depression. In this American history lesson, students examine primary sources in order to research the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the Dust Bowl, and the Neal Deal. Students study the impact on these events on...
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Echinoderms

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this echinoderm learning exercise, students will explore the characteristics of echinoderms including their body structures and larval stages. Then students will match the five classes of echinoderms to their descriptions. This...
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How Do Satellites Work?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars model how satellites transmit data by using numbers not images.
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My School Year Memory Book

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create memory books of what they have learned and experienced to use throughout the school year using photographs taken of the them as they are involved in different tpes of activities such as art projects, reading groups, seat...
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Spelling words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this spelling worksheet, students copy their spelling words containing 2 beginning consonants, st words, adding s, and adding ing. Students copy 24 words.
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An Adventure to the New World

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders role play the position of an explorer traveling to the new world. They research the explorers journey and create their own explorer's notebook. They complete different activities and then present their evidence to the class.
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Current Spanish History 1900-present

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study the Spanish Civil War.  In this World History lesson, 10th graders analyze famous paintings.  Students compare and contrast the government of the United States with that of Spain. 
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Ocean Water and Life

For Students 7th - 9th
In this ocean water and life instructional activity, students match the vocabulary term with the correct definition. Also, students answer questions by deciding if the statements are true or false. Finally, students complete concepts...
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Moral Dilemmas

For Students 6th - 8th
In this moral dilemmas worksheet, students will cut apart 16 question cards. Then they will take turns reading scenarios about situations involving using one's morals and discuss how they would handle these situations.
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Bullied Girls and Boys

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students study and verbalize positive qualities about themselves and others. They work on interpersonal skills by encouraging others and finally they reflect and evaluate on how their behavior affects others.
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Igga Bigga

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore consonant digraphs in written words and use them in their own sentences. They work with /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ digraphs. Students read The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything and identify words with the...
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Winter Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students match vocabulary to definitions of words representing winter. Students complete 20 matches total.