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Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students conduct research in order to create an understanding of The Eerie Canal and its place in history and the world. students use a variety of primary and secondary resources to aid in the research process.
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Hungary: The Landscape

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work in small groups to create a topographic map of Hungary. The map will include labeled line drawing of the bordering countries. Hungary should be three dimensional, made of salt and flour clay. The mountains, plains and...
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The Last Lecture: Text Impressions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
To pique interest in The Last Lecture, readers are given a list of key terms and ask to craft a story inspired by the terms.
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The Roots of Slavery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils conduct research about the Civil War and the slavery movement. They examine primary and secondary resources. The use of the internet and web slides are resources made available for students to make cognitive connections.
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Lily and Miss Liberty

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils discuss ways to earn money and why they might need it. Students create crowns to wear all day like in the story. Pupils create a play using characters in the story. Students interview "eyewitnesses" at the unveiling of the statue....
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Vocabulary 8

For Teachers 8th - 12th
  Pupils define vocabulary words from the, The Pearl.  In this vocabulary lesson, students discuss their vocabulary words and create sentences for them.  Pupils also complete a worksheet with the most important vocabulary...
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Tom Sawyer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan kicks off with a PowerPoint presentation on Mark Twain. Learners examine the dialect, slang, viewpoint and setting. Then use e-mail to address three topics utilizing comprehension, synthesis, and evaluation skills.
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Whole Language Approach to Map Making

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, after reading Island of the Blue Dolphins, explore map making using the Whole Language Approach.
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Time Words/Tenses Review

For Students 4th - 6th
For homework, give your class this review sheet. This practice opportunity contains 42 sentences, and your learner must edit the sentences by correcting their mistakes. Most of the mistakes are directly related to verb tense. Great...
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Time Words/Tenses Review

For Students 6th - 9th
Focus on correct verb usage with your English language learners. There are 42 sentences listed; can your class correct them? The sentences are short, and the major errors are in verb tense.
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Use Addition to Subtract

For Students 1st - 2nd
Young scholars practice solving word problems. They subtract one-digit problems, add to check their answers, and attempt to determine which problems have too much information. There are 6 problems to solve.
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Practicing Critical Reading Skills

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this reading skills worksheet, students read about skills to use while reading and then fill out a Venn Diagram. Students choose which items to go into their Venn Diagram.
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Where the Red Ferns

For Teachers 5th
Where the Red Fern Grows provides the text for a study of the literary elements of plot, character, and setting. Discussion questions and vocabulary lists are referenced but not included.
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Changing Americans

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast colonial life with the present.
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Multiplying and Dividing Decimals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learn to multiply with decimals. The class reviews multiplying multi-digit whole numbers based off of word problems. Then they learn how to multiply using decimals and practice with money problems.
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Comparing and Ordering Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice comparing and ordering fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals. In this fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals lesson, students examine a decimal place value chart compared to a whole number place value chart. They...
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Shizuko’s Daughter: List-Group-Label Strategy

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Help your learners navigate the vocabulary of Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori with a lesson on categorizing words. After coming up with a list of things that grow from the earth, learners decide which categories each words belong in.
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My Brother Sam is Dead: A study of the Revolutionary War

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete an analysis of the Revolutionary War through literature. After "My Brother Sam Is Dead," students create a time capsule containing items that would be relevant during the Revolutionary War. They identify key...
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Cloze Instruction And Herringbone Technique

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars sort out important information and create a visual framework for reviewing in the future. They organize a large quantity of information thus helping with learning and remembering details, cause and effect, comparison...
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Good vs. Well

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use the Smart Board to enhance learning.  In this vocabulary lesson, 4th graders practice using context clues to fill in missing words, learn the difference between using the words good and well, and practice what...
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Safe Food Supplies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers answer the question how are food supplies maintained safely for human consumption? They are able to answer the following questions: what personal and pulic decisions must be made regarding the safe handling of food?, What...
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Finish Reading Seedfolks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify the characteristics of a community. In this Seedfolks literature study instructional activity, the second in a unit, the teacher finishes reading the class Seedfolks and students answer comprehension questions and...
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Sticky Note Reading Lesson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read about Indiana's history and use sticky notes to record important information.  In this sticky notes lesson, 4th graders record cultural information about the people of Indiana.
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Lesson 9: After Slavery: Uncle Tom's Cabin in Popular Culture

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in groups, explore the popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin, even in the post-slavery America.