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Lesson 4 Buy Safe Food Put Food Away Safety
Students explore proper food handling. In this food safety lesson plan, students examine proper cold food storage, hand washing, and methods to combat foodborne illnesses.
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Scuba, Dooba, Do
In this money learning exercise, 3rd graders read a math scenario about 6 people going on a snorkeling trip. Students add together how much each person has to spend and what two items each person buys. Students choose 3 items they would...
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Who's Who?
For this reasoning worksheet, 3rd graders read and analyze two sets of clues to figure out where 6 people will set on a spaceship in the first set of clues and which pet belongs to which person in the second set of clues.
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Video Viewers
In this video viewers worksheet, 3rd graders solve 2 word problems dealing with watching videos, read and analyze 4 clues in order to fill in a chart correctly involving 5 people and the types of videos they watch.
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Publisher Brochures
Students create brochures on subjects they are studying in Publisher. In this nonfiction writing instructional activity, students use Publisher to create a brochure telling all the main ideas of a topic they are studying. Students use...
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Point of View
Incorporate technology into a literature lesson with an innovative language arts lesson. Middle schoolers read an electronic version of original stories or fairy tales, and after determining the point of view, rewrite the tale from...
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If They Had Lived
Pupils explore the impact on society when a person dies prematurely from gun violence. They develop research and critical-thinking skills
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Giving and Taking Directions
Learners write set of written directions from their craft area in either chart or paragraph form, and give the directions orally to a third party who will listen to the directions and complete the task.
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Probability - Explore and Tabulate
Upper elementary and middle schoolers explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson plan, pupils flip coins and draw chips out of a bag to determine the likelihood of a particular outcome. They perform the experiments...
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Compass Reading
Here's a basic lesson on reading a compass. Learn the names of the parts of a compass. Learn how to read a bearing in degrees. Then go outside and follow a course of cones set up on the grass or in a clear area. Starting at one cone,...
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Introducing Communication Talent with "Casey at the Bat"
Analyze the poem "Casey at the Bat." Your team of analysts will read the poem and complete a variety of activities, including describing how Casey looks and acts, describing how he feels before and after he strikes out, and sharing...
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Two-Variable Linear Inequalities
Here is an engaging lesson plan on solving equations with two variables. Have the class rewrite linear equations in the slope intercept form, y=mx + b. They graph the lines using the slope and y-intercepts.
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Town Meeting - Direct Representation
Students answer the question, "Should the town of Twin Cheeks ban motorized rentals on Thome Lake?" They explore the political, personal, and economic issues involved in making this decision as they assume different roles in this...
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Popcorn Fractions
Upper graders explore fractions to determine a fractional part of a whole. They are given 30 pieces of popcorn and asked to divide it into halves, thirds, etc. Students practice representing the popcorn groups as a numerator and...
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My Conflict Shield
Eighth graders discuss conflict. Working in pairs, they create lists of skills they have used in conflicts, skills they have seen used successfully but not used themselves, and skills they wish to develop. From their lists they identify...
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Build Mastery: Purpose for Reading
Do you agree? Set up three stations in your room for this reading comprehension activity: I agree, I disagree, and I'm not sure. Learners listen to statements and walk to the sign that best describes their response. Model...
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It's About Time
First, second, and third graders explore elapsed time through estimation and prediction. They work with a partner to estimate how long it will take to perform various tasks. One person uses a stop watch to time his or her partner...
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Risk Behavior: HIV/AIDS
Bring to life the health risks of unsafe sex and drug use. Participants are involved in a simulation they don't understand until the end. One pupil is "in the know", secretly playing the role of being HIV-positive. Everyone else...
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Haiku Movies
Pupils create a movie to illustrate an original haiku poem in this upper-elementary school, Language Arts instructional activity utilizing technology. The instructional activity meets state standards for Language Arts and includes a...
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Author's Day
Have your learners choose an author to study. One resource link gives a list of approved authors. Scholars read at least three works produced by that author and produce three separate book reports as well as a two-page author report....
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Grade 3 Spring Themed Word Problems: Problem 1
In this math worksheet, 1st graders solve one story problem which involves multiplying single digit dollar amounts plus addition of money without pennies. There is a work space for students to show their calculations.
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The Right Point of View
Helping students identify and apply point of view in reading and writing.
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Troubled Leadership
Students discuss how each leader was influenced by people close to him. They view a video "Troubled Leadership." Students discuss the two rulers featured: the Egyptian King Tutankhamen and the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman. They discuss...
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Number the Stars, Lesson 11
Students analyze point of view in the novel Number the Stars. Their writing prompt is how would this chapter(11) be different if Peter were telling the story? Students create a class concept web about pride on the board.