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Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Exploring Disability Using Multimedia and the B-D-A Reading Strategy
History takes on new dimensions in this interactive multimedia lesson that emphasizes the B-D-A approach to research as students investigate the experiences of people with disabilities since the early 1800s.
Exploring Cross-Age Tutoring Activities With Lewis and Clark
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Exploring Cross-Age Tutoring Activities With Lewis and Clark
Interaction and adventure draws high school and elementary school students together as they analyze stories about the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Using Personal Connections to Build an Understanding of Emotions
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Using Personal Connections to Build an Understanding of Emotions
What makes you happy? What makes you sad? Connecting words to feelings enriches vocabulary and helps with concept development.
Blogging in the Primary Grades? Yes, Indeed!
Grades
2 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Blogging in the Primary Grades? Yes, Indeed!
Give students an authentic reason to read and write by researching blogs written by their peers around the world and then writing their own.
Making Memories: An End-of-Year Digital Scrapbook
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Making Memories: An End-of-Year Digital Scrapbook
Students reflect on their school year, creating a digital scrapbook consisting of images and text to present to their school community.
Using Children's Literature to Develop Classroom Community
Grades
3 - 6
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Using Children's Literature to Develop Classroom Community
Conversation and cooperation bring out the best in students when they hold dialogues about their individual strengths, abilities, and talents.
The Pros and Cons of Discussion
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
The Pros and Cons of Discussion
Students use a Discussion Web to engage in meaningful discussion of the question, "Are people equal?"
And the Question Is... Evaluating the Validity of a Survey
Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
And the Question Is... Evaluating the Validity of a Survey
In this lesson, students learn to ask the right questions about the validity of surveys.
Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Reading, Writing, Haiku Hiking! A Class Book of Picturesque Poems
Students learn haiku write descriptive poems and share with the class.
A World of Readers: Libraries Around the World
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
A World of Readers: Libraries Around the World
Bookworms will enjoy the bytes they find in this lesson as they research and share information about online library services in places around the world.
Reading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and Effect
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Reading and Writing About Pollution to Understand Cause and Effect
Students get to write a whale of a tale when they complete a graphic organizer sequencing the journey of a mountain fish to a polluted waterway.
Read a Song: Using Song Lyrics for Reading and Writing
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Read a Song: Using Song Lyrics for Reading and Writing
This lesson will be music to the students' ears when they hear that they get to read song lyrics and compose original lyrics for a familiar song.
Safety Tips With <em>Officer Buckle and Gloria</em>
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Safety Tips With Officer Buckle and Gloria
Safety first! In this lesson, students take the lessons taught by Officer Buckle and Gloria to heart as they explore safety in everyday situations.
E-pals Around the World
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
E-pals Around the World
With e-pals, students develop real-life writing and social experiences, learn the format of a friendly letter and parts of an e-mail message, and discover other cultures, languages, and geographic areas.
Protecting Our Precious Planet: Sharing the Message of Earth Day
Grades
K - 2
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Protecting Our Precious Planet: Sharing the Message of Earth Day
Students discover that they can make a world of difference when they participate in the online Earth Day bag program.
Getting to Know You: Developing Short Biographies to Build Community
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Getting to Know You: Developing Short Biographies to Build Community
How well do your students know their peers? Students transform into investigative reporters as they interview a classmate, compile the biographical data into graphic form, and introduce the student to the class.
Building a Learning Community: Crafting Rules for the Classroom
Grades
3 - 5
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Building a Learning Community: Crafting Rules for the Classroom
Students will learn to mind their ps and qs in this lesson on etiquette and appropriate behavior in the classroom.
Exploring Friendship With <em>Bridge to Terabithia</em>
Grades
4 - 6
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Exploring Friendship With Bridge to Terabithia
Students make predictions about Bridge to Terabithia and its characters, complete character studies, and relate the characters' experiences to their own as they identify ways to make and keep friends.
Media Literacy: Examining the World of Television Teens
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
Media Literacy: Examining the World of Television Teens
Pop culture and the classroom collide in this lesson when students go behind the scenes to analyze a television series for characterization to use in an original television show proposal.
Grades
6 - 8
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
My Life/Your Life: A Look at Your Parents' Past
Past and present come together when students interview their parents and create a skit that compares their parents' experiences as middle schoolers with the students' own lives.

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