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'P' Is for Poetry
Students create simple rhymes for each letter of the alphabet, gather them together, and publish them in book format.
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"And That's The Way It Is..." Today in History
Students create a nightly-news broadcast for a special time/date in history.
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1-800-MATHFUN
What numbers and letters can your students combine to form creative 1-800 numbers for businesses in the local Yellow Pages? Invite them to design posters featuring prominent phone numbers used to advertise fictitious businesses.
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15 Relays for Field Days
Relay races can be a fun part of any field day. Included: Fifteen great relay ideas!
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A Better Class of Journalists
Current events journals allow students to record and reflect on the week's news.
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A Flag Divided
Students learn about the flags of the Union and Confederacy, explore the symbolism of those flags, and create flags of their own.
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A Game for All (Sports) Seasons
Students compete in a variety of sports depending on the season.
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A Laugh and a Half: Students Make Funny-Poem Mobiles
Grades K-8 find their favorite funny poems -- and write their own -- to hang from a smile-mobile. (Student work sheet provided.)
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A Letter to Sarah, Plain and Tall
Patricia MacLachlan's novel Sarah, Plain and Tall inspires students as they write friendly letters to Sarah from the point of view of Anna or Caleb.
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A Shadow of Yourself
Students will accurately measure the length of their shadows at least three times during the day and understand the connection between shadow's length and the sun's position.
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A STOMPing Good Time
Students work in small groups as they use everyday objects to create performances inspired by the work of STOMP.
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A World of Information
Students create colorful maps to illustrate top ten statistics about our world.
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A World of Special Celebrations
Students develop their research and presentation skills as they create a display of the world's religious and ethnic celebrations.
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Activities for Establishing Classroom Rules
Starting the school year on the right foot includes establishing classroom rules that will last the whole year through. Many teachers involve students in establishing their classroom rules.
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Activities for Teaching With the Newspaper
Ten terrific classroom activities that use the newspaper to teach all sorts of valuable skills.
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An Apple (Pad) for Parents
Students create a special notepad for parent-teacher communication throughout the school year.
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An Autograph Book from Yesteryear
With this lesson, which is adaptabel for grades 3-12, students create a book of memories in the style of nineteenth-century autograph books.
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An Immigration Graph
Students create a graph showing the number of immigrants per country of origin between 1899 and 1924.
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Anagram Family Time
In this puzzling activity, students unscramble four anagrams and figure out what the four words have in common.
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And You Thought Gasoline Was Expensive!
Students create charts comparing the cost of a gallon of gasoline to gallons of other liquids -- mouthwash, house paint, fruit juice, and white-out, for example.
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Area Code Mathematics
Grades 3-12 solve math problems based on a U.S. area code map.
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Around the World
Students play a game in which they practice timed math activities.
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As Good as Gold
Students create a Mother's Day Coupon Book, full of coupons that can be exchanged for special services rendered by students! A work sheet is included.
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Asian Americans: Where Do They Come From?
Learn about some of the places from which Asian Americans come. (Grades 3-12)
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Be Part of the World's Largest Concert
The World's Largest Concert takes place the second Thursday of March. It's never too late to involve your students!
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