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    Thanksgiving Lesson Plan

    Thanksgiving Lesson Plan
    Gobble, gobble! Get ready to break out the cranberry sauce and put the stuffing in the oven with our Thanksgiving related lesson plans and activities for ESL students Grades 1-4. In November I like teach a unit on Thanksgiving to all of my students. These units are written to follow the TESOL Pre-K-12 ESL Standards: Standard 2, Goal 2. h4. Lesson ...
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    Mad Minute Relay

    Grade Level(s): 2, 3, 4, 5 Subject(s): Mathematics/Arithmetic Duration: 20 minutes Description: A variant of the twenty year old mad minute. Students learn timed math facts in a team environment. Math problems can be any single operation problem (ex: + - X / (for X and / use #s up to 12 X 12 or 144/12)) Goals: Learn math facts ...
    Submitted by jorgovan21 | Rated: +3
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    Say "Hello" to the World

    Say "Hello" to the World
    World Hello Day takes place in November. This day is an opportunity to celebrate world language learning with all of your students. And the celebration does not have to stop with the November celebration. Ask students who speak another language to teach classmates how to say "hello" "peace" or "welcome." This to foster appreciation of world languages and cultures and builds ...
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    Pumpkin Science

    Pumpkin Science
    This "Pumpkin Science" lesson gives English language learners a background in how plants grow. It also provides them with practice in estimating and in predicting outcomes. A pumpkin theme unit can be related to either Fall harvest or Halloween. These lessons are written to follow the TESOL Pre-K-12 ESL Standards: Standard 2, Goal 2. +Lesson topic+ How plants grow; experiments with ...
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    Will the Pumpkin Sink or Float?

    Will the Pumpkin Sink or Float?
    Teach a lesson on sinking and floating in the fall and use pumpkins to tie it to Halloween. This lesson also provides your English language learners with practice in estimating and in predicting outcomes. Teach a lesson on sinking and floating in the fall and tie the activity to Halloween by using pumpkins for the experiments. This lesson follows TESOL Pre-K-12 ...
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    Fun with Autumn Leaves

    Fun with Autumn Leaves
    I like to do activities with my class that celebrate the season. Changing seasons is an exciting time and it is good to do activities that explain the changing events. It is also good for students to learn that not all places have different seasons and some have longer seasons than other. When I moved to South Carolina after growing up ...
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    Partner Links

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    Featured Writer Links

    TheApple has partnered with expert education professionals to bring you the best and most current information for a successful career in teaching. Read about our partners, listed below in alphabetical order. h3. Dr. Rebecca Bell & Grow Educational Consulting Dr. Bell is a Licensed Educational Psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area and founder of "Grow Educational Consulting.":http://www.studentsgrow.com/ She specializes in ...
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    Bats Are Everywhere!

    Bats Are Everywhere!
    Are bats blind? Do they attack people? Do they carry rabies? This thematic unit provides a change of pace to your study of animals. Help your students explore the scientific facts and myths about bats. Increase vocabulary, study animal classification, and add to knowledge about animals. I like to begin this unit with a KWL chart. It is important to see ...
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    Reading Between the Lines: Making Inferences About Idioms

     Reading Between the Lines: Making Inferences About Idioms
    _This lesson plan is brought to you by_ "SchooDoodle.":http://www.schoodoodle.com/ h4. *Subject: Language Arts* h4. *Grades: 4-6* h4. +Overview+ Idiomatic expressions are a great way to give students practice with inference skills. In this lesson plan, students practice using prior knowledge and textual information in order to infer (or guess) the meaning of idiomatic expressions. h4. +Objectives+ Students will: · Learn the ...
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    Herbarium Project

    Biology students are to create Herbaria of local tree species. 
    Submitted by sanmccarron | Rated: +1
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    K-12: Getting to Know You with Toilet Paper

    This is a simple lesson plan that can be used on the first day of school for any grade level. Hand the first student in the row a new roll of toilet paper. Explain to everyone that all you want them to do is take some. Also explain that they can take as much as they want. When they ask why, ...
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    Open Caucus: civic engagement activity for high school students!

    Your high school students create change on the issues they care most about!Open Caucus (OC) is a community-based and online civic activity for high school classes. It's a series (3 lesson periods or more) of creative social studies activities that teachers can incorporate into their high school lesson plans for 10th - 12th Grades. OC’s activities bring current news topics and ...
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    Home Economics

    Home Economics
    HELE or Home Economics & LIvelihood Education is one of the subjects being taught here in the Philippines. It's all about Family, Culinary Arts, Industrial Arts , Agriculture, and, Entrepreneurship, and Personality Development. Basic lessons about the topics mentioned are discussed to grades four to six for elementary. Here, the learners learned skills that can be used at home and in ...
    Submitted by corrien | Rated: +1
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    living or non-living using bugs

    Web Based Activity Lesson Plan Documentation Theme: Bugs Bugs Bugs Subject: Science Grade: Kindergarten Age: 5-6 Analysis of Learners Classroom Characteristics: 20 students /95% African American, 5% Latino 78% of the students receive free or reduced lunch Represented Learning Styles:14 visual learners, 4 auditory learners, 2 kinesthetic learners (No modifications needed) Specific Entry Competencies: Students should have been introduced to ...
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    Ballou, a documentary film

    Ballou, a documentary film
    Members of the Ballou Senior High School Marching Band rise above their violence-filled Washington, D.C., neighborhood in this documentary, which follows the group as they try to achieve their dream of winning the national marching band competition. Inspired by their tireless director, Darrell Watson, and helped by a dedicated team of volunteers, the musical teens put their heads, hearts and souls ...
    Submitted by callisterc | Rated: +1
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    Bugs Bugs Bugs

    Web Activity Lesson Plan Name: Datoria Campbell Theme: Bugs Bugs Bugs Grade: Kindergarten Age: 5-6 Classroom Characteristics: 20 students /95% African American, 5%Latino 78% of the students receive free or reduced lunch Represented Learning Styles:14 visual learners, 4 auditory learners, 2 kinesthetic learners Time: 15 minutes Required Previous Knowledge: students should have been introduced to physical attributes of living things, students ...
    Submitted by dstanley | Rated: -1
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    A is for Apple

    A is for Apple
    Combine science, language arts, and math with an apple theme for Fall. This is an excellent unit for mixed level ESL classes and can be taught to students of a wide variety of ages and abilities. In many parts of the United States apples are a sign of Fall. We go apple picking and drink fresh apple cider. We eat apple ...
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    What is your favorite Springtime Flower?

    Title - Spring Time Flowers By - Paul Stewart Primary Subject - Math Secondary Subjects - Science Grade Level - 2-5 Math Lesson: What is your favorite Springtime Flower? Time: 20 minutes Materials: Post-it notes for students (50) Large graph for teacher to record students' choices, or laminated pictures. Favorite Flower Graph Worksheet (25) (below)· Objectives: SW choose their favorite Flowers. ...
    Submitted by bobblehead | Rated: +2
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    Inference or Observation? Candles

    MaterialsPackage of new candles Black sharpie household candles matches potato almond sliver Preparation1. Get an inexpensive package of new candles. 2. Color the wicks with a black sharpie marker. 3. Light one candle, then drip some wax on your candles. 4. Use a knife to carve out a space near the wick to make it appear the candle was burned. Voila- ...
    Submitted by sanmccarron | Rated: +2

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