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• Pablo Picasso
• October 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso's Birthday. Learn about the artist and how to use his cubism techniques with this art activity.
• 4th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Reading and Reading Comprehension
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• Translating Confucius
• Students learn about the teachings of an ancient Chinese philosopher.
• 5th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Social Studies and Ancient History
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• The Story of Last Names
• Students learn about the origins of last names in Medieval times.
• 3rd - 5th Grades
• Subjects: Social Studies and Ancient History
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• Current Events
• News reporters make live broadcasts seem easy and effortless. But it takes a great deal of training and practice to become a respected news reporter. Students find out firsthand what reporting the news is like as they practice their summarizing and vocal skills.
• 3rd - 5th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Oral Language and Speaking
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• Paragraph Matching
• Students match topic sentence cards to cards with appropriate body-of-the-paragraph sentences.
• 3rd - 5th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Reading and Reading Comprehension
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• Nonfiction: Reading the Text
• Students will answer questions about a table of contents and glossary.
• 3rd - 4th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Reading and Reading Comprehension
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• Zapped! (Non-Verbal Communication Game)
• Students will practice non-verbal communication with this game.
• 5th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts
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• Create-a-Town Simulation
• Students will work together to create a small town and will learn about all the aspects of town life by further working on their new creation.
• 3rd - 5th Grades
• Subjects: Social Studies, Oral Language, Art, Listening, Speaking, Geography, Mediums and Techniques
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• Writing About Time: My Favorite Times
• Students will write a three-paragraph essay about their favorite times.
• 3rd - 5th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Writing and Writing Process
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• Readers' Theater
• Teachers will find useful information to guide them in creating a Readers' Theater production with a baseball theme.
• 3rd - 5th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Reading, Oral Language, Listening and Speaking
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• Impromptu Speech
• Students will practice public speaking by giving short impromptu speeches.
• 5th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Oral Language, Listening and Speaking
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• Voyage to Space
• Students will read a passage about different space voyages and answer 10 multiple-choice comprehension questions.
• 4th Grade
• Subjects: Language Arts, Science, Reading, Reading Comprehension and Earth and Space Science
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• Thanksgiving
• Students will read a short, nonfiction passage about Thanksgiving and answer questions.
• 5th Grade
• Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Reading, Reading Comprehension and United States History
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• The Thanksgiving Game
• Students will enjoy a question/answer board game - great for a center.
• 2nd - 3rd Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Reading, Reading Comprehension and United States History
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• Using Different Sentence Types
• Through a series of exercises, students will review the four main sentence types and their correct punctuation.
• 5th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Writing, Grammar and Punctuation
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• Write a Sequel
• Students will write a sequel to a book they have read.
• Kindergarten - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Reading, Writing, Reading Comprehension and Writing Process
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• Go Cubic with Pablo Picasso
• Students will learn about the artist and how to do some of his techniques with the accompanying art activity.
• 3rd - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Art and History
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• The Constitution of the United States
• Students will read a simplified version of the U.S. Constitution and answer questions.
• 4th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Reading, Reading Comprehension and United States History
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• Mandalas
• Students learn about meditation, a practice of Zen Buddhism.
• 5th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies and Grammar
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• Drawing Word Problems
• Students learn a four-step process to solve word problems.
• 1st - 3rd Grades
• Subjects: Mathematics and Problem Solving
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• Accordion-Book Summary

• Students learn the basic steps of writing a book report and create an eye-catching book summary.

• 1st - 3rd Grades
• Subjects: Language Arts, Writing, Art, Writing Process and Techniques
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• Simulation: River Cruise: Rivers of the World
• Students will identify major rivers of the world by the location of their sources, their mouths, or other significant details of their courses.
• 5th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Social Studies and Geography
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• Simulation: Ancient Democracy
• Students will describe which segments of society were included in the original Athenian democracy. They will compare and contrast early Greek democracy to democracy as it is exercised in the United States today.
• 5th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Social Studies, Oral Language, Listening, Speaking and Ancient History
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• Phases of the Moon Flip Book
• Students will make a flipbook of the moon to see how the phases change.
• 3rd - 5th Grades
• Subjects: Science and Earth and Space Science
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• It's a Matter of Space
• Students conduct an experiment in which they prove that two kinds of matter cannot take up the same space at the same time.
• 5th - 8th Grades
• Subjects: Science and Physical Science
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