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ART HISTORY

Tapestry in the Middle Ages 03/22/2000
[ Art History, Visual Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Ashlynn J. Neel ]
Students learn about the use of tapestry in the Middle Ages and then weave their own tapestry.

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

What's Happening? 05/09/2000
[ Foreign Language, Language Arts, Gifted and Talented| Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Debbie Brown ]
Students play a grammar game in which they practice using verbs and adverbs. Younger students can play the game to learn to identify verbs and adverbs in English. Older students might play the game to practice using verbs and adverbs in a foreign language.

 

LANGUAGE ARTS

Author, Author 08/22/00
[ Language Arts, Literature, Special Ed. I Grades 6-8, 9-12, I Albert Baggetta ]
This plan that can be used over the entire semester or throughout the year as an extra cC84B4Bit plan that helps familiarize your students with the classic authors, encourages organization and strategy. Kids love to collect, and if you capture their attention early enough they might even do it on their own.

Poetry: A Picture of Your Feelings or No, Virginia, Poetry Doesn't Have to Rhyme 08/22/00
[ Language Arts, Visual Arts I Grades 3_5 I Sue Atkins ]
After a series of lessons on poetic elements, a review presentation is given. The class goes on a field trip. Students paint a picture and write a poem about most memorable spot on the trip. (Teachers note: We visited a rock mine to see the contrast between a mining operation and an on-site nature trail.)

Applying Character/Setting to Play Readings 08/22/00
[ Language Arts, Literature I Grades 3-5, 6-8 I Elyssa Waldman ]
Students identify two elements of a play (character/setting) in the text of a book.

Adjectives in Poetry 08/22/00
[ Language Arts I Grades 3-5, I Joanne Hughes ]
Students will read selected poems from the book Beast Feast by Doug Florian.Students will be asked to identify at least two to three keyword facts about each beast highlighted in the poems.

Highway of Words 08/22/00
[ Language Arts I Grades K-2, 3-5 I Cindy Folga ]
Reading is similar to driving. Both require sign awareness. This lesson will enhance the students awareness of reading and allow them to hear the difference between a reader who follows signs and one who does not.

If I Had Been at Ellis Island 08/10/00
[ Language Arts, World History | Grades 3-5 | VaReane Heese ]
Students explore and share feelings about what it might have been like to enter the United States as an immigrant.

"The Giving Tree Gives" 07/31/00
[ Language Arts, Agriculture, Special Ed. | Grades Pre-K, K-2 | Theresa Santiago ]
This lesson is a language arts activity that helps Pre- Kindergarten to grade two children, Special Ed students, and Bilingual (LEP) children learn about poetry and science.

Does The Type of Mulch Used Affect Plant Growth? 07/31/00
[ Language Arts, Applied Math, Science, | Grades 3-5 | Nadine LaMonte ]
Does the type of mulch used affect plant growth? Use cypress mulch, cedar mulch, and pine bark. The control group is the type of plant used. The variable group is the type of mulch used. The experiment lasts for at least seven days.

What's All the Fuss About Harry Potter? 07/20/2000
[ Language Arts, Ed. Technology, Special Education | Grades 6-8 | Submitted by Brenda McPherson-Fry ]
Students discuss what makes the Harry Potter books popular and/or controversial, create a questionnaire to learn why Harry Potter fans find the books fascinating, practice online writing skills by sending e-mail messages to friends who are Harry Potter fans, and write a screenplay based on a selected chapter of a Harry Potter book.

Peanut Butter and Details 06/29/2000
[ Language Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8 | Submitted by Erin Braslawsky ]
Each student will write the directions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and ask another student to follow the directions and make the sandwich.

Writing Newsletters! 06/23/00
[ Language Arts, Current Events, Arithmetic | Grades 3-5 | Joanne Hughes ]
Students listen to the teacher read the book Deadline! by Gail Gibbons and learn about newspapers. The class brainstorms differences between newspapers and newsletters. The students are then asked to choose a favorite topic and create the front page of their own newsletter.

"Lighthouses" 06/23/00
[ Language Arts, Social Sciences | Grades 3-5 | Joanne Hughes ]
In this lesson the students will learn about the differences between fiction and non-fiction books. The students will listen to the book Beacons of Light by Gail Gibbons and work in cooperative groups to identify different characteristics and facts concerning lighthouses and their history. Once the students listen for information they are ready to play a trivia game.

Creature Feature Poetry Keyword Search! 06/23/00
[ Language Arts, Science | Grades 3-5 | Joanne Hughes ]
Students are asked to listen for facts as the teacher-librarian reads four pre-selected poems out loud. Students will create a poster listing at least three keywords about each creature featuC84B4B in the poetry.

Create Your Own Business! 07/27/00
[ Language Arts, Economics | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Clyde Winters ]
In this lesson students learn how to work in cooperative groups to create their own businesses.

Left Brain vs. Right Brain -- Which Side are You On? 06/15/2000
[ Language Arts | Grades 9-12| Submitted by Glenn Day]
Following a lecture and student discussion about the right and left hemispheres of the brain, students determine whether they are right-brain dominant or left-brain dominant -- and what that means.

Spelling Kickball! 05/25/2000
[ Language Arts, Phys Ed | Grades K-2, 3-5 | Submitted by Debbie Martin ]
This easy way to review spelling words in a kickball game format is perfect for those days when students need to get up and MOVE!

King Tutankhamun: Was It Murder? 05/25/2000
[ Ed Technology, World History, Language Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8 | Submitted by Madeleine Decker ]
This WebQuest is designed to engage students in Internet research while learning about the history of ancient Egypt. Students will read, take notes, and answer questions about a linked site. They share this information with their cooperative group and develop an essay or modify to create a PowerPoint about the results of their investigation.

Awesome Adjectives Postcards 05/09/2000
[ Language Arts, Geography| Grades 3-5, 6-8 | Submitted by Mitzi L. Vicars ]
Students create a postcard by illustrating a place they would like to visit and using ten adjectives in a short message describing the pictures.

Move the Sounds 05/09/2000
[ Language Arts | Grades K-2, 3-5 | Submitted by Jill Garofallou ]
Using kinesthetic, visual and auditory modalities, students create and read words using cut out letters.

What's Happening? 05/09/2000
[ Foreign Language, Language Arts, Gifted and Talented| Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Debbie Brown ]
Students play a grammar game in which they practice using verbs and adverbs. Younger students can play the game to learn to identify verbs and adverbs in English. Older students might play the game to practice using verbs and adverbs in a foreign language.

And the Streets Are Paved With Gold  05/05/2000
[ Language Arts, American History | Grades 6-8 | Submitted by Brenda Dyck]
Using the links provided, students explore the immigrant experience at Ellis Island, New York, at the turn of the century, and answer questions that challenge them to use thinking skills from various levels of Bloom's Taxonomy.

What's Black and White and Read Later?  05/05/2000
[ Language Arts, History | Grades 6-8 | Submitted by Denise Dejonghe]
In this WebQuest, middle school students learn what makes 'lasting news' as they work in groups to create a newspaper about the year in which they were born (1986, 1987 or 1988).

Drawing Adjectives  05/05/2000
[ Language Arts, Visual Arts | Grades 3-5 | Submitted by Lindy Hopkins]
Students illustrate adjectives by 'drawing' each word and putting them into a class book.

Of Mice and Men: Cast the Roles  05/05/2000
[ Language Arts, Literature, Visual Arts | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Brian Ausland ]
Students assume the role of casting directors and use their knowledge of Steinbeck's setting, style, and characterization to create a cast of actors and actresses for a film version of Of Mice and Men.

Get Rid of It! 03/22/2000
[ Language Arts, Interdisciplinary | Grades K-2, 3-5 | Submitted by LuAnn Lawhon ]
Get Rid of It! is a matching game that can be played with the entire class. The sample game provides drill in phonics, but the game format can be used in any subject area.

My First PowerPoint Presentation 03/27/2000
[ Language Arts, Visual Arts, Ed. Technology | Grades K-2, 3-5 | Submitted by Jean Napier-Faeih ]
Students integrate technology, language arts, and art and create a PowerPoint presentation.

Of Mice and Men: Cast the Roles 03/27/2000
[ Language Arts, Literature, Visual Arts | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Brian Ausland ]
Students assume the role of casting directors and use their knowledge of Steinbeck's setting, style, and characterization to create a cast of actors and actresses for a film version of Of Mice and Men.

You've Got (e)-Mail! 03/27/2000
[ Social Sciences, Language Arts, Ed. Technology | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Cheryl Sexstella-Wright ]
Students e-mail students in other parts of the world to share information about where they live.

The Classroom Egg Hunt 03/27/2000
[ Language Arts| Grades K-2, 3-5 | Submitted by Judith Rohlf ]
Students work together to find paper or cardboard "eggs" hidden in the classroom. Although originally designed for ESL students, this activity may be used in language arts or easily adapted to foreign language classes.

Having a Ball with Cinderella 03/27/2000
[ Language Arts, Interdisciplinary | Grades K-2 | Submitted by Jean Crotchett ]
Students read and discuss at least two versions of the Cinderella story, compare the stories using a Venn diagram, and complete a number of cross-curricular activities related to the story.

Web Trails: An Online Adventure 03/22/2000
[ Language Arts, Ed. Tech., Geography | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Kelly Ickes ]
Students research Iowa's parks and trails, plan a day trip to one of the places they learn about, and write a fiction story based on the information they find.

Summer Shorts 08/03/2000
[ Language Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Patricia Fry ]
Students write personal narratives about their summer vacations and present them with a new twist!

How Are You Doing With My Crusade? (Women's History) 03/06/2000
[ Social Studies, Language Arts, | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Terrie Lynn Bittner ]
Students learn about women who fought for change and explore the current status of the battles they fought.

Welcome to My Community! 03/02/2000
[ Social Studies, Language Arts, | Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8 | Submitted by Tasha Noe ]
Students create a "Welcome to Our Community" brochure to display in the classroom.

Watch The Birdie 03/02/2000
[ Language Arts, Science | Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8 | Submitted by Mary Carter ]
In this unit, designed as a six-week program for 5th/6th graders, students develop language arts skills while studying North American birds.

Create a Living Museum 02/28/2000
[ Fine Arts, Language Arts, Social Sciences, Visual Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8 | Submitted by Sharon Sumner ]
Students research famous people from Missouri, or from their own state, and share the information by portraying that person in a "living museum."

It's Raining Cats and Dogs 01/17/2000
[ Language Arts | Grades 3-5 | Submitted by Jacqueline C. Miller ]
This lesson plan teaches idioms (figurative language) in a creative, fun way.

Apple Adjectives 12/27/1999
[ Language Arts, Nutrition, Math, Ed. Technology | Grades 3-5 | Submitted by Monique W. Healy ]
Working in cooperative groups, students will use the Dole internet site to 1) identify and alphabetize apples, 2) make a table, 3) read a table, and 4) construct a bar graph and/or a pie chart.

In Other Words: Using a Thesaurus 12/27/1999
[ Language Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8 | Submitted by Cynthia H. Lynch ]
This lesson is a learning center activity to reinforce lessons on using a thesaurus and on synonyms.

Mapping the Mockingbird 12/27/1999
[ Language Arts, Technology, Art | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Albert Baggetta ]
This lesson offers a focused approach to studying setting, using To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.

My Life in Math Class 12/27/1999
[ Applied Math, Language Arts | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Brenda Dyck ]
At the beginning of the school year I assign "My Life In Math Class' to my Grade Six Math class. This is a writing assignment in which I require students to reflect on their Mathematical past.

Should We Celebrate Columbus Day? 12/27/1999
[ Language Arts, Literature, History, Geography, Regions/Cultures | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Trevor Shaw ]
Students will use inquiry-based learning to gather information about Columbus' impact on the Americas.

Summarizing with Post-It Notes 12/27/1999
[ Language Arts | Grades 3-5 | Submitted by Rox-Anne Cox ]
This lesson plan helps teach young students how to summarize an informational article.

 

LITERATURE

Author, Author 08/22/00
[ Language Arts, Literature, Special Ed. I Grades 6-8, 9-12, I Albert Baggetta ]
This plan that can be used over the entire semester or throughout the year as an extra cC84B4Bit plan that helps familiarize your students with the classic authors, encourages organization and strategy. Kids love to collect, and if you capture their attention early enough they might even do it on their own.

Playing Chaucer's Pilgrims 08/22/00
[ Literature I Grades 9_12 I Kathleen Modenbach ]
Students dress like Chaucer's pilgrims in the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales and act out a skit revealing Chaucer's description of each pilgrim.

Applying Character/Setting to Play Readings 08/22/00
[ Language Arts, Literature I Grades 3-5, 6-8 I Elyssa Waldman ]
Students identify two elements of a play (character/setting) in the text of a book.

The Printing Press 08/22/00
[ Arts and Humanities, Literature, Social Studies I Grades 3_5 I Laurie Donnelly ]
This lesson emphasizes the importance of the invention of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press during the Renaissance era.

Baseball Fact or Fiction 07/31/00
[ Literature, Ed. Technology | Grades 3-5, 6-8 | Cheryl Sexstella-Wright ]
Students learn about the history of baseball while incorporating computer skills, reading skills, and writing abilities.

A Digital Quilt 07/11/2000
[ Literature, Visual Arts, Educational Technology | Grades 3-5 | Submitted by Lisa Nash ]
In this activity, which correlates with the book The Patchwork Quilt, by Valerie Flourney, students use digital technology to create squares for a class quilt.

Of Mice and Men: Cast the Roles 03/27/2000
[ Language Arts, Literature, Visual Arts | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Brian Ausland ]
Students assume the role of casting directors and use their knowledge of Steinbeck's setting, style, and characterization to create a cast of actors and actresses for a film version of Of Mice and Men.

Visual Poetry Lets Students 'See' the Words 03/20/2000
[ Literature, Visual Arts | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by LuAnn Kaiser ]
In this lesson students create slides depicting visual images in a poem.

A Walk Through the 20th Century 03/02/2000
[ Literature, Geography, History | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Tammy Bunton ]
Each student reviews the people, places, and events of a particular decade of the 20th Century, writes a report about that decade, and creates a booth of memorabilia, music, dress, pictures and other artifacts representing the time period. Students share their booths with their classmates, and then invite the entire school to a "Celebration of the 20th Century."

Should We Celebrate Columbus Day? 12/27/1999
[ Language Arts, Literature, History, Geography, Regions/Cultures | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Trevor Shaw ]
Students will use inquiry-based learning to gather information about Columbus' impact on the Americas.

 

DANCE & MUSIC

Drafting a Recording Contract 05/25/2000
[ Dance &  Music, Vocational Ed | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Barry R. Hill ]
Students learn about recording artist contracts and write their own contract in negotiation with another group.

What Do You Use to Play the Blues? 03/27/2000
[ Arithmetic, Music | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Clyde Winters ]
As part of a study of the blues, students will work in groups to design and create a musical instrument and then write a report explaining how their design met the challenge of making music from "found" materials.

 

VISUAL ARTS

Poetry: A Picture of Your Feelings or No, Virginia, Poetry Doesn't Have to Rhyme 08/22/00
[ Language Arts, Visual Arts I Grades 3_5 I Sue Atkins ]
After a series of lessons on poetic elements, a review presentation is given. The class goes on a field trip. Students paint a picture and write a poem about most memorable spot on the trip. (Teachers note: We visited a rock mine to see the contrast between a mining operation and an on-site nature trail.)

A Digital Quilt 07/11/2000
[ Literature, Visual Arts, Educational Technology | Grades 3-5 | Submitted by Lisa Nash ]
In this activity, which correlates with the book The Patchwork Quilt, by Valerie Flourney, students use digital technology to create squares for a class quilt.

Drawing Adjectives  05/05/2000
[ Language Arts, Visual Arts | Grades 3-5 | Submitted by Lindy Hopkins]
Students illustrate adjectives by 'drawing' each word and putting them into a class book.

My First PowerPoint Presentation 03/27/2000
[ Language Arts, Visual Arts, Ed. Technology | Grades K-2, 3-5 | Submitted by Jean Napier-Faeih ]
Students integrate technology, language arts, and art and create a PowerPoint presentation.

Of Mice and Men: Cast the Roles 03/27/2000
[ Language Arts, Literature, Visual Arts | Grades 9-12 | Submitted by Brian Ausland ]
Students assume the role of casting directors and use their knowledge of Steinbeck's setting, style, and characterization to create a cast of actors and actresses for a film version of Of Mice and Men.

Tapestry in the Middle Ages 03/22/2000
[ Art History, Visual Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by Ashlynn J. Neel ]
Students learn about the use of tapestry in the Middle Ages and then weave their own tapestry.

Visual Poetry Lets Students 'See' the Words 03/02/2000
[ Literature, Visual Arts | Grades 6-8, 9-12 | Submitted by LuAnn Kaiser ]
In this lesson students create slides depicting visual images in a poem.

Create a Living Museum 02/28/2000
[ Language Arts, Social Sciences, Visual Arts | Grades 3-5, 6-8 | Submitted by Sharon Sumner ]
Students research famous people from Missouri, or from their own state, and share the information.

Color It Recycled! 02/21/2000
[ Visual Arts, Science, Chemistry | Grades ECE, K-2, 3-5 | Submitted by Theresa M. Santiago ]
Students melt old crayon stubs and mold them into interesting shapes and characters. They can also add paper clips to create hanging ornaments!

Mapping the Mockingbird 02/07/2000
[ Language Arts, Technology, Art | Grades9-12 | Submitted by Albert Baggetta ]
This lesson offers a focused approach to studying setting, using To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.

Why Polar Bears Are White 01/24/2000
[ Science, Visual Arts | Grades K-2 | Submitted by Addie Gaines ]
Students learn about camouflage as they study polar bears and their habitat.