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Lesson Plan
Teaching Tolerance

The Power of Words: Normative Sexuality

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect newspaper articles which discuss societies who enforce heterosexuality. They brainstorm how heterosexuality is enforced in their community. They answer questions to end the instructional activity.
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THE BLENDING SLIDE

For Teachers K - 1st
Your beginning readers will practice blending sounds with this hands-on activity! Each learner gets their own paper slide, cards with consonants, and cards with vowels. Then, after practicing as a class, they can blend consonant and...
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Do the Word Stretch

For Teachers 1st
Young learners practice putting sounds together to form words. Even though the sound is not functioning on this presentation, the basic premise of leading students through the decoding process is great. There are only four examples,...
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
A activity on classification and sorting is here for you. Elementary schoolers participate in an interactive computer game in which they sort books by theme. They take a trip to the library to observe and discuss how books are sorted,...
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Clerihew Dances II

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore rhythm and quality of word and phrased to that of dance. They move to the rhythm of poetry.
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Words That Sell

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Explore words, definitions, their connotations and associations with brand names. Middle and high schoolers identify words used in commercials and determine their effect upon the consumer population. They explore how meanings are...
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Searching For Letters, Words, and Sentences

For Teachers K - 1st
This simple lesson is designed for K - 1 students. They are introduced to individual letters, words, and sentences. A game is played where they try to collect one example of each. For practice, students complete a worksheet which is...
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Sikhism - Match the Cards

For Students 7th - 9th
In the Sikhism card matching worksheet, students prove their knowledge of the symbols and words associated with the Sikhism religion. Students are further challenged when they mix up the cards with other religion's cards.
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Chinese Ice Sculptures Melting

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine, critique and study a newspaper article on a famous ice festival in China that is being affected by rising global temperatures. They complete three worksheets on the article that deals with comprehension questions, a...
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Sounding Out Accuracy

For Teachers K
Students examine sounding out words. In this language arts instructional activity, students practice sounding out words. Students sound out each letter in the word and blend the sounds to create a word.
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Short /o/ Words

For Students K - 1st
For this short o words worksheet, students draw a line to match the short o words with their pictures. Students complete 5 matches. 
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Write the Money Amounts

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this money amounts worksheet, students write the money amounts that are expressed in words, and they write them in dollars and cents. Students complete 18 problems.
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Word Understanding

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this words worksheet, students rate their understanding of the word, describe the word, draw a picture, and write additional information. Students do all this for 4 words.
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Finding Words - Thanksgiving Worksheet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners write 3, 4, and 5 letter words. In this word find lesson, students create words from the phrase "Thanksgiving is the time to be thankful." They write as many as they can on the worksheet. 
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Making Words

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create a list of words from a list of letters in a longer word or a collection of given letters. After completing the list, students recognize word families, words that rhyme, words that have the same base word, and words that...
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The Language of Deception

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore informative, expressive, directive and performative languages and discuss examples of each. In groups, students research the types of languages, their effectiveness in communicating truth, needs and desires. Students...
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Segmenting and Blending Words

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to the concept of segmentation and blending of words. As a class, they are shown various words and are asked to determine the amount of letters and sounds in each. To end the lesson, they participate in a...
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Body Words

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars use their bodies to form the letters to spell each of the five words that they were given. They must spell the word correctly and the teacher must be able to read the word from left and right on their "baseline." The...
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Sentence Train

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students in a special needs classroom practice making sentences. Using a graphic organizer, they compose sentences using an article, adjective, noun, verb and adverb. They use the idea of a train to help them make complete sentences.
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Geometry Center Games

For Teachers 1st
First graders review the placement of positional words and shapes. In groups, they travel between eight centers throughout the classroom in which they participate in various activities. They focus on concepts that are related to Geometry.
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The Power of Words: Social Justice Words

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students role-play the position of a presidential candidate. They create their platform to include social justice programs and present it to the class. They answer questions to end the lesson.
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Counseling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
As a group, students read a book about saying unkind things to others. They answer questions as a class and discuss a better way to handle the situation.
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Frequency Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders use a graph to answer questions about the frequency of words. Using rhymes, they fill in a chart about the data they collected. In groups, they use their word wall words to identify them in a book.
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The Power of Words: Male Bashing and Gender

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students brainstorm words that typically describe men or women. They also brainstorm words that are insulting to both genders. They answer questions about the activity and discuss their answers.