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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the concept of organization. In this library skills lesson, students practice ordering and classification skills by playing the Flood Game as well as locating and shelving books in the school library.
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Congress OKs Bill Aimed At Toppling College Obstacles

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the concept of financial costs of college. In this financial costs of college lesson, students read an article about college costs. Students research the cost of college for the school of their choice. Students discuss...
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Scoring a Financial Education

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners explore the concept of money management. In this money management lesson, students read an article about learners taking a finance course in high school and college. Students discuss the importance of money management. Learners...
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Rules and Consequences in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study rules and consequences as well as learn positive, healthy behaviors in and out of the classroom. In this behavior lesson, students discuss behaviors that got them into trouble at home. Students name trouble behaviors at...
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Responsibility in the Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study responsible behavior. In this behavior lesson, students discuss ways friends show responsibility. Students take turns selecting a card about responsible behavior and describe the card's behavior. Students make a list of...
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Who's In The Bag?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners bring in a bag from home with personal items. In this ice breaker lesson, students bring 10 personal items to school. The teacher shows them, asks the learners questions, and has them guess as to the owner of the bag. 
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Introduction to Earning Interest: What are APR and APY?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars explore saving and investing money.  In this middle school personal finance instructional activity, students define and use investment vocabulary, explore compound interest and its effect of savings, and compute...
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Point of View

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students write a story from a different point of view.  In this point of view lesson, students read Lewis and Clark and Me:  A Dog's Tale and discuss the point of view as it is written.  Students then discuss different...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Where to begin? With the vocational education that provides the skills necessary to gain economic security or with a Liberal Arts education? As part of a study of leaders of the civil rights movement, class members compare and...
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Wanted Dead or Alive

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Wanted! Pests are on the loose! Here, class members create a wanted poster highlighting one pest. Posters includes a picture, description, and signs of pest activity. 
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Wind Wise Education

Can Wind Power Your Classroom?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Can you power this? Individuals do an energy audit for the classroom to determine the amount of electricity needed to power it. Using either live data or sample data from wind turbines they decide whether it would power the classroom....
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Utilizing ClarisWorks Newsletter

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students produce their own communication channel with their parents by establishing a monthly newsletter. The newsletter will be used to improve the communication channel between home and school. Student groups are assigned a topic of...
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The "Art" of Poetry

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine how illustrations complement poetry. They select a poem, illustrate their poem on the school sidewalk using chalk, and explore various poetry websites.
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Geography

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Pupils, after hearing a radio broadcast on 'A Day in School Abroad,' explore and study the lives and experiences of children in a variety of places. They assess the advantages and disadvantages of living on a small island, find out that...
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Grow Your Own

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students study the growth and care of plants. They take tour of their school site and plant seeds to observe their growth. Afterward, they answer questions about the origin and value of their plants.
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"Heritage" - "Hey, That's the Name of Our School!"

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders gain a better understanding of the canal period in U.S. History, and more specifically, discern the importance of the Illinois and Michigan Canal on the development of Illinois as a state and Chicago as a prominent city.
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A Lesson in Chaos for Middle School Students

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a chaotic system. They display a basic knowledge of the system and are able to recognize it. The students form a hypothesis about a chaotic system and theorize the cause and effect.
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School-Home Links: Vowel Blends

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vowel blend instructional activity, students study two pictures of words with the 'oi' blend and write the name of the words on the blanks. Students then look in a magazine for more 'oi' words and write them in the given blanks....
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School-Home Links: Vowel Blends 2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vowel blending activity, students write the name of each picture that uses the vowel 'oy' blend. Parents or guardians must sign the activity.
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School-Home Links: Vowel Blends 3

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this vowel blending instructional activity, students write the name of each picture that uses the vowel 'ou' blend. Student then find one more 'ou' word, write it on the line, and draw a picture of it. Parents or guardians must sign...
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School-Home Links: Finding Mistakes While Reading

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this correcting mistakes worksheet, students learn to read closely and correct errors in the text. Students find the spelling mistakes in the sentences and correct the word by writing it on the line. Students must then read the...
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School-Home Links: Vowel Blends 4

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this sound blending activity, students write the name of each picture that uses the 'ow' sound blend. Students write down three 'ow' blend words on the provided blanks. Parents or guardians must sign the activity.
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School-Home Links: Spelling

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling correctly worksheet, students cut along the dotted lines and have their parents or learning partners use the top half of the paper. They slowly read the five words to the students. Students fill in the missing letters to...
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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words

For Students K - 1st
In this reading words worksheet, students practice reading the common words from the list from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then make flash cards of the words and practice again. Parents or guardians must sign the worksheet.