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1. A Collage of Ideas From a Newspaper Unit- To produce a newspaper in a variety of curriculum areas.
2. A Day Full of Popcorn- The use of inexpensive, healthful popcorn will create an atmosphere of fun for eager learners in the classroom.
3. A Delicate Art - Egg Decorating- To expose students to the Ukrainian custom of decorating eggs.
4. Adopted Grandparents- "Children will use many academic skills while corresponding, visiting, and learning to appreciate and respect older citizens and the wealth of resources they can share with our society."
5. A New Way to Tell Time- The students will learn to look at a clock as though it had two time lines.
6. Alaskan Unit on Moose- Students will predict and estimate the number of moose shot by residents and non-residents between the years of 1986 to 1990.
7. Almanac (from Happy Birthday to U.S.)- Students will examine almanac design and construct one of their own.
8. Ancient and Modern Egypt
9. Antarctica- Virtual Tours of Antarctica.
10. Apple Dolls- Students will learn about making one pioneer children's toy.
11. Apples- "I begin the study near the end of September or the beginning of October to coincide with John Chapman's birthday or National Apple Month."
12. Archaeology- From Vikings to Beothuks.
13. Artificial Environments in the Community- Students will research the history of MAN's inventions and the application of these 'social artifacts' to diverse tasks and discuss MAN's inventions with guest speakers in the classroom and with site guides.
14. Assorted Creative Thinking Activities-Try to make something that no one else will think of.
15. Australia- From animals to Australia's Aboriginal Peoples.
16. Being Brave and Dealing with Fear- Teaches students to understand what it means to be brave and how to deal with real and imaginary fears.
17. Black History-Jacob Lawrence's Style- Students will name and demonstrate at least four characteristics of Jacob Lawrences work.
18. Bored with School - Do Something About It!- Students will synthesize information gathered about online courses and projects and advanced placement classes into a Powerpoint presentation.
19. Chicken Little Literacy/Art Lesson- To engage students in a shared reading experience and enhance their awareness of illustrations/concepts of print/vocabulary/and comprehension development.
20. Classroom Environment- Students will be able to make connections between learning goals and the environment necessary to achieve these goals.
21. The Clocks of Time- The goal of this lesson is to familiarize students with the different types of clocks used thoughout time.
22. Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs- The students will understand about certain types of weather, about the food groups, and about immigration.
23. Connecting With The Life Space Environment: Real World Studies and the K-12 Curriculum- Students will interact with community resource people. interact with community resources, investigate world of work employment opportunities in the community, and create graphic displays and reports.
24. Coral Reef 3-D- Students will learn about coral reefs.
25. Create an Alphabet Book- As a result of this activity, the students will be very familiar with their topic and will have used some thinking skills, research skills, art skills, and cooperative skills.
26. Create Change in your Community- Students will be introduced to civic responsibility through responding to newsworthy events. Students will also be introduced to persuasive writing.
27. Creating Art Using Music and Feelings- Students will understand that music can create emotions and feelings, that they can use to create art.
28. Creative Writing From the Rainforest- Students will gain knowledge of the rainforests around the world.
29. Critical Thinking Strategies- Sesame Street Questions, the form of which was inspired by a regular feature on the television program of the same name, will encourage regular use of critical thinking skills. The strategy is simple to use and adaptable in a wide variety of situations.
30. Cruise the News- The purpose of this activity is to develop an awareness of the newspaper as a resource.
31. Curriculum Design for Excellence On-Line- Lesson plans with and interdisciplinary approach.
32. Dollars to Doughnuts: Everyone Uses Money- In order to understand that the use of money is a universal experience, students share foreign money samples and the stories of how their families acquired them.
33. Drawing My Own Flower Structure- Students will learn the parts of a flower and will learn about symmetrics, visual placements, and using guidelines.
34. Early Childhood Thematic Units- 10 themes updated every season.
35. Enigmas- To encourage students to research various topics, stir up creative thoughts and lead them to wonder about the many 'mysterious' elements of literature, math, science, technology and life itself.
36. Everybody Needs a Home: Project Wild- Students will be able to generalize that people and other animals share a basic need to have a home for survival.
37. Everybody Needs a Rock- It seems that all children love rocks, so this was a perfect medium for integrating Talents across the curriculum. I'm also always looking for realistic situations in which my students have to measure using metrics.
38. Exploration in Newspapers- Identify the purposes of a newspaper.
39. Fable Writing--Inter-Disciplinary Approach to Social Sciences- To introduce social science concepts in psychology, sociology and geography through an inter-disciplinary approach.
40. Fables- This lesson encourages students to consider a moral and a central theme in authoring a fable for elementary school students.
41. Fingerprint Detective- In their cooperative groups, students will write a crime scene.
42. The Five Senses- The students will be able to listen and read to acquire information and understanding involves collecting data facts and ideas; discovering relationships, concepts and generalizations and using knowledge from oral and written sources.
43. Focus on Sequencing Skills- The following activities suggest teaching sequencing in several subject context.
44. Follow my Lead: 1,2,3...- The students will be able to form a path without any difficulty with numbers in order from 1-100.
45. Frog and Toad- The stories in this book Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel and these activities allow for creative thinking and writing, reading and analysis of characters, affective education, mathematics beyond computation, inventing, geography, biological science and development of research skills.
46. Frogs: A Thematic Unit Plan- The overall purpose of this interdisciplinary, thematic unit of study is to help young children learn more about the metamorphosis and development of an amphibian species as they become involved in a number of interdisciplinary lessons and activities over a three or four week period.
47. Fun with Food: The Food Pyramid- The student will learn about the Food pyramid and a well balanced diet through interactive and group activities. The lesson will be taught from an ESL perspective.
48. Graphing Rhythms-Students will recognize that names have rhythms. Students will compare rhythms of names found in their class and other classes.
49. Grids- Using major amusement parks throughout the country to locate points on a grid.

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