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Our geometric world: The students will use newspaper and magazine pictures to recognize geometric figures within the real world. They will make a collage of pictures showing various geometric shapes. They will write a summary of the shapes that are represented in their collage.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Robin Ward.

Paint tools & geometric figures: This lesson is meant to teach or review for third grade students the use of Paint tools. These tools are generic to many multimedia tools such as HyperStudio and Kid Pix. For the student who is unfamiliar with "Paint," it provides another tool of expression and illustration.
This lesson is also designed to reinforce geometry math skills. This ability to illustrate a three dimensional object on a flat one dimensional surface is important to enable the student to visualize geometry math problems.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–3 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics); By Barbara Waters.

Pattern writing using nouns and adjectives: In this lesson plan, students will think and write creatively using nouns and adjectives. They will experience all phases of the writing process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 6 English Language Arts); By Susan S. Craver.

Peanut butter & jelly and order of operations: Students will discover the need for order of operations by giving step-by-step instructions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Melissa Everhart.

Phases of the moon: Young children may have the idea that the moon actually changes shape. This lesson explains that this apparent change is a result of the moon's revolution around the earth.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Science); By Jacquelyn Arthur.

Pigs and wolf on a map!: The students will construct a Double Bubble Map to compare and contrast two versions of a familiar fairytale.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–4 English Language Arts); By Cherry Randall.

PIZZA = "Fractions: Any Way You Slice It!": During this lesson, students will explore and investigate the relationships among fractions. Students will use paper pizzas divided into fractional parts to compare equivalent fractions. They will see part-whole fractions as fair shares and begin to understand that the parts must be equal.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Mathematics); By Alta Allen.

Plain Polly: Adding relevant details: This instructional technique creates a lasting visual image of how relevant details help develop a character and a focus. Students learn to add only details that are related to the main idea of a “Plain Polly” stick figure. These mascots serve as reminders to students to be selective with the details they use to support their main idea.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Polyhedra: Faces, edges, and verticies (3-D marshmallow models): Students will review the names of 3 dimensional shapes, create the shapes using marshmallows and toothpicks, and find relationships among the faces, verticies, and edges of different 3-D polyhedra.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Julie Little.

Portions and servings: In Food for thought: Elementary lessons on nutrition and healthy living, page 4.5; Sometimes the difference between a portion and a serving size can be confusing. This third-grade lesson plan, from the Food for Thought nutrition curriculum, helps students understand the difference and gives them healthful ideas for snacks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Healthful Living)

Positively poetry: Students will be learning about and writing limericks. Since limericks follow a strict rhyming pattern and word count, the students will work in partners to create their own limericks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts and Information Skills); By Maribeth Warren, Pam Purifoy, and Tracy Dagenhart.

Positively popcorn: This lesson should be used as a part of a unit on the three forms of matter. This is a fun activity on the process of how popcorn pops using gas as a form of matter.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Science); By Jennifer Burton.

Postcards of the past: Students will participate in Heritage Day activities that will enhance students' awareness of their heritage. They will take digital pictures of activities to include on a web page and research and report on information gathered. Students will create a web page to present their information.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies); By Karol Leaptrott, Rebecca Watt, and Regina Welsted.

Practicing multiples using Pascal's Triangle: This lesson will introduce students to Pascal's Triangle. Students will be introduced to the patterns in Pascal's Triangle and complete a 9 level triangle. Then they will color the multiples of specified numbers. This lesson uses resources of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop "Interactivate Your Bored Math Students".; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics); By Bonnie Boaz.

Predicting skills: Students will practice predicting what will happen in different stories and understand why predicting is important while reading.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By Susan Bell.

Problem solving with Swimmy: This lesson will stress to the students the importance of working together to solve a problem.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Guidance and Healthful Living); By Amy Taylor.

Push-Me Pull-Me toys: In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 1.3; In this lesson, students find themselves working as engineers and toy designers for the Push-Me Pull-Me Toy Company. They will design and build a prototype of a simple toy that moves with a push or pull of one finger.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1, 3, and 5 Visual Arts Education and Science); By Erin Denniston.

Quilts: This lesson plan in designed to be one part of a fourth grade social studies unit on the Appalachian Mountains. It is based on the mountain custom of quilt making. This plan uses the book The Quiltmakers Gift by Jeff Brumbeau. It also uses the book internet site and other related sites. Enrichments of this lesson would be to display quilts, have a real quilt maker visit, have the class create their own paper quilt, etc.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Barbara Waters.

A Ram Sam Sam: A Moroccan tune with a twist: Students will enjoy singing, playing rhythm instuments, reading notations, and performing a Moroccan tune in two different musical styles on student keyboards.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Music Education); By Marie Batten.

Read it backwards: One editing technique that writers can use to help them catch their own spelling errors is "Read It Backwards." In this lesson, students will learn a procedure for identifying and correcting the spelling of misspelled words.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

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