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Creating community in the classroom: Part 4 (rewarding improvement): The fourth lesson in a series on improving classroom learning climate, this lesson provides an opportunity to evaluate student progress and to provide positive reinforcement for improvements in behavior. Using a one to ten continuum, students will subjectively evaluate class progress on the ten adjectives listed as class climate goals. After this process, students will publicly recognize those classmates who have helped the class improve or who have personally improved.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–8 Guidance); By Pat Nystrom.

Creating your own rock art: In Intrigue of the Past, page 5.4; Students will use regional rock art symbols or their own symbols to cooperatively create a rock art panel. They will also use a replica of a vandalized rock art panel to examine their feelings about rock art vandalism and discuss ways to protect rock art and other archaeological sites.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)

Creature creation: An elaboration writing activity: This lesson will focus on the writing element of elaboration. It will also tap into higher order thinking skills with the creation of a Coastal Plain imaginary animal and a creative story about the creature. This lesson could be linked to 4th grade Science and Social Studies objectives. For more in-depth knowledge in those other subjects, go to the lesson entitled Researching the Coastal Plain; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Ana Sanders and Heather Ennis.

Crossed up hundreds board: Students will experience patterns and problem solving on the Hundreds Board.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics); By Karen Bartlett.

Description as mind control: Using details to help readers visualize your story: Good writers help their readers visualize their stories by including vivid details. Students will listen to passages from Gary Paulsen's novel Hatchet, draw one of the images from the passage, and identify which details Paulsen uses to create these images.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts); By DPI Writing Strategies.

Directed reading lesson: Dear Mr. Blueberry: This plan is a directed reading/thinking activity for the book Dear Mr. Blueberry with questioning and a follow-up written activity that focuses on the story elements. Another activity involves discussing facts about whales in the story and, then, finding other facts about whales that are used for a writing activity.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts); By Candace Hall.

Disney World timelines: The students have won a trip to Disney World but there are several things they have to do before they get to Orlando. The students will make a timeline to display these events and answer questions about them.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Jennifer Williams.

Does your house measure up?: This lesson is intended to be used as a final assessment of a student's understanding of an inch, foot, and yard. It will also assess their ability to use a yardstick, follow written directions, and work with a partner to draw a house on the school blacktop as part of a class neighborhood.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Cathy Searcey.

Don't forget breakfast: In Food for thought: Elementary lessons on nutrition and healthy living, page 4.4; This third-grade lesson plan, from the Food for Thought nutrition curriculum, teaches students that starting every day with a good breakfast helps them get ready for the day by fueling their bodies and brains.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Healthful Living)

Dream Team basketball stations: Students will refine their basic skills of basketball by participating in a variety of basketball stations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Healthful Living); By Lisa Sinon.

The Earth rotates through days: The students will be a part of a model showing how the Earth's rotation creates what we see as a sunrise and sunset every twenty-four hours.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Science); By Christine Shatto.

Educating leaders for tomorrow: The intent of this lesson is to demonstrate the need for (student) citizens to assume learning and leading roles and behaviors that will better ensure a successful future.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Social Studies); By David Newsome.

Effective basketball shooting: Students will learn and demonstrate effective free throw shooting skills: proper hand placement, balance, stance, and focusing eyesight on the target (basketball goal and rim).; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 Healthful Living); By Tim Anderson.

European shadow puppets: Students will work in cooperative groups first to read a fairy tale by a European author. Then they will make shadow puppets to use on an overhead projector. Finally, they will present their puppet shows to their class.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 6 English Language Arts); By Marsha Paisley.

Everyday geometry: Hidden figures and polygons: A lesson plan for grade 5 math in which students use historical photographs and drafting plans to demonstrate their knowledge of mathematical figures and polygons.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); By Sonna Jamerson.

Exciting narrative endings: This lesson emphasizes the importance of a strong ending for a narrative essay and teaches students specific items to include in their endings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts); By Ann Jolly.

Exploring patterns you can feel and hear: The following lesson will enable students to develop tactile and auditory patterns. As students observe, analyze, and make predictions about patterns they will enhance their problem-solving and reasoning skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics); By Carlene M. White.

Exploring the families of instruments: Students will learn about the families of instruments and conclude the lesson by constructing a model instrument from one of the families studied.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Music Education); By Leslie Cothern.

Faces tell feelings - Part 1 - Understanding URLs: In this lesson, students will learn what a URL is and use URLs pointing to art sites that contain works they will use in their next art class as they begin a cooperative unit on facial expressions in works of art.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills); By Susan Wenzel Getter.

Faces tell feelings - Part 2 - Observations: Students will view a PowerPoint presentation of various portraits by different artists. They will observe facial expressions and the emotions they convey in these works of art.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education); By Jan Kimosh.

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