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Amazing Animal Alliterations

Students will learn to write using alliteration. Students learn to create illustrations that support and reflect their writing.

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Language Arts

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Cycle Stories

In this lesson, students tell the story of a scientific cycle by recreating the adventure of its "main character".

ABC

It's ABC, As Easy As 1-2-3!

Students explore initial sounds through the creation of a classroom ABC book.

Notebook

Writing How To's

Students will write how-to stories about getting ready for school and publish them to use at home.

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Harmonious Haiku

After reading examples and learning about this short form of Japanese poetry, students write and illustrate their own haiku poems.

My Superhero

My Superhero

Students introduce a new hero to the world through an ID card and comic.

Modernize a Fairy Tale

Modernize a Fairy Tale

Students learn about key elements of a fairy tale as they retell a fairy tale in modern times.

Stretching the truth idiom

Idiomatically Speaking

Students will illustrate the meaning of an idiom to help others learn these examples of figurative language.

Design a Book Cover

Design a Book Cover

Students create a new cover design for a book they are reading to demonstrate comprehension and explore character, plot, setting, symbolism, and conflict.

Character Scrapbook

Character Scrapbook

Students will create a digital scrapbook that showcases the viewpoint of the main character.

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Interview a Book Character

In this lesson, students craft an interview with a character from a book they are reading to demonstrate comprehension.

Book trailers

Book Trailers

Students will develop a movie-style trailer for a book they have read.

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Diary of a Snowflake

In this lesson, students create a 6-sided snowflake and write diary entries about its life.

Persuasive and Presidential Writing

Persuasive and Presidential Writing

Students learn persuasive writing and presentation skills.

Create a Visual Poem

Create a Visual Poem

Students will create a visual, or video, poem as they analyze the imagery in a text.

Your Next Class Trip

Your Next Class Trip

Students will create a web site to persuading their principal to take their class on a trip to the location of their choice.

Personification Stories

Personification Stories

Students will personify an object and write a story as part of an online book or animated adventure.

Symbolism Bookmarks

Symbolism Bookmarks

Students gain an understanding of symbolism by studying a piece of literature or a poem and designing an informative bookmark.

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Me: A Visual Essay

Students build media literacy skills as they create a visual essay to share information about themselves.


Math

Now That's a Problem

Now That's a Problem

Students will create their own multiplication word problems.

The 13 Days of Halloween

The 13 Days of Halloween

Students practice counting through the creation of a Halloween counting book.

The Shape of Things

The Shape of Things

Students compose images from shapes, describe their composition, and create their own version of the book, The Shape of Things.

Angles All Around

Angles All Around Us

Students will ientify types of angles in photographs, and write cinquain poems that share the angles they find.

Exploring Line Symmetry

Exploring Line Symmetry

Students will create original artwork and manipulate images to demonstrate understanding of line symmetry.

Spring into Fractions

Spring Into Fractions

Students write and illustrate a spring-inspired short story including fractions they find in nature or their local community.

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Plan an Event

Students will plan for an event and create a proposal demonstrating how the event might look and how much it would cost.

Math Terms

Math Terminology

Students will connect math terms with the world around them.

Dream Room Design

Dream Room Design

Students will explore length, width, perimeter, and surface area as they design their dream room.

Tessellation Sensation

Tessellation Sensation

Students will create their own tessellations study the mathematical concepts of patterns, planes, symmetry, and translation.


Science

Animal riddle

Animal Riddles

Students will research an animal and create a riddle to showcase their knowledge and engage other students in the natural world.

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Create a Creature

Students apply what they have learned about animal characteristics and adaptation to create a new creature and introduce it to the scientific community.

Magical Metamorphosis – Butterfly Life Cycle Stories

Magical Metamorphosis

Students explore the life cycle of a butterfly as they write and illustrate stories that show the stages of a butterfly’s metamorphosis.

Soil – Diary of a Worm Comic

Soil - Diary of a Worm

Students create a media campaign to educate about the layers, components, inhabitants, and benefits of soil.

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Upcycle

Students design and create upcycled products using materials collected at home and school.

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Design a Polar Park

Students design enclosures for animals that live in the Arctic or Antarctic regions, to reflect what they have learned about animal habitats and characteristics.

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Animal Interviews

Students research the characteristics, adaptations, and habitat of an animal and share their findings in a question and answer session with the animal.

Take a Tour of a Biome

Take a Tour of a Biome

Students learn about the five biomes through as they create a travel brochure.

Design a Rainforest Postcard

Design a Rainforest Postcard

Students develop a clear understanding of rainforest regions globally through research and the creation of postcards.

Visit Our Solar System

Visit Our Solar System

Students will learn about the planets as they create a sample travel journal that explains what it would be like to visit one of the planets.

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Students design a functional and beautiful garden for a particular audience, developing a scale model, determining costs and materials, and creating a guide explaining how to care for the garden.

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Healthier School Lunches

Students will learn about nutrition and create a sample menu for a week of healthy school lunches.


Social Studies

Map with pins and a magnifying glass.

Virtual Museum

In this lesson, students create an online museum for their community.

Everyday Heroes

Everyday Heroes

Create media resources that celebrate and promote the actions of a real world hero.

Legends and Tall Tales

Legends and Tall Tales

Students will write and produce an animated tall tale about a historical figure or location.

Map It!

Map It!

Students will demonstrate map making skills as they create maps of the geographic features, regions, and economy of their state.

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

Students will create a daily newspaper edition to learn about the politics and culture of ancient Rome.

National Air and Space Museum

Museum Makers

Students create digital support materials to enhance the visitor experience at a museum.

Historical Journal

Historical Journal

Students will create a historical journal from a fictional character's point of view.

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Political Cartoons Then and Now

Students will analyze and share the history of a political cartoon and then create their own cartoon about a current event.

Not Your Average Portfolio

Not Your Average Portfolio

Students will learn about the life of a famous person and create non-fiction porfolio about the individual.

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EDU ToDo

Interactive digital worksheets for grades K-8 to use in Brightspace or Canvas.

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