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Sample
Elementary Lessons
Integrated
Dance Curriculum: Jazz Dance and
Music (K-6)
:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/curriculum.cfm?curriculum_id=57&mode=overview
In
this lesson, students will be introduced to jazz dance and jazz music. They will
have a chance to try some basic jazz dance movements, and they will create a
Cinquain poem inspired by jazz music.
Dog Gone Job! (K-2):
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM195&page=teacher
In
this lesson, students will watch a video of workers at a kennel and talk about
the types of jobs that they saw. They also will complete a drag and drop
activity to learn about job specialization.
Traces: Historic Archaeology (3-5): http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/archaeology.html
In this unit, students will "recover" and
analyze artifacts from sites in use from the settlement period to the second
half of the 19th century. They will look for similarities and differences among
the artifacts and the lives they reveal. In conclusion, students will look at
today's artifacts of the future and consider how we will be viewed in the
future.
Data
Does It: Planning a Trip (3-5): http://illuminations.nctm.org/lessonplans/3-5/tripplanning/index.html#l1
In
this i-Plan, teams of students plan trips. To put together their best travel
plan, students study a map, consider different routes, visit websites to get
airline schedules and costs, and analyze their data. Each team presents its
travel schedule and budget to the class. Then teams analyze the different plans
and discuss the best features of each one. Students collect data, organize data,
and compute differences of multi-digit numbers. This lesson also integrates
Social Studies and Art.
A Journal for Corduroy: Responding to Literature (3-5): http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=30
This
lesson provides a model of reflection for students as they listen to stories,
begin to read stories, and develop their own written stories. The lesson can be
used with any story; however in this case, the story of Corduroy allows for a
personal connection by having students interact with a stuffed bear and write
about their own adventures with Corduroy.
Reaction Time (3-5):
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=6&DocID=68
In this lesson, students will engage in
two online reaction time tests. They will track their progress, taking note of
any strategies that help them improve their performance. This lesson encourages
students to think about their learning and illustrates that skills, when
practiced, can become automatic.
Greeting Friends from Other Places (K-2)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/gk2/friends.html
Students
will be introduced to map reading by examining the “Afghanistan,
Land in Crisis” map (available in print or online). Students will practice
different types of greetings and learn how children in Afghanistan might greet
one another.
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