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Read about and Discuss Historic Heroes

In this lesson plan, students will discuss characteristics of a hero and how to get information from texts to understand why a person is considered a hero. Partner discussions will help students have a deeper understanding.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Compare and Contrast Information Across Sources

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Compare and Contrast Information Across Sources

Sharpen your students’ reading and research skills in this lesson that guides them in comparing and contrasting information and drawing conclusions. Students will collect information across several resources including Internet sources.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Comparing Decimals: Decimal War!

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Comparing Decimals: Decimal War!

Get your students excited and test their knowledge of comparing decimals with this fun decimal "war" game!

5th grade

Math

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Lost in Native American Lore

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Lost in Native American Lore

Explore a Native American legend with your students to discover the ways of life and beliefs of the Algonquin people.

5th grade

Social studies

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Mythological Creature: Vampire

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Mythological Creature: Vampire

Bram Stoker's Dracula has inspired feelings of fear and morbid curiosity for over a century. With this lesson plan, your students will get a taste of the literary work while learning about the myth behind vampires.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Know Your Place Values

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Know Your Place Values

Do you students know their place? Place values, that is. With activities covering the range of thousandths to ten millions, this comprehensive math lesson is sure to please young mathematicians.

5th grade

Math

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Power Reading

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Power Reading

Help students learn how to read passages with multiple main ideas and differentiate between main ideas and supporting details by creating a graphic organizer with proof from the text.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Paul Revere's Ride

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Paul Revere's Ride

The students are coming! The students are coming! Debunk common myths and teach your students about Paul Revere's ride with this lesson plan that lets students finish their own graphic novels.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Diagramming Sentences

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Diagramming Sentences

Sentences can be surprisingly complex. Enhance your students' reading and writing skills with this comprehensive lesson on diagramming sentences and identifying parts of speech.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Mixed Up Fairy Tales

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Mixed Up Fairy Tales

Put your students' imaginations to the test with this lesson on storytelling and creative writing. After reading some classic fairy tales, students will create their own using printed figures.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Informational Text: Close Reading

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Informational Text: Close Reading

Let's learn about natural disasters. After reading through some informational texts, students will use their close reading skills to answer questions about different types of disasters.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Prepositional Phrases

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Prepositional Phrases

Prepositions are all around us. This teacher-approved lesson plan will help students identify prepositional phrases through a number of engaging reading exercises.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Reading Closely

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Reading Closely

Young readers will love this story-filled reading comprehension lesson. It's packed with engaging exercises designed to help students become better at looking for details and annotating passages of text.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Romare Bearden Self Portraits

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Romare Bearden Self Portraits

Let your students' creative juices flow with this lesson that teaches them about collage and symbolism. Students will create their own collage self portrait and learn about Romare Bearden.

5th grade

Fine arts

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Searching for Ethics

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Searching for Ethics

Help students understand ethics and how it relates to life in the classroom with this lesson that has them use their own independent reading books to find relevant situations.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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I Got The Power!

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I Got The Power!

Do your students understand the power of 10? This lesson will allow your students to see the utility of the power of 10 in mathematics and come to a concrete conclusion of how 10 impacts the value of mathematical equations.

5th grade

Math

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You Can't See Me!

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You Can't See Me!

Help your class gain a foundational understanding of matter by learning how to conduct inquiry and gain an understanding about the characteristics of gases. This lab will have your students amazed at what is really in the air.

5th grade

Science

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Deciphering Decimals

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Deciphering Decimals

In this tactile lesson, students will understand how decimals relate to a whole number by using base 10 blocks in a whole new way!

5th grade

Math

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Finding the Quotient: Divide and Conquer

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Finding the Quotient: Divide and Conquer

Do your students feel defeated when it comes to division? In this lesson students will learn how to “divide and conquer” simple division problems.

5th grade

Math

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Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors

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Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors

Baby, you're a firework! In this musical lesson, your students will use context clues to determine the meaning of similes and metaphors in popular music. They will then use this knowledge to write their own metaphors and similes.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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What's a Metaphor?

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What's a Metaphor?

In this lesson, students complete worksheets and engage in peer discussions to learn more about metaphors. Young writers will love making their own creative metaphors.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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Hy-per-bowl-e

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Hy-per-bowl-e

Your students will consider this lesson the "Super Bowl" of all lessons as they learn to use hyperbole to enhance their own writing.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

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GEMDAS: Flipped Order of Operations

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GEMDAS: Flipped Order of Operations

Help your students perfect their use of the order of operations with this lesson that has them create a flippable to aid as they practice using GEMDAS to solve muli-operational problems.

5th grade

Math

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