Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).

3.5.2 Vocabulary Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, If We Lived There (L3U5L2), Ben and Moby take their minds off shoveling snow by imagining what life would be like if they lived on a tropical island. If only it weren’t a dr...

3.2.2 Camouflage Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Camouflage (L3U2L2), Moby is nowhere to be found. It turns out, he was just blending into Ben’s bedroom! In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-8, learn about camouflag...

The Columbian Exchange Lesson Plan: Cause and Effect

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-5, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the reasons Columbus set sail for the New World. Students then investigate the effects that the "disc...

Informed Voting Lesson Plan: Let’s Vote For Our President

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In this multi-day lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-5, students use BrainPOP resources to talk, draw, and write about the rights and responsibilities of a good citizen. Students will identi...

Circulatory System Lesson Plan: Heart Adventure Challenge Course

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In this multi-day circulatory system lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-5, students use BrainPOP Jr. and/or BrainPOP resources to explore basic heart facts. Students will also explore the fu...

Fossilization Sequencing Lesson Plan: How Bones Become Fossils

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-3, students use BrainPOP Jr. resources to explore how a bone becomes a fossil. Students play a sequencing game recounting the steps of fossilizatio...

Food Chains Lesson Plan: Using Graphic Organizers

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-5, students use BrainPOP Jr. and/or BrainPOP resources to activate prior knowledge and make real-world connections about food chains and food webs....

Vincent Van Gogh Lesson Plan: Original Self-Portraits

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-3, students use BrainPOP Jr. resources to explore Vincent Van Gogh's portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, and still life paintings. Students will...

Experimenting with Percussion Lesson Plan: Creating and Playing Percussion Instruments

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-3, students use BrainPOP Jr. resources to identify and explore characteristics of percussion instruments. Students then create and play their own p...

Dr. King, Similes and Metaphors Lesson Plan: Identifying Literary Conventions in a Historical Speech

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In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3 to 5, students use BrainPOP resources to explore the purpose of similes and metaphors. Students will identify examples of simile use in specific hi...