Doves Lesson Plans - LessonCorner

1. Leadership Program in Discrete Mathematics
...ct of the lesson: Using Pascal's triangle, find the number of items given each day in the song, "The 12 Days of Christmas." stocking Content/Procedure: The first (red) diagonal of Pascal's triangle indicates the numbers of new gifts given on the consecutive days. 1 partridge in a pear tree 2 turtle doves 3 French hens 4 calling birds Pascal's 5 gold rings Triangle 6 geese a-laying 7 swans a-swimming 8 maids a-milking 9 ladies dancing 10 lords a-leapin' 11 pipers piping 12 drummers drumming The second (green) diagonal of Pascal's triangle indicates the combined gifts given on the consecutive days. 1...

2. Leadership Program in Discrete Mathematics
...to purchase a partridge in a pear tree for each of the 12 days. On the chart students will enter 12 for the number of days given, 12 for the number of gifts needed, the price of one gift item posted by the teacher, the cost of this gift (12 x price), and the total to date. On the second day 2 turtledoves are given. This gift is given for 11 days, and so 22 doves are needed (2 x 11 = 22). The price of the gift (a pair of turtle doves) is posted by the teacher, and the students then calculate the cost of this gift (22 x price of one dove or 11 x the price of a pair of doves). The total to date will be...

3. Vietnam - War support
...ded. Materials: book, Motivation: folder, tree map Teaching Procedure Bellwork: question over public support for the war and president's approval rating Anticipatory Set: The Lesson: discuss and fill out the tree chart 1. assignment from the previous day Guided Practice class discussion on hawks v. doves in Vietnam war. ask students to classify 2. themselves as a hawk or dove with regards to the current war in Iraq. Guided Practice with Active Participation Closure (Student-centered): have students discuss how the war in Vietnam in 1968 compares to the current U.S. situation in Iraq, and whether the...

4. Adaptations Demonstration
...n Title: Adaptations Demonstration Objectives: TLW identify animal adaptations and explain how it helps the animal survive. TEKS No standards added. Materials: The Science Resource Center will Motivation: bring animals The for the completion of demonstration the worksheet (hedgehog, and your snake, doves, participation frogs) and I will be your will bring grade for the worksheets day. for the students to complete Teaching Procedure Bellwork: Observe the animals, but do not touch please! Anticipatory Set: The TAKS test will ask you about animal adaptations. Some questions may ask you about adaptation...

5. Olympic Field Day
...2. Discussion of the torch lighting followed by the torch being run in by chosen students. 3. The lighting of the torch. 4. Raise Olympic flag to the "Olympic Hymn". 5. Student Readers-Read cards about various highlights of the ancient Olympics. 6. Administer the Olympic Oath 7. Release the (paper) doves 8. "Let the Games Begin" Students then follow their teachers to their assigned events. The events we typically have the students involved in are: Hurdles (foam) Olympic Torch relay (complete with toga and torch) Discus Throw (Regular Frisbee throw for distance) Shot Put (16" softball for distance) B...

6. Olympic Field Day
...2. Discussion of the torch lighting followed by the torch being run in by chosen students. 3. The lighting of the torch. 4. Raise Olympic flag to the "Olympic Hymn". 5. Student Readers-Read cards about various highlights of the ancient Olympics. 6. Administer the Olympic Oath 7. Release the (paper) doves 8. "Let the Games Begin" Students then follow their teachers to their assigned events. The events we typically have the students involved in are: Hurdles (foam) Olympic Torch relay (complete with toga and torch) Discus Throw (Regular Frisbee throw for distance) Shot Put (16" softball for distance) B...

7. :: NASA Quest > Space ::
...the stars! look, look up at the skies! O look at all the fire-folk sitting in the air! The bright boroughs, the circle-citadels there! Down in dim woods the diamond delves! the elves'-eyes! The grey lawns cold where gold, where quickgold lies! Wind-beat whitebeam! airy abeles set on a flare! Flake-doves sent floating forth at a farmyard scare! Ah well ! it is all a purchase, all is a prize. Buy then! bid then! What?--Prayer, patience, alms, vows. Look, look: a May-mess, like on orchard boughs! Look ! March-bloom, like on mealed-with-yellow sallows! These are indeed the barn; withindoors house The s...

8. Mexico/Social Studies/2nd grade
...n Mexican clothing Explore Mexican art Investigate the Aztec empire and analyze its influence on modern day Mexico Resources and Materials Book(s): Anthony Reynoso-Born to Rope Martha Cooper & Ginger Gordon Clarion Books 1996 Borreguita and the Coyote Verna Aardema, Alfred A. Knoph 1991 Calling the Doves Escrito por Juan Felipe Herrera Children's book press 1995 Charro the Mexican Cowboy 1999 Children, Just Me Celebrations 1997 Clay Hernandez: A Mexican American 1996 Cooking the Mexican Way 1982 Cowboys, A Picture Book to Remember Them By 1994 Cuckoo-Cucu 1997 Frida 2002 Hill of Fire 1971 Hispanic H...

9. For the Birds
...ssary modifications to the classroom. Begin by administering pretest baseline picture checklist. Introduce a featured bird of the week for several weeks. Feature the birds most commonly seen at feeders in your area (house sparrows, goldfinches, Mexican house finches, chickadees, blue jays, mourning doves, woodpeckers, etc.). Instruct students about the six key features used to identify birds (color, size, shape, habits, flight and song). Emphasize color, size and shape, which includes shape of beak and shape of tail. Provide students with observation forms, binoculars (optional), field guides, and t...

10. Birds of a feather, an interdisciplinary unit: Math/Science wing
...a circle graph. Pre-activities Students need to be divided into groups of two to three students. Each group should observe the bird feeders over a period of five minutes and make a frequency table of the bird species observed. In our geographic area species will probably include cardinals, mourning doves, nuthatches, wrens, sparrows, finches, goldfinch, and hummingbirds. Other species might include robins, bluebirds, mockingbirds, and indigo buntings, but these are primarily insect eaters. Students will need some practice in identifying bird species. Teachers will want to be familiar with eating and...