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Scholastic

The Class Election from the Black Lagoon Storia Teaching Guide

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
One of my favorite things about this resource is that they use a standardized lexile to help you determine who should be reading what book. I also love this great teacher's guide for the book, The Class Election from the Black Lagoon. In...
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Curated OER

Think It, Write It, Create It

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Help your scholars create a class story. They will write a page of the story and illustrate that page. Then they use a variety of digital technologies to make the story come alive. A variety of digital resources are recommended for the...
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Curated OER

Lesson: What's your Passion?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
What inspires people and fuels their creative endeavors? Passion! Find out what drives your learners as they examine a painting as it relates to a person's passion. They create a reflective visual or written piece that describes their...
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Arkansas Government

Creative Adventures with Literature - Whoever You Are

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Celebrate our similarities and differences through multiple readings of Whoever you Are by Mem Fox. Readings are accompanied by a grand discussion, charts, creative art, dramatic, and music play to reinforce the uniqueness that is found...
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Curated OER

Lesson: A Spider's Perspective

For Teachers K - 5th
A fun way to grow a class of creative thinkers, is to add creative projects to your weekly line up. Kids pretend they are small insects or spiders crawling up the side of a huge building. They use vivid imagery, rich detail, and their...
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Curated OER

Lesson: While on My Vacation

For Teachers K - 5th
Drawing, writing, and analyzing, that is what's on the menu. Young artists draw a corner of the classroom, analyze the painting, Poppies by Andrew Dasburg, and then write a postcard describing their vacation to an imaginary hotel that...
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Curated OER

Lesson: Bringing Back the Sun: The Story of Jaguar Inspiring Student Stories

For Teachers K - 5th
What on earth is that jar for? It was an ancient incense burner used by the Maya, that was inspired by the myth of the sun god. Young analysts hear the story of the Mayan sun god, analyze the story through the artistry in the jar, and...
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Curated OER

Lesson: While You Were Sleeping....

For Teachers K - 5th
Imagine you are a bug living on a leaf in the painting, Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase by Maria van Oosterwyck. This is what you'll tell your class as they analyze the lovely image. They list details in the painting, find two insects in...
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Curated OER

Lesson: All in the Family

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Who was the Radcliffe family? Young learners find out about the life and times of a family from long ago. They analyze the family portrait, write a story about the family, and then use their story to create thought or word bubbles which...
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Curated OER

Kiwi Story Chain

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Write a story as a class.  In this writing lesson, each person takes turns writing one to two sentences onto the paragraph given about Kim the Kiwi bird, including characters and events.  Altogether, brainstorm a title for the story....
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Teacher's Guide

Valentine's Day Acrostic Poem

For Students K - 6th Standards
L is for loving this Valentine's day acrostic poem in which class members use letters from the word love to guide their creative writing. Four different versions for you or your scholars to choose from make this poetry activity a win for...
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Printables
Teacher Created Resources

Problem and Solution: By Jove, I Think You've Got It

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Through grand conversation, help scholars identify issues that harm the Earth and find solutions on how to solve them. After voting—on what your class deems the most important problem—stretch writing muscles with a problem-solution essay...
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Jordan School District

Who is Worth More Than Gold?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Young writers compose an opinion piece that details who they feel is worth more than gold.
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Writing
Kid Zone

What is Your Favorite Summer Memory?

For Students 1st - 3rd
What are your pupils' favorite memories? Writing is one of the most difficult skills to master and writing every day for short periods of time is a fantastic way to improve overall expository writing skills and ability with writing...
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Curated OER

Elements of Fiction

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate themes and settings in their favorite fiction stories.  In this creative writing lesson, students discuss the reasons a fictional story works well and discuss ways to create their own.  Students create their own...
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Curated OER

A Sample Mini-lesson for Teaching Writing Conventions

For Teachers K - 8th
Students study writing conventions. In this writing conventions lesson plan, students study writing they have already completed and look for conventions they are already using without realizing. In a small group, students discuss...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Christmas Writing Prompts

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this Christmas writing prompts learning exercise, students choose from the 33 writing prompts to develop their creative writing skills.
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Writing
Curated OER

Write a Story

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this creative writing worksheet, students write a story about the picture on the worksheet of a boy chasing a frog.
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Animoto

Animoto Video Slideshow Maker

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Turn the pictures on your phone into a great looking movies that will blow the hair back of whoever watches it. It is easy to make people laugh, cry, or just inform them about something interesting by using the creative tools available.  
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Curated OER

Picture Books, Retelling, and Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create stories using only pictures.  In this visual storytelling lesson, students read Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie de Paola and analyze the wordless story.  Students create new text for the book by writing on sticky notes.
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Curated OER

From a Pet's Point of View

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars explore the concept of point of view.  In this point of view lesson, students discuss the point of view of a pet and write an imaginative story.  Young scholars then create a power point presetation for the class to view. 
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Curated OER

Preparing to Write

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice writing techniques by creating a draft of a story.  In this creative writing lesson, students discuss organizational techniques writers use to plan out a story they wish to write.  Students have the option to write...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Halloween Poem And Story Book Covers And Writing Paper

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this Halloween writing worksheet, students use the cover sheet and decorated lined paper to write poems and stories of their own. Students may staple the pages into a book.
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Printables
Curated OER

T-shirt With Primary Writing Lines

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students use the T-shirt shape with blank primary lines for any creative writing purpose. This lined paper matches the blank T-shirt on another page which could be used as part of a shape book.

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