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Short Vowels

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners will create a list of short vowel sound words and participate in computer phonics activities to practice. They will read an interactive storybook online. Next, they will complete words in order to better understand short vowel...
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Introduction to Myths, Fables, and Legends

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Middle schoolers identify elements of myths, fables, and legends as they read an example of each.  After reading an example of each type of story, they list elements from each.  They compare and contrast these features by completing a...
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Anansi And Turtle Go To Dinner

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
That tricky Anansi! Join him and Turtle in the story Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner by Bobby and Sherry Norfolk, based on the African folktale. Kids answer comprehension questions and sing songs about spiders before creating spider webs...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Literary Allusion vs. Pop Culture

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events activity, students analyze political cartoons that feature literary allusion and pop culture. Students respond to 2 talking point questions.
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The Ogre Bully

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students listen to the book, The Ogre Bully, and discuss the problems the farmer and his family had during the story.  In this garden themed lesson, students examine different fruit and vegetables and plant them in soil to grow. ...
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1st Grade - Act. 11: Fairy Tale Riddles & Puppet Shows

For Teachers 1st
First graders put on puppet show and retell fairy tales.
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Short Vowels With Clifford

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
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Growing Gold

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read and explore a folktale from India. For this folktale lesson, students read the book Growing Gold and discuss the events from the tale. Students complete a phonics worksheet which incorporates the rhyming words from the text.
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Why Koala Has A Stumpy Tail

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners practice reading comprehension of an Australian folktale. In this Australian folktale instructional activity, students read the story, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail, before completing retells with character puppets, discussing...
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Watching Wheatstacks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore basic shapes in Monet's paintings Wheatstacks, Snow Effect and Morning. They study about light and shadows through reading and experimenting with three-dimensional models and flashlights.
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Use Your Nose

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore how their senses work. In this senses lesson, students use the sense of smell to observe various spices. Young scholars discuss their findings.
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Parts of a Sentence

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing the naming part and action part in sentences instructional activity, students use context clues to identify the subjects and predicates in sentences. Students answer 10 questions. 
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Cook-A-Doodle Doo! Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars enjoy the excitement in the short story, Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! In this Cook-A-Doodle Doo! lesson plan, students work to tell the difference between fact and fiction, learn vocabulary, and compare and contrast different stories.
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Proper Nouns in Sentences

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this proper nouns worksheet, students circle the proper nouns in the sentences given to them. Students circle proper nouns in 10 sentences total.
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Fairy Tale Riddles & Puppet Shows

For Teachers 1st
First graders put on a puppet show and retell fairy tales.
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Flowers, Flowers, Flowers...A Visit with Georgia O'Keeffe

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students analyze, discuss, and research Georgia O'Keeffe and her flower paintings. They select a flower to paint and create a watercolor painting in the style of Georgia O'Keeffe. Students compose a poem describing their painting.
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Cherry Pies and Lullabies

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read 5 sentences that are missing words. Students fill in the blanks in the sentences with the appropriate sight words from the word bank.
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Cherry Pies and Lullabies

For Students 1st - 2nd
It this vocabulary practice worksheet, students read 5 sentences and fill in the blanks in each of the sentences with 1 of the high-frequency words from the word bank.
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Hunting for Measured Treasure

For Teachers K
Students compare and contrast objects according to their length. In groups, they travel to different centers in their classroom to participate in different sorting activities. They are introduced to how to use a ruler and reading the...
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Knead Dough?

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars make bread and understand that bread gives us energy. In this bread lesson plan, students read the story A Trip to the Market, and learn about the importance of bread. Then they make the bread!
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Something is Different: Same/Different

For Students Pre-K - K
In this different/same worksheet, student draw an X on the picture in a box that is different from the others, 6 sets total. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Teaching Language Arts in Kindergarten Using Stories, Aesop's Fables, and Tall Tales

For Teachers K
Students search into a variety of story elements in the eight lessons of this unit. The title, author, illustrator, setting, main character, problem, solution, events and the story are the components of the lessons.
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Dialogue Disguises

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners read a story out loud to a partner and change their voices and expressions when depicting specific characters. In this language arts lesson plan, students focus on the person's voice who is reading to them, while keeping track...
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From Seed to Bread

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine how some of their food comes from plants by baking bread. They listen to teacher read alouds that set the stage for the activity.

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