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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Five Stars for Emily Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Five Stars for Emily, a novel written by Kathleen Cook Waldron, looks at a young girl's experience of leaving modern comforts behind and going to live in a log cabin without electricity. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Number The Stars" by Lois Lowry. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Other

Study Guide for the Novel: "Number the Stars"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site a sixth grade teacher offers this collection of discussion/study questions and classroom activities.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: What the Star Spangled Banner Means

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Thorough two-part lesson plan that explains the historical significance of the Star Spangled Banner and the American flag. Includes a link to a wonderful site about the history of the American flag. Requires the students to think about...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Amplifying Indigenous Experiences: Pbs All Stars Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners will watch three episodes of the UNLADYLIKE2020 series of 26 short films and explore the similarities in issues affecting these women while also identifying the qualities that made them unique. The lessons are about finding...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Escape to Freedom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will read Number the Stars by Lois Lowrey. This novel about World War II, the Holocaust, and heroism, provides the topic for an inquiry-based, interdisciplinary instructional activity. Students will utilize their skills in...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Origami Stars

For Teachers 4th - 8th
The purpose of this task is to present students with a situation in which they need to divide a whole number by a unit fraction in order to find a solution. Calculating the number of origami stars that Avery and Megan can make...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Max's Super Stars

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Use this poem, teacher's guide, and various small manipulatives to make a great lesson on counting. There is a section for students to give their responses on the website.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Demonstrating the Distances of Stars

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the use of the parallax effect for determining distance in space, and explore the arrangement and relative distance of stars in the galaxy. Create a sample star field and transform it into a three-dimensional model.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Lois Lowry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the world of the author Lois Lowry when you visit this informative site. Web English Teacher provides links for lesson plans and activities involving this author's work.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing Our Sloppy Copies and Peer Editing Day 4 Honeybees

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
You mean I have to write my story again, have someone check to make sure it's right, and fix my mistakes? In this activity, students will peer edit each other's writing. They will use their five-star checklists (included) to make sure...
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Read Works

Read Works: Fact and Opinion 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on fact and opinion through which students learn how to identify opinions through signal words, identify facts in a non-fiction text, and use facts to help them formulate opinions of...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Flag Day [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Five PDF formatted pages of Flag Day lessons designed to teach children about the American Flag. Some of these ideas use a pocket chart, so there are directions for making one included too. Requries Adobe Reader.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Flag Facts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The young scholars will learn important historical significance to one of the United States' most important symbols - the American Flag. This lesson plan provides engaging and meaningful activities as well as the academic content...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Argumentative Writing/wwi & Wwii Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this unit, students will gain background information on historic wars. Student will compare different media forms about these events, attend to different perspectives, research the unit's essential question, and then write an...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Let's Write About the American Flag

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will brainstorm adjectives to describe the American Flag and will write two descriptive sentences for homework. Students will also create star art to accompany their writing to show the relationship between words and pictures...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Scientific Methods: Using "Awakenings" to Dispel Misconceptions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An activity where students watch the movie "Awakenings" starring Robin Williams. The purpose of the lesson is for students to record on a tally sheet each time they notice a step in the scientific method being used. They will become...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Jack London

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plans, e-notes, activities, and other resources are provided for teaching students reading Jack London's The Call of the Wild and his other works.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: John Donne

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This online resource focuses on the life and work of John Donne. Includes links to related sources.

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