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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Silly Stories: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

For Teachers 2nd
This packet, the first in the series of support materials for the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt thematic units on silly stories, contains enrichment activities for learners who have mastered the basic concepts of the lessons.
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Unit Plan
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities

Second and Third Grade Explicit Phonics Intervention

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Support all young learners on their journey to literacy with this five-lesson reading intervention unit. Following a clearly outlined format, each lesson first engages children in practicing their phonemic awareness and phonics skills...
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Organizer
Do2Learn

Processing Cause and Effect

For Students 5th - 9th
Examine one cause and its effect in-depth. To complete this graphic organizer, learners write down a topic, the cause, the effect, and a brief analysis of the cause and effect relationship. 
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Organizer
Reading for Meaning

Sample Lessons and Worksheets

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
If you need to bulk up your reading comprehension worksheet collection, take a look at a resource that includes graphic organizers and reading comprehension questions. The series of 50 worksheets addresses novels such as Julie of the...
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Organizer
Scholastic

Story Board

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
Invite your pupils to tell and show what happened in a story that they read by filling out this organizer. Using images and words, kids can fill out the six panels provided here to demonstrate understanding of the sequence of events and...
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Lesson Plan
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For the Teachers

Cause and Effect Matrix

For Teachers 4th - 10th Standards
Study cause and effect in both literature and informational text with a lesson designed for several different reading levels. After kids review the concept of cause and effect, they read an article or story and note the causes and...
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Lesson Plan
August House

Anansi and the Pot of Beans

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Anansi is a tricky character, but can he realize he's wrong and write an apology letter? Learners use Anansi and the Pot of Beans to practice writing, art, and figurative language. A series of activities are engaging for both advanced...
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Organizer
Student Handouts

Before-and-After Chart

For Students 1st - 6th
Keep track of what happens before and after an event, moment in a story, and so on, with a clear graphic organizer. Learners can note down four things that happen before and four that happen after on this chart.
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Lesson Plan
Nancy Fetzer's Literacy Connections

Expository Paragraph

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Upper elementary and middle school writers learn how to craft an expository paragraph by following the six steps detailed in a 48-page instructional guide. Learners learn how to write six different types of informational paragraphs: to...
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Lesson Plan
UAF Geophysical Institute

System Interactions: The Lorax and the Truffula Tree

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
If the Lorax were to write a letter, what would he write? Introduce your class to systems and feedback loops through the whimsical stylings of Dr. Seuss. Learners take on the Lorax's point of view to write a letter, among other activities.
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Organizer
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School District of Palm Beach County

Framed Paragraphs characterization, problem and solution, symbolism, conflict

For Teachers 4th - 10th Standards
Support your learners as they work on writing paragraphs by providing graphic organizers, outlines, and frames. Sift through this packet to find the perfect organizers and templates to prepare pupils for writing. The resource...
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Worksheet
Professional Development Institute

Cause and Effect: Dear Mr. Henshaw

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Examine the events of Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary with a straightforward learning exercise. The page focuses on the events of the story, and in particular on cause and effect. For ten events in the story, either the cause or...
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Writing
Road to Grammar

Health

For Students 6th - 12th
Are your English language learners feeling unwell? Provide them with the tools to express how they are feeling and to talk about health in general. Included here are discussion activities, vocabulary, listening activities, grammar...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comprehension: Identify Cause and Effect Relationships in Text

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders and their teacher work together to understand cause and effect relationships in texts. The I do, we do, you do method is used as learners discuss and determine the cause and effect relationships found in several short...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Complex Sentences Made Easy

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Take the complexity out of writing complex sentences. Young writers practice taking two ideas and putting them together to make a complex sentence. Create a list of subordinating conjunctions to help each individual make better sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Cause and Effect

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Identify the author's organizational pattern for expressing ideas. After reading an article on the California Gold Rush, middle schoolers determine the author's purpose for writing a passage of informational text. A full list of...
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Organizer
Scholastic

So That's the Reason!

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Make sure your pupils can hit the target when analyzing cause and effect by practicing with this worksheet. On each arrow, pupils write a cause of an event in a story, and on each bullseye, they write the effect.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cause and Effect

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this cause and effect learning exercise, students read information about cause/effect, review signal words and read an article about Indiana weather and crops. Students then answer 3 related cause/effect questions.
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PPT
Curated OER

Chalkboard Challenge: Literary Terms

For Teachers 4th - 5th
This interactive PowerPoint simulates a "Jeopardy" game that addresses figurative language, cause and effect, and other literary terms. Players can chose which category and amount they would like to play on the Game Board. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Chocolate Touch

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read a book.  In this story elements lesson, students share their favorite food, predict what the story will be about and discuss how they would feel if they got to eat their favorite food everyday.  Students read the book The...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cause and Effect

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this cause/effect worksheet, students read statements and determine what the cause and effect are of each. A reference website for additional resources is given.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cause and Effect

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this cause and effect worksheet, students determine cause and effect in a set of 5 sentences. A website reference for additional resources is given.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Cause and Effect

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this cause and effect instructional activity, students read sentences and write the cause and effect present in each one. An answer key is included.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 1:Cause and Effect Signal Words

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Give your class a strategy they can use when trying to identify cause and effect relationships in text. You'll model, and they'll practice using signal words to quickly identify cause and effect. They focus on signal words such as, if,...