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Sarah, Plain and Tall - Intro to Literature Circle jobs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read a book with each student having a specific job for the class.  In this literature activity, students read Sarah, Plain and Tall over 10 days, dividing up responsibilities for each student to make sure everyone understands...
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Lesson 6 - Quotation Marks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete activities with the book Sarah Plain and Tall. In this literature lesson, students read, discuss, and review vocabulary from Chapter 6. They make a list of quotations and review how to use quotation marks. 
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Sarah Plain and Tall- Lesson 5

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read a chapter in a book.  In this character comparison lesson plan, students predict what will happen in chapter 5 of Sarah Plain and Tall, learn new vocabulary words, read and discuss chapter 5 and draw the first words of...
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Visualizing Sarah, Just Plain and Tall

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define "visualize," practice visualizing day at beach, read poem, Crocodile Toothache, silently, listen to teacher read same poem aloud, share visualizations with classmates, read first chapter of book, Sarah, Plain and Tall,...
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Pictures Make Perfect!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and demonstrate how to visualize the information they are reading. They participate in a visualization exercise, and discuss how visualizing information from the text can improve their comprehension. Students then read...
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Sarah, Plain and Tall Chapter 7

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, pupils answer 5 essay questions that pertain to Chapter 7 of Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachan.
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Sarah, Plain and Tall Chapter 9

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students answer 5 essay questions that pertain to Chapter 9 of Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachan.
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Lesson Two - Compound Words

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners complete activities with the book Sarah Plain and Tall. In this literature activity, students read chapter two and complete attached activities. They list the compound words they find and study new vocabulary. 
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Summing It All Up in a Nutshell

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of summarization strategies. They discuss the process of asking the five W questions, and apply then to a passage from the book "Sarah Plain and Tall." Students then finish the chapter from...
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What Am I Reading?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and demonstrate the process of summarizing text. As a class they read the first five pages of the book Sarah Plain and Tall by Sarah MacLachlan and answer the five W questions. Students then create five questions using...
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Me, Plain and Tall

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read and discuss Patricia MacLaclan's book Sarah, Plain and Tall. They write a narrative putting themselves in the setting of the story.
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Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders differentiate between fiction and nonfiction using the books "Sarah Plain and Tall" and "A Day in the Prairie." They develop a list of information that they learn from the text, and create an information web. Students...