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EngageNY Grade 5 ELA: Module 1, Unit 1 - Building Background Knowledge on Human Rights

EngageNY

5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Fifth graders explore human rights- what are they and why do we have them? As a class, explore the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and incorporate close readings of selected articles. This 11-part unit is very detailed, including primary source analysis, unpacking informational text, assessments, and a culminating final writing assignment that will challenge your fifth graders!

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EngageNY Grade 3 ELA: Module 1, Unit 2 - The Power of Reading

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3rd

CCSS: Adaptable

Your third grade class will love finding "reading heroes" in text that depicts those who have worked hard to learn to read. They will set goals for their own "reading powers" and focus on fluency throughout this 10-part unit.

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EngageNY Grade 4 ELA: Module 2A, Unit 2 - Case Study - Conducting Research on Colonial Americans

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4th

CCSS: Adaptable

Use these 16 lessons to help fourth graders comprehend informational text as they read about different roles colonial Americans played on settlements. The class specifically studies the "wheelwright" trade and then break into groups to become experts on another colonial trade. As Unit 2 of three, this unit serves its function well within the larger context of Engage NY's Module 2A for fourth graders.

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EngageNY Grade 3 ELA: Module 1, Unit 1 - Why Do People Seek the Power of Reading?

EngageNY

3rd

CCSS: Adaptable

11 lessons comprise this unit for third graders, which will have them investigating the power of the written word (and why it is seen as so valuable around the world). They read various types of text including fiction and non-fiction literature as well as informational articles from around the globe. Everything you need is right here, and here's the best news: this unit is the first of three within a larger Engage NY module for third graders!

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Franklin’s Fair Hand American Journalism

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Scholars know him for his role in the American Revolution, but Ben Franklin was also a journalist and printer. Learners investigate his standards for what was fit to print using primary sources—including writings where Franklin explains...

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Why Is the Declaration of Independence Important?

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5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Fair or unfair? To begin a study of the American Revolution, class members review the treatment of the people of the American Colonies by the King of England and decide which were fair and which were unfair. Class members then annotate a...

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Sports Word Work Literacy Pack

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1st - 2nd

CCSS: Adaptable

Hockey, home runs, and helmets: your next sports-themed reading unit is here! Twelve tasks invite young readers to match unscramble sports words, create categories, count vowels and consonants, mark syllables, alphabetize words in the...

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Socratic Seminar Format Overview

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4th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Whether new to the Socratic seminar format or an experienced veteran of the popular discussion technique, you'll find much to like in a five-page, richly detailed packet that not only details the prep necessary, the process, and the...

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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3rd - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

You can't read Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory without craving the rich treats described in Dahl's vivid prose. Young writers try their hands at sensory language with a lesson plan that prompts them to write about their...

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Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Leader

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3rd - 7th

CCSS: Designed

Expand class members' appreciation of the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A powerful resource examines King's speeches, writings, and actions that reveal his deep commitment to a nonviolent approach to Civil Rights. Learners watch a...

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Malcolm X: Minister and Civil Rights Activist

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3rd - 7th

CCSS: Designed

Any study of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement would be incomplete without an examination of the life of Malcolm X. Class members view a short biographical video and analyze primary source documents to gain an understanding of the...

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Muhammad Ali: Boxer and Civil Rights Activist

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3rd - 7th

CCSS: Designed

Many young people today know Muhammad Ali as the aging boxer who lit the torch at the 1996 Olympics. Introduce young historians to Ali the boxer, the Civil Rights activist, the war protestor, and the humanitarian with a powerful lesson...

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Observing Human Rights Day

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

How much intervention is appropriate for America to take in cases of human rights violations? Class members ponder a question that has lingered since the birth of America with a series of primary sources that reflect the degree to which...

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The Search for Identity

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Discover how writers express identity in their writing. Learners explore how issues of identity surface in the literature of minority writers. Scholars watch a video, read and discuss biographies, conduct research, engage in creative...

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Poetry of Liberation

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

How do writers use words to protest injustice, challenge the status quo, and shape their own identities? Individuals watch and discuss a video, read author biographies, write poetry and journals, develop a slideshow, and complete a...

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Becoming Visible

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

The television and interstate highways both came of age in 1950s America. Scholars use film, text, and discussion to explore how these and other cultural icons shaped the literature of the time. Pupils also create a family history...

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Modernist Portraits

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

How did literature reflect people's attitudes in post-World War I America? A lesson explores the topic using a variety of activities. Individuals watch and respond to a video; read author biographies and engage in discussion; write...

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Rhythms in Poetry

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Rhyme, rhythm, free verse, imagery: Do these words describe poetry, or jazz music? The answer is both! A resource explores these similarities as scholars watch a video, engage in discussion, read author biographies, write poetry and...

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Social Realism

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Many American writers in the late nineteenth century wanted their writing to reflect real life. Individuals watch and discuss a video, read and explore author biographies, write a journal entry and a poem, and complete a multimedia...

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Slavery and Freedom

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

How do nineteenth-century texts by African American and Native American writers contribute to the country's ideals of freedom and individuality? Learners explore the topic by watching and discussing a video, reading biographies, writing...

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Teaching Guide: Exploring Little Women

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is a literary masterpiece as well as a timestamp of the formative mid-nineteenth century in America. Using a primary source set of photographs, letters, and portraits, readers discuss the ways...

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Utopian Promise

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Scholars learn all about the Puritans in the third installment of a 16-part lesson series. After watching a video, they read and discuss biographies of Puritans and Quakers from American history, write journal entries and poetry, and...

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Exploring Borderlands

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

What motivated Europeans to explore the New World, and what effects did their exploration have on Native American populations? The second installment of a 16-part American Passages series prompts pupils to watch a video and read several...

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Breaking Down the Declaration of Independence

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Are learners heavy sighing at the idea of reading a primary source, written in a language that is difficult to understand and in cursive? Look no further, because the resource breaks down the Declaration of Independence in an...

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The Story of the Federal Reserve: Middle School Lesson Plan

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

After reading the charming cartoon about the United States Federal Reserve, pupils often need to complete activities to retain their learning. The resource does a wonderful job of using class discussion and various written exercises to...

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The Story of the Federal Reserve System

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Prevent the Federal Reserve System from becoming a dry topic for your middle and high schoolers by using an informative, engaging resource! The cartoon takes your class on a journey with aliens from the planet of Novus to observe the...

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Once Upon a Dime

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

The story of "Once Upon a Dime" starts like any other fairy tale, but it quickly becomes a story about the value of money and the economic system commonly used before it. Presented as a cartoon, the resource consists of dialogue between...

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Primary Sources in Lesson Planning Unit Outline

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6th

CCSS: Adaptable

How can we effectively bring about change when faced with injustice in our society? Learners explore the Great Depression and Mexican Revolution through Esperanza Rising, a historical fiction novel taught through literature circles. The...

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Time Capsule in a Milk Can

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Imagine dumping out a milk can and finding letters from one of the darkest moments in history! Scholars use Holocaust Reading Passages and research to discover how people recorded and hid history during the events of World War II. They...

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Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Middle Years (Part 2)

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5th - 7th

CCSS: Designed

Abraham Lincoln's face may only be worth one cent, but the online reading passage and questions about his life are an invaluable resource. Pupils read a passage about Lincoln's experience with the Illinois Legislature, earning his law...

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Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Middle Years (Part 3)

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5th - 7th

CCSS: Adaptable

How did Abraham Lincoln begin to change the minds of American citizens? Join him in his quest with a reading passage about Lincoln's experiences as a congressman and public denouncement of slavery. The resource contains reading...

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Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Middle Years (Part 1)

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5th - 7th

Learn more about Honest Abe with an informative passage that details his life chronologically. As learners read sections of the text, they answer multiple choice questions that draw on their ability to recall details from the passage.

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Women's History: Parading Through History

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Want to teach your pupils about debate, effective speech techniques, propaganda, and the women's movement? The first in a sequential series of three, scholars analyze real propaganda images from the the historic women's movement, view a...

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Words by Heart: Question Answer Relationship

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Even though readers investigate matters of the heart, this activity promotes the inner workings of learners' brains. The fifth lesson of six has the teacher first model the strategy to the class before having small groups practice. To...

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The Goals of the March on Washington

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Designed

Who else had a dream other than Martin Luther King, Jr.? Pupils explore civil rights leaders in a fourth activity out of a series of five about people who paved the way to freedom for African Americans. The inquiry-based unit has your...

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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3rd - 7th

CCSS: Adaptable

The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory unit is a golden ticket for teachers looking for nicely written plans. Elementary and middle schoolers draw their impressions of characters, design and market their own candy creations, and use...

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The Twits - The Monkeys Escape

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3rd - 7th

CCSS: Adaptable

Houses come in all shapes and sizes, but not all houses are safe from Mr. and Mrs. Twit. The 10th lesson plan in a unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl turns learners into architects. While designing houses for the monkeys,...

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The Twits - The Furniture Goes Up

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3rd - 7th

CCSS: Adaptable

Work gets done faster when people work as a team. The ninth installment of an 11-lesson unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl combines character education with research skills and creative writing activities. The lesson ends...

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Introductory News Literacy

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Designed

Aspiring journalists learn about media literacy, journalism, and the press. Units come complete with handouts, assignment rubrics, notes, and extension suggestions. Each unit also comes with a list of vocabulary words and learning...

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Building Evidence-Based Arguments: Energy Crossroads

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6th

CCSS: Designed

How did Benjamin Franklin feel when he discovered electricity? He was shocked! Writers put their their argumentative writing skills to the test in the fourth and final unit containing five scaffolded parts that first explore an energy...

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The Role of Technology in Education

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6th

CCSS: Designed

Should technology be restricted or embraced in educational settings? Sixth graders work to answer this question by exploring the issue through mixed mediums and then crafting a written argument. Full of evidence-based strategies and...

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Grade 6 Literacy: Can Animals Think? Unit

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6th

CCSS: Designed

Can animals think? Learners develop their thinking abilities by reading Linden's essay and constructing an evidence-based response. Complete with rubrics and exemplars to evaluate writing, the resource also has suggested pre-, during,...

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A Reading Guide to A Wrinkle in Time

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4th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Accompany a reading of Madeleine L'Engle's classic tale, A Wrinkle in Time, with a detailed guide equipped with 15 informative and useful chapters. Scholars discover who the author is, why she wrote the book, and crucial story elements...

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The Lion King—The Broadway Musical Study Guide

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Musicals have been adapted from stage plays, novels, and movies. With The Lion King, Disney transforms its animated film into show-stopping, live-action musical theatre. The guide Disney provides to accompany a study of the award-winning...

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Civil Rights or Human Rights?

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Young citizens consider the American civil rights movement as part of the global struggle for human rights. After using a timeline activity to learn about the major events in the civil rights movement, class members study Malcolm X's...

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A Time to Break Silence

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Designed

Encourage teenagers to get involved in ending violence among young people. A Common Core-aligned resource and curriculum guide, designed to be used with a reading of A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King,...

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The Fellowship of the Ring

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Here's a must-have resource for educators who use J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and/or The Lord of the Rings. Packed with materials for both tales, the packet includes both a reader's guide and an educator's guide, lesson plans, vocabulary...

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Crack the Case: History's Toughest Mysteries

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Young sleuths don their trench coats, tip their fedoras, and grab their notepads to investigate one of four famous unsolved mysteries. After examining multiple primary and secondary sources related to their cold case, they propose a...

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Prescription Pain Medication: What You Need to Know

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Designed

The national epidemic of opioid addiction is making its way into high school populations. Educate the students in your class about the ways prescription opioids can both block pain and deliver large amounts of dopamine that make it very...

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Writing About Informational Text: Music and the Brain

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6th

CCSS: Designed

Even if you've never picked up a musical instrument, chances are that music has directly impacted your mental and emotional development. Sixth graders engage in a reading activity in which they read two articles on the impact of music on...

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Writing an Opinion: Buddies that Bark or Purr-fect Pets?

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3rd

CCSS: Designed

Which animal is best for you—a dog or cat? Why? Engage third graders in an opinion writing assessment that prompts them to read facts about both pets, and then write and decide which pet is best for them.

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Anne Frank: Facing Hatred, Daring to Dream

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6th - 9th

CCSS: Adaptable

The stories of Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, and Ryan White illustrate the power of children to make a difference. The three lesson in this must-have resource are designed to inspire young people to make a difference in their world....

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A Selection of Stories from The Æsop for Children

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K - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Read and incorporate a variety of Aesop's Fables into a fable genre study with an eBook produced by the Library of Congress. The interactive eBook contains 146 fables written by Aesop and includes colorful interactive illustrations by...

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Celebrate Earth Day!

Lesson Planet

K - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

April 22nd is Earth Day! Celebrate the Earth with these resources and activities. From math to writing and straight into science, all of the resources in this collection promote Earth loving learners in your class!

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Disaster Preparedness Activity Book

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K - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Join the American Red Cross as well as Mickey and friends as they help to prepare young scholars for natural disasters. After reading brief informational passages about earthquakes, floods, fires, storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes,...

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Native American Literature

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4th - 6th

CCSS: Adaptable

Celebrate and honor Native American culture with this set of graphic organizers that showcases literature like The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses and A Boy Called Slow as well as three other Native American literature books. Learners compare...

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Dream in Color — Middle School

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Celebrate diversity with a toolkit designed to inspire young poets to develop their own voices. After examining poems by African American poets, individuals craft their own poetic stories. The packet features poems by Gwendolyn Brooks,...

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Read Across America Classroom Activity Guide

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Pre-K - 4th

CCSS: Adaptable

Celebrate the legendary Dr. Seuss on Read Across America Day with a plethora of activities set to five stories—The Cat in the Hat, The Lorax, Horton Hears a Who, Oh, the Places You'll Go!, and Green Eggs and Ham. Activities include...

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Civil War 150

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

This Civil War Interactive has it all. Young historians have the Civil War at their fingertips to discover: who the soldiers were including everything to their average height to the rations they were given; the types of weapons that were...

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It's a Whatchamacallit

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Learners formulate new applications for simple machines in an original invention that solves a common problem. They brainstorm ideas for a new product using simple machines and communicate a finished project through an oral, written, and...

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Exploring Chinese Celebrations

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Pre-K - 2nd

CCSS: Adaptable

Seven activities make up a lesson designed to explore Chinese celebrations through grand conversation and crafts. Scholars create plates of Chinese food, a lion mask, paper lanterns, red envelopes with good wishes, and a classroom dragon...

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"Shakespeare and Star Wars": Lesson Plan Day 3

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Designed

To make the point that there are many forms of language, each with its own purpose, class members select 10 lines from Doescher's play, translate these lines first into contemporary English and then into "SMS/Tweet."

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"Shakespeare and Star Wars": Lesson Plan Day 1

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Designed

"Now is the summer of our happiness/Made winter by this sudden, fierce attack!" Luke Skywalker meets Hamlet in a 10-lesson plan unit based on Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope. Using Star Wars® as source...

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"Shakespeare and Star Wars": Lesson Plan Day 2

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Designed

Ta DUM, ta DUM, ta DUM, ta DUM, ta DUM. The force will be strong in the hearts of your young Jedi as they use their lightsabers to strike the accentted syllables in lines from Ian Doescher's William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New...

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Advanced Phonics: Variant Correspondences

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4th - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Phonics don't just have to be a daily routine for class members. Spruce up their phonemic awareness with a few exciting activities. Young grammarians participate in a variety of activity-based games centered around homophones,...

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40 Intriguing Photos to Make Students Think

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6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

What's going on in this picture? That's the question posed to viewers of a 40-image slide show of photos that accompanies stories from the New York Times. Without captions or context clues, individuals use their close readings skills and...

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Camelea: Like a Seagull

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11 mins 1st - 3rd

CCSS: Adaptable

Hummingbirds and seagulls—how different and alike are the two birds? At her brother's birthday party, Camelea taps into her inner bird as she dances like a zippy hummingbird. But when it is time to sleep, she thinks of the calm seagull...

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The Letter A Song

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2 mins Pre-K - 1st

CCSS: Adaptable

A is for apple, ant, and alphabet! Introduce the alphabet with an engaging video meant for beginning readers. The video's catchy rhythm is guaranteed to excite youngsters as they watch it over and over again.

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Learning the Alphabet and Initial Sounds

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Pre-K - 1st

CCSS: Adaptable

The basics of reading begin with alphabet. This collection introduces all 26 upper- and lowercase letters in the alphabet. First, young readers practice writing and identifying each letter through engaging worksheets and activities. Youngsters also work on their fine motor skills by coloring, tracing, and matching. Lastly, beginning readers practice saying and recognizing initial letter sounds, phonemes, and letter-sound correspondence.

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Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure

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3rd - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

A picture is worth a thousand words, but a comic strip combines both images and words for the ultimate narrative effect. After reading The Three Little Pigs and deciphering the plot elements, elementary readers work through four...

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Power Pack: Lessons in Civics, Math, and Fine Arts

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3rd - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Newspaper in Education (NIE) Week honors the contributions of the newspaper and is celebrated in the resource within a civics, mathematics, and fine arts setting. The resource represents every grade from 3rd to 12th with questions and...

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Out of the Dust: Narrative Essay

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3rd - 7th

To conclude their study of Out of the Dust, the 1998 Newbery Medal winning verse novel, individuals craft a narrative essay based on one of the themes in Karen Hesse's novel.

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"I Can" 6th Grade Common Core Checklists

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6th

CCSS: Adaptable

Kids love checklists that allow them to see progress and understand goals. Use this great set of printable "I can" statements with your 6th graders as you move through the school year. It'll keep everyone on the same page, and helps students understand the standards with more kid-friendly language.

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Research to Deepen Understanding Grade 6: Research Framework

EngageNY

6th

CCSS: Designed

The ability to research is a key skill that helps deepen understanding of information, find explanations to questions, evaluate sources, and make connections. Walk sixth graders through the research process involving identifying a topic...

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Making Evidence-Based Claims: 2005 Commencement Address Stanford University Steve Jobs

EngageNY

6th

CCSS: Designed

In order to make evidence-based claims, one must be able to draw explicit information from text. From here, learners take that information, analyze the text to develop a deeper understanding, and connect with the information in order to...

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Fairy Tales and Tall Tales - Read-Aloud Anthology

EngageNY

2nd

CCSS: Designed

Enrich a unit on fairy tales and tall tales with a set of read-aloud lessons. Second graders hone writing, vocabulary, comprehension, and literary analysis skills as they read classic stories. Complete with extension projects, discussion...

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Literature Circles

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3rd - 12th

Bring literature circles to life with a collection of lesson plans, worksheets, and reading lists. Literature circles, or book clubs, are fun and engaging for readers, especially those that don't find reading all that fun. The collection includes ready-made role sheets to distribute to groups, as well as packets designed for specific books. The opportunities are endless with literature circles!

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Reading Closely for Textual Details: "The Wolf You Feed"

EngageNY

6th

CCSS: Designed

Close reading doesn't mean to literally read text close to your face, but rather to pay attention to particular details in order to develop a deep and purposeful understanding of text. The first part of a five-part resource provides an...

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Teaching with Aesop's Fables

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1st - 3rd

CCSS: Adaptable

Bring the applicable morals of Aesop's Fables to your classroom with a series of reading comprehension activities. With 12 different fables with activities and exercises, the packet focuses on the ways learners can apply the fables and...

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Peer Critique: Historical Accuracy of Ideas and Vocabulary

EngageNY

4th

CCSS: Designed

Promotes collaboration in the classroom with a historical fiction instructional activity. Fourth graders partner up and read the other's narrative, in order to give feedback on vocabulary choice and accuracy of historical information....

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Magical Musical Tour: Using Lyrics to Teach Literary Elements

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3rd - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Language arts learners don't need a lecture about poetry; they listen to poetry every day on the radio! Apply skills from literary analysis to famous songs and beautiful lyrics with a lesson about literary devices. As class...

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I Need a Superhero

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Once the class learns about the hero's journey, they'll find it in every story and movie they see! Take characters from their humble beginnings to their atonement and apotheosis with a set of lessons about the hero's journey focusing...

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Literature Circles: Getting Started

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3rd - 5th

CCSS: Designed

Make reading more enjoyable and interactive with literature circles! Here you'll find detailed lessons to begin the literature circle process. Ten lessons introduce each role learners take on. Literature circle roles include...

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Getting the Most out of Teaching with Newspapers

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4th - 7th

CCSS: Adaptable

No matter what subject you're teaching, you'll find some fun and innovative ideas for using newspapers in your classroom with a helpful resource. Based on Getting the Most Out of Teaching with Newspapers by Rebecca Olien, the series of...

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Daily Warm-Ups: Grammar and Usage

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3rd - 6th

CCSS: Adaptable

If grammar practice is anywhere in your curriculum, you must check out an extensive collection of warm-up activities for language arts! Each page focuses on a different concept, from parts of speech to verbals, and provides review...

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Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

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5th - 6th

CCSS: Adaptable

If you're planning on teaching grammar in your fifth or sixth grade class, take a look at a packet of language arts activities that would be perfect for any grammar lesson. Covering skills such as parts of speech, sentence and paragraph...

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Writing a News Article

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Join the newspaper business with a series of lessons and exercises focused on elements of journalism. The packet focuses on distinguishing fact from opinion, writing effective headlines, sequencing events, and editing and proofreading a...

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Character Builder

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5th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Characters in a story are more than a name to remember. Use a character builder worksheet to write out a character's appearance, background, personality, attributes, and story relevance, including whether they are a main or minor...

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If

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Rudyard Kipling's advice to his son in the poem "If" is a resounding message that echoes through generations. After reading the famous poem, middle schoolers work on analyzing specific lines, completing activities based on unfamiliar...

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SuccessMaker® Reading Comprehension

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4th

CCSS: Adaptable

A collection of reading passages is packed with various skills to enhance fourth graders reading comprehension. From distinguishing between fact and opinion to describing character's feelings and recognizing elements of plot, the...

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Persuasive Writing - Introductory Paragraph Review

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4th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Master a well-organized thesis statement with a short activity for a persuasive writing unit. Young writers read five different introductory paragraphs about various topics, find the main ideas addressed in each thesis statement, and jot...

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Short Story Planning Guide

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6th - 9th

CCSS: Adaptable

A short story is only as strong as its characters, development, and conflicts. Encourage the young authors in your class to plan their stories based on the elements of narrative writing, all provided in brainstorming graphic organizers.

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On Target: Strategies to Help Readers Make Meaning through Inferences

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4th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Here's a resource that explicitly teaches, models, and provides readers with opportunities to practice the process of drawing inferences from text. Packed with strategies elementary, middle, and high school teachers can use, the resource...

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The End of an Era

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6th

CCSS: Designed

Sixth graders read a short literary story and then respond to ten questions that ask learners to support their answers with evidence from the text.

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Reading Closely Teacher Manual

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6th - 8th

CCSS: Designed

Wolves are the subject of a series of images, informational texts, videos, websites, and narratives. The activities prompt learners to use close reading skills, including reading closely for textual details, making evidence-based claims,...

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Cats in the Catacombs

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4th

CCSS: Designed

Fourth graders read a short story and then answer questions based on what they read. Learners are asked to support their answers with evidence from the text.

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Falling for Jazz

Lesson Planet

5th

CCSS: Designed

Fifth graders read a short story and answer questions based on what they read.

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Eyewitness to History: Storm Warning

Lesson Planet

5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Fifth graders read an informational passage and answer questions based on what they read. The focus skill in the resource is making predictions.

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Sam’s Helicopter Ride

Lesson Planet

1st

CCSS: Designed

First graders read a short story and answer questions based on what they read. The question set includes multiple choice and short answer questions.

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A Bigger Pond

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3rd

CCSS: Designed

Third graders read a short story and then respond to 10 questions based on what they read. Learners practice multiple skill reading strategies including making inferences, identifying the main characters and theme, and drawing...

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Winning the Vote

Lesson Planet

3rd

CCSS: Adaptable

Third graders read a short passage about the women's suffrage movement and answer five compare-and-contrast questions about what they read. Also included in this resource, is a paired passage in which learners can compare the two...

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Sunlight in the Night

Lesson Planet

1st

CCSS: Designed

First graders read a short passage on the moon. Then, they respond to four multiple choice, two short answer, and one discussion question.

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Dr. Seuss Book Report - Solution

Lesson Planet

3rd - 6th

CCSS: Adaptable

A great way to incorporate a beloved author into the classroom. This book report learning exercise requires young readers to write a short summary of their favorite Dr. Seuss book. It's up to you to decide how long the summary should be....

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Dr. Seuss Book Report - Problem

Lesson Planet

3rd - 6th

CCSS: Adaptable

A simple book report worksheet requires young readers to write a short summary of their favorite Dr. Seuss book. It's up to you to decide how long the summary should be. Lastly, individuals illustrate the problem in the book.

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Dr. Seuss Book Report - Setting

Lesson Planet

3rd - 6th

CCSS: Adaptable

A great way to incorporate a beloved author into the classroom, especially during the month of March. This book report worksheet requires young authors to write a short summary of their favorite Dr. Seuss book. It's up to you to decide...

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Dr. Seuss Book Report - Scene

Lesson Planet

3rd - 6th

CCSS: Adaptable

A one-page book report activity requires young readers to write a short summary of their favorite Dr. Seuss book. It's up to you to decide how long the summary should be. Lastly, individuals draw an illustration of their favorite...

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How Water Pollution Is Cleaned Up

Lesson Planet

5th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

As a follow-up from the previous lesson, young environmentalists discuss the benefits of water filtration and whether or not it's the best option. Other alternatives including air stripping, bioremediation, and phytoremediation are...

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Expository Text Structure

Lesson Planet

2nd - 3rd

CCSS: Designed

What an awesome resource to have on hand. With very useful graphic organizers, youngsters can display their comprehension of text. Designed specifically for expository text, these worksheets can also be used for any type of text and...

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Dr. Seuss in the Classroom

Lesson Planet

6th

CCSS: Designed

Explore the works of Dr. Seuss, such as Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches and Egg, The Sneetches and Other Stories, The Lorax, The Butter Battle Book, and Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. Each story lesson includes reading...

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When to Use "Me", "Myself" and "I"

Lesson Planet

3 mins 2nd - 7th

CCSS: Adaptable

Clarify your kids' writing with a video about pronouns, specifically me, myself, and I. As kids watch the short video, they see cute robots demonstrate the proper use of each pronoun, as well as the definitions of reflexive and intensive...

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I Can Read! Sight Words Set #16

Lesson Planet

K - 2nd

CCSS: Adaptable

Now, there, of, and say are the sight words in focus in a printable packet in which you can use all, or some, of the activities to reinforce your early readers' sight word proficiency.

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Reading Strategies for the Social Studies Class

Lesson Planet

6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Word splashes, read-draw-talk-write activities, exhibits. Middle schoolers use the Storypath approach to a unit study of America's concerns during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Teams organize a 21st century world's fair,...

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Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies

Lesson Planet

6th - 12th

CCSS: Designed

Here's a resource that deserves a place in your curriculum library, whether or not your school has adopted the Common Core. Designed for middle and high school language arts classes, the packet is packed with teaching tips, materials,...

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Journalism

Lesson Planet

6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Whether you are teaching a newspaper unit in language arts, covering the First Amendment and censorship in social studies, or focusing on writing ethics in journalism, a unit based on the foundations of journalism would be an excellent...

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Summarizing Text

Lesson Planet

5th - 6th

CCSS: Adaptable

Help learners find the most important information in a text with a lesson on summarizing. As kids read through a passage about Johannes Gutenberg, they summarize small excerpts, put events in sequential order, and respond to two longer...

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Comprehension During Independent Reading

Lesson Planet

2nd - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Ideal for a language arts class, literary unit, or independent reading assignment, a set of reading worksheets address a wide array of skills. From poetic elements to nonfiction text features, you can surely find a valuable resource in...

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Identifying Themes in Literature

Lesson Planet

6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

If your language arts learners have a hard time determining the universal theme of a written work, use a straightforward instructional activity to help them find it. After reviewing a list of common themes, kids note the title,...

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Japanese Folktales (Asian Odyssey)

Lesson Planet

4th - 10th

CCSS: Designed

The Cleveland Museum of Art presents this interdisciplinary model unit that asks class members to explore how the same themes are presented in the folktales and art of several cultures.

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Summary of Fiction and Non-Fiction Text

Lesson Planet

3rd - 6th

Somebody Wanted But So Then (SWBST)? Yes! Here's a great strategy for teaching young readers how to summarize narrative text. In addition, the packet includes exercises that show kids how to summarize nonfiction text using the classic...

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The Glorious Whitewasher

Lesson Planet

6th - 8th

CCSS: Designed

Young readers can be exposed to the literary works of Mark Twain as they interact with challenging text and gain experience by reading the complex passages of chapter two "The Glorious Whitewasher" from his famous book, The Adventures of...

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The First Thanksgiving (Grades 6-8)

Lesson Planet

6th - 8th

CCSS: Designed

Take your middle schoolers back to the first Thanksgiving with an engaging cross-curricular unit that ties together topics in social studies and ELA. While learning about he settlement at Plymouth young scholars participate in a series...

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The Fisherman and His Wife

Lesson Planet

2nd - 4th

CCSS: Designed

Engage conversation and explore the journey as you challenge young readers to interpret the german folktale, "The Fisherman and His Wife" written by literary brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.

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A Close Look at Close Reading

Lesson Planet

2nd - 7th

Take a close look at this 14-page resource that contains everything you want to know about close reading, from what it is and is not, to suggestions for how to choose a text and craft text-dependent questions that encourage readers to...

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The Hobbit: Biopoem

Lesson Planet

6th - 12th

As part of their reading of The Hobbit, readers create a biopoem for one of Tolkien's characters.

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Apples Around Us

Lesson Planet

Pre-K - 2nd

CCSS: Designed

Apple tasting launches an investigation of the story and travels of John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed. After listening to his story, class members craft a summary of the tale, chart his journeys on a map, and sample different...

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Lessons for Social Studies Educators

Lesson Planet

6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Point of view, purpose, and tone: three concepts readers of primary and secondary source materials must take into account when examining documents. Class members view a PowerPoint presentation and use the SOAPS strategy to identify an...

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Story Sequence

Lesson Planet

1st - 2nd

Primary graders number the events in popular nursery rhymes indicating the order in which they occur.

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Sequencing

Lesson Planet

1st - 3rd

Which comes first? The chicken or the egg? Primary graders must decide in this sequencing exercise, part of a packet packed with all kinds of sequencing activities.

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Narrative Writing: An Imagined Story Unit Introduction

Lesson Planet

4th

CCSS: Adaptable

Let's pretend! Ben Bova's short story "Moonwalk" is used as a mentor text in a unit that shows kids how to create their own imaginative narratives. A great resource that deserves a special place in your curriculum library.

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Opinion: Persuasive Essay Unit Introduction

Lesson Planet

4th

CCSS: Designed

Opinion, audience, purpose. Fourth graders are introduced to the three characteristics of persuasive writing in the third unit of a year-long writing program. The 98-page packet is complete with plans, model essays, graphic organizers,...

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Informative/Explanatory: Informative Article Unit Introduction

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4th

CCSS: Designed

Here is everything you need to teach fourth graders to write informative/explanatory articles in one unit plan. This carefully crafted resource packet includes lessons, exercises, and activities based on the writing process, that enable...

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Opinion: Literary Analysis Unit Introduction

Lesson Planet

4th

CCSS: Designed

Julia Alvarez's How Tia Lola Came to Stay is the mentor text used in an expository writing unit that teaches fourth graders how to write critically and thoughtfully about text.

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Launching Writing Workshop Unit Introduction

Lesson Planet

4th

CCSS: Designed

Launch a year-long writing program with a narrative writing unit that introduces young writers to the systems, routines, and procedures of the writing workshop.

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When Pigs Fly: A Lesson Plan on Idioms

Lesson Planet

5th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Not to keep you on pins and needles, but don't jump the gun on this idiom resource. Instead, keep from barking up the wrong tree by previewing the entire resource before beginning. The detailed instructions make presenting the activity a...

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Detailed Writing Lessons for The Personal Narrative

Lesson Planet

3rd - 5th

CCSS: Designed

Memories of persons, places, and objects provide the seeds for the personal narratives kids craft during a 19-day, personal narrative writing unit. Beautifully crafted and carefully scaffolded so that all writers can be successful, the...

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Self-Control Meters for Volume, Space and Levels of Formality

Lesson Planet

K - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

If your pupils have difficulty producing the appropriate voice volume in various settings or respecting personal space, refer to this "control-o-meter" device. This resource includes materials to create three meters for you to clearly...

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Building Analysis Skills Through Art

Lesson Planet

13 mins 6th - 12th

CCSS: Designed

Useful teaching strategies abound in this inspirational, informative video! Walk step by step through one teacher's two-part lesson in her special education/ELL class as they develop text analysis skills by first beginning with analyzing...

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ABC's Desk Mate

Lesson Planet

Pre-K - 3rd

CCSS: Adaptable

Set up each pupil's desk with one of these back-to-school printables. Each desk decoration includes a line to write in the individual's name as well as a copy of the alphabet, complete with arrows and numbers that show learners how to...

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Voices of the Revolution: Challenge Activities (Theme 3)

Lesson Planet

5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Paul Revere, Mercy Otis Warren, James Forten, Henry Knox. The voices of the American Revolution come alive in this enrichment packet designed to challenge learners who have mastered the basic concepts in the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt...

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Voyagers: Challenge Activities (Theme 5)

Lesson Planet

3rd

Young voyagers face the challenge of the wide dark sea, travel with Yunmi and Halmoni, and even get trapped by the ice as they explore the reading selections offered in these enrichment activities designed for the Houghton Mifflin...

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Reading Skills Profile

Lesson Planet

2nd - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Assess your young learners' reading skills, from sounding out words to general comprehension and identifying facts vs. opinions, with this excellent worksheet. The resource also includes a goal-setting worksheet that focuses...

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Making a Mini Book

Lesson Planet

K - 1st

CCSS: Adaptable

Introduce your youngsters to -ig words with this mini-book that breaks the words into onsets and rimes. As kids read, trace letters, and pronounce each word, they get the chance to watch a big pig put on a wig and dig! (PS: The pig is...

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Hickory, Dickory, Dock

Lesson Planet

K - 2nd

CCSS: Adaptable

What did the mouse run up? The clock! Practice consonant blends and rhyming with a lesson that combines a nursery rhyme with pronunciation practice and a hands-on craft activity. Kids will master the -ock word family with this set of...

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Making Judgments Practice

Lesson Planet

3rd - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Encourage young learners to identify persuasive writing techniques in a text with this resource, which includes two multiple-choice worksheets with advertisements for students to analyze.

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Rainbow Fish Craft

Lesson Planet

Pre-K - 3rd

Follow your reading of The Rainbow Fish with this adorable printable. Each pupil gets their own fish to color and their own foil scale to affix to the fish.

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Proofreading, Revising, & Editing Skills Success

Lesson Planet

3rd - 6th

Some self-paced writing resources are just better than others. This one is great. The 205-page packet includes exercises on every aspect of the writing process, from crafting sentences and paragraphs, to proofreading, revising, and...

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Farewell to Manzanar

Lesson Planet

6th - 8th

CCSS: Designed

Examine human resilience across two texts with a detailed unit. Over the course of a week, learners will conduct a close reading of excerpts from Unbroken and Farewell to Manzanar. The resource includes clear procedures for reading and...

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May Daily Activities

Lesson Planet

K - 2nd

CCSS: Adaptable

Five weeks of daily activities for the month of May! With a new activity for each day of the month, your youngsters will utilize a variety of skills and practice everything from sight words and spelling to counting by twos or coloring...

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August Daily Activities

Lesson Planet

K - 2nd

CCSS: Adaptable

You'll feel more than prepared for the start of the school year with this collection of daily activities for the month of August! From filling in numbers on a calendar or coloring patterns to solving addition and reading comprehension...

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June Daily Activities

Lesson Planet

K - 1st

CCSS: Adaptable

This is an absolute must-have resource for early elementary teachers! Here you'll find a collection of activities and worksheets for each day of the month of June, with topics ranging from ordering numbers on a calendar or identifying...

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The Little Red Hen — Handwriting and Spelling Practice

Lesson Planet

K - 2nd

CCSS: Designed

Ease your pupils into some practice with printing using these resources related to the classic tale The Little Red Hen. Learners trace and write a set of vocabulary words from the story.

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Using Poetry to Explore Change and Belonging

Lesson Planet

6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Change, growth, and a sense of belonging are the focus of a unit that uses poetry to explore these themes and the distinguishing features of poetry as well.

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Parrot in the Oven: Word Tree - Bonsai or Banyan

Lesson Planet

6th - 9th

What fun! As part of a vocabulary exercise designed for Victor Martinez's Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida readers create word trees with the trunk representing the root word and the branches representing prefixes that can be added to the...

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Electricity, Frankenstein, and the Spark of Life

Lesson Planet

6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Shocking! After viewing a short clip from the 1931 movie, Frankenstein and reviewing electricity references in Mary Shelley's novel, class members examine Luigi Galvani's and Alessandro Volta's observations on electricity and muscle...

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Think-Pair-Share

Lesson Planet

2nd - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Ever ask students to share their thoughts with a partner, but then hear them only talking about their weekend plans? Nip that common classroom practice in the bud with this worksheet, in which class members log the content of their...

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Did Shakespeare Write His Plays?

Lesson Planet

4 mins 6th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

Can we test whether lines ascribed to William Shakespeare were actually written by someone else? Science and linguistics join forces in this fantastic TED-Ed video to help us investigate the theory of whether history's greatest writer...

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Hoot Activities

Lesson Planet

5th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

If you're looking for engaging, cross-curricular, inquiry-based activities and projects to support your class reading of Carl Hiaasen's Hoot, you've come to the right place!

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Writing a Screenplay

Lesson Planet

6th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

It's time to make a movie! Kids follow 15 steps to take their movie ideas from concept to script, following clear examples. The resource includes creative ways to guide learners into developing a few words and concepts into fully...

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Beowulf

Lesson Planet

6th - 12th

"Are you ready to rumble?" Whether you use this presentation as a sample for a project assignment or to introduce a study of Beowulf it's a must-have for your curriculum library.

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Irresistible Irregular Verbs

Lesson Planet

2nd - 4th

CCSS: Adaptable

Four fun games for practicing irregular verbs? How fabulous!

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Late Middle Ages Dossiers

Lesson Planet

6th - 10th

CCSS: Adaptable

Young detectives are given the "clues" to investigate whether King John should be remembered as a poor ruler of England, particularly in comparison in King Richard. They analyze historical informational texts and work in groups to...

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Mini Games

Lesson Planet

3rd - 10th

CCSS: Adaptable

You've got a few minutes left at the end of class to practice vocabulary, but what can you do other than call out a word and ask for definitions? Play one of these 12 quick games! Each game is explained in detail and easy to modify for...

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Morpheme Structures: Compound Word Puzzles

Lesson Planet

2nd - 3rd

CCSS: Adaptable

Putting word parts together to make compound words is kind of like working on a puzzle; when two pieces fit together, you just know! Invite your kids to play with these word puzzle pieces to create 12 different compound words. They...

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Alphabet Mini Books

Lesson Planet

Pre-K - 1st

CCSS: Adaptable

Put together mini books for every letter of the alphabet! Provided here are printables for all 26 letters that each contain eight pages for kids to color in and write on. Directions are provided at the top of the first page of each...

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Hidden Sight Word Coloring Worksheets

Lesson Planet

Pre-K - 1st

This coloring and sight words worksheet looks a bit like a puzzle and offers plenty of fun practice with spelling and fine motor skills. Similar to painting by numbers, kids must color in the spaces that include the target word. There...

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Children’s Choices 2014

Lesson Planet

K - 6th

Books for kids, chosen by kids! What could be better? This packet is made up of book lists, each with approximately 30 books included, organized by age group. Kids will enjoy the summer reading materials they choose from this resource!

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Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building

Lesson Planet

3rd - 5th

CCSS: Designed

How tall is the Empire State Building? Lead your class through a collaborative estimation activity to determine the number of quarters it would take to reach the top and teach the following concepts: human capital, human resources,...

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Messy Bessey's Holidays

Lesson Planet

K - 2nd

CCSS: Designed

Teach your class some fairly complex terms—factors of production, human resources, capital resources, natural resources, and intermediate goods—with a storybook (Messy Bessey's Holidays), plenty of visuals and handouts, and related...

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My Famous Person Report

Lesson Planet

4th - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

Here is a must-have, comprehensive resource of project guidelines for any teacher looking to assign a famous person report or biography project. It includes a fantastic list of suggested activities that learners can complete for their...

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Famous Person Book Project

Lesson Planet

3rd - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

What a great adaptation of your traditional famous person project! After selecting and reading a biography of a famous person, pupils design a "book" that includes a doll/action figure printable of the famous person, written summary, and...

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Teaching Spelling

Lesson Planet

Pre-K - 5th

"Spelling is a thinking activity, not a rote learning activity." This packet contains everything from research information and diagnostic tools to teaching strategies and activities. A must-have for your curriculum library.

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Famous American Research Project

Lesson Planet

2nd - 3rd

CCSS: Designed

Designed specifically for lower elementary pupils, this is a great biographical research project in which students research a famous American, and then design creative poster boards to help them "become" the famous American they have...

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Phonemic Awareness and Sounding Out Words

Lesson Planet

Pre-K - 1st

CCSS: Adaptable

Although designed for children with learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, the multi-sensory tips and tricks included in this illustrated eight-page packet are designed to develop phonemic awareness and are appropriate for any classroom.

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Dolch Sight Words

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Pre-K - 3rd

Bulletin boards, banners, ABC cards and worksheets using the 220 Dolch sight words are all available in this resource. The worksheets arrange the sight words by increasing difficulty.

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The President’s Desk

Lesson Planet

4th - 12th

CCSS: Adaptable

What stories can a desk paperweight and picture frame possibly tell us about the president of the United States? Pupils are transported to the desk of President John F. Kennedy through an engaging interactive site. The guide offers a...

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End of Unit 1 Assessment: Analyzing an Excerpt from Barack Obama’s Back-to-School Speech

EngageNY

6th

CCSS: Designed

In order to assess their mastery of the concepts taught in a 12-lesson unit study of Christopher Paul Curtis' Bud, Not Buddy, individuals read excerpts from President Barack Obama's 2009 Back-to-School Speech and use the strategies they...

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Getting the Gist and Determining Word Meaning: Paragraphs 12–14 of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address

EngageNY

6th

CCSS: Designed

Groups use a Venn diagram to compare the theme of love and loss in Steve's Jobs' 2005 commencement address to Stanford University students and Christopher Paul Curtis' Bud, Not Buddy.

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Mid-Unit 1 Assessment: Figurative Language and Word Choice in Bud, Not Buddy

EngageNY

6th

CCSS: Designed

Individuals utilize the strategies practiced in the previous lesson to complete a mid-unit assessment on figurative language and how Christopher Paul Curtis uses word choice to create meaning in Bud, Not Buddy.

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Analyzing Figurative Language and How the Author’s Word Choice Affects Tone and Meaning

EngageNY

6th

CCSS: Designed

How figurative language effects the tone and meaning in Chapter Three of Christopher Paul Curtis' Bud, Not Buddy is the focus of a series of exercises that ask readers to locate record, and analyze Curtis' word choices.

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Letters

Lesson Planet

Pre-K - 1st

CCSS: Adaptable

Decorate your classroom from A to Z with this lovely printable alphabet. All letters are represented with uppercase and lowercase versions that include arrows and numbers that indicate how to write the letters.

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Spelling Workbook: Phonics Patterns

Lesson Planet

K - 2nd

CCSS: Adaptable

Set your pupils straight with spelling and sounds by using these materials for practice. Included here are three booklets and workbooks that cover just about any sound or blend you could think of!

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Figurative Language and Word Choice: A Closer Look at Bud, Not Buddy

EngageNY

6th

CCSS: Adaptable

The difference between an average piece of writing and an unforgettable piece of writing can lie in the author's word choice. The figurative language in Chapter 2 of Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Medal winner, Bud, Not Buddy, is the...

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Figurative Language

Lesson Planet

2nd - 4th

CCSS: Adaptable

Here's a richly detailed unit, designed for second graders, that focuses on decoding figurative language, including similes, metaphors, personification and idioms.

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Identifying Author's Purpose

Lesson Planet

3rd - 8th

CCSS: Adaptable

The multi-lesson, 47-page packet contains everything you need to ensure kids can recognize the clues provided to identify the type of text, the intended audience, and the author's purpose in writing the passage.

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Epic Poetry Unit

Lesson Planet

6th - 10th

CCSS: Designed

The Odyssey is the core text in this unit study of the hero's journey motif. Along the way, kids research Greek and Roman history, mythology, art, and epic poetry. The 104-page packet is perfect for homeschool or classroom situations and...

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Harriet Jabocs and Elizabeth Keckly: The Material and Emotional Realities of Childhood in Slavery

Lesson Planet

3rd - 5th

CCSS: Adaptable

Through the journals written by Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Keckly, young readers gain insight into the lives of two enslaved children on nineteenth-century plantations.

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EdTech Tuesdays: A Class Set of Chromebooks with Veronica Tadeo

Lesson Planet

6 mins K - 12th

Middle school teacher Veronica Tadeo discusses successes she has had using Chromebooks, Kidblog, and other online software and online web pages to differentiate instruction for her English language learners.

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EdTech Tuesdays: Writing Club & Technology with Linda Edwards

Lesson Planet

4 mins 3rd - 12th

Linda Edwards reveals how she uses technology to support her grade school writing club. Club members use Pages, a production presentation program, to create a newsletter that is sent to parents and iMovie to create video newscasts.

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Writing Goes Wild

Lesson Planet

4th

CCSS: Designed

Young scientists develop their observation and writing skills as they craft and then post a detailed description of a plant or animal they have spotted and photographed.

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Vocabulary Morphemic Elements: Affix Game

Lesson Planet

1st - 4th

CCSS: Adaptable

How well do you know your affixes? Find out how proficient your learners are with a game that requires them not only to define various affixes, but also to use them to create words that they then use in sentences.

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Syllable Cards for Literacy Activities

Lesson Planet

Pre-K - 1st

CCSS: Adaptable

Add a new activity to your literacy arsenal with this collection of syllable cards. Offering colorful pictures representing simple one-, two-, and three-syllable words, this resource can be used in many ways to improve your children's...

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At the Improv. SIX drama speaking activities for the EFL/ESL Classroom

Lesson Planet

4th - 12th

Improv for EFL/ESL? Indeed! The six improvisation exercises detailed in this resource are intended to provide fluency practice and boost the confidence of all levels of language learners but can be used in drama classes as well.

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EdTech Tuesdays: Make Beliefs Comix

Lesson Planet

7 mins 2nd - 12th

An iPad, a free app, or a free website are all kids need to create comic strips that tell stories, recount events, or express feelings. Rich and Jennifer discuss the strengths and weakness of the app, as well as model how to use this...

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Genre Studies: Biography Kindergarten Unit

Lesson Planet

K - 1st

CCSS: Adaptable

A three-lesson unit study uses short, illustrated biographies of Ruby Bridges, George Washington, and Amelia Earhart to introduce kindergartners to the characteristics of this genre.

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Beowulf: Lesson Plan and Supplementary Materials

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6th - 8th

A reading of Beowulf: Dragon Slayer, Rosemary Sutcliff's retelling of the classic epic poem, launches an exploration of what it means to be a hero, a noble leader, and a great warrior. A great way to introduce middle schoolers to this...

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Pre-K - 1st

Brightest? Smelliest? Roughest? Sweetest? Parents, homeschoolers, and classroom teachers will enjoy sharing this juicy, sensory exploration activity with youngsters.

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