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Books to Read

For Teachers 1st - 8th
One of the pleasures of reading is sharing your favorite books with others. Learners can use this chart to record the titles and authors of books they want to read, and the name of the person who suggested said books. The cute owl...
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Responding to Questions

For Teachers K - 12th
Why is it important to answer a question? Assist learners with their growing communication skills with an information sheet that explains how questions are meant to gather information.
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Ruby Bridges

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
A two-part lesson features Civil Rights hero, Ruby Bridges. Part one focuses on the heroic actions of Ruby Bridges then challenges scholars to complete a Venn diagram in order to compare themselves to her. Part two begins with a...
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Academy of American Poets

Teach This Poem: "In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles" by Francisco X. Alarcón

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
After sketching an essential person and reading an article, scholars read the poem "In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles" by Francisco X. Alarcón. They listen to the poem in English and Spanish and record lines that stand out to them. Small...
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Teacher Lesson Plans - Absolute Beginner English - 20 Point Program

For Teachers K - 1st
Students who are at the beginning level of acquiring English benefit from this series of worksheets that address the very basics of learning how to use conversational English.
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Sample Sentences

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
For this sentence worksheet, learners explore common conversational sentences as they match the question structure on the right to the answer on the left that the question usually prompts for.
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Intermediate Dialogues--

For Students 1st - 3rd
This short reading activity is a quick way to have younger students practice comprehension skills. Learners read a conversation between two friends and then answer 4 comprehension and vocabulary questions.
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An Invitation

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this verb tenses worksheet, students read the conversation about an invitation to an event. Students select the correct verb tense usage to complete the online quiz. Students complete 6 sentences.
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New Ending Book Report

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Find out about the books your pupils are reading, and toss in some creative writing to increase engagement. Young readers note the title, author, and illustrator of their book before composing a brief alternate ending. There is also...
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The Parade

For Students 1st Standards
Parades are a joy to watch and learn about. Class members read about a child who attended a parade with her mother and brother, match past tense verbs from the reading, identify and fill in blanks for sight words candy, clowns, and...
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Discussing One's Health

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore common health issues.  In this health and literacy lesson plan, students match simple health statements with appropriate visual representations.  Students prepare and perform dialogues in which health issues are the main...
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Vocabulary Building - Brainstorming

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students learn new vocabulary words in ways that are fun and enriching. They brainstorm lists of words to be used in sentences, stories, or conversations.
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Identifying Syllables Within Spoken Words

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a conversation about what they want to become when they grow up, and identify syllables within the spoken words.
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Talking About Ability

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this talking about ability worksheet, learners learn about conversations pertaining to abilities as they examine 5 example conversations.
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Collaboration and Communication Tools

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students engage in simple conversations with others using email. They send thank you cards to the school staff using email. They choose a greeting card on a specific website and then compose a thank you message for the card.
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Obtaining Emergency Medical Assistance

For Teachers 1st - 10th
Students discover how to get emergency medical help. In this life skills lesson, students discuss how to respond to emergencies and role play a conversation between a phone caller and 911 operator.
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Winter Wonderland Activities

For Teachers K - 6th
Ideas to help keep the motivational fire in your classroom burning.
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Lesson Planet Article
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Using Picture Books to Celebrate Diversity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Help young learners develop social awareness and tolerance by integrating these books into your lessons.
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Fluency Activities for Lower Levels

For Teachers K - 3rd
Readers participate in activities designed to increase their fluency with language. They collaborate in small groups to complete stem sentences about themselves. They write facts about themselves and answer questions asked by the other...
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Description of People and Things

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Elementary schoolers use adjectives correctly in their speech. They demonstrate adjectives using familiar objects. (For example, they might show narrow by walking between two chairs placed closely together.) Then they play antonym Bingo...
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Proofreading

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Do your second graders like riddles? Give them a giggle and a lesson about proofreading at the same time. After reading two riddles, young writers fix punctuation and capitalization errors. They write the answer to each riddle at the...
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Teaching Children Philosophy

Tiger-Tiger, is it True?

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th Standards
Scholars take part in a philosophical discussion about truth, thoughts, and feelings following a reading of Tiger-Tiger is it True? by Byron Katie and Hans Wilhelm. 
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Picture This

For Teachers K - 4th
A unique writing lesson plan, this plan begins with learners talking about multiculturalism in small groups. Each learner will choose a picture from a newspaper, describe it to their small group, and think about how it relates to...
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Shining Stars

For Teachers K - 2nd
Use questioning techniques to interview the "star of the week." The "star of the week" will bring in a bag of items and explain how each relates to him/her. The class will ask questions to clarify as they learn about each week's special...

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