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Is It Real?

For Teachers 1st
First graders see how to determine whether a text is fact or fiction by completing a whole-group activity with the teacher. They use this knowledge in a small-group station activity game where they determine if sentences are fact or...
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Curated OER

Let's Sing, Read, and Write

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sing and read the old favorite song Wheels on the Bus, and write new song text for a poster and a class book.
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Curated OER

A Card For Every Season

For Teachers 1st
First graders express themselves in simple sentences through the use of computer generated greeting cards. In this greeting card lesson, 1st graders use Microsoft Publisher to design a cover and create text for the inside of a greeting...
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Unit Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

All Together Now: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

For Teachers 1st Standards
For scholars who need a challenge in the classroom, here is a unit for you. Learners explore topics such as animals, sports, helpers at home, the past, and funny things that have happened in their lives. Youngsters also engage in writing...
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Curated OER

Character Motivation-Duke

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore a character's motivation in a text.  In this characterization lesson, students view a video about Duke Ellington. Students discuss motivations for Duke Ellington and write sentences explaining Ellington's changes.
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Curated OER

A Hidden Beauty

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Expose the beautiful mystery of bulbs as young botanists learn all about these fascinating plants. They glean information from a short text before observing actual bulbs (consider an onion), and comparing their findings with predictions....
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Curated OER

Predictions - Graphic Organizer

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this interactive graphic organizer worksheet, young scholars practice the steps involved in making correct predictions in a story. Students can use both an interactive graphic organizer and a hard copy of the graphic organize to guide...
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Curated OER

Picture Books, Retelling, and Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create stories using only pictures.  In this visual storytelling lesson, students read Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie de Paola and analyze the wordless story.  Students create new text for the book by writing on sticky notes.
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Curated OER

Anansi and the Tug O' War

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read the book Anansi and the Tug O' War. In this folktale lesson, students read the book and discuss the sequence of events from the text. Students create a written response to the story, focusing on their favorite part.
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Curated OER

Classroom Guide for Grandfather Counts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore Asian American culture. In this multicultural guided reading lesson, students brainstorm a list of communication tools and share languages they speak. Students read Grandfather Counts by Andrea Cheng, then discuss the...
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Curated OER

Dinosaurs 1: Where are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate world history by creating a diorama in class. For this dinosaur extinction lesson, students read assigned text discussing the time frame of the dinosaurs residence on Earth and their eventual demise. Learners...
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Curated OER

Crops 2: What Plants Need to Grow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore agriculture by participating in a plant growth activity. In this botany instructional activity, students discuss what types of plants grow in their local environment and what the plants need to survive. Students read...
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Curated OER

"Will's Circles" by Georgann Philip Schultz

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this "Will's Circles" learning exercise, learners read a piece of text with pictures to strengthen their reading comprehension skills.
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Curated OER

Narrative Paragraphs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young writers use the provided Halloween-themed template to record information gathered after researching a topic related to the October holiday. Six different expository text structures are suggested as a guide; however, information on...
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Curated OER

What's Inside? Reading Text Using a Question and Answer Format

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use a variety of print media to copy words from. They listen for facts while the teacher reads to them. They listen to a book about eggs and write a book of their own.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Free Printables: Handwriting 3

For Students 1st - 5th
In this handwriting activity, students trace the text on the activity to practice writing in different fonts and sizes. Teachers use the activity generator to select the font and size. They can use the text options available or they can...
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Curated OER

High Frequency Word Work

For Teachers 1st
First graders make an "All About Me" book. In this high fluency words lesson students use a computer program to create a book about themselves. Students write their own text.
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Curated OER

Art About Me- The Skin You Live In

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the text The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler. For this literacy lesson, students discuss the characters in the text and the various shades of skin they observed on each page. Students read the beautiful descriptions of...
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Curated OER

Fact or Fantasy Writing

For Teachers 1st
First graders see that some written text is for pleasure and enjoyment while some is for relaying information. They get to experience both types during the lesson. They brainstorm ideas for a story about a new kid in school to write about.
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Curated OER

My Alien

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students listen to text read from "Hello! Anybody Out There?" and then brainstorm what aliens from outer space look like and do they exist at all. They then will describe the physical features and a special ability or quality of an alien.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Customize Your Handwriting Practice: the Chicken

For Students 1st
In this customize your handwriting practice:  the chicken worksheet, 1st graders can change the style, font and text of the page, print it, then trace and write the word.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Customized Handwriting: Moving Day

For Students 1st
In this customized handwriting:  moving day activity, 1st graders change the text, font and style, then print the activity to practice writing moving day and color the picture.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Customized Handwriting: Sand

For Students 1st
In this customized handwriting:  sand instructional activity, 1st graders change style, text and font then print the instructional activity to practice printing and color the picture.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Customized Handwriting: Sandcastle

For Students 1st
In this customized handwriting:  sandcastle worksheet, 1st graders change the style, font and text, then print the worksheet to practice handwriting and color the picture of a sandcastle.

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