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How Do I know That a Book Is Just Right for Me to Read?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students choose a book for reading. In this language arts lesson, students take steps to evaluate a book for free reading. Students make a list of words found in the book that they are unfamiliar with.
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My Book of Winter Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these mini-book worksheet, students add to their vocabularies and practice printing when they create a mini-book about winter words. Students print the winter words on the blank lines, color the pictures, write their own winter word,...
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Building a Better Sentence

For Teachers 1st
Sentence construction is both a science and an art. This bare bones lesson plan ties an analysis of earth's geology to sentence formation. Although referenced as a major part of the activity, there are no links to the technology or...
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Gingerbread Baby

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore gingerbread stories. In this poetry lesson, students read the folk tale "The Gingerbread Man" as well as Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett and identify rhyming words. Young scholars also make art projects, dramatize...
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Antonyms

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this antonyms practice worksheet, pupils examine 9 words and write words that mean the opposite of each of them. An example is provided.
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R for Raccoon

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word practice worksheet, students complete a word scramble, a picture analysis activity, a word creation activity, and a word search puzzle. All activities relate to raccoons.
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Michigan Department of Education

Family Fundamentals for Summer Learning

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Just because it's summertime, doesn't mean that learning has to stop. Support children with continuing to develop their reading fluency with this extensive collection of literacy activities.
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Phonics lesson for -ar

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify words associated with the -ar sound. They read sentences and compose a story that include words with the -ar sound. The assessment portion of instructional activity involves students in spelling words with the...
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Phonics lesson for "sh"

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify words with the "sh" pattern. They participate in phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation exercises. As the assessment portion of the lesson, they may write a story using words...
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Compare Sets of Objects Guided Lesson

For Students K - 1st
Practice math vocabulary terms fewer, more, and data using this visual-object-analysis guide. Learners observe three sets of objects and answer three questions, two of which compare numbers of objects, and the last which asks scholars to...
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The Rainbow Fish

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students listen to The Rainbow Fish and select the correct meaning of the story from three examples presented by the teacher. They use a paper sclae to write three descriptive words about themselves.
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Bibim Bap For Dinner

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a literature analysis while reading the children's book "Bibim Bap For Dinner". The teacher performs a guided reading with the students while focusing on the skill of recognizing the main theme of the book....
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Arthur's Birthday

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners investigate birthdays.  In this literacy cross curriculum lesson, students listen to the book Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown.  Learners re-read the book orally, graph birthdays, design a word search, and create birthday cards...
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Characteristics of Materials

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars examine everyday materials by utilizing educational software. In this group analysis lesson, students identify several different fabrics and materials used in everyday life. Young scholars participate in a computer...
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All About Reptiles

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine different kinds and characteristics of reptiles, and demonstrate reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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My Perfect Pet

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore pet ownership. For this my perfect pet lesson, students research common animals used as pets and complete a variety of activities based on this data. 
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Big Cat Classification

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover the different names and classifications of big cats by using word processing applications.  In this animal life lesson, 1st graders investigate one big cat and create a database of facts about it using an word...
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Building Bridges for Young Learners - Self

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore self analysis by investigating other cultures. For this personal characteristics lesson, students utilize the Internet to read about a child from Niger, and many other students around the globe. Students compare their...
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Structured Diamante Poem

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students review parts of speech such as nouns, adjectives, verbs, and antonyms. Students will brainstorm a list of different parts of speech, study the format of a Diamante poem, and choose their own words to create their own Diamante poem.
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My Teeny Tiny Book (Counting to Ten in Different Languages)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this counting to ten mini book, students cut out and color a book that shows the numbers from 1-10 and the words for the numbers. The languages in this book are: English, Spanish, French, Swedish, Japanese and Swahili. Pronunciation...
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Ethnic Folklore in Your Classroom: Traditions, Tales, and Treasures from Tijuana to Timbuktu

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Students create their own festival. In this folk life lesson plan, students research their folklore history by interviewing their parents and grandparents, organizing the data found, and presenting that material to the class. Students...
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6 Traits: Sentence Fluency

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students practice writing with sentence fluency in order to make the story more enjoyable for the reader. In this sentence fluency lesson plan, students focus on rhythm and flow.
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Interactive
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Classifying and Sorting

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this English worksheet, students add the suffix "ic". Students form adjectives by adding the suffix to nouns. Students choose the noun or adjective to complete the sentence.
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Sentence Train

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners in a special needs classroom practice making sentences. Using a graphic organizer, they compose sentences using an article, adjective, noun, verb and adverb. They use the idea of a train to help them make complete sentences.

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