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The Clever Hen
In this "The Clever Hen" worksheet, students read the poem, review 6 sight words and arrange the 12 pictures in chronological order.
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Nouns Practice
In this noun worksheet, students read a poem and box in all nouns, write nouns that fit given descriptions, and circle nouns in sentences.
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Handwriting Practice for Today
In this printing practice worksheet, students trace and rewrite a poem about what children can do. Students write seven sentences.
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Lesson Six: Always Allow Alliteration (Part Two)
Second graders practice alliteration. For this alliteration lesson, 2nd graders listen to poetry that has alliteration in it and discuss what they hear. They create their own alliterations in small groups.
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Learners read the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and read companion poems, make a bear book, blend sounds, and more. For this guided reading lesson plan, students take 5 days to read the book.
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Gingerbread Baby v. Gingerbread Boy #7
Young scholars read two stories. In this comparison lesson plan, students read "The Gingerbread Baby," by Jan Brett and the original "Gingerbread Boy." Young scholars use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two stories.
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I Like Bugs!
Students explore the story I Like Bugs! In this language arts lesson, students sort bugs from the story into the correct category. Students draw pictures of bugs and create a retelling booklet.
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Let the Bugs do the Rhyming
Students listen to limericks and write their own about a favorite insect.
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A-B-C Alphabet Books
Students set out on a school scavenger hunt to take photographs of items around the school that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Using PowerPoint software, students create technologically enhanced alphabet books. This is an...
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First Day of GT
Students discuss feelings about being teased about being a gifted student. In this feelings lesson plan, students then toss balls to each other and give responses based on questions asked.
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Freddie the Fungus:A Play about Decomposers (Elementary, Computer)
First the class learns how to write a Haiku poem. Then, they use kidpix to illustrate their poem.
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I Saw a Ship A-Sailing
In this language arts worksheet, students read a classic Mother Goose nursery rhyme called I Saw a Ship A-Sailing. Students color the picture that accompanies the poem.
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Love To Langston
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Love To Langston. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...
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Johnny Appleseed Theme Unit: Day 3
Learners participate in a variety of activities surrounding a thematic unit on apples and Johnny Appleseed.
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Author Activities
In this author activity worksheet, students read a variety of books and discuss ideas that go along with the themes of the books. Students read Ruby Rogers books, Stink books, and also Troll Trouble books. After reading the books the...
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The Giving Tree
In this The Giving Tree activity, students read the story The Giving Tree and identify words with pictures, fill in missing words, write correct numbers, and answer short answer questions. Students complete 4 activities.
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Spring
In this spring instructional activity, students use each letter in the word spring to represent a verb or a phrase. Students complete 6 verbs or phrases in this verb chart.
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Giving and Sharing Gifts From the Heart
Young scholars discover the value of sharing and giving. In this philanthropic lesson, students create a storybook, then present it to preschoolers or the elderly, and leave them with the book and other gifts.
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Making a Rainstick
Young scholars construct a rainstick. In this music lesson, students investigate the history of the rainstick by reading the book Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema. Young scholars express their feelings about the...
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I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories
Students read a story by Dr. Seuss and create characters from the story. In this lesson about reading a story, students will read I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! And Other Stories. Students make a tiger tail with a felt strip, attach it to...
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Sandwich Feast
Creative! Youngsters listen to the reading of "Recipe for a Hippopotamus Sandwich" by Shel Silverstein as a warm up activity for a lesson in punctuation. They use bread-shaped pages, one for each type of punctuation, to identify which...
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Comparing Key Ideas and Details in Fiction and Nonfiction
Students recognize the differences between fiction and nonfiction texts. In this genre study lesson, students discuss what nonfiction means and write the definition. Students listen to a read aloud and vote whether the text is fiction or...
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The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Realism
Sudents compare specific excerpts from The Red Badge of Courage to first-hand accounts of Civil War battles, in text and images and list elements of Crane's style in The Red Badge of Courage that contribute to its realism.