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Celebrate Writing!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Help your students celebrate their writing through publishing projects.
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My Favorite Thing to Do

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars realize that a paragraph is a short piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Every story, essay, article, or book is like a patchwork quilt made of little paragraphs stitched together
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Eclipse: An Introduction

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students write journal entries about eclipses with a focus on solar eclipses.
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Pumpkin Writing Paper

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, pupils use the blank lined paper with a colorful pumpkin border for any kind of writing: reports, poetry, stories or letters.
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Free Verse

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students write free verse poems. In this poetry lesson, students use a three-step method to create a free verse poem. Students brainstorm ideas, let their ideas "incubate," and write a free verse poem.
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One Thing Leads to Another

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders rediscover cause and effect situations using the story The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. They gain an understanding of how one thing leads to another.
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Informational Report on a Desert Animal

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a report, using the internet and other resources to create a Power Point Presentation on a desert animal.
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E-Pals - Key-Pals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders communicate with another 2nd grade classroom through E-mail.
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Using Hyperstudio To Introduce Dinosuars

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students access this multimedia program as an introduction to dinosaurs. The program will provide information regarding the classification of several dinosaurs. They view the multimedia program to develop background information for their...
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Dino's Diner

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a modern day dinosaur menu to generate creative ideas regarding what dinosaurs would eat at an imaginary restaurant. They utilize a graphic organizer imbedded in this plan to guide their menu ideas.
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Community Brochures

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research facets of their community in order to create an informational brochure. After brainstorming ideas of what could be included in the brochure, student groups get information from the internet, the library or a...
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Email Around the World

For Teachers K - 12th
Students send and receive e-mail messages and find the location of each of the messages on a map. Students then write a description and trivia facts about their school to send to others.
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Big Word

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students find small words in big words. Students then use letters to find 'big words'.
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Internet Pen Pals

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.
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Dream Book Collage

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students construct and illustrate a three-page book of their dream(s). Students write a sentence to describe each page.
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Johnny Appleseed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to a story about Johnny Appleseed while learning about how Johnny contributed to history. Students brainstorm rhyming words and write a poem using those words.
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Photo Pen Pals

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students learn to write a descriptive friendly letter to a pen pal.
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The Aliens are Coming!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create an alien and write a descriptive paragraph about it using all five senses.
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Weather Journal Log

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discuss the weather each day and log it on a class chart for a month.
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Weather Noise

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to sound bytes of various weather sounds. They listen for clues as to what the weather was like when the sound was recorded. Then they write and illustrate what they think the weather conditions were at the time.
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Past and Present

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as it was in the past and as it is today.
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Enhancing Writing Through Technology

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students participate in a class survey of their favorite activity to do in the snow and organize the results in a graph. They write a paragraph about the graph using language from a class-developed word web and include both an opening...
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Autobiographical Writing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore, examine and study the style of autobiographical writing and the relationship with the author. They rad three different types of autobiographical writings: narrative, poetry and newspaper article. Each student...

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