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Summarizing with Eeyore
Third graders summarize a selected piece of nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to use information to summarize, 3rd graders read a nonfiction article about author A.A. Milne. They write a summary paragraph using the process...
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Summarizing What Counts
Students summarize a selected piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read silently, students read a nonfiction article. Working in groups, they write a summary paragraph using questions provided by the instructor.
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It's ALL Good!
Students work on summarization as a skill to increase their comprehension of full texts. They focus on determining the most important ideas from the texts they read by using the four steps to summarization. Using an online article, they...
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Summarizing the Good Stuff
Students summarize a selected piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read silently, students read a nonfiction article. Working in groups, they write a summary paragraph using the five step process outlined by...
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day
Students increase their reading fluency through one-minute drills. After discussing their worst day, students write a brief sentence about the event. They read a selected passage in one minute intervals while the instructor marks the...
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Silence: A Key to Successful Reading
Students explore silent reading. They discuss how to choose their own reading materials and how to tell if a book is right for them. Students read a book silently to themselves for ten minutes. They write a message about what they...
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Teaching Voluntary Reading
Students participate in a variety of activities to increase their fluency and read for pleasure. They read books of their choice, participate in author talks and book talks, write book reviews, and select favorite books for a class...
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Quiet Please!
Learners practice reading silently. They discuss the importance of being able to read silently. Students discuss what it means to read silently. They practicing reading a variety of texts silently. Learners write a brief summary of what...
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Summarization Know How
Students summarize a piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read and summarize, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the process outlined by the instructor...
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Zippy at the Zoo
Students recognize the grapheme z in written words and the phoneme /z/ in spoken words. They gain this knowledge by listening and repeating the spoken phoneme /z/ as well as practicing writing the upper and lower case grapheme. Students...
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Decision Making
Students describe the decision-making process by listening to books being read aloud and completing worksheets. They write journal entries, complete motivating activities, and participate in a 5 Square Activity. As an assessment, they...
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What is a file?
Students demonstrate procedures for opening and closing files. They write a story using Microsoft Word and practice opening, closing and saving the file.
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Internet: Introducing Email
Students discuss the use and misuse of email and identify six new technology terms. After opening a word document, they experiment with fonts and sentence writing before pasting it into their email. The lesson concludes with students...
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New Words With Bright Colors!
Students demonstrate their ability to translate words from one language to another, spell words, or define them. They write a word (such as el gato) on a dry-erase board with dry-erase matkrts and ask a partner totranslate the word...
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Decoding
Students decode words containing r-controlled vowels. For this r-controlled vowel lesson plan, students use letter tiles to make words containing specific vowel patterns, and substitute letters to make new words, while the teacher...
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Broccoli
Students use the topic of broccoli to learn about a healthy diet as well as the notations in music. In this music instructional activity, students are introduced to music style and content. Students create their own rhythm pattern and...
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Finding Words - Christmas is the Season to Give to Others
Students find smaller words in a phrase about Christmas giving. In this vocabulary lesson, students read the phrase 'Christmas is the season to give to others' and find smaller words within the phrase. Students write the words on the...
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Pure Contour Drawing: Learn to Draw
Students explore contour drawing. In this art lesson, students draw their hand. Students draw with the opposite hand that they usually write with. Students cover their paper as they draw so they can not see what they are drawing.
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Monologues
Students describe themselves and their home location in a monologue. In this monologue instructional activity, students write a description of their local area and read to the teacher. Students share their monologues with the class.
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Every Day Edit - The Hope Diamond
Young grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about one of the most famous diamonds in the world, the Hope Diamond. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal...
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Every Day Edit - Sesame Street
For this everyday editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Sesame Street. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Martin Luther King, Jr. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - The Fabulous Frisbee
For this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the invention of the frisbee. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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Every Day Edit - President James Madison
For this everyday editing learning exercise, learners correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about President James Madison. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
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