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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Magic School Bus

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read The Magic School Bus Gets Baked In A Cake: A Book About Kitchen Chemistry by Joanna Cole. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of kitchen chemistry. Included are reading, art, math,...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas: The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds by Janna Cole. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of plants and seeds. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and...
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Full Dolch Word List

For Students K - 3rd
Sight words are listed based on how frequently they are used. There are 250 words on the list. This would be a good, general resource for a teachers of grades 1 - 3. It is useful to know what words your class should know, and how well...
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Word Search: Favorite Children's Books

For Students 2nd - 6th
Word trackers hunt down the titles of 50 favorite juvenile books in this word search puzzle. Needs reformatting to be a single page. Appropriate for grades 2-6.
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3rd Grade Sight Words Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this language arts worksheet, students examine 10 words in a word bank which are 3rd grade level sight words. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle.
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3rd Grade Sight Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts worksheet, students examine a word bank with 10 words which are frequently used in grade 3. Students find the words in a word search puzzle.
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Grade Three Vocabulary List One

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grade three vocabulary activity, students learn 15 words. These are common sight words that have no apparent connection. There are no questions to answer; this is just a word list.
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Patriotic Arts: Influencing Canadians At War

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students study how war has shaped Canadian life, patriotism, propaganda, and music. They research primary source documents, novels, videos, and songs before celebrating Remembrance Day.
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Rock Art Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine different types of rock art. They analyze them to try to figure out the meaning of the art. They create their own rock art that tells a story. They share their creation with the class.
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Basic Paragraph

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students with special needs examine how to write an organized, basic, five-sentence paragraph. Students write a paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting sentences and a concluding sentence. They first practice by viewing and...
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Lesson Plan 7: The Elements of Story

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Budding novelists work on character development by relating to the characters in their stories. They imagine their own hopes and dreams and recall those of characters from books they've read. Learners also consider struggles the...
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Making Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the life of Harriet Tubman. They examine a painting of Harriet Tubman and consider the tools used to communicate information about her. Sudents describe how the color of a painting explains the mood of the illustrator....
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Ten Prompts for Student Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Build writing skills and creative thinking. Writers are given a variety of thought-provoking writing prompts to choose from. After they choose what they will write about they share their pieces with the class.
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Word Review Card Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils play a card game where they match the meaning of the word to the word or its prefix/suffix. They listen for the teacher to call out the definition and, with two players facing off, the first one to slap the correct card wins! Kids...
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Getting Hooked, Introduction for a Narrative

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
How can you interest your reader? Here is a great lesson on reading and discussing the characteristics of a narrative. Elementary schoolers explore writing techniques to hook the reader. They identify their hook and share their...
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Story Structure Slide Show

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Analyzing the sequence of actions in dramatic stories leads to deeper comprehension of story structure. The class identifies the main actions in each section of a story and develops frozen tableau's for the identified actions of the...
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Clerihew Dances I

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate locomotor movements and define non-locomotor movement. They discuss a story and perform a "name" movement.
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Five Quick Games Build Reading Skills

For Teachers K - 8th
Build reading skills with these five quick games! Whether you're hoping to build grammar, syllabication, or word recognition skills, this resource has options for you. Kids will love taking a break from the mundane to play these...
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Modify My Action

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen to directions as they perform a theatrical role.  In this vocabulary lesson, 3rd graders listen to and observe the adjectives given to them during a practice of their performance by the director.  Students...
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Hard C and Soft C

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners categorize different words that contain a hard c and a soft c. In this hard and soft c lesson plan, students also pick words from each of the categories and write a story with those words.
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Move the Sounds

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Use cut out letters to make beginning sounds, blends, and word families that ultimately make new words. Learners move around physically as they hold the letters to make the specified blend or word. Assessment suggestions are included.
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Spelling List Week 9

For Students 2nd - 3rd
With this spelling sheet, second and third graders write each of 16 words two times. This list contains words with the r-controlled u, sight words, and academic vocabulary. 
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Listening/Reading Transfer - Guided Reading

For Teachers K - 5th
Work on predicting and making inferences with Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff. After every few pages, the teacher asks listeners to make predictions of what will happen next. Develop critical reading strategies with your young...
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Pair Editing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Practice thinking critically and editing by finding basic errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Partners read the stories What's Up? and Cold Water Clean. They look for and edit any mistakes they find. Worksheets are available...