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Mosquitoes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, students read the informational passage about mosquitoes. Students then answer 5 reading comprehension questions and 7 vocabulary questions about the text.
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Folktale Unit: Paul Bunyan and the Big Blue Ox

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in a shared reading of Steven Kellogg's, Paul Bunyan while learning the associated vocabulary. They write a journal entry expressing which of the folktales they have read is their favorite and why.
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The Twelve Months: A Slavic Cinderella Variant

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students locate Slavic countries and identify a few characteristics of those countries. They read and/or listen to the Slavic tale, "The Twelve Months," and compare this version with another Cinderella story.
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"Write-a-Letter-to-the-Teacher" Book Report

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars practice writing a friendly letter to the teacher as a method of reviewing a book. They write a three paragraph report on a book that they read in friendly letter format.
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YANG AND THE YOUNGEST AND HIS TERRIBLE EAR

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform a web scavenger hunt to find information about the author of the book, YANG THE YOUNGEST AND HIS TERRIBLE EAR. They develop an understanding of how writers use personal experience to add voice to their writing.
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"The Leader"-- Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this poetry comprehension worksheet, learners read a poem about leadership qualities called "The Leader". Students answer 4 essay questions about the poem.
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Digging Up Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this dinosaurs learning exercise, students read a nonfiction book about dinosaurs and then answer 6 comprehension questions and present an oral presentation.
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"In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners read the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. In this poetry lesson, students read the poem on an overhead transparency and discuss what actions can be used to illustrate it. Learners come up with their own movements to...
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Sam and the Lucky Money

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the story Sam and the Lucky Money. In this reading lesson, 3rd graders discuss the story. Students write in a reader's response journal as they read the story.
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Break It Down!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice the strategy of summarization in order to comprehend a text. They drill on how to delete unimportant information, repeated information and substitute easy terms for lists of items. Each student receives a copy of "The...
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Writer's Workshop Writing Dialogue: Night of the Twisters

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
For this writing worksheet, students learn proper punctuation and sentence variety as they write a dialogue pertaining to events in Night of the Twisters. Students read the information about how to use quotation marks, then write their...
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Family BBQ

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this family get together instructional activity, students listen as the teacher reads out loud why many families in the Unites States get together on holidays and special weekends.

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