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Curated OER

Pigment Plucking

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine pigments found in different fruits and vegetables and practice the processes for extracting the pigments. Pigments are used to create artwork and a class PowerPoint presentation is made on the different types of plant...
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Curated OER

Hurricanes-Disasters In the Making

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover the proper methods for plotting hurricanes while developing their understanding of hurricanes by researching and gathering tracking data from technological sources. Students develop a newsletter about hurricanes,...
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Curated OER

Theme: Rain Forests and Planet Ecology

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students expand their knowledge of rain forests and planet ecology through the use of literature and related activities.
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Curated OER

Urban Concentration and Racial Violence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research one of the many urban race riots in U.S. history, from the New York City riots during the Civil War to the "Red Summer of 1919" or the hate-strikes of 1943. They present their findings in the form of a newspaper's front...
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Curated OER

Understanding Cloud Formation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils explore air and clouds by watching demonstration. They perform an experiment to measure air pressure changes.
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Curated OER

Biographies in a Box Come to Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use the Internet to research someone's biography.
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Curated OER

Tell Me a Whopper!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate tall tales as a literary genre. They listen to a number of tall tales to discover how exaggeration is used as a story element. They write and publish a tall tale using word processing software. They illustrate...
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Curated OER

Guardians of the Games

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create life sized figures in a sport activity. The figures are faceless to represent athletes or players of past present and future. They are created in full color and laminated, then cut and applied to cardboard to allow them...
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Curated OER

"Space" Investigations

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders understand the patterns of change observable on Earth as a result of the movement of the different bodies in the solar system. They identify the physical characteristics of the different components of the solar system.
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Curated OER

Famous Firsts Challenge

For Teachers 5th - 6th
For this Black history month worksheet, students read the statements about Black history month. Students select the best answer to complete the 10 statements.
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Curated OER

The Class Garden Essay

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use a class garden as inspiration for a specific writing assignment. They conduct research into different types of flowers in photo images taken with a digital camera. Students write a creative essay and draw a picture to...
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TES Global

Tes: Yr 5 Poetry Unit 1 a Poetic Style

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module engages students in analyzing different poems. A poetry unit overview, a poetry checklist, figurative language notes, sixteen poems and graphic organizers are included to help...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 6th Grade Poetry Unit: Identity

For Teachers 6th Standards
Complete teaching unit for 6th Grade Poetry Unit: "Identity." Students will read 6 poems that speak to the theme of creating an identity. They will revisit the essential question: "How do we forge an identity?", read thematically-paired...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Expressing Yourself With Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Two classes at different schools or across the hall share dramatic poetry presentations as part of a poetry unit. Students listen to poetry, practice reading poetry, and (if practical) participate in a distance learning program on...
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Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Dream in Color: Resource Guide for Elem School Teachers [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Explore a wealth of poems, lesson plans, and classroom activities to help elementary school students discover the diversity in African-American poets and create their own voice in poetry. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Compiling Poetry Collections and a Working Definition of Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for eight lessons in a poetry unit that asks students to write poetry in various forms after reading models. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein

For Teachers 6th
Complete teaching unit for 5th Grade Author Study: Shel Silverstein. Students will read 6 poems by Shel Silverstein that speak to the theme of how we should live our lives. Students will revisit the essential question "According to Shel...
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Other

Rmc Denver: Reflections on Poetry Readings

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This site features a lesson plan for how middle school students can learn to reflect on poetry readings. Students and teachers will benefit from this informative resource.
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Read Works

Read Works: Fifth Grade: Five Lesson Unit: Leaf by Leaf: Autumn Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A five lesson plan poetry unit focusing on main idea, tone, theme, author's purpose, and figurative language in poetry. Texts must be provided by the teacher, but handouts that go along with the lesson...
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Playing Around With Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young scholars listen to and read various texts using figurative language including a ballad, poetry (Haiku, Cinquain, Limmerick) and rap music. They discuss language, meaning and ideas in a range of texts, relating their understanding...
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Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Poetry for the Elementary Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Site contains a narrative and three lesson plans. These plans are designed to assist students with various aspects of poetry. This site discusses strategies which enable students to effectively, memorize, recite, and correctly pronounce...
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Utah State University

A Mini Unit of Gwendolyn Brooks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Nice lesson plan for grades 5-6 that explores poetry and personal expression through the work of Gwendolyn Brooks. Has lots of activities but could easily be modified for time. Has nearly everything you need to do the instructional...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 5th Grade Author Study: Gary Soto

For Teachers 5th
Complete teaching unit for 5th Grade Author Study: Gary Soto. Students will read 4 short stories and 2 poems by Gary Soto that examine romantic and family love. Students will analyze these texts while considering the essential question:...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: History of the United States in Rhyme by Robert C. Adams

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book History of the United States in Rhyme by Robert C. Adams (c1884), a long poem of the history of the U.S. through the war with Spain.

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