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Ziptales

The Pied Piper of Hamelin: The Mystery of the Children of Hamelin

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Which is more likely: 130 children followed a magical piper out of Hamelin and disappeared forever, or that they died of the plague? Or could they have escaped from Hamelin via a secret tunnel to Transylvania? Learners investigate...
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Creative Learning Exchange

Lesson Plans From The Lorax

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
When it comes to the environment, no variable is constant. Class members graph behavior over time for the thneeds produced over truffula trees chopped down over the course of Dr. Seuss's The Lorax. 
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Victoria Theatre Association

The Ugly Duckling Resource Guide

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Our differences aren't meant to divide us! Use Hans Christian Andersen's classic tale "The Ugly Duckling" to reinforce the concept that appearances don't define someone's character, and that there is always somewhere where we belong.
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Penguin Books

An Educator's Guide to Matilda

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Chances are, you've got some precocious Matilda fans in your class! Use a thorough set of lesson plans to address Roald Dahl's classic novel about a bright girl who just wants to be understood. Vocabulary exercises,...
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K12 Reader

Identifying Conjunctive Adverbs

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Conjunctive adverbs can connect two independent clauses like grammar magic! A short review activity prompts learners to find and circle the conjunctive adverbs in each sentence.
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Population Connection

Lessons From the Lorax

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Is progress progressing too fast? So believes the Lorax, the eponymous character from Dr. Seuss's The Lorax. Young environmental science students read the book and debate the arguments of the Lorax and the Once-ler regarding the...
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K12 Reader

Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: Words That End in X and Z

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Pizzas is correct, not pizzaes. So why is sixes correct and not sixs? Sort out any grammar confusion with a instructional activity on pluralizing nouns that end in -z or -x.
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K12 Reader

Spelling Rule Exceptions for Plural Nouns: No S at All!

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
What do a man and a mouse have in common? They're both irregular nouns! Practice the exceptions for plural nouns with a grammar exercise worksheet.
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K12 Reader

Plurals: Nouns and Verbs Ending in Y

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
If a word ends in -y, to make it plural you change it to -es, right? Not always! Use a worksheet that addresses both nouns and verbs that end in -y and prompts learners to follow the grammar rule when changing each word.
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K12 Reader

S or ES: Plural Words

For Students K - 2nd Standards
One frog is fine, but two frogs are better—and more challenging, grammatically speaking! Challenge elementary learners to make six singular nouns into plural nouns with a handy worksheet.
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K12 Reader

Color the Nouns: Kite

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Go fly a kite! Young grammarians find the nouns in a selection of words that make up an illustration of a kite. Once the nouns are colored red, the kite is easy to see!
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Poetry4kids

Rhyme Schemes Lesson Plan

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Scholars read four brief poems and analyze their word usage in order to identify the rhyme scheme. 
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K12 Reader

Progressive Story: Adverb Clauses

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Adverb phrases add a lot to a sentence, but they cannot stand alone. A fill-in-the-blank worksheet provides spaces for learners to add adverb phrases that add meaning to the independent clause of each sentence.
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Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Immerse yourself in the world of giant bugs, rolling peaches, and brave little boys with an interdisciplinary unit on James and the Giant Peach. Young readers focus on the scientific themes of Roald Dahl's classic novel with bug hunts,...
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Simon & Schuster

Les Miserables Classroom Activities

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Modern readers apply classic themes to Victor Hugo's masterpiece, Les Miserables. After they discuss tricky vocabulary and plot elements from the novel, class members compare Hugo's written work to a stage or film adaptation of the...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Narrative Text Structure, Character Consideration

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
An activity work alongside a narrative text of your choice. With reading comprehension at its focus, readers complete worksheets covering character descriptions.
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PBS

Primary Source Set: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What did Jo write her stories with? How did the March sisters dress? A primary source set designed for Louisa May Alcott's Little Women prompts learners to look over images of household items and clothes from the 1860s before...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Monitoring for Understanding, What Do You Know?

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
An activity promotes reading comprehension. Readers analyze a text of their choice while activating prior knowledge and asking and answering questions. Scholars enforce multiple strategies to improve comprehension.
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Study Ladder

Halloween Activities: Grades 3rd-6th

For Students K - 2nd
Planning Halloween curriculum doesn't have to be scary! Check out a set of worksheets that include reading excerpts, word problems, grammar activities, and engaging Halloween trivia that is perfect for your October lesson planning.
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EngageNY

Asking and Answering Questions: Studying the Life Cycle of a Frog

For Teachers 3rd Standards
A lesson challenges learners to ask and answer questions about the life cycle of a frog. With a class read-aloud, partner discussion, and notebook reflections, scholars complete a three-page worksheet to prove their understanding of the...
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Curated OER

Grade 2 Language Arts Review Quiz

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts review quiz instructional activity, learners complete 6 general questions pertaining to proofreading, spelling, parts of speech and phonics.
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Curated OER

New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 1--Grade 7 (2006)

For Students 8th - 10th
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, students read several passages and two poems and answer reading comprehension questions.  Students then write an essay response to one of the passages. 
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Curated OER

Language Arts Review Quiz #4

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts review worksheet, students complete 6 exercises: students rewrite 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization mistakes, circle words that have the 'oo' sound, complete an analogy, and find an antonym for "strong."
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Curated OER

Language Arts Review Quiz #5

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts review worksheet, students complete 6 exercises. Students correct 2 sentences with punctuation and capitalization errors, circle 2 words spelled correctly, circle the words that go together, and choose the correct...

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