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Roald Dahl

The BFG Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
A 55-page unit examines the novel, The BFG, by Roald Dahl. Six lessons pay close attention to friendship, dreams, and believing themes while analyzing interesting characters, writing creative vocabulary, smilies, metaphors, an exciting...
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University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Up and Down Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing up and down poems. An example of an up and down poem is provided.
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Curated OER

Google for Education: Children and Technology: Collaborative Creative Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Students collaborate to create a story together at the same time using Google shared document.
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REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 7. Be Legal and Fair

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this learning module, students will learn what they can do to make sure creative work remains under proper control. They will investigate copyright laws and whether there is a way to legitimately use the work done by others. After...
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Other

Jump Start

For Students 9th - 10th
Sometimes it is difficult to initiate your creative process. This simple online tool can help spark your creative thinking ideas.
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Other

Art Junction: Art Sparkers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Ideas to jump-start imaginations and inspire creative work related to personal understanding and discovery. Ideas include instructions for creating family portraits, community maps, storm scenes, and similar multidisciplinary artworks.
Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Making a C60, Bucky Ball, Buckminsterfullerene Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Shows, through step-by-step pictures, how to construct a C60, Bucky Ball, or Buckminster fullerene model using straws and joiners.
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Other

Tate Online: Tate Tales

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Let your imagine run wild when you select a painting from the Tate Gallery collection. Interpret the painting by making up a story about it. Let the painting inspire you to new heights of creative writing and then add it to the story...
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site features a lesson plan for William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble." Come and check out this creative activity.
Graphic
New York Times

New York Times: Picture Prompts: Over 140 Picture Prompts to Inspire Student

For Students 9th - 10th
The New York Times provides 140 pictures that will prompt student's creative written expression.
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University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Storytelling Boxes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This PIZZAZ lesson allows students the opportunity to engage in the small group task of audio-storytelling or video storytelling, after being given a shoebox filled with symbols and unique items.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Triangle Pop Up Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try this triangle pop-up greeting card! Amaze your friends with your talent and creativity!
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Other

The Center for the Study of Technology and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This online magazine offers the latest news and information concerning the relationship between society and available technologies.
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University of South Florida

Fcat: Problem Solving Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th
This page gives students a guide for problem solving. A list of strategies is presented, and each strategy has an example to demonstrate it.
Interactive
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Crazy Animal Game for Kids

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Students use this writing topic generator to choose an animal and a crazy action the animal is able to do in order to give them something fun and creative to write about.
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Other

Hummingbird Educational Resources: Winter, Snow, and Penguins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a great resource for any teacher looking for some creative ideas to complement a unit on penguins. Includes songs, crafts, stories, poems and much more!
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PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Family

For Students 3rd - 8th
A peek into the dynamics of family life provides useful tools to help with sibling rivalry, divorce, family vacations, and more. Listen to kids' testimonials, role play, express digital creativity, and take real-time surveys on current...
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An Ancient Egypt website by a nationally known teacher that includes, history, creative writing by young scholars, lesson plans, and links to other sites.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Earth Science: Stars

For Students 4th - 6th
Investigate what constellations are and how to use light-years as a unit of distance in this module. Learn how to measure star distances in creative ways.
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US Department of Agriculture

U.s. Department of Agriculture: Paint Your Pet's Behavior

For Students K - 1st
Use this activity to learn more about different animal behaviors. Get creative painting or drawing!
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: Phase 3 Build Your Presentation

For Students 9th - 10th
Some ideas to help students think of preparing a creative presentation for thier water purification PBL.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 2.nbt Looking at Numbers Every Which Way

For Teachers 2nd Standards
In this lesson plan students are to read and write numbers based on the question being asked.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 2.nbt Boxes and Cartons of Pencils

For Teachers 2nd
This complete lesson plan has students explore place value through word problems.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S cp.b.9: Random Walk Iii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The task provides a context of "random walking" to calculate discrete probabilities and represent them on a bar graph. Aligns with S-CP.B.9.

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