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Harper Collins

The Giving Tree Anniversary Teaching Guide

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Celebrate poetry month all of April with a guide that uses six of Shel Silverstein's most famous books as a basis for the lessons. Discussion questions and writing activities are provided for each of Silverstein's books.
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Unit Plan
Crabtree Publishing

Remarkable Lives Revealed

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Six lessons make up a unit all about biographies. Scholars read about a remarkable life while taking notes and identifying characteristics of the biographical genre. Readers examine the tale's obstacles, accomplishments, and sequence of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

If You Were Katy: Let's Play a Game

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students simulate sound effects from Katy and the Big Snow. They read and discuss Katy and the Big Snow, create sound effects for the objects in the book and practice sounding out beginning sounds for words. After sounding out the words,...
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Lesson Plan
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Big Pig

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners study the/i/ sound and letter recognition using Elkonin letterboxes and letter manipulatives. They work with tongue twister that contains words with many examples of the /i/ sound. Next they buddy read "Liz is Six" before...
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From Book To The Big Screen

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a six-panel byobu (Japanese visual storytelling) based upon the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" in this lesson suitable for an early High School Language Arts or Social Studies classroom.
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Curated OER

Writing Pattern Books

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Have your older students assist young children with writing in this community service and literacy instructional activity. Middle schoolers become partners with a local elementary school. They assist the grade school children in writing...
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Point of View

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore point of view. In this acceptance lesson, students listen to a story in which six people didn't listen to the other's point of view and lost out in the end. The students discuss why we all think and feel differently and...
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Worksheet
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Animals A to Z: Eagle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this editing sentences worksheet, students read and edit six sentences about eagles to find ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct the errors found.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Language Play

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Introduce your scholars to onomatopoeia and alliteration using a language elements activity. They examine six sound words and match them to four pictures. Next, learners read two examples of alliteration and write one of their own. They...
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Grab Your Reader: Great Leads

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Get your readers' attention with this Six Traits of Writing lesson plan. First, young writers draft ideas in an organized manner utilizing words, sentences, and multiple paragraphs. They also use voice to fit the purpose and audience and...
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Lesson Plan
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Reading Teammates

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book "Teammate" after participating in pre-reading activities that include examining the concepts of segregation and discrimination. In this six week literature study, they make timelines, discuss what they know...
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Synonyms

For Students 6th - 9th
Print this sheet to give your English language learners some practice identifying synonyms. There are six questions listed, and each question has four options. For example, what is a synonym for attractive? The choices are appealing,...
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Curated OER

Figures of Speech

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Second and third graders explore similes and metaphors. They complete six sentences by choosing the correct word to complete the sentence.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sentence Combining

For Students 8th
Work on combining sentences with this grammar practice worksheet. Middle schoolers rewrite six simple sentences to make compound, complex and compound-complex sentences.
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Worksheet
Education Center

Safety Sequence

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Follow up a class reading of the children's book Officer Buckle and Gloria with this simple sequence-of-events worksheet. Including pictures of six key moments from the story, young learners must first number them in the correct order...
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Worksheet
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Hetch Hetchy: The Story of San Francisco's Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
How did San Francisco supply enough water for its residents over the last two centuries? Learn about droughts and water conservation in California, as well as specific historical events that led to the water system today. Kids read two...
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Planning the Persuasive Paper and Debate

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders work in pairs, using the big six research method, to research a controversial subject of their choosing, write a persuasive paper expressing their views, and then debate with other teams.
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Worksheet
Starfall

Xx is in Six

For Students K - 2nd
In this printing activity, students form the upper and lowercase letter Xx. Students also color in a picture of an ox pulling a wagon.
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Worksheet
Starfall

Xx is in Six

For Students K - 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, students learn to print both upper and lower case letter Xx. Students trace several examples before forming their own letters in the unlined boxes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Big on Blubber: How do Whales Stay Warm?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore biology by conducting a science experiment in class. In this whale anatomy lesson, students identify the use of whale blubber for the animal to stay warm in cold waters while utilizing ice, vegetable oil, plastic bags...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Greater Than, Less Than, or Equal Coloring Challenge

For Students 1st - 2nd
There are a few handy objectives to practice in this math worksheet. The big picture is that learners count a set of triangles and compare the number with six other sets of shapes. They indicate if each value is greater than, less than,...
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Organizer
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Reading "Beetles, Bees and Butterflys"

For Students 3rd - 6th
Reading information about beetles, bees, and butterflies is the focus of this science activity. Students apply vocabulary and comprehension skills in order to answer six questions based on the reading.
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Elements of A Story

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read stories and identify the six elements of a story. As a group activity, they illustrate random examples of Frankinstein stories, identify the element illustrated, and post the picture in the appropriate station in the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Letter/Word Recognition Activity Sheet

For Students K - 1st
In this letter recognition worksheet, students name the given letters and practice their sounds. Students also read the five given sentences and say six sight words.

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