Maine Content Literacy Project
Introduction to John Updike
Expand your pupils' understanding of the short story genre with a study of John Updike and his story "A&P." This lesson plan, the fourth in a series of fourteen, invites learners to examine literary terms and read and discuss the...
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African Savanna Habitat Diorama Craft
Set the stage for a unit or lesson on the African savanna by creating a cute habitat diorama. Cheetahs, lions, zebras, and elephants are all present in a shoe-box-sized craft that requires your learners to color, cut, and paste. These...
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Learning Inference
Making inferences can be a tricky proposition for middle schoolers. In the activity presented here, pupils practice the skill of drawing a conclusion and making a judgment - which are what making an inference is all about! There are five...
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Gestation and Longevity
Is the gestation length of an animal a predictor of the average life expectancy of that animal? Learners analyze similar data for more than 50 different animals. They choose a data display and draw conclusions from their graphs.
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Alexander Activity
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the book Alexander, The Elephant Who Couldn't Eat Peanuts and match the animal to the food they could not eat in the story. There are four matching exercises to complete.
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THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale:Saving the Elephants and Other Endangered Animals
Students comprehend the concept and causes of extinction and endangerment. They identify extinct and endangered animals. Students coordinate a plan to help endangered animals through a poster and letter writing campaign.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Drawing the Line on Lies
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon about the health care controversy and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Alaska the Elephant
Pupils explore an Internet website, locating and matching the shape of an elephant's head to a state in the U.S. They complete an Alaska worksheet, identifying other geographical locations surrounding Alaska.
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Graphing the Elephant Seal Population Data
Students are able to graph data that they generated in the elephant seal exercise using proper format and labeling. They are able to interpret the graphs they created and make A) conclusions, and B) predictions based on that graph.
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Endangered Animal Coloring Page
For this endangered animal coloring worksheet, students color a picture of an African elephant, an endangered animal. Students draw and illustrate its natural habitat around it.
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Speech Bubbles
For this writing and drawing worksheet, students fill out 4 speech bubbles to show what the zebra and elephant are saying to each other. They then draw a picture in the box provided on the page.
Bronx Zoo
How Animals Shape Up
Most drawings are comprised of a set of very basic shapes. Young zoologists examine the shapes that make up different animals they see at the zoo. They'll discuss the shapes that make up a head, body, and legs of an animal and then draw...
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Syllable Sleuth
Do your learners have what it takes to be a syllable sleuth? Have them try out their skills on this syllables worksheet, which begins by having students consider what resource is available to help them determine the number of syllables...
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Monkey Business
Students practice reading with expression, decoding and word recognition to become fluent readers. They read the book, "Not me!" Said the Monkey," by Cohn West and view drawings of a lion, snake, rhino, elephant and a monkey from the art...
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What You See Is What You Read
Using the popular text Franklin Goes to the Hospital, youngsters make predictions by looking at the cover of the book. They draw their predictions, listen to the story, and compare their predictions to what actually happened in the story.
Learning to Give
Humphrey The Lost Whale
The children's book Humphrey the Lost Whale tells an amazing tale of a community joining together for a common cause. Read this book with your class, making connections between the events in the story and personal experiences of young...
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Turtles, Dogs, and Elephants
Students explore personal space at low, medium, and high levels. In this physical education lesson, students participate in imaginary play imitating animals and their movement.
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Analyzing Literature via Literature Circles
Introduce literature circles with Roland Smith's novels. Your seventh graders will see the activity modeled as you read The Three Little Pigs together and apply the format to a Roland Smith novel of their choice. The lesson includes...
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What Letter Am I? "J"
Letter J can be found in the image provided, but it will take a keen eye to locate it. Little ones can find and color the letter J found in the elephant's trunk. Tip: Have them draw a different image where the letter J is the foundation...
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Alphabet Mini Books
Put together mini books for every letter of the alphabet! Provided here are printables for all 26 letters that each contain eight pages for kids to color in and write on. Directions are provided at the top of the first page of each...
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Cartoons in the Classroom: Party Animals
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze political cartoons that feature donkeys and elephants as political party symbols and respond to 2 short answer questions.
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African Animal Farm
In this Language Arts worksheet, learners read the names of five African animals. Students complete five sentences by filling in the correct animal. Learners also draw their favorite African animal.
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Giants of the Animal Kingdom
Fourth graders examine the megafauna found in Australia. They create a food web using cut-outs and develop a timeline to show changes in the fauna over time. They draw their own megafauna scene for their classroom.
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Addition and Subtraction Snack Search
In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students solve 33 addition and subtraction problems where they circle the problems that are correct in order to draw paths for an elephant, a horse, and a polar bear to reach their snack.