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The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles Multiple Choice Quiz
In this literature based multiple choice quiz worksheet, students answer questions based on the book The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards.
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Reading Comprehension 4 - What Shall We Do Tomorrow?- Test Your Reading Skills
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 7th graders read a short passage in which one young lady talks to a young man about their holiday experience in Devon, UK. They answer 10 questions based on the passage.
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Hatching Chickens
Students observe how chickens hatch. For this life cycles lesson, students read the book Hatching Eggs: A Step by Step Guide and use an incubator to hatch the eggs. Students observe the chicks hatching and take care of the chicks by...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Peter's Chair (Keats)
A new baby means a lot of changes for Peter! Ezra Jack Keats presents this common childhood experience in his story Peter's Chair, the context of a detailed vocabulary study. Before you read, introduce the three new words scholars...
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Gravity and Buoyancy
Would a baggie filled with water have the same shape sitting on a table as it would in a bucket of water? Why not? Allow learners to find out first-hand the effects of gravity acting alone on the baggie, as well as when gravity is...
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Silence for Solo Reading
Students examine how to read silently after listening to a number of teacher given book talks. They review the silent reading techniques of cross-checking, and the cover up method. Next, they complete independent silent reading each day...
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Twenty-one Balloons
Fifth graders determine what the Newbery Award is and why it is importance. They examine a number of Newbery Award winning books and listen to a book talk about William Pene DuBois', Twenty-One Balloons while watching a PowerPoint...
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Language Conventions:
Students assess their own book club performance during today's lesson. They share what they wrote in their journals and discussed in their small groups. They critique their individual performances as well as the performance of their group.
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Speedy Reading
Pupils observe and demonstrate a variety of strategies to improve their reading speed. They observe the teacher model a book talk for the book "Just My Luck," and observe the teacher modeling how not to read. In pairs they time each...
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Lesson Plan for Day Five Part One of Unit on Bless Me, Ultima
Tenth graders participate in literature circles to discuss the novel, Bless Me, Ultima. They formulate questions based on their reading and answer them in small discussion groups.
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Wemberly Worried Lesson Plan
Students read a book and explore the feelings of the main character during a book talk. In this lesson about the book Wemberly Worried, students listen as the teacher reads, recall events from the story as teachers lists them on a piece...
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Charlotte's Web
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn Diagrams, discuss...
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Lesson Ideas to Enrich Student Inquiry into the Holocaust
Students inquire about the Holocaust. In this Holocaust lesson, students read books and discuss their thoughts. Students also collect current event articles from newspapers. Students investigate ghettos, Pearl Harbor and Navajo Code...
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Plants are Growing and Changing
Students explore living things. In this agriculture lesson, students read the book A Tree is a Plant and participate in an experiment to explore the patterns of change in living things. Students continue to observe the plant throughout...
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Put the NEW in NEWBERY
Students read Newbery award books. In this Newbery book instructional activity, students look online to find all the books that have received this award and look through online reviews to find one they would like to read. After finishing...
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TOTAL LITERATURE SERIES
Fifth graders listen and react to the book Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry. They write in their journals every day approximately one page or more as a reflection on the reading.
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Generations: An Exploration of our Families Through Literature
Young scholars complete a unit of lessons on families. They read and analyze various stories, label a map, assemble sentences, write letters to grandparents, analyze character traits, and write and illustrate a sheet for a class book.
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Walk a day in my moccasins
Students create videos about students in their classroom. In this self-expression activity, students use videos to give voice to students who are reluctant or can't participate. Students listen to several books and generate questions...
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"Fast As Fast Can Be..."
Students practice strategies on becoming better fluent readers by repeated readings and by becoming phonemically aware of reading whole sentences with expression and emotion. They read the books, "The Skeleton on the Bus," "Don't Worry,"...
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Similes
Second graders explore similes. In this figurative language lesson, 2nd graders read the book Quick As A Cricket and choose a simile to illustrate.
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Pioneers Heading West
Students research Pacific Northwest Pioneers in order to create a bio-web poster about the author in which they illustrate and write facts about the pioneer. Students then create a book page about their pioneer to add to a class book of...
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"Ready? READ!"
Students encounter how to decode words to comprehend text better. They read and re-read to become better and fluent readers. Students read in pairs to increase fluency. They incorporate "Book Talk" round table discussions over text with...
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"Aaa-Aaa-Aaa-Choo!!"
Students study /a/ in written and spoken words. They make sneeze sounds, recite a tongue twister, and write the letter /a/. Next, they listen to a book talk about 'Pat's Jam' before listening to the story and making the sneezing movement...
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Walk and Talk Health and PE Activity
Students practice concepts they are studying while exercising. In this health and fitness lesson plan, studnets walk and job while discussing current classroom lessons.