Curated OER
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
Students respond to movement cues in the rhyme "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear", perform steady beat patterns on body percussion, and sing sol-mi patterns in a chant in this Kindergarten music lesson plan. Emphasis is on meeting State and...
Curated OER
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Fourth graders research and write an author report on Roald Dahl, including books written by him, birthplace, family life, and other information on his writing. Students read aloud chapters in the book. Students create a newspaper...
Curated OER
My Favorite Things
Students identify "masterpieces" and mass-produced objects. They explain why they value a given object and determine what physical materials were used to create the objects. They create a class book featuring objects that they value.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Responding to Comparison/contrast: A Poem for Two Voices [Pdf]
This is a PDF instructional activity. After reading/listening to selections of "poems for two voices" from the book Joyful Noise by Paul Fleischman and after students compare and contrast two items, they compose a poem for two voices in...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Poem for Two Voices for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
The focus trait for this lesson is idea development; students will use the pre-determined structure of a "poem for two voices" to explore unique ideas. The text used is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Rules for the Bus" Poetry Theater: A Poem in Two Voices
This lesson includes a poem in two voices and is adapted from the poem by Eric Ode in Rolling in the Aisles, published by Meadowbrook Press. Students will share the responsibility of reading lines of this poem about a boy who learns a...
Curated OER
Writing Fix: Your Glorious Gene Pool: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Front cover of the book Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Poem for Two Voices [Pdf]
In this lesson students write in contrasting voices to create a descriptive poem.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Don't Suck Your Thumb" Poetry Theater
In "Don't Suck Your Thumb", students will participate in a poem in two voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will dramatize a poem about a child who finds a substitute for...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Mob's Voice vs. Hero's Voice
In this lesson, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is used to get students to explore point of view and issues related voice in writing and social justice. This lesson requires the students to analyze and discuss the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Compare and Contrast Lesson: Comparing Community Helpers
After reading the picture book Come on, Rain by Karen Hesse, which discusses how the weather both helps and harms the community, students bring tools from home to represent what their parents do for a living. They will present these...
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "When I Was a Baby" Poetry Theater
This site provides poetry theater for emergent young readers. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in If Pigs Could Fly, And Other Deep Thoughts, students will engage in "When I Was a Baby": A Poem in Two Voices. Students will read...
Read Works
Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Voice
[Free Registration/Login Required] A set of two lesson plans designed to teach students to describe the author's voice in two poems and compare voice in four short works. Includes ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and...
Read Works
Read Works: Fourth Grade: Two Lesson Unit: Voice
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit on theme where students use the book Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes to find examples of author's voice in poetry, and the book The Random House Book of Poetry for Children to...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Voice Building Poetry Lesson: Comparison & Contrast Poems
In this lesson, students examine multiple mentor texts to help drive them toward the final persuasive writing assignment: comparison and contrast poems written from a parent and a child's perspective. A short story, two poems, and a song...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:american Literature: The Harlem Renaissance: Langston Hughes
This lesson focuses on Langston Hughes and two of him poems: "Theme for English B" and "I, Too." It provides links to the two poems including an audio version of "I, Too" and a handout worksheet for "Theme for English B." It asks student...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa
This is a link to two interviews of Komunyakaa: on poetry and on the heritage of jazz for African American poets. There is a commentary on "Tu Do Street". There are several links to other Komunyakaa sites.