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‘Pay it Forward’ Lesson Plan
Students develop their speaking skills. For this oral communication lesson, students read "One Hen" by Katie Smith Milway and work in groups to discover how making a small loan to the main character in the story had positive effects....
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John H. Ritter Novels
Pupils read the books writing by John H. Ritter and complete discussion questions about them. In this reading lesson plan, students answer discussion questions for 4 different books.
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Long Walk to Freedom
In this Long Walk to Freedom worksheet, pupils read a passage from Nelson Mandela's book and then complete three analytical short answer questions from the reading.
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Nothing but Nests
Young scholars examine both the upper and lower case letter "N,n." They practice making the "n" sound, writing the letter, and recognizing it in words. After a teacher book talk, they listen to Christine Young's, "Nests," and make the...
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Present Simple Verb Forms and Comprehension Worksheet
For this present simple verb tense and letter comprehension worksheet, students fill in 8 questions with the correct tense of the given verbs. They read a letter and answer 13 short answer questions based on their comprehension of the...
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Caps for Sale/Color Words
Students read the book "Caps for Sale." Students model reading a sentence and using one color cap and the color word (written in its color). They match the color word (written in its color) to the correct color hat.
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ESL Adverbs of Degree and Reason- Likes and Habits
In this ESL adverbs of degree and reason worksheet, students answer questions about books and films they like using the given format. They tell how much they like them by using comparisons. They describe the games and hobbies, and sort...
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Pay it Forward
Students explore the basic concept of micro-financing. In this economics/literacy lesson, students listen to One Hen by Katie Smith, in which a small loan changes the life of the main character. Students employ comprehension strategies...
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Multicultural Literature Lesson Plan The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
Sixth graders begin reading "The Lotus Seed" before determining a plant that is a representative of their country or region. They illustrate the plant and write sentences about it and locate the region on a map. Finally, they make a...
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Just Like The Old Days
Students listen to their teacher read them a story about families. Individually, they make a family chart which shows everyone in their family. They read a letter about a family in Mongolia and compare it with their own. Using the...
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Looks Like Snow
Students listen to the teacher read the book, The Jacket I Wear in the Snow, and create vocabulary and graphic cards from the story.
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Phases of the moon
Third graders name the phases of the moon. In this moon phase lesson, 3rd graders listen to the story The Moon Seems to Change and they discuss the different moon phases. They take oreos and split them apart and look at the cream to see...
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Shhhhhhh! The sheep are sleeping!
Students examine the use of /sh/ in written and spoken words by watching how their mouth moves while making the sound, identifying words, listening to a story, and making words with Elkonin letterboxes. As an assessment, they complete a...
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Writing Worksheet
In this writing worksheet, students answer five questions relating to plot, write about a character and how they develop in four chapters, and answer questions about four characters. Students complete twenty short answer questions.
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Gender Roles in the Mid-Nineteenth Century What Fiction Tells Us
High schoolers read and discuss a book on etiquette. They create their own book of etiquette.
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The Icky Sticky Igloo
Students focus on the correspondence i=/i/. They explore the sound and spelling of /i/ and discover vowels are used to spell all words in our vocabulary, so therefore it is important for students to understand the phoneme and grapheme of...
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Star Summarizers
Learners participate in a reading literacy lesson with the goal of improving reading fluency and comprehension. They work on the skill of summarization that helps to pick out important details of a reading.
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"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"
Students explore nature by reading stories in class. In this animal characteristics lesson, students read the story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," by Rudyard Kipling and identify the different animals mentioned in the book. Students review the...
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Topics and Ideas -- Sort and Seize
Learners examine the writing process. They determine the needs of the readers of their story before writing. They use peer-editing to check for errors and read their story to the class.
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My Favorite Thing to Do
Young scholars realize that a paragraph is a short piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Every story, essay, article, or book is like a patchwork quilt made of little paragraphs stitched together
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Dinosaurs-Eoraptor
Students explore the Eoraptor. In this dinosaurs instructional activity, students read facts about the habitat and eating habits of the Eoraptor and illustrate a picture of the dinosaur.
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Four Square Facts
Second graders play a game of Four Square. They recall the events of a story in order as they pass the ball in order around the square. Play ends once students have performed the story for the teacher.
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September 11, 2001
Third graders discuss one thing that makes them feel special. They read the book "We're Different, We're the Same" and discuss the differences they saw in the people in the book. They discuss how they would treat others who are different...
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Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Third graders read the book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." Using the internet, 3rd graders research weather conditions, plants, animals and foods from different countries. After sharing information, they discuss similarities and...