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Contour Maps

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars review various contour maps, including local ones, to identify landforms such as mountains and plains. They create a 3-D contour map of an imaginary location that shows at least 10 changes in elevation. Afterward, they...
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Symphonic Poetry (SMART Board Lesson)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Let music and poetry collide in this well-orchestrated language arts lesson plan. After studying program music and C. Debussy's Prelude to an Afternoon Faun, view the attached SMART board lesson plan to read through "Fog" by Carl...
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Flat Stanley Travels to U.S. Regions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth Graders read the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown. In the story a bulletin board flattens the main character. He is then sent in an envelope to a friend in California. During a fantasy genre language arts unit, groups of students...
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"Jabberwocky" Jive

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils review the fantasy of Alice in Wonderland and discuss the author. After reading the poem, "Jabberwocky," they look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary. Working as partners, they create a list of "protmanteau" or invented words...
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Media Literacy Vocabulary Lesson

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in an introductory instructional activity that focuses on communication. The two types of extrapersonal and interpersonal are covered. The instructional activity uses questions in order to guide the class discussion...
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The Magic School bus Inside A Hurricane

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the concept of a hurricane by using the cartoon series "The Magic Schoolbus" to simulate the fantasy of traveling through a hurricane. The instructional activity uses a KWL graphic organizer in order to guide student...
Unit Plan
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Tuck Everlasting Unit

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Natalie Babbitt's award winning fantasy, Tuck Everlasting, is the anchor text in a unit plan that focuses on identifying similes, metaphors, imagery, and personification in the text and analyzing how these elements effect the...
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Mother's Day Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Help your class develop their public speaking skills. They write original scripts for informative infomercials, plays, or poetry. They work to present their information with purpose.
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Take a Leap!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss the flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. They study artwork of various sculptors showing the concept of flight. They write a paragraph and design a papier-mache' sculpture that shows movement.
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Back to the Future

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the benefits of new technology for the home and its possible drawbacks.
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Math: Mr. E Graphs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders role-play as members of the "Math Graph Detective Academy" and assist in solving a mysteries. Once they have watched a "top secret" video, they sort objects according to traits into five categories. Throughout five...
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Country Mouse Comes to Tea: Exploring Animal Characters from Tales Real and Fanciful

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students study animal characters. In this language arts lesson, students analyze animal characters from a variety of books and create a story using animal characters.
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Screening Coleridge’s Fantasies: Using Popular Music as a Bridge to Literacy

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use music to aid them in interpreting poetry. In this poetry activity, 12th graders analyze the lyrics, figurative language, and literary devices of selected music. Students compare the music to the poetry of Samuel...
Study Guide
McGraw Hill

Study Guide for A Wrinkle in Time

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Mrs. Who, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Which would not be so confused if they had a study guide as great as this. Scholars increase their comprehension of A Wrinkle In Time through many supports such as guided questions, background...
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McGraw Hill

Study Guide for Tuck Everlasting

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt is a classic novel that readers have enjoyed for years. Resources within the study guide such as discussion and guided reading questions, extension activities, and graphic organizers aid...
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Novelinks

The Dark Is Rising: Biopoem

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
How well do your learners really know the characters in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising? A biopoem activity prompts readers to investigate the characters and their traits. Line by line, writers add the characters'...
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EngageNY

Making a Claim: Moon Shadow’s Point of View of the Immediate Aftermath

For Teachers 6th Standards
Body paragraphs are the building blocks of every essay. Pupils view and discuss a model essay using a rubric to evaluate one of its supporting paragraphs. Next, scholars use what they've learned to continue drafting their own literary...
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Citizens for Responsible Change

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a petition to a school figure, get signatures from other students, share the petition with the appropriate authority, and then work as leaders to carry out the group's solution.
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Balance of Power

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the number of women in the United States Senate. After reading an article, they discover Hillary Clinton's possible bid for the presidential nomination for the Democratic party. In groups, they research the lives and...
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Creature Feature

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work in pairs to create a creature and its habitat out of construction paper. Then students write a narrative to describe the animal and its habitat.
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No is No, Si is Yes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders match the body part words in Spanish to a picture. They receive a picture of a human with lines coming from its feet, hands, and arms. Students use a word bank, to write the Spanish word that corresponds to the picture. ...
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Science Fiction Literature

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the elements of science fiction literature. They write and illustrate a science fiction story using real and exaggerated science. In addition, they read their stories aloud in small groups.
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We're off to see the Wizard!

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the process of play and movie making from books. They study the basic elements of drama and write and produce a play based on a chosen theme. Students explain the basic elements of a play by looking at "The Wonderful...
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Amazing Animal Alliteration Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students understand the meaning of alliteration. In this alliteration lesson plan, students write sentences using alliteration and recognize how it changes the writing in a story.

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