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Arthur's Birthday Lesson Plan

Arthur's Birthday Lesson Plan

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Arthur's Birthday

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Students investigate birthdays. In this literacy cross curriculum instructional activity, students listen to the book Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown. Students re-read the book orally, graph birthdays, design a word search, and create birthday cards on the computer.

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oral reading, the arthur series, children's literature

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arthur, birthday activities, birthday graphs, marc brown, oral reading, english language arts

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Resource Details

Grade

1st - 3rd

Subjects

English Language Arts

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For Teacher Use

Duration

3 days

Instructional Strategy

Project-Based Learning

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