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\nGetting to Know You\n

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\nStudents explore ways in which they are smart. In this \"getting to know you\" classroom team building lesson, students discuss various ways people can be smart and describe ways in which they are smart. Students listen to \"Smart\" from...\n
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\nComparing Author's Voice\n

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\nThird graders compare various voices. In this author's voice lesson plan students read poems from two books, Spooky ABC and Where the Sidewalk Ends. Students choose words that indicate the voice of the author.\n
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\npoem \"One Inch Tall\" from the book \"Where the Sidewalk Ends\" by Shel Silverstein\n

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\nStudents use the terms: ratio, proportion, and measurement in their description of the life of a person one inch tall.\n
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\npoem \"Smart\" by Shel Silverstein from \"Where the Sidewalk Ends\"\n

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\nStudents explore unit rate and ratio and discuss the relationship.\n
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\npoem \"Smart\" by Shel Silverstein from \"Where the Sidewalk Ends\"\n

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\nMiddle schoolers incorporate their conceptual understanding of proportions to write a creative piece similar to the example poem.\n
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\nBridge to Terabithia: Visualizing to Optimize Comprehension\n

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\nGood readers visualize. And in our image-rich culture it is imperative that children are provided with opportunities to practice this important skill. A selection from Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends and Bridge to Terabithia,...\n
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\nRecycling/Solid Waste Education with Shel Silverstein: \"Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout\"\n

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\nBoth poetry analysis and waste disposal are more engaging topics for young readers with a worksheet to accompany the Shel Silverstein poem 'Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out\" from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Not only...\n
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\nWord Beads: Writing Poetry\n

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\nSecond graders write rhyming poems. In this poetry writing lesson, 2nd graders discuss the meaning of the word \"funny.\" They use word tiles to create a rhyming poem which they transpose into their writing journals. They listen to...\n
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\nWords and Phrases that Support the Author's Voice\n

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\nThird graders examine the author's voice. In this author's voice lesson students read poems by Shel Silverstein. Students choose words and phrases that indicate the author's voice.\n
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\nEighteen Flavors\n

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\nYour learners will be tantalized by this inquiry-based, collaborative activity as they discover how to write an equation that represents the height of an ice cream cone. Given the scenario based on the poem, \"Eighteen Flavors,\" and...\n
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\nThe Giving Tree Anniversary Teaching Guide\n

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\nCelebrate poetry month all of April with a guide that uses six of Shel Silverstein's most famous books as a basis for the lessons. Discussion questions and writing activities are provided for each of Silverstein's books.\n
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\nWhere Is Away?\n

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\nStudents explore garbage. In this landfill lesson plan, students investigate how much garbage is collected in landfills on average each day. Students discover hazardous materials that are disposed of improperly and the effects of these...\n
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\nPoetry\n

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\nExplore the semantics of poetry with this higher-level presentation. With examples from Dickinson, Frost, and Dr. Seuss, the slides clearly explain the details of poetic structure, license, and schemes. You could use this in a language...\n
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\nInspire the Imagination with a Poet Study of Shel Silverstein\n

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\nCaptivating prose opens wondrous doors to critical thinking and language development.\n
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\nThe Hobbit: Directed Reading - Thinking Activity\n

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\nAn in-class reading of Shel Silverstein's The Missing Piece Meets the Big O introduces class members to the journey motif that forms the basis of The Hobbit.\n
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\nEvery Thing On It Lessons and Activities\n

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\nHonor the great poet, Shel Silverstein with eighteen activities and lessons showcasing his collection of poems from the book, Every Thing On It. Activities challenge scholars to rhyme words, make inferences, recite a poem, and...\n
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\nShel Silverstein's Poems\n

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\nCheck to see that readers recall specific details from Shel Silverstein's poems. The poems appear to be taken from the collection Falling Up. Bring this classic children's author to your class with this resource.\n
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\nVisualize and Draw to Increase Comprehension\n

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\nImprove readers' comprehension with a pair of visualization opportunities. First they listen, eyes closed, as you read a description from Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, and discuss ideas about what they \"see.\" After you read...\n
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\nJimmy Jett and His TV Set\n

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\nFourth graders engage withh the fun poem, Jimmy Jett and His TV, to explain the iimportance of assuming responsibility for personal health.\n
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\nWhere the Sidewalk Transcends\n

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\nYoung scholars use titles of Shel Silverstein poems to generate their own poetry for Students. Each student then compares his or her poem to the Shel Silverstein poem of the same title.\n
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\nSmart- Counting Coins\n

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\nStudents discover the name and value of coins. In this counting money lesson, students identify heads and tails of coins and the value of each coin. Students visit websites and play games. Students then write a poem about money.\n
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\nAlliteration Activities and Lesson Ideas\n

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\nAlliteration is an entertaining literary device to utilize in reading and writing instruction.\n
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\nLet the Bugs do the Rhyming\n

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\nStudents listen to limericks and write their own about a favorite insect.\n
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\nAwesome Alliterations\n

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\nStudents review examples of alliteration in Shel Silverstein's poems. They are assigned a letter of the alphabet and then write an original alliterative poem using that letter.\n
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