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Wacky Web Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students study the parts of speech and then review them. They identify each part of speech and place them on a tree map. Then they visit a website to create a "Wacky Web Tale" using information from the tree map. They print their tales...
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Synectics - creative metaphors technique

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create new ways of thinking about old things. They may use a modified approach to make unfamiliar material familiar (after teacher provides brief introductory materials, for example).
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My Springtime Coloring Book

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this springtime coloring learning exercise, students create a book of springtime pictures by coloring each picture and putting them together in a book. There are 6 pictures for students to color.
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Parts of Speech Blackout Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this parts of speech worksheet, students read the definition for a part of speech and then write it on the line. Students write 15 parts of speech.
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If You Give a Mouse A Cookie

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students are read the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and develop their own story. They use a literature wheel to determine what the mouse will want next. They share their wheels with a friend.
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Short Stories and Sitcoms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare 19th Century short stories to 20th Century sitcoms. They address seven questions as the watch a sitcom for homework and create a web to use for further comparison.
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Sentence Structure

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine good sentence structure and identify the subjects and predicates in a variety of sentences. They read the sentences on a handout and evaluate them for their structure, highlight the subjects and predicates, and...
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The Woman Who Outshone the Sun

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the story "The Woman Who Outshone the Sun" from the Scott Foresman reading series. They create puppets and a setting out of a shoebox and retell the story with props. They research the Oaxaca region and the Zapotecs.
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Writing Assessment Development Scale

For Students 2nd
In this language arts worksheet, 2nd graders are assessed in their writing ability according to a formal assessment. The sheet classifies them into different categories.
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Preparing the Soil

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore philanthropy through literature. In this service learning lesson, students consider character traits as they read Seedfolks. Students record their notes regarding the characters in the story of a community garden in...
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Pod Cast Responses

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students list to a pod cast. In this listening comprehension lesson, students listen to a pod cast and respond to comprehension questions.
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Using Logos and Mission Statements to Communicate Sustainable Forestry Information

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars survey forestry foundations to see how they represent important information into their logos and mission statements. In this forestry lesson plan, students use the information to better understand visual representations...
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Representing Text Story Web: Post Test

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this story web worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions, clicking on an answer link to view correct answers. 
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Analyzing Key Ideas and Details in Nonfiction

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore nonfiction texts. In this language arts instructional activity, students read a nonfiction text and make predictions. Students identify facts and opinions in the text and draw conclusions as they read.
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Colors, Characters, & Clues

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate inferences. They define inference, view a Powerpoint presentation, answer questions about a picture book, and identify clues throughout the story as examples of inferences.
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Go For The Gold!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read fiction and nonfiction works for comprehension. Using the internet, 3rd graders participate in a WebQuest. They compare and contrast the Olympics in ancient Greece to the modern day Olympics. Afterwards, students...
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Cleaning Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read "Cleaning Day" by D. H. Figueredo. They predict what they would expect to see the father and child on the cover of the book doing, confirm their predictions after reading the story, and reflect on the relationship between...
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Representing Text in an Outline

For Students 7th - 10th
For this outlines worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about the function of an outline in a text. Students complete 10 questions.
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Reading Lesson Plan

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read the poem "Still I Rise" and discuss the different ways it can be told and read and brought to life. In this poetry lesson plan, 10th graders read aloud and silently, and compare different works of poetry.
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The Big Green Monster

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They complete center activities in groups of four in order to aid in decoding and...
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Grammar Quest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an activity that helps them to explain parts of speech and distinguish between them. They also use different locomotor skills in a variety of ways.
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Choral Speaking: The Frog on the Log

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students recite the poem, "The Frog on the Log" paying particular attention to precise diction, pacing, projection, inflection, volume and rhythm.
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Living and Working Now and Long Ago

For Teachers K - 1st
Students visit an online museum and storybook to examine what life was like for African Americans during and after the Civil War.
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The Facts on Nuclear Power

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students browse a Web site to gather information about nuclear power. They explain how nuclear power is generated and used.