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The Wolf's Tale
In this ESL literature instructional activity, students read excerpts from a story told from the wolf's perspective in Little Red Riding Hood. Students complete 4 pages of exercises and essay questions about this story.
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What's the Weather Forecast?
Students create a radio announcement based on the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. In this radio announcement lesson plan, students discuss the type of language used in other announcements and create their own.
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Let's Make Cornbread
Students read and discuss the book Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett. For this author study lesson, students read the text and discuss the events in the story. Students make a connection to the text by baking cornbread, using the...
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Anticipation
Pupils predict events in Strega Nona. For this anticipation lesson, students use an anticipation guide to generate predictions about events in the story, Strega Nona. Pupils work independently to finish the guide as an assessment.
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Rhyming Words: Green Eggs and Ham
In this rhyming words activity, students read 6 words and look for rhyming words from Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham. Students list the words they find.
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R & R - Incorporating Literature While Teaching Math - Ordered Pairs - "The Polar Express"
Third graders create pictures using ordered pairs after listening to a piece of literature. In this ordered pairs and literature lesson, student listen to and discuss The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. They participate in...
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Read, Write and Talk
Fourth graders explore electricity by reading a story in their class. In this research technique lesson, 4th graders read a Magic School Bus book together and decide which elements of the story are the most important when asked about...
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Part 2
Students recognize synonyms and antonyms. In this reading strategies lesson, students use the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett to make predictions, and correctly recognize synonyms and antonyms.
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Present Simple
In this English worksheet, students choose the present simple. Students look at the pictures of the cartoon characters and choose the present simple that fits.
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Story Elements/Characterization
Students investigate language arts by analyzing a book with their classmates. In this children's literature instructional activity, students read the story Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant and discuss the setting and characters. Students...
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Visualizing
Young scholars create a radio announcement after reading Strega Nona. In this visualization instructional activity, students investigate visualization strategies. After reading Strega Nona, young scholars complete a graphic organizer and...
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Little Red Riding Hood
In this Little Red Riding Hood worksheet, students fill in the blanks to the story with the words given and complete a word search. Students complete 2 activities total.
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The Bracelet: Five Senses
Students investigate the 5 senses by reading children's literature. In this descriptive writing lesson, students read the story The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida, analyzing the story and characters as they go. Students identify the use of...
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Re-Read The Mitten
Learners utilize their reading comprehension by analyzing a book with their class. In this children's literature lesson, students read the story The Mitten by Jan Brett and discuss the imagery and characters in the story. Learners create...
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Dr. Seuss Rhyming
Students complete activities with the book Green Eggs and Ham. In this rhyming lesson, students read the book and focus on the rhyming words. They try teacher made green eggs and ham and write a rhyme describing where they would or would...
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English Exercises: Three Little Pigs
In this "Three Little Pigs" online worksheet, students watch a YouTube video before completing the associated exercises. They use drop down menus to label sticks, straw, bricks, and a wolf. They complete sentences about the composition...
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Reading Exercises: "The Lion and the Mouse"
In this reading exercise online instructional activity, students watch a YouTube video of the "The Lion and the Mouse." They use the drop down menu at the end of each of 9 sentences to tell if the sentence is from the story or not. They...
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The Lion and the Mouse
In this language arts worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to sentences, complete multiple choice questions, answer short answer questions, and more for the story The Lion and the Mouse. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Aquarium Crayon Resist
Students create a crayon resist drawing as a literature response. In this literature response and art lesson, students listen to the book, Rainbow Fish, noting all of the colorful fish. They use wax crayons to draw a picture of a fish...
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Bat Quest: In Search of Stellaluna
Pupils participate in Bat Quest: In Search of Stellaluna. For this children's literature lesson students listen to the reading of Stellaluna. Computers are utilized to enter the Bat Quest site to research various topics on bats. Pupils...
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Coo Coo for Counting
Students put coconut trees in order from numbers 1 through 10 that appear on each tree. In this ordering numbers lesson plan, students complete this activity after reading the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
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Wonderful Watermelons
First graders explore watermelons and collect and sort their seeds. In this watermelons lesson plan, 1st graders read the story Down By The Bay and then weigh, measure, collect seeds, sort, and eat their watermelon.
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Go Fish!
Students practice their reading comprehension by participating in a fictional fishing exercise. In this children's literature lesson, students read One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss, and discuss the...
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Harry the Dirty Dog
Students investigate the parts of a book by reading a story about a dog. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students utilize their memory to place pictures from the book Harry the Dirty Dog in order from start to...