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Chinese Proverb on Honesty

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to concepts of honesty and responsible conduct after listening to a Chinese proverb. After sequencing the story and learning about Chinese culture, students plant marigolds. The children will monitor plant...
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Learning Rhymes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice reading and writing in this cross-curricular lesson for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on daily practice, individual improvements, and positive reinforcements for jobs well done during the activity.
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Lousia May Alcott

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine the life of Louisa May Alcott. Using the Internet, they examine the types of books and plays she wrote. In groups, they compare and contrast the types of covers used on the various publishing's. They design and color...
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Books for Teaching Dinosaurs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students investigate dinosaurs through books. In this lesson about dinosaurs, students read a variety of books about dinosaurs. Students become familiar with dinosaurs through reading about them. Students learn that reading is...
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Story Quilts

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners create a classroom story quilt based on a story (or series of stories) read as a group.
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What's Inside? Reading Text Using a Question and Answer Format

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use a variety of print media to copy words from. They listen for facts while the teacher reads to them. They listen to a book about eggs and write a book of their own.
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a Journal for Corduroy: Responding To Literature

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to the book, Corduroy, and discuss the characters and the sequence of events. They take turns taking Corduroy home overnight, and write their own adventure stories using the Corduroy character.
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Let's Read! D.W. The Picky Eater

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners read D.W. The Picky Eater, and identify one new food they would like to try.
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Philanthropic Literature: Give a cookie

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read a book to discover the importance of sharing. They predict what will happen in the story. Students use manipulatives to model the story problem. Students follow instructions, measure ingredients, and make cookies.
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Shhh! Quiet!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students become aware that when certain letters are put together in a word they are said with a single mouth move. Through modeling and a variety of guided practice activities they explore the /sh/ phoneme. They read and identify 'sh'...
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"Shhh!" said Miss Trish

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils explore the /sh/ digraph and how it is a blending of the /s/ and /h/ sounds. They listen to and then repeat /sh/ tongue twisters. They listen for and identify /sh/ words in 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish' by Dr. Seuss.
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Venn Diagrams With the Pain And the Great One

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read the story, The Pain and the Great One, written by Judy Blume, and discuss the characters and the sequence of events. They compare/contrast the two main characters using Venn diagrams.
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Peter And The Wolf: Instrument Listening Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students match the instruments to the characters they represent in Peter and the Wolf. They also identify the instruments by name from listening to their sound.
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Who's Inside The Mitten?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use the Jan Brett story, 'The Mitten,' to develop self-confidence and improve their oral language skills. They also practice performing in front of a group. Students take on the various roles that the animals play in the story.
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Lessons From the Lorax

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read and discuss Dr. Seuss's The Lorax. They explore the changes the characters could have made to preserve the environment and relate the plot to real-world places and events.
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The Flat Stanley Project

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the book Flat Stanley. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students participate in earth-friendly activities based upon the book. This lesson includes ideas such as using recycled paper to make a "paper pal."
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Classic Storytelling with a Technology Twist

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use technology to improve their knowledge of literary terms, math, and technology skills. In this technology storytelling lesson, students learn about character, plot, and setting in various stories by using technology like...
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Arthur's Teacher's Trouble

For Teachers 1st
First graders are working on a literature focus unit based on Arthur's Teacher Trouble. The purpose of this language arts lesson is to strengthen observation skills.The teacher will explain the project to the entire class and be...
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Storytelling

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss how they know certain aspects about their families and customs. As a class, they discover that life changes over time and stories are only preserved if they are told. They read many different pieces of literature to...
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Whoever You Are

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to story, Whoever You Are by Mem Fox, identify and discuss emotions, identify situations that cause people to show emotions, recognize cultural diversity in literature, and act out various emotions.
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Good Knight Alphabet Quest

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students will learn new words by using their favorite books. They will examine fiction and nonfiction works to differentiate types of literature. The lesson engages learners because it is using the format of a game to deliver instruction.
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Our Global Community

For Teachers 1st
First graders experience literature which shows how communities live around the world. In this global community activity, 1st graders read books such as Whoever You Are, by Mem Fox and create a work of art based on their feelings about...
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Clifford the Big Red Dog: Work Together

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the concept of cooperation. In this literature instructional activity, students read Clifford's Busy Week and discuss teamwork as they create "Lost and Found" journals and build paper trains.
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India: Where Remarkable Differences Are Ordinary

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research India and Indian culture. In this Indian research lesson plan, students research and report on the lives of Indian children. The report will be in the form of a mock interview between a journalist and an Indian child....

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