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Activity
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Expressing Ideas

For Teachers 1st Standards
Before a child can write in detail, he/she needs to be able to identify what the details are. To build an understanding of how to add or express details in describing an object, place, or person, learners match the detail cards to the...
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Writing
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Who Am I?

For Students 1st - 4th
Get to know a person in your class or a famous figure in history. With questions about the person's birthplace, parents, and what they are famous for. A space at the bottom prompts writers to list three things they have learned.
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Printables
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Picture Prompt: Valentine Mice

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this teacher friendly creative writing worksheet, there is a space for teachers to write and print a word list for students to use with the picture prompt of Valentine mice. Students write 1 story.
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Worksheet
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If I were…

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this story starter activity, students read the prompt written inside each gingerbread man shape and complete the story. Each starter is printed on a separate page; all are holiday or winter related.
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Lesson Plan
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Eensy Weensy Spider Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create their own versions of The Eensy-Weensy Spider. In this creative writing lesson, students read The Eensy-Weensy Spider and imagine what else the spider could do. Students then draw a picture depicting the spider engaged...
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Lesson Plan
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Let's Roll Robots!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students write a story about robots. In this creative writing lesson, students read a story about robots, make their own robot, and write a story about their robot. In addition, the lesson plan suggests taking photos of the robots to add...
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Worksheet
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Lost Pets Story

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story writing instructional activity, students write two short stories that go with pictures of a lost cat poster and a dog. Students title their stories on the lines.
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Lesson Plan
Denver Art Museum

Descriptive Haiku

For Teachers K - 5th
Even though this is technically an art instructional activity, haiku poetry is actually the main focus! Learners view photographs of Japanese tea caddies. They list five descriptive words for the caddies, then write haiku poems using the...
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Lesson Plan
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Audio Aesop: Listen to the Lesson!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Aesop's Fables are the focus of this language arts lesson. Young philosophers study and discuss the morals found in the most famous of Aesop's Fables. They write an original fable that teaches a common moral. A "Fable Listening Library"...
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Unit Plan
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Storytelling

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Show young readers how to put some personality and voice into their storytelling with an in-depth assignment. Kids practice saying the same thing, such as counting from one to ten, in different tones and perspectives, and then work on...
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Lesson Plan
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Appetizing Adverbs

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Have your class construct an adverb wheel. Learners brainstorm adverbs to modify the verbs they use to describe how they will eat a doughnut hole. They then use the wheel to help them write creative sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Daily Journal

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Keeping a daily journal is fun. It builds strong writing skills and provides an expressive outlet. For children with visual impairments, it's even more important. It provides a way for them to connect written word with real events, which...
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Lesson Plan
Denver Art Museum

My Animal Symbol

For Teachers K - 5th
Here is an art lesson that combines visual arts and language arts into one very nice package. In it, youngsters study a fascinating painting called Painting of Bear and Sun Dances. They begin to understand the importance of traditional...
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Lesson Plan
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Our Monster Travels...

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars write emails to their parents and locate specific places on a map. In this email lesson, students email their parents from the teacher's account and map locations of their parents.
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Lesson Plan
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Trustworthy Images

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate metaphors. In this writing activity, students brainstorm traits of a trustworthy person and create a metaphor for a trustworthy person.
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Lesson Plan
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Mighty Earth Movers

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Note that although the publisher lists almost all of the Common Core standards for both math and language arts, you will most likely want to take the general topic and choose which area to focus on. Regarding math, pupils measure worms...
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Lesson Plan
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Art About Me- The Skin You Live In

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the text The Skin You Live In by Michael Tyler. In this literacy lesson, students discuss the characters in the text and the various shades of skin they observed on each page. Students read the beautiful descriptions of the...
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Lesson Plan
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Lesson: Wish You Were Here...

For Teachers 1st - 6th
The painting Arcadia features a lovely landscape depicting aspects of ancient Greek life. Little ones use their imagination to put themselves in the painting. After analyzing the details and artistic elements of the painting, they write...
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Lesson Plan
Denver Art Museum

The Poetry in Non-Events

For Teachers K - 5th
The photograph, Nellie and her Italian Soda is viewed and discussed by the class. They are instructed to use the photograph as inspiration to write a poem about non-events, or things that are beautiful in every day life. Pupils use a...
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Lesson Plan
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Calligraphy, Handwriting And The Alphabet

For Teachers K - 8th
Students produce calligraphy projects using writing skills and unique tools in this six-day Art activity. Emphasis is placed upon the work of Portland, Oregon calligraphy artist Inga Dubay and her experiences with "Italic" writing...
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Worksheet
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Color the Spring Adjectives

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Grammar enthusiasts test their adjective knowledge with a activity that challenges them to color each word a specific color based on the type of word that is found inside it. When complete, scholars discover a bright bouquet of flowers...
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Lesson Plan
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Miss Alaineus Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners gain an understanding of various literary devices and strengthen their vocabulary. For this Miss Alaineus lesson plan, students read the vocabulary tale, discuss the use of literary devices and choose from 4 possible...
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Lesson Plan
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If I Had as Robot...

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students design a robot of every day objects and name it. They write about things the robot could do for them using the "If I Had a Robot" activity sheet using the robot as a visual aid to add to their creative writing.
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Lesson Plan
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Dinosaurs: "If I had a Dinosaur"

For Teachers 1st
First graders analyze what it would be like to own a dinosaur. In this dinosaur writing lesson, 1st graders review knowledge and key terms about dinosaurs in order to complete a one paragraph creative writing assignment. Students compile...

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