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Lesson 3: Character Values

For Teachers 1st Standards
A value is something a person or character thinks is right or good; it's also a characteristic of a fairy tale. Learners discuss how fairy tale characters often have or exemplify a specific value. They compare the values found in The...
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Friendship

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore human psychology by reading a book in class. In this friendship lesson, 1st graders identify the benefit of friends and strong relationships while reading the book The Rainbow Fish. Students analyze the images from...
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Welcome to Seuss Squares

For Teachers 1st - 5th
This PowerPoint reviews works by Dr. Seuss. The interactive game requires players to answer plot questions about Fox in Socks, Cat in the Hat, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Lorax, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. 
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Introduce Vocabulary: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore language arts by reading a children's story in class. In this three tier vocabulary lesson, students read the book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and identify the specific use for several vocabulary words. Students...
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Literacy: Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore language arts by analyzing a children's book in class. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students read the book Slowly, Slowly, Slowly... by Eric Carle. Students identify the characters, setting and plot of the...
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Dr. Seuss Comes to the Gym

For Teachers K - 2nd
Demonstrate different motor activities to honor Dr. Seuss's birthday. A literacy-based physical education lesson prompts young readers to perform group activities such as tumbling, jumping rope, throwing frisbees, and hopping....
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Classroom Fun with Flat Stanley!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete various activities based on the Flat Stanley books. In this Flat Stanley lesson, students brainstorm a list of supernatural qualities as an introduction to the book, then create story webs based on the book characters...
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Swimmy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the themes of the book Swimmy by Leo Lionni. In this literacy instructional activity, students dramatize a character from Swimmy and identify common themes such as cooperation and caring. Students create a new ending to...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-The Tree That Would Not Die

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars read The Tree That Would Not Die by Ellen Livine. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities as they read of an ancient oak tree that has lived for nearly 500 years. they focus their attention on the events in...
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Brown Bear Animals

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to the book Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do you See. They use a variety of art mediums to re-create large animal shapes representing the animals from the book, Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See.
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Vocabulary Development

For Teachers K - 2nd
By utilizing a graphic organizer called a bubble map, young readers work toward developing their vocabulary. After reading a story, a word that has something to do with the story is put in the middle circle. Then, other words that have...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Individual Book

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this literature and literacy worksheet, students make individual copies of Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. There are no directions given. Each page prints two copies.
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Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See?

For Students K - 1st
Learners will create a self made book following the literature of "Panda Bear, Panda Bear What Do You See?" by Eric Carle. Students will color eleven characters from the story.
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Homesick

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are read the books "Tanya's Reunion' and "Christina Katrina". As a class, they recall events of the stories in the correct sequence. They discuss the traditions they have within their own families and are introduced to the...
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The Polar Express

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this literature response worksheet, students see a train with the title The Polar Express in the engine. The following cars are for children to write about the beginning, middle, and end of this story.
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Problem and Solution Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore problems and solutions in literature. In this literature lesson, students identify problems and solutions in short guided and independent reading samples. Students also discuss characterization techniques used to develop...
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Peter Rabbit True and False

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this true or false worksheet, learners read through 8 statements about the story of Peter Rabbit. Students determine which statements are true, which are false, and mark them accordingly.
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#2 Peter Rabbit - Reading Comprehension

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read the story 'Peter Rabbit.' Students then read the 5 reading comprehension questions and write the answers on the lines.
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Present Simple

For Students Pre-K - 6th
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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We Are Alike, We Are Different:A Focus on Japan

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop a connection with students in a first grade classroom in Japan. They begin to develop a curiosity about Japan--the landscape, the people, and their culture, while developing an understanding of the Five Themes of...
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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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Amazing Autobiographies

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience. They apply knowledge of language structure,...
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U.S.A.

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these literature worksheets learners will construct a self made book about the USA. Students will color 15 vocabulary words pertaining to the book's topic.
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"The Relatives Came" Activity Card

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this literature worksheet, students write about things they liked when relatives came to visit after listening to the story, "The Relatives Came." They write about their feelings when their relatives came to visit and write about...

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