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Hanging Out with Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Help your class listen and respond to a fictional story by creating a story structure mobile illustrating the main characters, setting, plot, problem, story events, and solution. Using a coat hanger, they will create an artistic element...
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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One...

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore language arts by reading two similar stories in order to compare and contrast them in class. Young readers read two Aunt Isabel books, by Kate Duke, and discuss the main characters, plot, and setting. They complete a graphic...
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Identifying Problems and Solutions in the Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students explore story structure. In this Groundhog's Day story structure literacy lesson, students listen to the story Groundhog Stays Up Late by Margery Cuyler, then pause half way through the story to identify the problem and...
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We Tell Stories

For Teachers K - 5th
Young readers bring characters to life by working in small groups to script and perform stories that contain a community concept. Detailed questions and activities are outlined for the class. Consider having your groups create...
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Egg Carton Stories

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students create stories with better structure when they are able to focus on its characters, setting, and plot. Teacher creates settings, character, and problem cartons with information written on strips of paper.
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Pick a Pet

For Teachers K - 1st
Students design informational materials to educate people on the importance of matching a new pet to the family's lifestyle and living arrangements. Students use critical thinking skills to make a decision on the appropriate choice for a...
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Martin Luther King Jr.

For Teachers 1st
After listening to a story about Martin Luther King Jr., first graders answer questions about the text. They discuss the importance of the illustrations, identify the beginning, middle, and end of the story, and complete a writing...
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Is This a House for Hermit Crab?

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify text that uses sequence or other logical order. They identify and interpret how different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different...
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Graphic Organizer Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate how to use graphic organizers. In this literary elements lesson plan, students are introduced to several types of graphic organizers and their purpose. Students read a book of their choice and complete a graphic...
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Emotions and Feelings

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students should have a concept idea of the significance of friendship, feelings, communication and emotions. The use of the Internet is essential for communicationing their emotions through EPAL.
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Creating Comic Strips

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create comic strips to communicate ideas that cannot be expressed through words alone.
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Connecting Families through Folk Stories and Fairy Tales

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners engage their families to write down a folk story from their primary language. In this family literacy lesson plan, students rewrite the story or fairy tales in English. Parents and learners are invited to present the stories in...
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Nursery Rhymes

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students recall details of nursery rhyme read by teacher, identify main characters, and demonstrate knowledge of poem by creating concept map about story that includes title, clip art, and changes in font and color.
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You Can Do It, Mr. And Mrs. Mallard!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students watch the video "Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert Mc Closkey. They write letters to Mr. and Mrs. Mallard and make a map for the mallards. They talk about the importance of animal habitats.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners study about the stages of metamorphosis of a butterfly and then listen to and participate in the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The students then listen to the story in French and translate the French food words to English....
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell Ring [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which young scholars read a narrative text and answer questions about the plot. Materials are included.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell Wheel

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and then turn a question wheel to answer questions about the characters, setting, conflict, and plot. Materials are included.[PDF]
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Narrative Text Structure: Retell a Story [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a narrative text and complete graphic organizers to map the story. Materials are included.

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