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Book Week Celebration

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners discover the importance of reading. They participate in a school wide book celebration. They participate in activities to get them interested in reading.
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Build Listening Skills With Asian Folktales

For Teachers K - 8th
Students read five folktales. After each folktale is read students use a map to find the location of the country of the tale's origin. Next, students answer comprehension questions related to each folktale.
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Little Cloud

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create "little clouds" after reading the story "The Little Cloud" by Eric Carle in this cross-curricular Art and Language Arts lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The author suggests using this with a "Raindrop Picture"...
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Technology-commected Folklife Lesson Plan: Fables

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners discuss ways the stories were alike and different. The teacher demonstrate how to draw a Venn diagram using Microsoft Word. They label the two circles and enter the likenesses and differences on the diagram.
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STREGA NONA - WORD WORK

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these Strega Nona worksheets, students are given five word work activities involving vocabulary words from the story. An art and writing activity is included as well.
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Where the Wild Things Are

For Students K - 2nd
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 11 multiple choice questions regarding Where the Wild Things Are.
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Dr. Seuss Books Crossword

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet, students use a set of 14 clues to complete a Dr. Seuss book title worksheet. Answers are given on page 2.
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Freckle Juice

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils analyze a chapter from the assigned book they are reading.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read chapter four from Freckle Juice by Judy Blume, and discuss the main character, Andrew.  Pupils complete a...
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Dealing with Differences

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students list at least ten things they have a hard time doing. After reading and discussing Be Good to Eddie Lee, Students, in cooperative groups, write at least six ways people can assist people with disabilities.
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Quiz 8A: Irregular Verbs-Group 2

For Students 2nd - 4th
Here is a straightforward worksheet that provides practice with irregular verbs. First, learners write the past tense form of 10 irregular verbs next to the given present tense form. Then they use the verbs from that list to complete six...
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Owl Eyes.

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students create an animal with clay and use toothpick to draw or carve features. Students write descriptions of their animal and tell why they created it in a certain way. Students write legends on their own, perhaps using their created...
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Lily and Miss Liberty

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discuss ways to earn money and why they might need it. Students create crowns to wear all day like in the story. Students create a play using characters in the story. Students interview "eyewitnesses" at the unveiling of the...
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The Polar Express

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the story, "The Polar Express." Prior to beginning the story, students predict events of the story and drink hot cocoa. Afterwards, they write a short story about Christmas and create a model train for the classroom....
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this story structure activity, students read the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and identify the characters, setting and main themes of the book. They answer a list of study questions about the book.
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Buffalo Before Breakfast

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this literature vocabulary crossword, students solve 15 clues and put them into a crossword, with no word bank. All words pertain to the book Buffalo Before Breakfast.
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Build a Sturdy Wall

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners read a version of "The Three Little Pigs" and then work in small groups to design a wall. They use Legos to build the wall and subject their design to a strength test.
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Unscramble the Words: Viking Ships at Sunrise

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word scramble worksheet, students decipher 12 words. All are from the book Viking Ships at Sunrise. There is no word bank.
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Winnie the Pooh Loves to Read, Too

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in a lesson which provides a purpose for reading, writing, and technology. It also instills a sense of pride in students as they create birthday cards for a reading project in the community called, "Happy Birthday,...
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At the North Pole

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this crossword activity about Santa and the North Pole, students read clues across and down and fill in the squares. Students solve 15 clues.
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A "Typical Day" Then and Now

For Teachers K - 8th
Students complete a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting their lives to those of their grandparents when they were a child. They interview their grandparent as well. They share their stories with the class.
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Interesting Idioms

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students are introduced to the topic of idioms in figurative speech. Using the definition of idioms, they use literature to view examples. They identify idioms in different forms of writing and practice using them in speech. ESL...
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Where is Flat Stanley?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a story map of the basic elements and significant events of the book Flat Stanley. Students brainstorm places they would like to visit if they had been flattened and then, write about an imagined experience. Students...
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Speech Therapy Students Interact Between Schools

For Teachers K - 6th
Students use technology to improve their communication skills and have the ability to interact with other speech students attending other elementary schools. Through riddles, games, and other activities, students attain their speech...
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Civil War on Sunday Crossword

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this crossword activity, students read 15 clues, solve them, and put the answers in a crossword puzzle. All answers pertain to the book Civil War on Sunday.