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Passport to Stories Around the World
Students read stories from various cultures and create a passport indicating the completion and comprehension of the story. The template for the passport is included. The lesson can be used for a broad range of ages depending on the...
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Language Arts Lesson: Printing and Publishing
Students listen to an African folktale about an animal character that can walk and talk and retell the main events of the story in their own words. They illustrate the folktale utilizing a relief printmaking method as a replica of an...
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Story Elements: Henry and Mudge Story
In this story elements from a Henry and Mudge story worksheet, students read the story, cut out story elements, and glue them into the correct categories on the second worksheet. Students cut and paste seventeen story elements.
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Polar Express Lesson Plan
Students develop a podcast as they retell the story of The Polar Express. In this early childhood lesson plan, students experience technology by creating a podcast. Students also create illustrations to be scanned for the podcast.
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Reader's Theater: Presenting Asian Folktales
Students create and perform folktale plays. In this reader's theater and Asian literature lesson, students work in groups to rewrite Asian folktales into scripts and perform the folktales for their class in a Reader's Theater. Lesson...
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Runny Babbit
Young scholars are introduced to elements of poetry through the book Runny Babbit. In this poetry lesson, students learn about the newest Shel Silverstein book, then examine the poem's form, rhythm, and rhyme. Young scholars look for...
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Dramatizing Tam's Slipper
Students investigate the Japanese version of the Cinderella tale. In this fairy tale lesson, students read Tam's Slipper and construct a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the tale with the American version.
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Friendly Neighbors
Students review the days of the week and the meaning of unconditional kindness. In this days of the week and kindness lesson, students participate in a reading of Libba Moore Gray's Miss Tizzy. They talk about the days of the week and...
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Amazing Animal Alliteration Book
Students understand the meaning of alliteration. In this alliteration activity, students write sentences using alliteration and recognize how it changes the writing in a story.
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Book Report Alternative
Students create a video book report. For this literature lesson, students read a book independently and fill out a graphic organizer. Students use a digital camera to record their book review.
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Picture the Process
Students read Chasing Vermeer and relate the book to the author . In this writing process lesson plan, students view Blue's Photo Album and see how the author writes and revises her work. Students discuss the process that all good...
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When Turtle Grew Feathers
Students explore the Choctaw Native American tribe. In this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students locate where the Choctaw Indians lived on a United States map. Students listen to When Turtle Grew Feathers and...
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Why Koala Has A Stumpy Tail
Students practice reading comprehension of an Australian folktale. In this Australian folktale lesson, students read the story, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail, before completing retells with character puppets, discussing friendship, and...
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Students analyze classic children's stories by creating story maps. In this children's literature lesson, students read Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and practice retelling the story with picture cards that need to be put into the...
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What is a Tangram?
Students identify a tangram. In this geometry lesson, students read Grandfather Tang's Story and retell each story using the tangrams on a flannel board. Students use tangrams to complete an included worksheet.
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Very Good Facts About Very Good Books
Students identify the characteristics of fiction and non-fiction texts. In this genre study lesson, students read the books A Butterfly Alphabet Book and I Wish I Were a Butterfly. Students develop a graphic organizer to compare and...
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The Lion and the Mouse
Young scholars write a story. For this critical thinking and writing lesson, students read a fable, answer the provided thinking skills questions, and write their own fable.
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Genie-US Pre-Reading
In these language arts worksheets, students respond to the story Genie-us. Students analyze a sentence from the story and create a prediction. Additionally, students match vocabulary words to the correct meaning.
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Alternative Assessments for Novel Units
Students can be assessed on novel units using alternative/performance assessments.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Activities
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs", in its book or movie form, rains down lesson possibilities.
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Book Project Lesson Plans
Long term book projects can help engage students and enhance their critical thinking skills .
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Celebrate Read Across America Day With Dr. Seuss Lesson Plans
Celebrate Read Across America Day with Dr. Seuss lesson plans, and dish up the "Green Eggs and Ham."
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"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" Lesson Ideas
There are many creative activities that can be done to extend the learning after reading "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas."
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Celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday!
Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and reading by participating in Read Across America day on March 2nd.
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