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Curated OER

Reading on the Farm

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study farm life. In this writing lesson, 2nd graders listen to "Pigaroo" and write their own story about farm life.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plains Indians Pictographs

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore methods of written communication. In this Plains Indian lesson, students create pictographs representing everyday modern life after observing the pictographs used by the Plains Indians. Pictograph stories are written on...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Johnny Appleseed

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars investigate Johnny Appleseed.  In this cross curriculum literacy and U.S. history lesson, students listen to Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg, and dictate important events in his life as the teacher writes them on index...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Tale of Tom Kitten

For Students 1st - 4th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, students recall story details, vocabulary usage, and work math problems related to the literature. The students will complete five multiple choice recall questions, four multiple choice...
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Unit Plan
Lycoming College

An Author Study of Jan Brett

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Jan Brett, the author of many beloved children's books, is well worth a study. Try out this winter-themed unit, which covers areas of language arts as well as art, math, science, and social studies.
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When Am I? (16)

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
How can you tell when a story takes place? Use context clues to infer the time of day and seasons of five short reading passages. Kids then note each passage's time period as daytime or nighttime, as well as winter or summer.
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Curated OER

Cinderella Stories - Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine an African Cinderella story. In this Cinderella lesson plan, students listen to the story, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, in order to compare it to the original Cinderella story and to increase their understanding of...
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Curated OER

Wild Christmas Reindeer

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to the children's story "The Wild Christmas Reindeer" while using the pictures from the story to help analyze the plot. For this reading comprehension lesson, students discuss the text and pictures of a story as they...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: 2nd Grade Act. 11: Character Sketch

For Teachers 2nd Standards
This lesson engages students in describing the main character from Patricia Palacco's book, My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother. Students will analyze a picture of the main character and the teacher will write all of the students'...