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Parts of Speech: Nouns

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss nouns. In this language arts lesson, 2nd graders discuss nouns and pronouns. Students identify various types of nouns on a worksheet. Students play "Popcorn" Nouns.
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Anansi Goes to Lunch

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story Anansi Goes to Lunch and complete language arts activities connected to the story. In this language arts lesson plan, 2nd graders complete activities including discussion, reading, writing, drawing, and role...
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The Ogre Bully

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story The Ogre Bully and complete language arts activities connected to the story. In this language arts lesson plan, 2nd graders complete activities including discussion, reading, writing, sequencing, analyzing,...
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Dog Gone

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars write friendly letters. In this language arts instructional activity, students discuss the parts of a friendly letter. Young scholars compose a friendly letter. Students share their letters with small groups and draw a...
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Can You Hear a Story?

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students gain an understanding of relationships between music and language arts. They analyze a story and create a musical composition that reflects and enhances the story. The musical accompaniment will be produced in a book on tape.
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Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate's Map for Me: An Original Story

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read Blackbeard and brainstorm their knowledge of maps. In this language arts and geography lesson, students use landmarks on their playground to review north, south, east and west and discuss the compass rose. Students read...
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Using Multiple Meaning Words

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore multiple meaning words. In this language arts lesson, 2nd graders read "Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping." Students discuss the different meanings of the words in the story. Students complete a worksheet.
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Making A Match

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read a poem containing sight words, then match word cards to the sight words in the poem. In this language arts lesson plan, students draw pictures next to sight words on a worksheet embedded in the plan. A good lesson for...
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Compound-Go-Round

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students make compound words by putting together cards with whole words on them. In this language arts lesson plan, students play a game where they match up words in an attempt to make compound words that make sense. A fun, meaningful...
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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Language Arts, Social Studies, African Americans, The Blues, To Kill A Mockingbird

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
African American history during the Jim Crow era includes encounters with poverty, racism, disrespect, and protest. Harper Lee develops all four of these themes in her famous 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. To help students understand...
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Language Arts, African Americans, Oral Tradition and the Blues

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
When slavery took Africans from their land, they were separated from the rich musical and oral traditions native to each country and region. While working as slaves, Africans found they had two places where they could use these musical...
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Language Arts, Music, Poetry: Blues Style

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This lesson focuses on how the blues both operates as poetry and informs the poetry of many prominent African American poets. Students consider the poetic devices and recurring themes in blues lyrics and the significance of the poetry of...
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Describing Characters with Rich Language

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders describe characters. In this describing characters lesson, 2nd graders dissect the text of a sample story and identify more descriptive words than those generally used. Students select their own character to describe from...
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You Too Can Haiku: How to Write a Haiku

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by writing their own poems. For this haiku lesson, students investigate the Japanese culture and their beautiful music, poetry and art. Students count the syllables in every line of a haiku poem and write...
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The Ghost Catcher

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story The Ghost Cather and complete activities related to the book. In this language arts lesson plan, 2nd graders complete comprehension questions, art projects, and more.
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Elaborating: Specific Adjectives

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students use adjectives to improve their descriptive writing. In this language arts lesson, students discuss adjectives that can be used to describe objects. Students complete sentences by selecting adjectives.
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Storytelling: Carnival Crime

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in the storytelling process. In this language arts lesson, students listen to a story and retell the story using pictures. Students draw pictures of a carnival costume.
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Working with Words Teacher Directed Activity by Mark Cogan for Elem. Test Prep

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students build word families. In this interactive language arts activity, students visit a website where they play a game creating word families. Students may print out their work when finished.
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Analyzing Key Ideas and Details in Nonfiction

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore nonfiction texts. In this language arts lesson, students read a nonfiction text and make predictions. Students identify facts and opinions in the text and draw conclusions as they read.
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Making Predictions by Analyzing Key Ideas and Details

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make predictions. In this language arts lesson, students read nonfiction texts and make predictions about what they are going to read. Students confirm and revise their predictions as they read the text.
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Poetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners write a poem. In this language arts lesson, students discuss what they hear and see in a garden. Learners write a poem about the sights, sounds and smells of the garden.
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Farm Animals ABC Book

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars create an ABC book. In this language arts activity, students create a page for an ABC book authored an illustrated by the class.
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Babushka Baba Yaga

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read books by the author Patricia Polacco and complete different activities for the 4 books. For this language arts lesson plan, students read the books Babushka Baba Yaga, Boat Ride With Lillian Two Blossom, Pink and Say, and...

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