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Artfully Speaking

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders speak in front of small groups using their My Favorite Artwork form.
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A Holiday Card in KidPix

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a holiday card using computer software.  In this computer card making lesson, students design an original holiday card using a variety of tools.  Students navigate the software utilizing various tools.
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Picture Dictionary

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students write and contribute one page for a class picture dictionary. They discuss how to alphabetize words, and examine both regular and picture dictionaries and how they are organized. Next they create a page for the class dictionary...
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Library Curriculum: What Would a Wonderful Library Be Like?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a KWL chart about libraries. They create a book using writing patterns of a particular author. Students decide criteria for awarding the Second Grade Librarian Award to books in the classroom library, and use a...
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Comic Strip Context Clues

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create dialogue for a comic strip using context clues to match the text to the pictures. They use comic blanks imbedded in this lesson. They write dialogue for each frame. Remind them to use the picture clues when writing...
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Simon Says

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders play Simon Says. The teacher uses a worksheet imbedded in this lesson which has suggestions for action commands to be used during the game. The intent is for students to focus on the action verbs which are built in to the...
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TELL THE SEQUENCE IN AN ORAL REPORT

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders survey a favorite story he/she has read or heard read aloud. They use the graphic organizer to draw illustrations that show the beginning, middle and end of the story. They tell the title of the story, whether it is...
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Poetry for the Common Good

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify examples of philanthropy in poetry or song. In this philanthropy activity, students examine several poems such as Give by Carrie A. Thomas and identify concepts of philanthropy in the poem. Students construct their own...
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Comparing Tales through Performance

For Teachers K - 4th
Students compare and contrast versions of The Three Little Pigs. In this fairy tale lesson, students read 3 versions of the fairy tale and dramatize them in order to analyze the similarities and differences.
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LOOKING AT A CHARACTER

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate self- and teacher-selected literature (e.g., picture books, nursery rhymes, fairy tales, poems, legends) from a variety of cultures. They re-enact and retell stories, songs, poems, plays, and other literary...
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Scrapbook of Evidence

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students read three different genres of fiction. They create a story map and brainstorm possible collage inclusions. Each student prepares a minimum of two scrapbook page entries for each text or passage. Students write beside each...
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The Hunter Using Children's Literature to Teach the Geography of Africa

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are able to answer basic questions about the region and the use of natural resources, sketch a mental map of the story's setting, and find their way through the thematic maze/map.
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The Mail Race

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create friendly letters and surveys to other schools. In this letter writing lesson, students format friendly letters to other school and request a reply. Students chart the replies on a map and share information from the...
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Good Readers Visualize

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars explore reading. For this visualization lesson, students practice, creating images in their minds while listening to the story The Vegetables Go To Bed, by Christopher King. They listen to the story and then draw what they...
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Spelling: Short Vowel Review

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this spelling worksheet students copy a set of 6 short vowel words. Parents are given suggestions to help students study and learn the words.
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Spelling Connections Grade 4: Assessment and Review

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling activity instructional activity, students rewrite the spelling words on the blank lines. Students then create a crossword puzzle with the spelling words.
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Spelling 5 Assessment and Review

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spelling activity worksheet, students rewrite the words on the lines and write all the syllables that form the spelling words on cards. Students practice the words using the cards.
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A Christmas Lesson

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review vocabulary for colors, clothes and face words. They practice matching the written form of a word with the spoken form of a word. They write the word that matches a picture flashcard.
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My School

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study their school and school-related topics. They review the days of the week, telling time, and school symbols and objects. They create a timetable of their subjects, practice telling time, and discuss the important people...
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Daily Language Review Quiz #1

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this grammar review learning exercise, students complete 5 grammar tasks: students rewrite 2 sentences with the correct punctuation and capitalization, write a contraction by combining two words, choose the best word to complete a...
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Novel Study Night of the Twisters

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this reading worksheet, students use this graphic organizer to map the beginning, middle and end of The Night of the Twisters. Students use this "plot pie" to write a few sentences to summarize the story. The graphic organizer is...
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Review of Initial Sounds: F, G, H, Q

For Students K - 2nd
In this initial sounds learning exercise, students look at pictures and write the initial sound, first on a line next to the picture, then at the beginning of the word that describes the picture.
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Review of Initial Sounds: P, T, S, W

For Students K - 2nd
In this initial sounds worksheet, students look at pictures and write the initial sound, first on a line next to the picture, then at the beginning of the word that describes the picture.
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Vocabulary Review: Advice, Necessity, Requests, Suggestions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read ten sentences and choose the correct completion from two choices. These sentences do not have to do with the advice or requests indicated in the title.

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