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Compliments can Change the World
Students explore the definition of philanthropy as it relates to bullying. In this moral values activity, students listen to the book Thank you, Mr. Falker and identify how the main character was bullied. Students define philanthropy,...
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The Piano
Second graders read The Piano and become familiar with racial discrimination. In this racial discrimination book lesson, 2nd graders answer comprehension question to focus on the importance of the book. Students discuss the reader's...
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School-Home Links: Book Links 5
In this characters in stories worksheet, students read a book with their family and write the title and author on the worksheet. Student then answer several questions about the main character of the story. Parents or guardians must sign...
Greater Grace Christian Academy
Cereal Box Book Report
Need a creative idea for an elementary book report? Use a cereal box project to engage your readers beyond plot, setting, and characters. The lesson includes templates for the project and examples from Charlie and the Chocolate...
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Bah Humbug
Students listen to two famous stories about people who do not like Christmas, and then create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the main characters.
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Who and What Questions - School/Home Links, Book Links
In this literacy and literature worksheet, students choose a book to read with a home learning partner. The write the name and author on the first two lines. They read the book before noting the main character and telling what problem...
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Enemy Pie
Students complete activities with the book Enemy Pie by Derek Munson. In this literature lesson, students answer questions before and during the reading. They describe how the main character's feelings changed.
Lied Center of Kansas
The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare
Both The Ugly Duckling and The Tortoise and the Hare are great additions to an elementary language arts lesson. Young readers focus on the literary elements of each story, including characters and plot development, and apply counting and...
K5 Learning
Race Cars
Do you ever get nervous before a big event? A pair of race cars discuss their nerves before tomorrow's race in a reading activity that includes five comprehension questions.
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When Randolph Turned Rotten
Students explore friendship by reading a book with their classmates. In this human relationship lesson plan, students read the story When Randolph Turned Rotten, and discuss the main character's relationships as well as the overall arc...
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Elements of Fiction
The metaphor of a pot of soup and a series of colorful templates remind young writers of the elements that make for a rich story. Pepper the plot with carrot/character, potato/point of view, corn/conflict, tomato/theme, and season with...
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Special Sunflowers
Students view a picture of Van Gogh's Sunflowers. In this caring and kindness lesson students read Camille and the Sunflower and explore the feelings of the characters. Students complete worksheets related to Camille's feelings in the book.
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Responsibility and Jobs
Students identify community helpers. In this philanthropy lesson, students read Strega Nona and identify different characters' responsibilities in the story. Students use character traits to describe the main characters and make a list...
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Dan, the Flying Man Comes to Our Town
Students listen to a read aloud of "Dan, the Flying Man" and complete a class re-write of the book highlighting what the main character would fly over if he flew over their town. They may keyboard their entry into the class book.
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Sheila Rae, the Brave
Learners read Sheila Rae, the Brave, and make predictions about the main character.
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Cat in the Hat Dot-to-Dot
In this dot-to-dot worksheet, students connect the dots from one to seventy-eight to form the main character from the book, The Cat In The Hat, the cat. Students color the dot-to-dot page with appropriate colors for illustration.
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Read a Book About an Animal
In this book analysis worksheet, students read a book about an animal and complete the questions. The questions range from what they liked best, to who the main character was, where the story took place, and why they liked the book.
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Autobiography
For this autobiography form worksheet, students complete a book analysis for an autobiographical book. Students must know the title, author, and difference between a biography and autobiography. Students must be able to answer several...
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Story Elements: Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
In this story elements learning exercise, students respond after reading Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes. Students identify the setting, main characters, problem and solution. Students write their notes in purse shapes.
Scholastic
Quick as a Cricket Lesson Plan
Teaching young learners about similes is easy as pie with this primary grade language arts lesson plan. Following a class reading of the children's book, Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood, young readers learn the definition of a simile...
Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program
The Backpack Travel Journals
Strap on those backpacks, it's time to travel through history with this literature unit based on the first four books of The Magic Tree House series. While reading through these fun stories, children create story maps, record interesting...
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Story Structure Slide Show
Analyzing the sequence of actions in dramatic stories leads to deeper comprehension of story structure. The class identifies the main actions in each section of a story and develops frozen tableau's for the identified actions of the...
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Character Scrapbook Teacher's Guide
Students analyze a book's characters and create a scrapbook to print and save. In this on line interactive characterization lesson plan, students identify character traits and gain a deeper understanding of a book's characters.
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School Home Links/Book Links 88
In this story connections worksheet, students learn about making connections between things that happen in a story. Students pick out a book, write the title and author, and then draw a picture of the main character in the story and a...
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