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Crazy Critters Creative Writing
Students brainstorm animals with unusual characteristics such as a giraffe with a short neck or a zebra without stripes. They write paragraphs about their animals and work in peer editing groups to refine their stories.
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Read Research and Report
Third graders organize information from fiction and nonfiction trade books to add to the understanding of a /curricular topic. They prepare oral presentations that reflect their understanding, show organization and include appropriate...
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What's the Story
Students create a narrative story from an image taken by a classmate. Each student takes and downloads a digital picture containing some sort of interesting action. They print and exchange photographs without discussing the photos....
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Keypals
Students discover how to write and send e-mail messages/letters. They correspond with other students of same age level in another geographic area on a social level.
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Blindfolded Building
Pupils build a Lego design and then work with a partner to reproduce that design. They guide the building of the reproduction by description only and then check their work.
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Genre Study
Third graders develop an understanding of genre by participating in small- and whole-group activities. In addition, they practice presentation and specific listening skills. This lesson assumes students have been regularly exposed to a...
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Internet: Writing Friendly Letters Via Email
Learners view a Powerpoint presentation on writing and sending email. After examining a Website about the parts of a friendly letter, they compose and send their own letters via email. Teachers set up an email/pen pal account so...
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Inventors - A Multimedia Presentation
Students research inventors. In this research project, students select an inventor and research their accomplishments. Then, students create a PowerPoint presentation to help share what they have learned.
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Heirlooms
Students design a quilt square to reflect their special memory. In this family heirlooms lesson, students read The Patchwork Quilt and discuss the importance of family involvement in creating a family heirloom. Students write and publish...
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Arthur's Birthday
Students investigate birthdays. In this literacy cross curriculum lesson, students listen to the book Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown. Students re-read the book orally, graph birthdays, design a word search, and create...
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Exploring the Families of Instruments
Students investigate the families of instruments. In this instrument lesson, students discuss how each instrument family makes their sound. Students then make their own instruments. Students write a paragraph about their favorite musical...
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Pronoun Party
Students collect pronouns to replace nouns in sentences together and on paper. Students review nouns with each other. Students identify the pronouns in a variety of sentences provided by the teacher. The Pronoun Party continues.
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Initial Consonant Cluster
In this grammar learning exercise, students read and identify squ- words and then, recognize that sq (and q) are always followed by u. They also read a story and highlight all the words that begin with squ. Finally, students complete a...
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Preparing to Cook
Students explore cooking. They follow safe procedures for food safety hygiene. Students discuss their experiences of cooking at home and school. They discuss what they did to prepare to cook. Students view a video. They create a poster...
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics--Words That Begin With FR
In this words that begin with FR worksheet, pupils find and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that begin with FR.
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics--Words That Begin With PR
In this words that begin with PR worksheet, students find and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that begin with PR.
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics--Words That Begin With sh
In this words that begin with sh worksheet, young scholars find and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that begin with sh.
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics--Words That Begin With spr and str
In this words that begin with spr and str worksheet, students find and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that begin with the letters spr and/or str.
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics--Words That Begin With wh
For this words that begin with th worksheet, student find and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that begin with th.
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics--Words That End With -CT
In this words that end in -CT worksheet, students locate and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that end in -CT.
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Word Search Puzzle: Phonics--Words That End With -MP
In this words ending in -MP worksheet, young scholars find and circle/highlight twelve words in a word search puzzle that end in -MP.
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Was or Were?
In this was/were worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with either was or were. Students may click on an answer button beneath each sentence to check their work.
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Navigating Nonfiction
Third graders explore the arrangement of nonfiction. In this library skills lesson, 3rd graders examine Dewey Decimal classification as they collaborate to locate nonfiction materials in the library/media center.