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Sarah, Plain and Tall - Intro to Literature Circle jobs
Students read a book with each student having a specific job for the class. In this literature instructional activity, students read Sarah, Plain and Tall over 10 days, dividing up responsibilities for each student to make sure everyone...
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Literature Circles: Getting Started
Make reading more enjoyable and interactive with literature circles! Here you'll find detailed lessons to begin the literature circle process. Ten lessons introduce each role learners take on. Literature circle roles include...
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Literature Circles Planner
Here is a literature circle instructional activity for learners to plan an effective group meeting. Instructions are given to answer 10 questions. This form may be used for every book the group reads.
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Literature Circles: Art Director
In this literature circle activity worksheet, students draw a picture that include details of the events from their assigned piece of reading. Students also explain why included certain details in their drawing.
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Illustrator-literature Circles
In this literature circle worksheet, students are instructed to draw or sketch something related to a book they have read. There are directions on how to use this in a book club setting.
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Because of Winn-Dixie Scrapbook
Here is a fun resource that your kids will love. While reading the book Because of Winn-Dixie, they analyze the story's main characters by creating an online scrapbook. The purpose is to have them identify character traits and use...
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Build Mastery: Prediction
What do you think will happen? Use a graphic organizer to help learners predict what will happen in a text. Consider modeling the chart using a familiar story, pretending you don't know what happens. Show scholars the book, explaining...
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Gettin' Through Thursday
Have your class explore active reading strategies! In this guided reading lesson, learners make personal connections to characters having a bad day as a prior knowledge activation discussion. After reading Gettin' Through Thursday, class...
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A Dreamer's Cloak
Learners listen to the teacher read "A Dreamer's Cloak." They examine the difference between squares and circles and create their own cloak by using a paper bag and different shapes.
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Classroom Guide for The Birthday Swap
Learners complete activities with the book The Birthday Swap by Loretta Lopez. In this literature lesson plan, students answer pre-reading questions, locate new vocabulary, and read the story. They answer comprehension questions,...
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Crazy Horses' Vision Teacher's Guide
Third graders read and discuss the story of Crazy Horse. In this Crazy Horses' Vision teacher's guide, 3rd graders examine the life of Native American, Crazy Horse. Students answer questions, perform literature circle roles, and complete...
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Froggy Plays in the Band
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students complete a variety of vocabulary activities. All pertain to the book, Froggy Plays in the Band.
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Dr. Seuss Book Report - Character
Bring the imaginative spark in every Dr. Seuss book to your reading lesson with a book report worksheet. After they read the story, learners write a short summary of the tale and include an illustration of their favorite character.
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Wonder in the Classroom
Would you rather be right, or would you rather be kind? A novel unit based on R.J. Palacio's Wonder focuses on the need to be kind to others and to accept their differences. As learners read the book, they discuss the themes of family...
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Dr. Seuss Word Search
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet, students find and circle/highlight the underlined words in nine Dr. Seuss book titles in a word search puzzle.
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Selection Director
In this literature circle worksheet, students read a selected text and pick the most interesting to read to their group at the group reading.
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Mini-Unit: Natural Resources
Students explore how their choices affect others. In this character development and ecology activity, students debate choice-making issues. Students listen to The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and identify choices the characters made about tree...
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More Spring Poems: The Bee And The Flower
In this literature worksheet, students read and discuss the poem "The Bee And The Flower," color the picture, underline or circle the rhyming words and then print the rhyming words on pages two through four on the lines provided.
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Graphic Organizer Collection: Character
In this collection of graphic organizers for a literature unit, students will complete 22 different graphic organizers on the topic of character development. For example, this collection includes character analysis and various attribute...
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Comparing Dr. Seuss Books- Venn Diagram
In this Dr. Seuss Venn diagram worksheet, students compare two Dr. Seuss books. They write the things that are different about the two books in the outer area of the circles, and the things that are the same in the overlapping portion of...
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Shape Up!
Students investigate measurement through the use of literature through this series of lessons.
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The Lorax
Third graders identify and list five problems presented in The Lorax by Dr. Seuss. They relate these problems to current environmental issues and debate how to make a difference then participate in different activities to improve their...
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The Cat in the Hat
In this Dr. Seuss comprehension of text worksheet, students complete a vocabulary word search, answer ten comprehension questions and match various pictures that rhyme.
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Learners appreciate African folktales, make "connections" between geography and literature, and research facts about Africa's animals and present findings through art and writing.
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