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Introduce Vocabulary: Frida (Winter)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Combine vocabulary in context with art history using Jonah Winter's colorful biography Frida. Although there are quite a few words you could teach from this text, four are listed here with connecting questions: ill, imitate,...
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Good Litter, Bad Litter

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Which ones can be thrown on the ground? Discover the difference between natural litter and unhealthy trash, helping scholars by using several examples. Use the information here to give them a basic background, but also encourage prior...
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Talking in Sculpture

For Teachers K - 5th
Elementary schoolers take a look at the work of sculptor Roxanne Swentzell. They pay particular attention to her work, Mud Woman Rolls On. Then, the young artists use clay to create a sculpture of their own which has the theme of a...
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Personal Dictionary Pages

For Teachers K - 5th
Encourage your class members to keep track of new and neat words throughout the school year. At the start of the year, learners can put together this booklet, and the booklet can act as an individualized dictionary. Each letter is...
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ABA Form in Music

For Teachers 4th
Patterns happen everywhere, in music, math, and language! Fourth graders listen to the "William Tell Overture" visualizing the patterns that they hear. They then discuss and write an ABA poem that matches the ABA form found in the music...
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Woody Guthrie: Life and Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Woody Guthrie will capture the imagination of even your most reluctant learners. Using his work, your class will develop their skills in non-fiction reading comprehension, interpreting primary source material, and use of multiple forms...
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Creating a Landscape Through Art, Music, Dance, and Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A brightly-colored David Hockney landscape painting inspires poetry, dance, music, and paper sculpture in this multi-faceted activity. After brainstorming words inspired by the painting, the whole class collaborates on a cinquain poem,...
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The Art of Nouns: Common or Proper Nouns?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
While short, this presentation would provide a interesting and creative way to discuss common and proper nouns. This is a concept that students have difficulty understanding. In order to be able to write properly, students need to master...
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Language Arts Ice Breakers

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Activities that build rapport and help students demonstrate their skills can be a great way to begin the school year.
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Fairy Tale Lessons Can Spice Up Language Arts Activities

For Teachers K - 4th
Fairy tales can be a motivating way to introduce students to a variety of topics, including literary analysis.
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A Story on a Vase

For Teachers K - 5th
Students associate a hydria with Greek myths. In this Greek art and mythology lesson plan, students examine a scene on a hydria, then choose a Greek myth to illustrate on their own painting.
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The Amazing Maud Lewis

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students investigate cultural art from Canada by reading about Maud Lewis.  In this Canadian history instructional activity, students identify the work of Lewis by visiting her magazine website.  Students identify other heroes...
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Creating a Story that "Stacks" on Itself and Repeats a Catch Phrase

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore language arts by reading a classic children's story in class. In this story structure activity, students read the Judith Viorst book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Learners discuss the...
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Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify metaphors.  In this figurative language lesson, students learn about metaphors and listen to various examples.  Students read a story and identify the metaphors present.  Students complete a worksheet...
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Board Game: Rhymes With, Begins With, Ends With, Opposite Of

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts board game learning exercise, students play a game with one or more classmates. Each space landed on requires students to say a word that rhymes with, begins with, ends with, or is the opposite of a given word or...
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Word Pairs

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students compare similar words that are often confused. In this Language arts lesson plan, students review meanings of words that are often confused. Students complete a worksheet and sentences to practice correct usage of these words.
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English Worksheets

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts instructional activity, students practice sentence completion. Students are given two passages with missing words and they are to place words from the word bank in the blanks. There are thirty-six in all.
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Pizza for Everyone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Pizza is the inspiration for the cross-curricular lesson detailed here. Start out with a poem about pizza and move into a discussion about balanced eating. To close the language arts portion of the lesson, ask your pupils to write...
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Introduction to Adjective Order

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Here is an online teaching tool that you can use to help fourth graders understand the proper ordering of adjectives. An explanation is given for eight different types of adjectives in addition to guidelines about how to order them. This...
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Dictionaries

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students understand the way the dictionary is laid out as well as the purpose for why people use dictionaries. In this language arts lesson, students recognize the need for alphabetical order and are able to find words using a...
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Reading-Author's Purpose

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students review what author's purpose is by understanding that authors either persuade, inform, describe, or entertain with their story. In this language arts lesson, students bring in junk mail and in small groups discuss what the each...
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Reading Passage and Verb Tense

For Students 3rd
In this language arts interactive worksheet, 3rd graders read a passage about seabirds and answer questions.  Students answer 25 interactive online questions.
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A Life For A Life: Irish Tower Houses

For Students 4th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, students review Irish tower houses. After reading a book about these towers (title not included), students complete 5 short answer questions, illustrate a tower, and have the option of researching other...
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Writing a Storybook

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by creating their own stories in class. In this book making lesson, students read the story City Pig in class and create storyboard illustrations in order to analyze the story. Students utilize these...

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