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Native Americans
Students are introduced to the culture of a variety of Native American tribes through literature and related activities.
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Enigmas
Students research various "mysterious" elements of literature, math, science, technology and life itself.
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Students 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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Vocabulary Bingo
Students review vocabulary words and definitions from a literature selection. They play Vocabulary Bingo to practice the words.
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Animals in Art
Learners look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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Letters from Lincoln
Fourth graders explore the childhood of Lincoln and pioneer life in early Indiana. Students respond to literature and write a story using historical fiction. Students explore the writings of President Lincoln and the pioneer community...
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Understanding Self and Others
Pupils investigate other people's perceptions and interpretations of the world. They write a letter, taking into account another's historical point of view. The students also compare and contrast differing points of view through...
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Strawberry Girl: Lesson 5
Students read the book Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski. In this literature lesson, students read chapters 8-15 and complete journal entries. They look at how life was in the 1890's.
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The Cay: Creatures of the Coral Reef
Students make a connection between science and literature. After reading the first five chapters of the novel The Cay, they describe the physical characteristics of a coral reef, as well as describe and distinguish between the many...
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Edward Lear, Limericks, and Nonsense: There Once Was...
Students recognize poetic devices including rhyme, syllabification, and meter. They identify the characteristics of a nonsense poem and of a limerick. They write their own limericks.
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Edward Lear, Limericks, and Nonsense: There Once Was?
Students explore limericks. In this poetry writing instructional activity, students listen to and read a variety of poems written by Edward Lear. Students count syllables and identify meter by clapping as they read aloud. Students...
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Japanese-American Internment/Relocation Camps
Students create poetry and verse, using all 5 senses to paint a visual image of life in a Japanese-American internment camp.
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Bad Case of Stripes Lesson Plan
Students think about why we worry about what others think, bullying, and learning to respect and accept differences in others.In this Bad Case of Stripes lesson plan, students examine cause-and-effect relationships in a story as they...
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The House of Dies Drear
Students read The House of Dies Drear and understand how he filled a need and helped people. In this philanthropy instructional activity students understand how the people who helped on the "Underground Railroad" filled a need and helped...
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Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Fun Trivia Quiz
The Enchanged Forest Chronicles has become a popular series with young readers. This online interactive quiz tests basic comprehension of the series.
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Window into Japan
Students research Japanese culture through art, caligraphy, food and literature of Japan. They increase knowledge of the computer and Interent.
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Putting out the Trash
Pupils explore the benefits of summarizing a piece of literature to increase comprehension. The teacher models summarizing by deleting trivial information from a reading passage. The students then practice summarizing independently by...
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Fall Into a Good Book...
In this literature worksheet, students use the full color painting of a tree dropping leaves for a bookplate or bookmark. The words on the bookplate read "Fall into a Good Book." There is room for the reader's name.
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A Biography of Amir Khan
In this literature worksheet, students read a biography about Amir Khan, a middleweight boxer who won an Olympic bronze in Athens. They identify whether each statement is true or false. Then, students look at his career and respond to...
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Number the Stars Ode to Peter and Lise
In this literature response worksheet, students learn that an ode is a poem written to honor someone. Students create an ode to honor the sacrifices of Peter and Lise in Lois Lowry's Number the Stars.
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Three Part Story Clock
In this literature response worksheet, students identify the beginning, middle and end events in a story and display this information on a story clock (graphic organizer). The title of the book goes in the center and the 3 parts are...
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Surprise Island Chapter 3-"The Garden"
In this literature and comprehension question worksheet, students write complete sentence answers to 4 questions about Chapter 3,"The Garden," from the book Surprise Island.
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Sequence of Events
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students recall the sequence of events in a piece of literature by filling out this graphic organizer chart with 6 unlabeled boxes.
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"Boxcar Children"- Lesson 2- Night Is Turned Into Day- Vocabulary
In this literature and vocabulary instructional activity, students complete vocabulary work from pages 16-26 of "The Boxcar Children." They examine the phonograms: a, ng, oi, ie, c, s, ay, ck, qu, igh, gn, ed, ou, ar, and ee. No...
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