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A Map of the Big Race

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read a novel and practice putting the events into the correct sequence. Using the text, they create a map showing the events of the race in order and a legend. They must use vocabulary from previous chapters and make their map...
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Past Experiences-Past Tense Verbs

For Students 4th
In this past-tense sentence construction worksheet, 4th graders rewrite sentences practicing the past tense of "be". They rewrite sentences in the negative, reorder sentences to make questions and write a paragraph.
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The Bear Facts About Summarization

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice summarizing techniques in this lesson. They listen as the teacher reads from a non-fiction article, and the class creates a story map to highlight the most important facts from the article. They use the map to write a...
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Learning About Our World

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore their world using the book "This is the Way We Go to School." They predict information about the story based on the title and pictures. Students label a world map with the names of continents and oceans. They write a set...
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Who's Who at Our School?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize and use language appropriately for varied contexts and purposes. Students integrate listening, speaking, viewing, reading, and writing for multiple purposes. Students develop and use a variety of strategies to plan,...
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Ready, Set, Summarize

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read in order to summarize, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the three step-process outlined by the instructor...
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Summarizing Summer

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders summarize a piece of text. After reviewing the correct way to read in order to summarize, 4th graders independently read a selection of their choice. They write a summary paragraph using the graphic organizer outlined by...
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Just Get to the Good Part

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize nonfiction text. After reviewing the steps for summarization, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the six-step process outlined by the instructor during guided practice.
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Chunks, Chunks, And More Chunks!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students summarize a selected piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the process for summarizing, students read a nonfiction article, highlighting important information as they read. They write a summary paragraph using the five...
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Rockin' Map Summaries

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners summarize a piece of text. After reviewing the correct way to read and summarize, students work in groups to summarize a piece of text assigned by the instructor. They write a summary paragraph by creating a story map and the...
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Fun with Summarizing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice summarization by creating a story map. After reading Freckle Juice, students working in groups, create a story map of the main events of the story. Groups use their story maps to summarize a chapter of the story and...
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Short and Sweet

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize nonfiction text. After reviewing the process for reading in order to summarize, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the checklist outlined by the instructor during...
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1, 2, 3...A Summary

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize a piece of nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to gather the important information needed to summarize, students independently read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the process...
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Good Citizens

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars differentiate responsible from irresponsible behavior in their community. In this citizenship lesson, students use technology to organize lists of responsible and irresponsible behaviors, write about the effects these...
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Finding Self-Reliance

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders relate what is read to their own experiences and feelings and use active listening to respond to other students' comments. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders utilize an Active Listening Chart imbedded in this plan to gain...
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Someone is Summarizing

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice summarizing text using James E. Knight's, "Boston Tea Party, Rebellion in the Colonies." They read the story silently before summarizing it using main ideas and supporting details and deciding what type of information...
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Reading to Learn: How Do We Sum That Up?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the topic of summarizing. They read the book, Dolphins at Daybreak, to practice summarizing. They determine what information is important and choose sentences to summarize the passages they read. They write a summary...
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Going to the Playground

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a paragraph about a group of children at the park. They then answer 5 true and false questions about the reading. Finally, students complete a conversation on the worksheet and...
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Earning an Income

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the role of money in society and define how to earn an income. In this human capital instructional activity, 4th graders read the book Shoeshine Girl and discuss it. Students discuss various economic concepts and...
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Social Studies: Religions and Folktales of India

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the world's major religions, focusing on India as presented in folktales. They take notes while reading the stories and retell them orally. Students research belief systems and write one-paragraph reflections about them.
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Madagascar-Simply Summarized

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students summarize a selected piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the correct way to read silently, students read a nonfiction article. They write a summary paragraph using the four step process outlined by the instructor. ...
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Summarizing and Mapping for Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars practice summarization in order to increase their comprehension of non-fiction text. They read and summarize passages by finding the main ideas in passages from a Social Studies textbook. After silently reading the passage...
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Compounds

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this compound words worksheet, learners explore words with more than one syllable. Learners rewrite the twenty words and write a paragraph using as many of the twenty words as possible.
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The Family Tree

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this patterns practice worksheet, students read a 3-paragraph excerpt regarding a family tree and respond to 1 graphic organizer question and 1 short answer question.