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Robert Munsch: Author Study

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students study Robert Munsch's style of writing. For this literature lesson, students read many of Robert Munsch's books, write a list of the characteristics found in his books, and write or orally tell a story using some of these...
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Plant a Tree

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students participate in a service project in their own community to gain an understanding of stewardship. They learn about basic plant needs. Students brainstorm what a plant needs to survive. They write to government officials informing...
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Worksheet
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The Solar System

For Students 4th - 6th
Use this KWL-inspired booklet to explore the solar system. After teaching a lesson on the planets that compose our solar system, have learners complete the rest of this booklet. There are four pages: a title page, a page to record...
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Writing Bug - Too Much Violence

For Students 5th - 7th
In this journal writing worksheet, students brainstorm about violence they have seen on TV and in video games. Students write about the harmful effects this violence can have on society.
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Life Science: Living Things

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Have your class build their vocabulary bank by studying life science terms. Basic terms like organism, cell, unicellular, and vertebrate are included on the definition sheet provided. Demonstrate how to identify different life science...
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I Want a Job in Agriculture

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Upper graders explore agriculture careers. They brainstorm possible careers in the agricultural field and choose a career of interest to them.  Everyone writes a paper about different aspects of this career using the six traits of...
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Writing
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Positive Experiences

For Students 5th - 12th
Ask your learners to reflect and write with this instructional activity. This activity asks pupils to write about positive experiences - times when they have displayed positive qualities such as courage, kindness, wisdom, and...
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Lesson Plan 7: The Elements of Story

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Budding novelists work on character development by relating to the characters in their stories. They imagine their own hopes and dreams and recall those of characters from books they've read. Learners also consider struggles the...
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See and Hear T-Graph

For Students 4th - 5th
For this brainstorming worksheet, students brainstorm for a topic to write about using the graphic organizer. Students then list what they would see or hear for the topic.
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Welcome to Our Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a brochure for new students. In this writing process lesson, students brainstorm, create and edit ideas for making a brochure for new students. Students use a word processor to make the brochure and edit, copy, move, and...
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Christopher Columbus, The Explorer

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students brainstorm important facts about Christopher Columbus, input information into Kidspiration or Inspiration, watch United Streaming Video on Christopher Columbus and New World to gather information, research online to find...
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Depression

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss feelings and depression and brainstorm ways to seek help. In this health lesson, the teacher leads a discussion about emotions focusing on when emotions are balanced and when they become unbalanced and a person can...
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How to Become Self Motivated

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students demonstrate their self discipline and motivation by brainstorming their own personal self discipline goals. In this self discipline lesson, students analyze examples of self discipline and self control by completing a worksheet...
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Father Knows Best, Write a Father's Day Letter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars write a Father's Day letter. In this friendly letter writing lesson, students brainstorm a list of parent responsibilities, then write three specific ways their fathers care for them. Young scholars share learning...
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Number The Stars

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this chapter eight worksheet, students discuss and brainstorm four literal comprehension questions, two inferential questions and two opinion questions from the novel Number The Stars.
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Common Good in Colonial America

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research the historical foundation of philanthropic organizations. In this values and history lesson, students brainstorm paid and unpaid jobs available today, and work in groups to research the types of charitable...
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Inquiring Minds: News and Philanthropy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study newspaper articles and rewrite events from literature into news stories about kindness. In this news article lesson, students read sentences from newspaper articles and identify the purpose of the article. Students...
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Color Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe colors. In this descriptive writing instructional activity, students brainstorm color descriptions using all of the senses except sight. Students write poems including similes, sensory images, and interesting word...
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Unit 10: Going Shopping Day 1: Buying School Supplies

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students, who are second language learners, develop a story about shopping. In this language development lesson, students brainstorm in their native language about the items they purchase at the beginning of the school year. They work...
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Barn Owls and Owl Pellet Dissection

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore birds of prey and food chains. In this ecosystems and birds of prey cross curriculum science and literacy lesson plan, students brainstorm characteristics of birds after viewing photographs. Students view a video and...
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Retell the "Tail" of the Tale

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore story structure. In this multicultural literacy lesson, students discuss common elements of folk tales and then listen to the story Tiger and the Big Wind: A Tale from Africa. Students identify the problem and solution...
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Yemen Cargo Bombs Foiled

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore an international terror alert originating in Yemen.  In this activity, students read an article that explains a terror alert in Britain, then complete several activities that reinforce the reading, including a vocabulary...
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Chile's Trapped Miners

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read an article on trapped miners in Chile. In this social awareness ELL lesson, students read the details about how 33 miners had to be rescued in Chile when they got trapped underground.  Activities that reinforce the...
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Ag in My Community; Agriculture

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners build knowledge about agriculture as it relates to their communities' commodities.  In this agriculture lesson plan, students brainstorm about conditions in their community with regards to growing different types of crops....

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