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Enigmas

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research various "mysterious" elements of literature, math, science, technology and life itself.
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Poems Insprire Visual Art

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine artwork by artist Ernst Herter. They discuss what the art means to them. They create a collage to represent a poem of their chosing. They discover how literature is used as an inspiration for art.
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Animals in Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students 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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Understanding Self and Others

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students 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

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars 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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Edward Lear, Limericks, and Nonsense: There Once Was?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore limericks. For this poetry writing lesson, 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 complete a...
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Edward Lear, Limericks, and Nonsense: There Once Was...

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners 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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Japanese-American Internment/Relocation Camps

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners 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

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars 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...
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The House of Dies Drear

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners read The House of Dies Drear and understand how he filled a need and helped people. In this philanthropy lesson students understand how the people who helped on the "Underground Railroad" filled a need and helped others....
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Under the Blood-Red Sun

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore U.S. history by reading an award winning book about World War II. In this Japanese internment camp lesson, 5th graders read the book Under the Blood-Red Sun and discuss the entrapment of Japanese-Americans on our...
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Enchanted Forest Chronicles: Fun Trivia Quiz

For Students 4th - 7th
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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What's the Difference? An Endangered Animal Story

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math or science in literature worksheet, students read the story 'What's the Difference? An Endangered Animal Story' and answer the 10 science or math questions.
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The Cay

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read The Cay as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan has many good activities across the curriculum to keep your students actively engaged in the story. They will do math, art, music, science and geography...
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Putting out the Trash

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students 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...
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Fall Into a Good Book...

For Students 4th - 5th
In this literature learning exercise, 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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