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Wonderful Westerns

For Teachers 4th - 6th
For this book report worksheet, young scholars choose a novel about westerns to read and then completes six various assignments dealing with the novel of their choice.
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Paper Bag Book Report

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read books and write a unique kind of book report. In this literature lesson, students use paper bags to construct projects about the books they read. Students present their projects to the class.
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Crafty Literature Projects to Lure Language Arts Learners

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Recognize National Arts and Crafts Month with language arts project ideas to inspire creative learning.
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Comprehension and Inference Question Creator

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Encourage learners to ask questions about what they read with a instructional activity about comprehension and inference questions. The resource provides directions and examples that guide kids through crafting their own questions.
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Read Works

Lesson 4:Theme Matters

For Teachers 5th Standards
Determining a theme is one of the most difficult and most important standards in the Common Core. Use this plan to help your learners identify the message that an author is sending to the reader. The lesson plan is based around the book...
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CLIFFORD AT THE CIRCUS

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this vocabulary and story sequencing learning exercise based on Norman Bridwell's Clifford at the Circus, students are asked to unscramble vocabulary words, perform a vocabulary word search, complete sentences, sequence story events,...
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The Power of Mental Images: Visualizing Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
With a chapter book in hand, readers practice visualizing the events and characters of the story. The lesson gives suggestions of novels that are rich in detail to help facilitate the process. Drawings from what they read act as the...
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Beatrix Potter's Naughty Animal Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students gain insight into the unusual, solitary world of Beatrix Potter's Victorian childhood and can compare/contrast it with their own world to explain why Potter wrote such simple stories and why she wrote about animals rather than...
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Animal Diaries

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students read Diary of a Worm by Foreen Cronin. In this journal writing lesson plan, students research an animal and write a diary by their animal. Students apply the research they've completed in their writings. Students share their...
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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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Character Trait Chart

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading response worksheet, students fill out a character trait chart about one character in a story they have read. Students list the traits they see and describe how these traits are revealed through events, actions, words,...
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Roald Dahl

The Twits - The Furniture Goes Up

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Work gets done faster when people work as a team. The ninth installment of an 11-lesson unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl combines character education with research skills and creative writing activities. The lesson ends...
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Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program

Civil War on Sunday

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Reading Mary Pope Osborne's Civil War on Sunday? Here's a packet crammed with activities, exercises, reading guides, and project suggestions. A must-have for your curriculum library.
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Tall Tales Today

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the attributes of American tall tales. In this folklore lesson, students read several tall tales, describe the elements of tall tales, and then use hyperbole to write their own tall tales.
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Celebrate Dr. Seuss' Birthday!

For Teachers K - 6th
Celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday and reading by participating in Read Across America day on March 2nd.
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The Holocaust: An Introduction for Children (To Be Used with Number the Stars)

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this literature and history worksheet, students prepare to read the novel by Lois Lowry Number the Stars. Students read the history behind the Nazi occupation of Denmark and the arrest of the Jews there. This is a 10 page historical...
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Athletes Make the Grade

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners read a story called Athletes Need to Make the Grade to Play and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events college athletes and academics lesson plan, student respond to literature by...
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Out of the Dust: Visions of Dust Bowl History Lesson Overview

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students complete activities with the book Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. In this literature lesson, students read this story and view the Dust Bowl history from the eyes of a child. They discover the Great Depression and life in the...
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Mayor Puts City on Diet to Lose a Million Pounds

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars read a story called Mayor Puts City on Diet to Lose a Million Pounds and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current event Lose a Million Pounds lesson plan, students respond to literature by...
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No more Boring Book Reports

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create a paper bag book report.  In this book report lesson, students choose 5-7 items representing the story.  Students fill and decorate their bags and present them to the class.  Students describe the significance of the...
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PBS

Being Heard

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Examine the work of contemporary authors who use their writing to express opinions about the struggle against prejudice and oppression in our society. A short lesson on the Harlem Renaissance introduces learners to the most prominent...
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Folk and Family Heroes and Heroines

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students define and assess the difference between folk heroes and family heroes and then find examples of each in their own lives. They view a "Swapping Stories" video, surf the internet for examples and complete a variety of worksheets...
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Mini-Unit: Natural Resources

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how their choices affect others.  In this character development and ecology lesson, students debate choice-making issues.  Students listen to The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and identify choices the characters made about tree...
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Japanese Inspired Activities for the Classroom

For Teachers K - 8th
Pupils become more aware of cultural differences by reading a variety of multicultural books about social issues. They assess various Haiku's by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Kamishibai stories by Dianne Clouet and snapshots from Japan by Peter...

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