Reed Novel Studies
The Sisters Grimm: Novel Study
Author Michael Buckley's novel The Sisters Grimm features two fairy-tale sleuths who are tasked with stopping a giant from destroying their town. Using the novel study, individuals acquire new vocabulary and answer...
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Tears of Joy Theatre Presents Anansi the Spider
Accompany the African folktale, Anansi the Spider, with a collection of five lessons, each equipped with supplemental activities. Lessons offer multidisciplinary reinforcement in English language arts, social studies, science,...
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Bloom's Taxonomy
Take a moment in your Harry Potter unit to assess comprehension. Readers use knowledge gained for the text and from their own experience to answer seven questions based on events in chapters four and five of Harry Potter and...
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Mapping Skills
Spark interest and enhance your pupils' map skills using Matteo Pericoli's book, See the City: the Journey of Manhattan Unfurled. Through Pericoli's illustrations and text, learners explore the East and West...
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Nothing But the Truth: Response Journal
Readers of Avi's young adult novel, Nothing But the Truth reflect on events in the story through a series of journal responses.
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Mid-Unit Assessment: On-Demand Note-taking and Text-Dependent Questions
Flex those brain muscles! Scholars take a mid-unit assessment, conducting research to take notes about how a particular invention helped meet society's needs. To complete the test, they work on draft sketches for their graphic...
Channel Islands Film
Magic Isle: Lesson Plan 4
After watching West of the West's documentary on Catalina Island, The Magic Isle, class members research how Walt Disney's and William Wrigley's different visions impacted the island.
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Getting to Know You: Lesson Four
Fifth graders practice skills for writing and reading. In this independent reader and writer lesson, 5th graders are given tools to edit their own writing and to choose books they can read on their own. They work both as a class and...
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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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Freckle Juice
Students identify and define vocabulary words in the book, Freckle Juice. In this vocabulary lesson, students read the text and define the words "formula," "reflection," and "remover." Students use an online dictionary to define the...
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Synonyms and Antonyms Home Spelling Unit 33
In this identifying synonyms and antonyms in isolation worksheet, 5th graders read a list of spelling words in cursive and then find and write their synonyms or antonyms on the lines beside them. Students write 20 answers.
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Latin Isn't Dead
In this Latin roots worksheet, students write an English word that comes from a list of fifteen Latin roots. Students study the first one done for them.
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Present Perfect and Past Simple
In this present perfect and past simple worksheet, students fill in words to a chart for each tense, fill in the blanks to sentences, write questions, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Merry ChrisMaths
For this math and holiday worksheet, students solve 10 mixed math word problems. They read problems that include proper British English language. They solve the problems using multiplication, metric measurement, standard measurement,...
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Life is Full of Problems
Pupils use the problem solving strategy of guess and check to investigate math word problems. They determine which problem solving strategy or strategies would work best in problem situations.
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Read It and Remember It!
Students describe and draw a picture about what happens in the book they are reading. They work in groups and read an assigned chapter. Students discuss the chapter and draw a picture to show what happens. They discuss the chapter with...
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Giant Smelly Plant Attracts Thousands
Read and discuss a news article about a rare corpse plant that bloomed in Washington D.C. Because this native Indonesian plant blooms so rarely, people flock to see it. After reading the article, your class answers comprehension...
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Gas Prices Keep Rising
Students discuss rising gas prices, then read a news article about how the increase in fuel cost may affect other prices. For this economics and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary...
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Ecology Integration Using IMovie
Amazing! Any 5th grader would be more than willing to participate in this project. Students are broken into groups, each group reads one book from a list of five. They use their book as the basis for choosing an animal and environment to...
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Plant Part Exploration: Stems
Explore water transport in plant stems using this fun experiment! Your scientists will start by reading Stems by Vijaya Bodach. Then, activate prior knowledge about plant stem functions and water transportation....
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Writer's Toolbox
Present the class with a slide show that will give them a great head start in writing expository and narrative texts. The information is highlighted for easy note taking, well organized, and presented in a kid-friendly manner. It...
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The First Strawberries
Young scholars explore Cherokee legends. They read The First Strawberries by Joseph Bruchac, and then do several activities to help comprehension. They discuss the book and answer comprehension questions. In addition, they retell the...
Forest Foundation
Nature's Treasure Chest
Renewable, recyclable, and biodegradable. As part of their study of the forest ecosystem, class members read "Nature's Treasure Chest" about the many products made from trees and then craft their own recycled paper.
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A Duck's Bill on Capitol Hill?
Use a list of environmentally related words to engage learners in a discussion about ecosystem conservation legislation. As a class, read "Aware of Political Ecosystem, Property Rights Advocate Embraces Conservation Plan." Then, present...