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Searching for Images in Poetry
Students are introduced to the concepts of similes, metaphors and personification. In groups or individually, they read different poems identifying the similes, metaphors and instances of personification in each. They record all answers...
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The Great Art of Henri Matisse
Students discover the artistic works of Henri Matisse, and examine what his work means. In this art lesson, students observe the different paintings/collages of Henri Matisse, eventually creating works of their own based on his style.
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Friendly Letter Format
For this Westward Ho worksheet, students write a friendly letter and fill out a cause and effect chart for the story Westward Ho. Students complete 7 rows in the chart.
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Author's Purpose
Fifth graders determine the meaning of author's purpose. In this author's purpose lesson, 5th graders apply the PIE (persuade, inform, entertain) strategy to determine why an author wrote a piece of writing. They examine passages and...
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Poetry Voices
Students investigate the performance aspect of poetry by reading, writing and discussing poetry pieces.
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Blindfolded Building
Students build a Lego design and then work with a partner to reproduce that design. They guide the building of the reproduction by description only and then check their work.
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Top it all off with a Topic Sentence
Students practice the strategy of locating the topic sentence in a paragraph to increase their understanding of text as well as becoming better readers. They view and locate the topic sentence in paragraph 3, page 107, from "All About...
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Worksheet 10 Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read 8 clues and fit their answers in a crossword puzzle that has no word bank. There is no theme.
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Crossword- Worksheet 10
For this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read 8 clues and fit their answers in a crossword puzzle grid. There is no word bank and no apparent theme to the puzzle.
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Worksheet 16 Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read 15 clues and fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no theme to this puzzle and no word bank.
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Conflict Corner
In this conflict resolution worksheet, students act as a host to a radio show where people with conflicts call in to get advice. Students are given 4 situations to write a response including a description, why resolving is important and...
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Biography/Autobiography
For this biography and autobiography worksheet, students read 2 excerpts that are 1 paragraph in length. Students then respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday Bash
Students read a story about Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this Benjamin Franklin birthday lesson plan, students explore Mr. Franklin's role as an author, editor,...
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Question Jumbles
In this sentence structure practice activity, students rearrange jumbled words to form 16 questions and then create their own.
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Talking About the Present Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read ten clues and determine the correct word to fit into a crossword puzzle. This puzzle has no apparent theme.
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Crossword- Travel Theme
In this crossword activity, students read 9 clues and fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. Some of the clues have a theme of travel. There is no word box.
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Creating a Virtual Tour of Oregon City
Fifth graders research a famous person or building associated with Oregon City. In this local history lesson, 5th graders work in groups to research and create a poster board about a famous person or building found in Oregon City.
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Jean Fritz's American History Series
Students explore children's literature by reading biographies in class. In this history analysis lesson, students read books written by Jean Fritz about the Revolutionary War and discuss the events that led up to the critical moment....
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Fables and Trickster Tales Around the World
Students analyze fables and trickster tales from various cultural traditions. For this fable analysis lesson, students identify the elements of fables and trickster stories. Students read Aesop's fables and Ananse spider stories....
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Exploring the Elements of a Japanese Garden Through the Book Arts
Students create book arts based on a visit to the Botanical Garden. They choose their own images to put into their book and answer discussion questions.
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Landscape Book
Pupils create a three-dimensional book about landscapes. They must show their understanding of shape, color and balance.
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Game Shows in the Classroom
Students participate in game show like games when reviewing material for any subject or grade level.
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Vocabulary Preview for Reading Passages
For this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 8 sentences with words from the word list. These have no theme or connection.
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Intermediate Sentence Completion: 32
In this sentence completion worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions where they complete the sentence with one word. Students complete 10 questions.