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An Introduction to Jan Brett

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of Jan Brett.  In this author study lesson, students are introduced to several Jan Brett books with visuals, listening centers, and video.  Students browse the internet in search of information...
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Smack Dab in the Middle

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars read the story Smack Dab in the Middle and complete activities such as charting, writing, illustrating, graphing, and more. In this Smack Dab in the Middle lesson plan, students also discuss the book and retell the story.
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"-at" Turkeys

For Teachers K
Students practice spelling by creating a model turkey.  In this vocabulary lesson, students utilize fake feathers and foam letters to spell words on a fake turkey body,  Students read the book Ten Fat Turkeys, and identify the...
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Heads Up for Headlines!

For Teachers K - 12th
Students write headlines expressing the main idea of a group of de-headed news stories.
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THE LION AND THE MOUSE

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to a story about different types of animals and explore how they all need each other, just like people do.
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A "Typical Day" Then and Now

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars complete a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting their lives to those of their grandparents when they were a child. They interview their grandparent as well. They share their stories with the class.
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Color Code Writing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice color coding in their writing. In this writing lesson, students work on a new technique to help with them with their formation of letters and numbers.
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Egg-ceptional Poetry Writing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize that eggs have nutritional value. In this eggs lesson, students create poetry for a shape book on eggs. Students participate in additional games and activities about the egg.
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"EA" Beach

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils are introduced to their new spelling words for the week which have the sound "ea". In groups, they brainstorm a list of other words with the same sound, draw them and write them on a worksheet. They share their new words with...
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All About Me!

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners use the program Pixie to create a presentation about themselves and begin writing in order to introduce themselves to their new classmates. Students complete five Pixie activities and put them together to present information...
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A Yearbook

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils have digital pictures taken of themselves and put into Kid Pix program, type their names and sentence or two about themselves, draw pictures or use stampers to personalize page, print individual pages to be bound into yearbook,...
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Diary of a Fly, Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Spider

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students read the books Diary of a Fly, Diary of a Worm, and Diary of a Spider and write diary entries about them. In this reading lesson plan, students also draw pictures to go along with their diary entries.
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Places in our School Yard - An "I Spy" Book

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners create a class big book using the "I Spy" game format and adding 3 clues to help readers guess the areas of a naturalization project.
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Hallo-Wiener Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to the story The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey in order to learn about the "monster" character. In this reading and art lesson plan, students cut a "bun" from beige construction paper, cut out an image of the main character...
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Understanding and Identifying Verbs

For Teachers K - 5th
Students practice identifying the subject and verbs in sentences. In this verb lesson, students can explain the difference between active and passive verbs. Students complete a grade appropriate work sheet.
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Dear Character

For Teachers K - 12th
Students think about a character and how this character feels about life. This lesson can be used with virtually any grade level. They better explain a character, and identify character traits.
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Who's Inside The Mitten?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use the Jan Brett story, 'The Mitten,' to develop self-confidence and improve their oral language skills. They also practice performing in front of a group. Students take on the various roles that the animals play in the story.
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Rhyming

For Teachers K
Students comprehend the basic language concept. They create as a class the word family for hat. They are told that they are going to see how many words they can come up with that rhyme with hat. Students are asked to come up with a...
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A Big Book About Us

For Teachers K
Pupils work on fine-motor, creative-thinking and language skills as they share special photos and stories about their families with their classmates. Students create individual pages for a class book that will include drawings and photos.
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See, Say, Write, and Read

For Students K - 1st Standards
In this reading skills worksheets, students use the pictures to help them identify the words see, in, bunny, and hat. Students then read the 3 sentences that use pictures in the sentences.
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THE FLOW OF MUSIC AND POETRY

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners describe their feelings through writing, art or music.
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The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students read the story The Day Jimmy's Boa At the Wash and put the event boxes in order from the beginning to end of the story. In this sequencing lesson plan, students do this on the computer.
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6 Traits: Organization

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students make logical patterns in their writing to demonstrate the trait of organization. In this organization lesson plan, students focus on events proceeding logically.
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6 Traits: Sentence Fluency

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th
Students practice writing with sentence fluency in order to make the story more enjoyable for the reader. In this sentence fluency lesson plan, students focus on rhythm and flow.