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Do Something Beautiful
Students recognize philanthropy in literature. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book Something Beautiful by Sharon Wyeth and discuss how the character performed acts of philanthropy. Students write a reflection in a journal.
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Pilgrim's Progress- Get on the Boat
Students investigate the Pilgrims and their journey. In this history lesson, students role play the journey of the Pilgrims and discuss the conditions of the Mayflower. Students record their feelings about the "journey" in a journal.
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Dyed Flower Garden
Students create a dyed flower garden. In this art instructional activity, students read the book Tiny Seed and cut flowers out of tissue paper to create a paper flower garden.
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My Farm
Students explore repetition in music. In this music lesson, students discover the lyrics of a folk song from Argentina about farm animals. Students read about farms and the animals found on farms prior to learning the song in high and...
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All About Me Poster
In this biography/autobiography activity, students read a few biographies and discuss the term and it's characteristics. Students then brainstorm what makes a good biography/autobiography and create an 'All about me' poster....
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Season of an Apple Tree
Students identify how seasonal changes affect plant growth. In this agricultural lesson plan, students read The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree and are shown pictures of how apple trees blossom through the seasons. Students match each...
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Sight Word Journal writing
Students write an original journal of words they can read. In this sight words lesson, students draw pictures and write words they recognize in their personal journal.
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Little Green
Young scholars explore how to make the color green by mixing the two primary colors, blue and yellow.
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Counting Fun with Gummi Bears
Students count the numbers one through ten out loud and show the numbers using manipulatives.
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Learning About Firemen
Pupils explore the job of a fireman. In this career education lesson, students brainstorm what they already know about firemen and take a field trip to a fire station.
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Students complete various activities to investigate farm animals. For this farm animals lesson, students sing the song 'Old MacDonald Had a Farm,' and listen to sounds farm animals make. Students color pictures for farm animals and...
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Word Wizards: Students Making Words
Students explore patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters
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ABC Yummy Treat Book
Young scholars explore the letter sounds and the book, "ABC Yummy." They create a page including the letter, illustration, and sentence for a class ABC book.
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Pumpkin Carving for K-2 Students
Students engage in a variety of pumpkin activities. This lesson is especially rich for ESL students, who probably have little experience with this holiday and custom.
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Introduction to the Blues
Students learn the basic elements of blues and different lyric structures.
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"Expression Equals Enjoyment"
Pupils practice strategies to become more fluent readers with expression. They observe the teacher modeling fluent and expressive reading of the book, "Pig and Crow," by Kay Chorao and then model what they've observed with expression...
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Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Setting
[Free Registration/Login Required] A set of two lesson plans designed to teach young scholars to use context clues to identify the setting and changes within it. Lessons are based on the books Bigmama's by Donald Crews and The Stories...
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Read Works: Setting 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to use pictures and word clues to determine the setting of fiction texts. Lessons are based on the books The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down by Paul...
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Read Works: Setting Kindergarten Unit: Where
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use the book Gaspard at the Seashore by Anne Gutman to teach clues students can use to determine where a story takes place. The book must be provided by the teacher, but downloadable worksheets for...
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Better Lesson: rl.k.3 With Prompting and Support, Identify Characters, Settings,
This landing page provides different lesson plan choices on teaching RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings,
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Success Link: Characters, Setting, Plot, Conclusion, and Summarizing a Story
This lesson plan offers a step-by-step procedure for teaching students how to identify story elements and to summarize a story. It explains how to use a "Who Am I" activity, as well as a linkage activity in identifying characters and...
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Better Lesson: Miss Nelson Is Missing Key Details
Where did Miss Nelson go? We look at the key details in the text to determine what is happening throughout the story. Students will locate and record key details about story elements (characters, setting, problem, solution, and theme) in...
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Michigan State University: Intervention for Reading: Story Grammar Training
This intervention emphasizes the importance of metacognitive or active reading strategies to improve comprehension. It directs young scholars' attention on story structure by teaching them to ask five "wh" questions about the settings...
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Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Elements of a Story
This resource provides a lesson plan to teach students about the elements of a story.