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Goodnight Mini-Book
When little ones just start to read, it is important to provide texts that support basic skills development. Provide a printable mini-book that reinforces literacy development with simple CVC words and repetition. Â
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If you Give a Mouse a Cookie
Switch things up with rendition of If you Give a Mouse a Cookie. Students should enjoy reading this story on the projector screen, or on their own computer in the lab. This PowerPoint includes 17 slides, filled with large text and...
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Kudos by Kiddos
Students explore types of awards for children's books. They design a new award. Students review books and select one to receive the newly designed award. Students create a "medal" for the book jacket. They write an explanation of the award.
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Follow the Firefly
Pupils read stories and create a replica of their main character by using "Neon Twistables." They fold several sheets of paper and create several scenes from their book. Students create a booklet, place a title on it, and design an...
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Creepy Crawly Book Reports
Learners read a book and identify a key character or scene to portray in a unique book report format. They sculpt a character or scene from the book around an armature and label it. Students write a report and commentary about their book...
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First Word: Book
Help your young learners recognize their first words! They'll see a picture of the word, what the written word looks like, and learn how to make the letters. This learning exercise focuses on the word book!Â
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Similarities and Differences in a Text
Create a T chart of similarities and differences between the past and present from the story Long Ago and Today. Using their handy T chart, youngsters will chart things that are the same or different today and long ago. They'll draw a...
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Engineering Pop-Ups
Students create pop-up books in order to explore how force is applied. In this engineering lesson plan students identify and define forces in their environment. Students communicate their understanding of forces and engineering through...
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Read 'n' Give-Planning Our Book Drive
Students participate in a book drive. In this communities lesson, students brainstorm ways of collecting books for donation and design a book drive for children in the community.
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Mystery Writing Lesson Plans
Introduce your class to the genre of mystery. Included is a vocabulary list, a rubric, and a sample mystery story called "Lethal Lesson." There are very limited directions on what to do with these resources, so you will need to plan some...
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Dolphin Song
Students read facts about dolphins and background about the book Dolphin Song. In this Dolphin song lesson plan, students also answer short answer questions about the book after reading it.
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My Personal Cam Jansen Reading Log
For this Cam Jansen worksheet, students fill out a graphic organizer for the book, pages, date started, date finished, and recommendation for reading Cam Jansen books. Students do this for 7 books.
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Travel ABC Book
Students create an ABC book. In this art lesson, students make their own flash cards representing all of the letters from A-Z which can be inserted in an album.
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Giving an Oral Book Report
Middle schoolers give an oral book report. In this language instructional activity, students choose their favorite book and take notes to help with their book report. They complete a written and oral report focusing on the setting, main...
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Winter Lights: A Season In Poems & Quilts
Students read the book Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts and do language arts and math activities that go with the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include...
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Group Discussion Leader
In this literature circle activity, assistance is given to the leader of a group discussion by providing places to write down questions before the discussion begins. Prompts are provided to assist in creating though provoking questions.
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Book Report
In this book report form, students read a book and then fill in the form. They must identify the title, author, main characters, and characteristics of each character. Students write a summary, conclusion and give their opinion of the...
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Meet the Press
Students give their book reports as oral "Meet the Press" type interviews. They team up with another student "reporter" and answer questions about main idea, details, and the point of view.
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Making Books to Inspire a Love of Reading
Making books with children can be a hands-on literature experience.
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Dinner Time Reading
Students study reading. In this reading lesson, students choose a book and read it making it a point to read a book the same time everyday.
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Tally Marks
In this tally marks worksheet, students identify and complete 10 different boxes by identifying various objects. First, they count the number of each object illustrate on the right. Then, they write the tally marks for the number in the...
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I Can Rhyme
In this language arts worksheet, 1st graders think of words that rhyme with each underlined word. Then they write as many as they can on the lines provide for each of the four words.
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ABC Big Book
Students create a book with each page representing a letter in the alphabet.