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Millennium Santa!
Third graders decide what would make Santa look modern and in style. They write a descriptive paragraph that another student then reads. They try to draw the image conveyed in the writing. They read the paragraphs and match them with the...
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Past and Present
Pupils identify George Washington on the obverse of the quarter and read about George Washingington. They compare Washington to the current president and practice distinguishing between events in the past and the present.
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Very Hungry Caterpillar - Tissue College
Students create tissue collages using paints, tissue paper, and glue in this cross-curricular art/literature lesson based upon the artwork of Eric Carle. Emphasis is placed upon the term collage and practicing collaging techniques.
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Painting with Words
Fifth graders discuss words that are over used in their writing such as good, nice, happy, glad sad, etc. they complete a survey about word choice then hear a story and discuss descriptive phrases used in the story and how they help to...
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Using Onomatopoeia to Tell the Story of an Imaginary Field Trip
Students explore language arts by utilizing word choice to compose a paragraph. In this phonetics lesson, students discuss the importance of a "voice" in their writing as they read the book Rattletrap Car. Students write paragraphs about...
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Solving an Original Character's Problem With Voice and Emotion
Students read the story A Bad Case of the Stripes and then write their own story conveying a lot of emotion. In this writing lesson plan, students select a title, an emotion, brainstorm, and then start writing.
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The Writing Suitcase
In this literacy learning exercise, students are given information to take home ot parents in order to offer scaffolding support for students to complete writing samples for sharing in class.
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We're Environmentally Friendly
Fourth graders examine written works dealing with environmental issues and resolutions during a 5 week unit. They create posters, poems, and rap songs demonstrating authorship and knowledge of the environment.
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A Penny for Abe
Students explore Abraham Lincoln through stories and poems. They also explore him being on the penny.
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Communicating Through Pictures
Students examine photographs, paintings and drawings convey meaning and mood. The ability to 'read' a picture is an important literary skill. This activity gives students the opportunity to tell a story through pictures by creating a...
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Poetry Immersion
Students explore the genre of poetry through centers. They listen to the sound of poems being read aloud, visualize individual poems and observe and apply line breaks in poetry.
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How-To Books
Students apply their knowledge and create a how-to book of their own. In this early childhood language arts worksheet, students learn about non-fiction books and write their own procedural non-fiction booklets.
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Giving a Voice to Literature
Young scholars explore podcast design. In this literacy and technology instructional activity, students read a novel during book club and design a promotional podcast to recommend the book to their peers. Necessary technology...
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The Well of Truth
Students read and explore an Egyptian folktale. In this folktale lesson, students read the book The Well of Truth and discuss geographical facts about Egypt. Students complete several reading comprehension activities including a...
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Coming to America
Students present tableaus showing scenes from The Memory Coat, a book about immigration. In this tableau lesson, students examine the cover of the book and make predictions about what is happening and who the people are. They...
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Design a Book Jacket
Students analyze the book jackets of books and then design one based on the typical characteristics of book jackets.
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Use Literature to Teach Tolerance
Students listen as teachers read a different book or a different passage that focuses on the theme of tolerance. Students then write a paragraph each day to tell how that day's book/passage taught them the importance of tolerance.
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Hoop Trip To The Planets
Learners practice locomotor patterns already introduced while reinforcing facts about each planet.
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Monster Fun Learning the Five Senses: Science, Health
Students explore their five senses using Ken Baker's "Brave Little Monster" as a springboard.
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The Great War?
Students explore The Great War and create graphic organizers and a timeline illustrating their observations.
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Rain, Rain, Go Away
Students conduct a number of experiments involving evaporation and condensation. They view and discuss a video about the water cycle and then design posters about the rain based on the book "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs".
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Picturing George: A Pictorial Survey of the Life of George Washington
Young scholars create pictorial biographies of George Washington. Working in groups, they research various portions of Washington's life, highlighting significant events. After presenting their projects to the class, they are displayed...
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Amazing Aztecs
Students research information about the ancient Aztec culture. In this Aztec lesson, students conduct Internet research about Aztecs to find the answers to questions about their language, jewelry and tools, and the Aztec calendar. ...
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Describing Family Members
Fourth graders examine the use of possessives when describing family members. In this ESL family description lesson, 4th graders examine the role of family in their native language before looking at pictures of families assigning names...
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