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Sleeping Beauty Story Board

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Have the kids choose a fairy tale and read it independently. Then model writing a conclusion for a narrative piece. They create storyboards based on the chosen plot, then write a new conclusion.
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Lesson Plan: Initial "s" clusters

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils identify words in Sleeping Beauty which begin with the letter 'S'.
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The River Sleeps Beneath The Sky

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers practice singing "The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky" by Mary Lynn Lightfoot and "Laudamus Te" by Antonio Vivaldi in an SSA choir setting in this Choral lesson for High Schoolers. Emphasis is placed on National Standards for...
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The Sleeping Beauty: Key Stage Two

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students partner work exploring turn taking and gestures. They access to stop when the music stops and listen to the leader's instruction. Students/teams meet at opposite sides of the room and decide their character. They practice moving...
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Juliius Caesar

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss suggestive language and the use of symbols and foreshadowing in Shakespeare's plays.  For this Julius Caesar lesson, students discuss the idea that men control their own fates.  Students examine the words of Cassius in...
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Once Upon a Time

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Robert Munsch's The Paperbag Princess and Jon Scieszkafrom's The True Story of the Three Little Pigs launch a discussion of the role of stereotypes in stories and movies.
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Lining Up for Classroom Teacher

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play one of two games while waiting in line for their teacher. They lay down on the ground like Sleeping Beauty and can only awake when teacher guesses the secret word. They also freeze in the pose of their favorite sport pose.
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Gender Equity in Fairy Tales

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore language arts by researching fairy tale stereotypes. In this gender roles instructional activity, students read the stories Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and Snow White with their class. Students analyze the...
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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify what Tchaikovsky's personality was like and what kind of school he attended first. Then they identify and research what was happening in Russian politics during his lifetime. Students also identify who the composer was...
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Cinderella Trilogy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners look at three different versions of the Cinderella story. In this comparative literature lesson plan, students read the Chinese version "Yeh-Shen", the Egyptian version "Rhodopis," and the Native American version "The Hidden...
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Outdoor Survival

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Which of the following can you survive without for the longest time: water, food, or a positive mental attitude? The answer may surprise you. Guide learners of all ages through games, activities, and discussions about surviving in the...
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GENDER EQUITY IN FAIRY TALES

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify stereotyping in fairy tales.
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Telling Stories Through Creative Drama

For Teachers K - 4th
Students examine fairy tales. As an introductory activity, students play the statue game. In groups, they write statements that tell the plot of the story. Using props, and without voices, students retell the story by creating...
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Grab Your Reader: Great Leads

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Get your readers' attention with this Six Traits of Writing lesson plan. First, young writers draft ideas in an organized manner utilizing words, sentences, and multiple paragraphs. They also use voice to fit the purpose and audience and...
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Cherokeee Myth: Origin of Strawberries

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read a Cherokee myth about the origin of strawberries. After reading the story, they add another chapter to it and read their additions to the class. Or, as a group activity, they each write a few sentences and then pass...
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Letters From the Front Lines

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a variety of letters from soliders who were on the front lines during World War II. After viewing an excerpt from "The War", they answer discussion and comprehension questions based on the letters and video. To end the...
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Reader's Theater Script Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this reading worksheet, young scholars perform a short reader's theater script based on the book Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night. Students take a part in this 4 character play and read or perform it.
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Invent a Holiday

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars compare their own special holidays and traditions and then use their imaginations to create their own holiday.
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Outdoor Survival

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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Language Arts: Writing Lead Sentences

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover the importance of lead sentences and practice writing them. After reading lead sentences in books, they determine the qualities that attract and hold readers' attention. Finally, once they have identified the...
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The Flea's Sneeze Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read a book and engage in three different activities. In this instructional activity about repetitive story patterns, students read a story, The Flea's Sneeze, and examine how the story has a rhythmic pattern of rhyming verse...
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"Esio Trot" by Roald Dahl

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils read Roald Dahl's Esio Trot and complete vocabulary and reading activities. In this reading and vocabulary lesson, students review vocabulary for the activity and listen to the story. Pupils discuss the story elements and answer...
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Animal Activities: Teacher's Pets

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students watch meal worms turn into beetles in the classroom.
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Looking at Landforms-Based on the Washington Quarter Reverse

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners use a Washington State Quarter to examine different landforms and discuss natural resources. After a class discussion on the items found on a Washington State quarter, students brainstorm a list of natural resources found in...

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