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Curated OER

Let's Read and Read!

For Teachers K
Students discover how to hold their mouths to form the /o/ sound and that it may be hidden in different words. They say /o/ and then repeat a tongue twister that contains many /o/ words and practice writing it on primary lined paper....
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Curated OER

Bon Voyage - Literature Travel Unit

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders locate and interpret information about the culture of another country using multi-media tools. Students read and interpret literature about characters and cultures from a foreign country. Students create a travel guide...
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Curated OER

Opening Doors to Social Studies with Children's Literature

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read a story about immigration, listen to songs about America and explore the history of their ancestors. They discuss how immigration creates a multicultural country. Pupils create a collage of the people in America. ...
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Curated OER

The Shark Callers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a layered curriculum do some of the following: Analysis of Andy and Kaleku's lives. Include their lives, family, culture, traditions, and the parallelism in each other's lives.
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Curated OER

GENRE STUDY: BIOGRAPHY

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a poem that relates to your person. They make a poster advertising your book/person. Students find a website that relates to your book/person, print out the information and be prepared to share it with class.
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Curated OER

Region, History, and the Novel: Is Resistance Futile?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read a novel related to their geographical area and "Gone With The Wind". Using the first novel, they use the internet to research one aspect from it and relate it to their location today. They create a Hyperstudio or...
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Curated OER

Candy Land Math

For Teachers K
Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...
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Curated OER

When were you selfless today?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, after reading and discussing the poem, Selflessness of Mind, by Joe Gutknecht, discuss specific recent acts of selflessness and then write a first draft paper on selflessness. They compare/contrast their own lives to the poem...
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Curated OER

There's A Nighmare in My Closet

For Teachers 1st
First graders read "There's A Nightmare in My Closet." They brainstorm what closet monsters could look like. They construct miniature monsters out of construction paper. Students use a variety of different shapes and colors of...
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Curated OER

Hydraulics and Pneumatics

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders participate in an experiment using syringes.  In this physics lesson students demonstrate the movement and principles of pneumatics and hydraulics.
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Other

Looking Glass Review: Author/illustrator Profiles: Vera B. Williams

For Students 2nd - 5th
A brief biography of the award-winning author and illustrator, Vera B. Williams.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Author, Illustrator, Book Title

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using this flipchart, the teacher will explain definitions for author and illustrator and show students how to identify the title, author and illustrator on a book cover.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: The Author Study Toolkit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explains the benefits of doing an author study and how to do one with a class. Includes lists of resources and ideas for culminating projects.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: Wild About Authors and Illustrators

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars learn about the roles of authors and illustrators through games and book-writing. Students will have an opportunity to act out the roles of illustrators and authors. They...
Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Project Author Study

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about an author study. Students will find a multi-step project to help students effectively investigate an author during research. Reproducible graphic organizers are provided.
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Other

Author and Illustrator Brian Lies

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about Brian Lies, an author and illustrator of children's books. Find a list of books he has written and/or illustrated and learn a bit about his life.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Independent Author Study Evaluation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an author study evaluation rubric. Students will be assessed on oral communication skills, author information, and a Venn Diagram.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Author Study: Book Cover Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an author study reproducible. A rubric is provided to help assess an author study project.
Graphic
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Author Study Letter Rubric

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a rubric. Each student will write a letter to an author of choice, and afterword, this rubric may be used to assess each letter.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Lewis Carroll including a biography and the full text of four children's novels: Alice in Wonderland (Illustrated), Alice's Adventures Under Ground, The Hunting of the Snark, and Through the Looking-Glass.
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Other

Almost Completely True Adventures of Dav Pilkey

For Students 3rd - 5th
Author-illustrator Dav Pilkey tells his life story in his amusing comic strip form. The biography must be downloaded and is in PDF form.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: What's So Great About Kevin Henkes?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, young scholars will serve as researchers of author/illustrator Kevin Henkes. With prompting, students will read three books by Kevin Henkes. They will recall information from the text to...
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Formal Letter for Author Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools lesson explains how to write a business letter to an author. It also provides a rubric.
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Other

Career Spotlight: Illustrator

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interview reveals how one illustrator has found success and gratification in her career.

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