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The Legend of the Blue Bonnet

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book The Legend of the Blue Bonnet. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer...
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Understanding Narrative Poetry

For Students 5th - 7th
In this poetry worksheet, students learn about narrative poetry. They then answer 7 questions about one of the poems they read, practice writing their own narrative poem, and complete a research project using the internet. The answers...
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CHICKEN LICKEN

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the cover of the book, CHICKEN LICKEN and make predictions about what will happen in the story. They read the book understanding that is a cautionary tale. They read the story again focusing on the repeated refrains.
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Review Letters and Words: 20

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this reviewing letters and words worksheet, students name letters, say sounds of letters, read sentences, say beginning sounds, and more. Students complete 5 exercises.
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Making A Step Book or Layer Book

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a step book for their Math, English or Social Studies class. They pick a topic of their choice and illustrate the pages for their book. They share their book with the class.
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Story Wheels

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners use a Story Wheel to summarize a novel, practice sequencing skills, visualize story elements and recognize story structure. In groups, they each complete a piece of the story wheel and put it all together. They complete the...
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Harvest Happenings

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore the history of agriculture and develop a personal connection to agriculture. Students investigate how farming practices have evolved through the years and create poetry relating to harvest.
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Personality Plus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create "Personality Box" and present to classmates using specific speaking skills.
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Working With Writing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research a topic of their choice using the internet, magazines, and books. In this research lesson plan, 5th graders are graded on their research and delivery skills of their presentation.
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Theatre Lesson Plan, Performing a Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story, The Bundle of Sticks, and discuss the story elements within the story; setting, plot, conflict resolution.  For this readers theater lesson, 2nd graders reenact the story in small...
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Always Allow Alliteration (part 1)

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars identify letters and sound that are being alliterated in a text they are given. In this alliteration worksheet, students also create alliteration in words and sentences.
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Jalapeno Bagels

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars read the story Jalapeno Bagels and then write a summary about it. For this summary lesson plan, students retell the story as if someone else has not read the story.
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What Makes A Good Speaker?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write a response to a diagnostic assessment determining what they need to work on to become good public speakers. They listen to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speech, I Have A Dream, and identify what makes a good speaker.
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All Aboard! All Aboard! The Essay Train

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders enjoy a train ride with The Little Engine That Could and discover how to create a five-paragraph essay train. This clever instructional activity has students use each boxcar of the train as a template for a paragraph.
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Catherine, Called Birdy: February and March

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss characterization and relate to the main character in Catherine, Called Birdy.  For this Catherine, Called Birdy lesson, students discuss passages that are comedic and sad and the effect they have on their...
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Eloquent Speech

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover that oral and written communication can be improved, and made to sound more eloquent, when the following questions are addressed; Who? What? Where? When? Why? students use word processing to copy a poem using clip...
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Who Needs a Dress Code?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students create a poster showing examples of appropriate and inappropriate student grooming and attire. They write comments explaining the need for each rule.
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Adopt a Manatee

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in a writing activity about manatees and use e-mail to contact representatives about important issues. This would be a very exciting, and meaningful lesson plan for a first grade writer!
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Flat Stanley Guided Reading

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to their teacher read the book, "Flat Stanley". They relate the activities in the book to activities in their own life. They can also create their own pictures of Stanley.
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Fiction and Poetry

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore fictional text and poetry. They explore the story structures used in the types of texts and examine the language patterns used. Students practice tracking text in the correct manner.
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Halloween Comic Strips

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a lesson on the subject of creating comic strips. They create facial expressions in drawings for practice and gradually progress to making their own comic strips based on the holiday of Halloween. The...
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Got the Giggles

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify the grapheme and phoneme for G. They practice writing the letter G and through listening activities, discriminate the phoneme /g/. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify it in various...
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Comparison Contrast Essay

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils compare and contrast the experience of the migrant worker as depicted in The Grapes of Wrath with the experiences of migrant children as depicted in the narratives and poems provided.
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Passing Notes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate how to give compliments. In this character education lesson, students are given an envelope with strips of paper to write compliments on. Students are asked to give one compliment to each classmate. The students...

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